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Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions / Sorry!

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Submitted ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/10/candy-corn-bug-shellac/689213/?gift=tIHyeEUg4NM6vyxJ-5M0EBIjFz0KaHbZhTfdxQ1NBsU

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  • SouthFresh@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait until they find out about honey.

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    • Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or eggs.

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    • eurodyne@piefed.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ew!

      And yum!

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And cheese is made of cow secretions, spoilt ones at that. 🤷‍♀️

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    • crenquis@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When I was a kid I’d always call it cow pus

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    • bring-april-plenty@kbin.earth ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      well now I can never have cow secretions and cereal for breakfast again

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      • db2@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Cereal? You mean beetle eggs?

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  • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    MOST food is gross if you think about it too hard. never stopped me before 🤷‍♀️

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Honey? Bee vomit.

      Syrup? Tree blood.

      Hotdogs? You don’t even wanna know.

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      • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        what’s this about coffee??

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      • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Red food colouring or cosmetics? It’s called Carmine, and is made from dissolved insects.

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    • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Simply handling raw chicken should convince anyone of this.

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Read a great comment of reddit years ago about how a little girl so loved eating chicken, until she realized she was eating a, ya know, chicken.

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  • crenquis@lemmy.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Then tell them they just filled their mouth with bug secretions.

    Why wait until Halloween? Go to your nearest coffee/tea shop and say it to folks who decide bug secretions are better than sugar in their beverage.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The same ingredient used in candy corn is also used in paint and nail polish.

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    • CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      They also use this one chemical in anything from literal cyanide pills to making explosives

      (I’m talking about water)

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  • JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does anyone like candy corn?

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    • crenquis@lemmy.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are dozens of us

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only candy worth consuming

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      • JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Liar

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I do!

      Not only are they delicious with a great texture but you can use them for vampire and ogre teeth!

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    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Once or twice a year, yes. Any more than that, no.

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  • nastronot@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Delicious juicy yummy bug secretions

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  • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

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    • DonkeyStar@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Earwig honey?

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      • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, dear?

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  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s the secretion of the future

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  • Bo7a@piefed.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And?

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Duh

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