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I don't want my minty breath to ruin my morning food either. 
Guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
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Probably many of our traditions are actually successful marketing in the 40s-60s. You know, the traditions that make boomers gasp that we're now challenging. >

It's bizarre the capitalist marketing gimmicks that the Right seems to hold sacred and loses their absolute minds when they change. Like the M&Ms mascots. >

The M&M thing has nothing to do with the actual food though. That was all a fuzz just because the green M&M now uses shoes instead of heels, not because M&Ms had a replacement. >

You're missing the latest M&M debacle where Tucker Carlson has a shitfit because there's a new Purple M&M lady who actually has a personality and isn't sexualized. The dude has a...weird relationship with M&Ms. >


The dude has a...weird relationship with M&Ms.

The reality of the situation is that even on slow news days the perpetual outrage machine still needs to be fed.  He has 5 hours a week to fill so they just make up shit to be upset about.  He knows exactly what he's doing and he doesn't give a shit about any of it.  He just enjoys being famous and increasing his wealth. >

Pretty much everything is incompatible with toothpaste, except maybe leg of lamb or mint chocolate chip ice cream >

Or root beer. >

Yeah — even though it absolutely annihilates everything you were trying to do with the toothpaste — Coke, Pepsi, root beer, just sugary soda in general works pretty well. >

Well root beer is also made with sassafras or wintergreen which gives it a mint flavor.  Most root beers are a mix of mint and aged vanilla. >

Huh…I was not aware of that. I guess that would set it apart from the other sodas I mentioned. I just remember my sister used to have to have a coke after she brushed her teeth bc she absolutely abhorred the taste of toothpaste (idk how — we were a Crest family, so maybe that had something to do w it?). But yeah, root beer would likely go better. >

Coke makes sense, too.  But the reason most people who hate root beer hate it is because it tastes like mint.  I did an experiment with my students one day.  I gave them a mint life saver (one in the green bag, NOT blue) and then had them drink a mint and they couldn’t untaste it 😂😂😂
I ruined root beer for a lot of teens that day. >

I’m pretty sure you just ruined it for me. I never ever drank root beer & thought, “mmmm, minty!” However, now that you mention it, there is a STRONG sensory-recall correlation (just coined that scientific phrase)between root beer & wintergreen life savers now that I think of it. >

You’re welcome 😭 >

Lol I’ll get over it. >

Entierly marketing. Some marketing campaigns are so successful they become culture and part of norm >

Basically every aspect of the American breakfast is inorganically cultivated by marketing. >

Whoever convinced the US (world?) that PopTarts and donuts are breakfast deserves a raise >

I sorta get that, because you have a coffee or tea to wake up, and a pastry is good with coffee and tea.
But yeah, waking up and eating dessert for a "meal" is so weird. >

I used to work the morning shift at different convenient stores. So many dudes live off of coffee/energy drink and Hostess snacks every morning. Wild how they have the energy to do some labor job the rest of the morning. >

Don't get me wrong, carbs are delicious, but booting up on nothing but bread and sugar makes me miserable. >

Pfsh, what are you talking about? I rinse with orange juice after brushing! >

Truly, you live life on the edge. >

Bold of you to assume that most people brush their teeth in the morning >

But this also assumes that wash their teeth before breakfast. Wouldn't it be better to do so afterwards? >

No, I don't want my morning breath mixing with the flavor of my food 🤢