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Holy shit. Memory unlocked. I remember eating these and my mouth bleeding and it was soooo painful.
I feel like someone who has tasted blackthorn berries pre-freeze would not be too unfamiliar.
It’s it just me, or, are the current day versions of these way way way toned down compared to the 90s versions?
100%. You’d have to take your time machine back to the 90’s 1st to pick up the real deal.
They are nothing like they used to be. The old ones could physically damage your mouth, a layer of skin would peel off from acid burns if you went at them for a while. Probably inappropriately acidic. In the intervening years, litigation has become more routine, I don’t think they want to get sued for Little Jimmy’s pain and suffering - let alone a choking case.
I got a few of these that were actually sweet through and through, no sour at all, was so disappointed. Anything with the Warheads brand is like this now.
I still get infections in my mouth if I have more than, like, two in a sitting. And then my mouth hurts for a week.
Could be that or could be your tastebuds as a kid couldn’t handle strong flavors as well. I remember those fireball things being pretty hot but as an adult they weren’t spicy at all
I have thought about this, but I also recall the white sour coating just falling off the ones ones and also a small pile being left behind in the packet.
"Ic þancie þe swiðe - "
first time tasting something that sour
When I was in middle school all the kids at my church, me included, kind of got obsessed with these things. As a consequence now I can basically eat anything sour with no difficulty whatsoever. No pucker factor. I can eat a lemon like it was an orange if I want. I mean I don’t cuz that’s weird but still.
Girl I crushed on many years back actually did this. She would take lemon slices and peel the skin off and eat them like they were oranges.
They’d probably kill you on the spot for holding something they’ve never seen and you wearing strange clothing while speaking in an unfamiliar accent and language.
This has already been recorded in the documentary Timeline(2003).
In the documentary Black Knight from 2001 it shows that through sing show and dance, everything is possible.
Trade existed
yeah but the plastic wrappers alone would probably freak them the fuck out.
especially when delivered by strangely dressed people who stepped out of a time rift.
you know, 'tis the whole combination of new and strange things.
If you eat enough at once, all the skin in your mouth will peel.
Got a huge bag for Christmas one year and ate the whole thing in a few days. The inside of my mouth was white with canker sores for a good while.
Lucky bastard
I done this before and will do it again. Worth.
Been there done that. Turns out acid is only ok for you in small amounts. Why do they make giant size bags of sour patch kids then?
To cull the weak.
I ate an entire bag of lemon warheads on the ride back from a band competition in highschool.
Teenage me would absolutely do it again (and probably did). Not so sure about middle aged me now though…
Can confirm.
Yup, lost my sense of taste for a couple days there
If in an 8th century peasant, then I’m stabbing you with my pitchfork, witch
Witch hunts happened way later, 17th century iirc
An 8th century peasant probably wouldn’t immediately call you a witch, and even if they did, they probably wouldn’t execute you for it, so long as nothing suspicious happens afterwards. So long as you don’t literally show up in your Time Machine in the middle of the day directly in front of them, you’ll be fine. Keep a low profile and people will write a lot of things off as exotic goods. You could just say these are a candy from somewhere far away and they would have no way of knowing.
Most witches were just politically difficult members of the community. If you didn’t fuck with the local balance of power, you’d probably be fine.
Shouldn’t you be seeing if they weigh the same as a duck?
Or small rocks.
Fun story about these. When I was a kid and first came across these, my classmates had convinced me that lemon was the weakest flavor. This meant that when I had one, it was way too strong, and I assumed all the others must be worse, so it was the flavor I always picked when offered.
Moral of the story: don’t always take others word for it and be willing to try options that you’ve been told are wrong.
I now have the strength to try heroin, thank you kind stranger
You. Are. Gonna… Love it. Go wild. But be responsible, have some coke handy to bring you back up if the H gets a little too heady
I trained on heroin to be able to withstand lemon warheads
All things in moderation, friend :)
Except heroine. Don’t do heroine.
I’ll do all the heroines that let me. Heroin on the other hand…
Sounds like something a stranger would say
If you haven’t had one since you were a kid I’ve got some bad news for you.
What?
They’re not very good now, and sort of taste like chemicals. :/
Have they changed or have we changed?
You stop tasting it after 5 or 6.
Yep, and the “sour” layer lasts about half as long as the flavor in a Juicy Fruit.
At least you said Juicy Fruit and not Zebra Stripe
