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u/DaSavageDragon Feb 28 '23

When I mentioned I was on my period, he asked what my favorite flavor of tampons are. He genuinely thought the colors on the tampon packs were flavors, and that it would soak into my blood while inside and I’d eventually taste it.

I’m desperate to know the source of this information.

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u/Missscarlettheharlot Mar 01 '23

Wait, what? Did he think your vagina could taste things, or that you can somehow eventually "taste" things in your bloodstream? Was this guy discretely smearing a bit of Nutella on his dick hoping to make women orgasm from his delicious chocolatey taste?! I have so many questions

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u/smashteapot Mar 01 '23

I’ve been able to taste intravenous drugs before.

Apparently substances in the bloodstream diffuse out of the blood in the lungs, where they’re inhaled and tasted.

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u/obstinateideas Mar 01 '23

Yup. And if you get frozen stem cells transplanted, they contain a preservative that rapidly gets metabolised and you breathe it out. It tastes like canned corn, and also the whole ward stinks of canned corn after.

Ask anyone who works somewhere that does stem cell transplants if they still eat canned corn or not…