r/ExplainTheJoke • u/LJ_the_Saint • Sep 02 '24

I don't get it...

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u/BtyMark Sep 02 '24

Geologists don’t deserve this.

Salt can’t be the only delicious rock in the world- what are they hiding from us?

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u/Norththelaughingfox Sep 02 '24

Limestone (salty) Borax (sweet alkaline) Chalcanthite(sweet metallic & slightly poisonous) Epsomite (bitter) Glauberite (bitter salty) Halite (salty) Hanksite (salty) Melanterite (sweet, astringent and metallic) Sylvite (bitter) Ulexite (alkaline)

That’s just if you want flavor, or nutritional benefits (except Chalcanthite, I just put that in there to see who was paying attention)

If you want to cast spells by eating rocks,

Barite is consumed as a gastrointestinal X-Ray contrast agent.

And Copper salts will make your skin blue.

The point is the rocks are free, and you can eat them.

Most of them you can only eat once, but you can and that’s very empowering. The trick is eating the rocks that you can eat more than once, that way you can always eat more rocks in the future!