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[–] Jarlsburg@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I was at a bar with a friend years ago and he kept talking about how much he loves limes. He went on and on about it. Finally, I told him I would bet him $50 if he could eat a whole lime, rind and all. He couldn't refuse after spending 10 minutes talking about his love for them. The bartender was happy to offer a large one for the challenge.

This kid tried for 45 minutes to consume the lime. The juicy interior was quickly consumed and all that was left was the bitter, leathery peel which had the surface area of a dessert plate. He was chewing on it like he was trying to get someone to guess "chewing" in charades. He, very begrudgingly admitted defeat while me and the bartender were breathlessly laughing.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Hahaha I would 100% defeat that challenge. I eat them for fun

[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

What an odd thing to brag about. Sounds like you handled it perfectly :)

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm a sideshow performer. One of my sillier "tricks" is eating fruit rinds.

Impossible: coconut, mandarins/clementines (you can bite them but it's like chewing leather)

Tough: Watermelon and pineapple. Bananas are also hard because of how dry they leave the mouth. These are the ones I do most often. I like to bring someone up on stage to join me

Easy: Lemon, lime, most oranges

Better with the rind: kiwi, ripe mango

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Steak from New Zealand.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Rice cracker mix from Golden Turtle (Yoshino Mix).
As hard as a solid rice rock.
Nothing for weak teeth.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 6 days ago

mouth guard, one of those off-the-shelf ones that you boil. got most of the way through it before i managed to get a real one from my dentist.

SΔ™kacz (Polish hard cake, some people make them as hard as a dwarf bread from discworld)

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

A steak our vegetarian neighbor fried for us. It was embodiment of "haven't cooked meat for 30 years"

She makes great non-meat foods though!

[–] Zelaf@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

I once bought these chocolates that had a outer coating making them look like decorative rocks.

My mum loves to have little rocks as decoration so I bought a pack and decided to surprise her with it. Out of nowhere in front of her I decided to bite through one and she was in shock looking at me as she slowly realised they were edible. They looked extremely convincing.

They were pretty damn hard tho. Nothing too bad however.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At one point it was breaking my Mint install having to learn how to fstab and do all sorts of commands to get my data back. Took me something like 11 days and it wasn't just UUID errors I somehow borked it so bad there was multiple files wrong. I've now learned a ton. I've done it atleast 6 times more and can fly through fuck ups in minutes. I nearly gave up. Encryption isn't always the easiest to play with either.

Edit. After reading the other comments you were serious about eating/chewing no hard problems one had solved. AKA accomplished.

Probably the inside of a tootsie pop that was so hard and chewy it nearly dislodged my tooth. Pulled out a filling. I bit down on it and couldn't get my teeth separated in the back it was like glue. Fucking good though. I eventually won.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Plastic wrappers/pouches when the tear points don't work.

Fuck plastic packaging they need to be banned. Not just for this reason obviously.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] disco 4 points 1 week ago

Sounds kinda chewy

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Is that you Beldar?

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Probably a large ice cube, or a piece of candy meant to be sucked not chewed.

[–] coreray00@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

A piece of gristle the first time eating at my girlfriend’s parents' house.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The head off of a salmon

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Fla-Vor-Ice tubes.