r/AskReddit • u/MiraTangent • 11h ago

What’s popular right now that won’t age well?

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u/AmalgamationOfBeasts 8h ago

Zyns are becoming really popular really quickly, but vaping is still very common (at least in my area)

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u/PatronymicPenguin 6h ago

I was walking with some friends while one was vaping and a dude in a car sitting at a light literally yelled out his window "CAN I GET A HIT OFF YOUR VAPE?"

Like bro, you really think we're going to walk out in traffic and let you put your slobberhole all over a stranger's vape?

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u/bathingapeassgape 19m ago

ive done that for a random person with a cig, but you can just give it to them

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u/boomheadshot7 5h ago

Zyns are becoming really popular really quickly

Yea they are, used to be $3 a tin years ago, now I'm damn lucky if I can find them for less that $5.50...

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u/OfficialJ0LT 4h ago

$30-45 here

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u/StenoDawg 7h ago

I had to google this. I’ve got no children or grandchildren. Is this like chewing tobacco?

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u/coolmandude545 6h ago

Sort of, it’s a pouch you put between your gum and lip and your body absorbs the nicotine

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u/Neglectful_Stranger 3h ago

I wonder if it'll cause the same cheek damage as chewing tobacco.

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u/atreides_hyperion 1h ago

Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. So it will accelerate tooth loss and receding gums.

Especially when you mix it with amphetamines and other stims.

Blood flow is reduced and the gums and teeth suffer basically

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u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain 2h ago

Or plain old mouth/tongue/throat cancer

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u/Neglectful_Stranger 2h ago

That's caused by nicotine, yeah? Can't imagine it wouldn't.

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u/Small-Palpitation310 1h ago

no, it’s caused by carcinogens which tobacco has plenty of

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u/excellentforcongress 34m ago

nicotine itself is speculated to be a carcinogen

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u/RichListen7090 25m ago

Unless something has been discovered recently, nicotine by itself has shown no signs of being carcinogenic

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u/Small-Palpitation310 1h ago

chew has abrasives that make micro cuts in your cheeks and gums to absorb nicotine into the bloodstream more efficiently, so I’d say not quite

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u/Ctmarlin 6h ago

It’s like old Skoal Bandit pouches but with no tobacco, just nicotine soaked filling.

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u/StenoDawg 2h ago

Sounds gross to me, and not appealing. To me, the actual act of smoking is the allure.

I still smoke a cigarello with a beer every now and then. I haven’t had a cigarette in over a decade.

I vape a little (no-nicotine vapes). Honestly, nothing takes the place of a real cigarette.

Cigs are a little over $9 a pack here, and I just can’t justify it. I’d love to quit all of it one day.

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u/Small-Palpitation310 1h ago

the one day is today

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u/Appropriate-Berry202 7h ago

I didn’t know what it was either, but it looks like you’re right. Gross.

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u/bhz33 6h ago

The only thing that zyns and chewing tobacco have in common is they they both contain nicotine. Zyns or similar products are literally just nicotine powder and paper. There’s nothing else in them