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I was unfortunately reminded this when swapping out game cartridges on a flight once. I stuck one in my mouth a bit to hold it while I messed with the carrying
by llbeansandrice 5y ago
I was unfortunately reminded this when swapping out game cartridges on a flight once. I stuck one in my mouth a bit to hold it while I messed with the carrying case and other cartridge and had the awful bitter taste for the rest of the flight.
- mikestew 5y ago...and had the awful bitter taste for the rest of the flight. Thanks for saving my lunch by letting me know that it is not just a momentary bit of unpleasantness, because I was about to go grab one from the Switch case here at 11:46 in the morning just to see how bad it is. EDIT: curiosity got the best of me. If I can eat a green persimmon, I can handle a Nintendo cartridge. A little lick of the sticker tells me not to put the whole thing in my mouth. Lunch should be fine, though. :-)
- kosievdmerwe 5y agoJust FYI if you actually want to taste it, the bitterness is in the sticker, not the cartridge itself.
- vel0city 5y agoI've got a pile of Switch cartridges next to me. They're bitter all over. Trust me.
- kosievdmerwe 5y agoFair enough, I just remember that I couldn't figure out the fuss until someone told me to lick the sticker.
- vel0city 5y agoIt could be that way on some of them, or maybe even the earlier ones, but all the ones I've tested are nasty tasting on the plastic as well.
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- arrrg 5y agoEh, when I got a Switch last year I tried it out right away (after reading such articles in the past) and if you just give it a careful lick you will immediately notice it but it’s not as if it’s lingering around forever.
- azeirah 5y agoOh maybe it depends per person but I'm the kind of person who needs to know how bitter it is (like you!) And it lasted for maybe 30 seconds, maybe it's different if you realllllyyy get into it but I wouldn't advise that anyway.
- spicybright 5y agoCan confirm, was about 30 seconds. It bound to my lips for a bit but you can just lick that off. Article was not wrong about the taste.
- pvaldes 5y agoTrivia. I ate green persimmons, but there is a trick. It --must-- be a persimmon from the correct cultivar (or a treated one). It doesn't worth it, but is perfectly doable. Somebody trying the same in a common persimmon will suffer the persimmoncalypse.
- Hamuko 5y agoI haven't even put a cartridge in my mouth and I've still had to experience it. I think I swapped out some cartridges, and a moment later licked my finger for some reason. Turns out that the agent lingers on your fingers after you handle the games.