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This article mentions the marshmallow experiment. I am confused do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why? It always seems to be taken as read th

This article mentions the marshmallow experiment. I am confused do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why? It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible. Why on Earth

dochne 2y ago
I mean, it's asking kids if they want a ball of sugar - that does feel like a pretty sure thing.
- weaksauce 2y ago
  i'm not particularly fond of sweets in my adult life but in my child years it was something i loved. i don't know why anyone would think a child wouldn't like a sweet ball of treat
- watwut 2y ago
  Sure, but it is ball of sugar is worst possible form. You can make so many tasty things with sugar ... but someone somehow decided for this.
  - autoexec 2y ago
    That seems terribly unfair to marshmallows. Smores, lucky charms, rice krispies treat/bubble slice, and hot chocolate wouldn't be the same without them.
dyauspitr 2y ago
Marshmallows, twizzlers, any of those corner store “cakes” like twinkies, the McRib, pop tarts etc. are absolutely disgusting hyped things I don’t understand. It’s like they manage to take sugar that most people like and make it inedible.
- tayo42 2y ago
  Twizzlers are kind of ehh But hostess snacks you don't like? Didn't that was possible. Lol Or a poptart right out of the toaster?
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    Very artificial tasting, I feel like I can taste the chemicals.
CTDOCodebases 2y ago
Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult.
- oblio 2y ago
  > Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult. Giving sugar to a kid is like giving sugar to an adult. Have you seen the meth usage rates? Awesome. Now compare them to obesity rates. I'm not saying sugar is the sole factor, but the fact that I've seen off the shelf sauerkraut (literally "sour cabbage") having sugar[1] as a listed ingredient in the US, tells you all you need to know about sugar's addictiveness. [1] Yeah, corn syrup or whatever the cheapest sugar substitute is.
lemper 2y ago
yea mate, my kid and his friends love to eat marshmallow. i, on the other hand, quite dislike sweet things.
ozim 2y ago
Normally I don't eat marshmallows and I don't crave for them. But once a pack is open and I get one, whole pack just goes. I find texture quite satisfying and since I eat them once in couple years it feels like something new and different from normal stuff I eat so it ends up "just one more" until there is no more.
- imp0cat 2y ago
  Yeah, the texture is probably more interesting than the taste. But a small pack is enough.
oblio 2y ago
Amusingly, in my experience, it should be the "pasta experiment". I'm not 100% sure why they're that way, but pasta is super appealing to kids. I guess it's because they're funny (especially spaghetti).
cheema33 2y ago
> do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why? Everybody around me likes them. I have no idea why. It could be cultural. I moved to the US when I was about 19. Tried my first marshmallow when I was maybe 25. Ick. Its mostly a ball of sugar. I don't like Vanilla ice cream either. For similar reasons.
krisoft 2y ago
> It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible. Nah. It wouldn't work if it was irresistible. You need a candy crapy enough to be resited by some people sometimes, but good enough to be desired by some people sometimes. Experimenters tried the same setup with a turkish delights once. Things went sideways so fast that they needed to get a talking lion to calm the situation down. Kids were betraying their own siblings even without further prompting or promises of more turkish delights.
- pak9rabid 2y ago
  Reminds me of the the Simpsons scene with the pixie stick: "Don't hog it all!" "Go to hell zitface!"
pak9rabid 2y ago
Only the crunchy ones in Lucky Charms

This article mentions the marshmallow experiment. I am confused do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why? It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible. Why on Earth

dochne 2y ago

I mean, it's asking kids if they want a ball of sugar - that does feel like a pretty sure thing.

weaksauce 2y ago
i'm not particularly fond of sweets in my adult life but in my child years it was something i loved. i don't know why anyone would think a child wouldn't like a sweet ball of treat
watwut 2y ago
Sure, but it is ball of sugar is worst possible form. You can make so many tasty things with sugar ... but someone somehow decided for this.
- autoexec 2y ago
  That seems terribly unfair to marshmallows. Smores, lucky charms, rice krispies treat/bubble slice, and hot chocolate wouldn't be the same without them.

dyauspitr 2y ago

Marshmallows, twizzlers, any of those corner store “cakes” like twinkies, the McRib, pop tarts etc. are absolutely disgusting hyped things I don’t understand. It’s like they manage to take sugar that most people like and make it inedible.

tayo42 2y ago
Twizzlers are kind of ehh But hostess snacks you don't like? Didn't that was possible. Lol Or a poptart right out of the toaster?
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  Very artificial tasting, I feel like I can taste the chemicals.

CTDOCodebases 2y ago

Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult.

oblio 2y ago
> Giving sugar to a kid is like giving meth to an adult. Giving sugar to a kid is like giving sugar to an adult. Have you seen the meth usage rates? Awesome. Now compare them to obesity rates. I'm not saying sugar is the sole factor, but the fact that I've seen off the shelf sauerkraut (literally "sour cabbage") having sugar[1] as a listed ingredient in the US, tells you all you need to know about sugar's addictiveness. [1] Yeah, corn syrup or whatever the cheapest sugar substitute is.

lemper 2y ago

yea mate, my kid and his friends love to eat marshmallow. i, on the other hand, quite dislike sweet things.

ozim 2y ago

Normally I don't eat marshmallows and I don't crave for them. But once a pack is open and I get one, whole pack just goes. I find texture quite satisfying and since I eat them once in couple years it feels like something new and different from normal stuff I eat so it ends up "just one more" until there is no more.

imp0cat 2y ago
Yeah, the texture is probably more interesting than the taste. But a small pack is enough.

oblio 2y ago

Amusingly, in my experience, it should be the "pasta experiment". I'm not 100% sure why they're that way, but pasta is super appealing to kids. I guess it's because they're funny (especially spaghetti).

cheema33 2y ago

> do people actually like eating marshmallows, if so why? Everybody around me likes them. I have no idea why. It could be cultural. I moved to the US when I was about 19. Tried my first marshmallow when I was maybe 25. Ick. Its mostly a ball of sugar. I don't like Vanilla ice cream either. For similar reasons.

krisoft 2y ago

> It always seems to be taken as read that they’re irresistible. Nah. It wouldn't work if it was irresistible. You need a candy crapy enough to be resited by some people sometimes, but good enough to be desired by some people sometimes. Experimenters tried the same setup with a turkish delights once. Things went sideways so fast that they needed to get a talking lion to calm the situation down. Kids were betraying their own siblings even without further prompting or promises of more turkish delights.

pak9rabid 2y ago
Reminds me of the the Simpsons scene with the pixie stick: "Don't hog it all!" "Go to hell zitface!"

pak9rabid 2y ago

Only the crunchy ones in Lucky Charms