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I wonder how this would work for something like the first guy trying to sell chewing gum...
by chewing_gum 13y ago
I wonder how this would work for something like the first guy trying to sell chewing gum...
- chewing_gum 13y ago> So what will you sell? > It's gum and you are supposed to chew it. > What do you mean? > You place a soft solid in your mouth and you chew it. > You are delusional. > But I'll make it colored and flavored. > Please, seek mental help.
- bernatfp 13y agoIn fact I think chewing gum was uber easy to sell. As a replacement to the toothbrush. Also as a substitute for food when you're hungry.
- itsybitsycoder 13y agoChewing gum (as in, a chewy substance you chew for the sake of chewing) was discovered/invented a long time ago, probably before money. It was a naturally-occurring part of the tree. If you mean modern chewing gum, it had to differentiate itself from the previous iteration of chewing gum.
- Fuzzwah 13y agoThis reminds me of a comedy sketch I heard once which was someone returning from the new world in the 1500's and was pitching the idea of smoking to an investor. "But why would you do that?" I found the sketch very funny at the time, but have since found out that the real initial pitch answer was "It cures everything!". "Anything that harms a man inwardly from his girdle upward might be removed by a moderate use of the herb."