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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 135 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This post is a trick to make you lick game cards and find out

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 92 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And it worked. I just licked one. It tasted horrible.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just what one of them would say.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cease your investigations.

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[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But, that might have been an outlier. You need to lick more just in case.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll be sure and do that... :-)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You won't really know until you put it in your mouth and chew it up.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Silverchase's comment is a trick to prevent you from finding out how tasty switch cartridges are.

I think mine has LSD on it.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Would you be disappointed if I told you I originally heard about this with the DS/3ds, tested it, then tested it again when the switch came out to see if they were still doing it?

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[–] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 64 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Jokes on them I can't taste it anymore after COVID, there is no longer any deterrent from me eating their cartridges

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you do end up eating one, tell us how many bytes it took.

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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The covid's collateral effect in my case was in my heart, you're a luck guy

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't call either of you lucky. In fact, I feel really bad for both of you.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear that, friend. Have a good friend who is also dealing with long covid for years. He's been on different drug trials but nothing had much of an effect. He's very slowly getting some energy back, but still can't work a full time job.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Many battery manufacturers do this with CR disc shaped batteries as well.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interestingly, this coating can cause issues for some products like the Apple AirTags. I know this because I used one of these batteries with a bitterest in the AirTag on my keys and the AirTag didn’t work.

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And what’s funny is that the solution is to lick the coating off either sides of the battery to get them to work.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have to assume there’s a common non tongue applied solvent that works

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This could probably be used to check for authentic game cartridges. I'm not going to be licking used games to find out if they're real, though.

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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] thomasloven@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 weeks ago

Because of this, I christen my cartridges by licking them.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can't believe I'm going to get up, find a cartridge, and lick it after posting this. Damn you.

Edit: It's true.

I've known about this for years, and I'm still convinced that in a few years time you're going to see collectors and/or used game store clerks going "Ah see this one is valuable because it's got the bittering agent still intact. It hasn't all been licked off."

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The ultimate gamer high is to take a deep breath from the Steam Deck exhaust, lick a Switch cartridge, hold your breath, and then chug down a G Fuel.

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I got my unsuspecting 10 year old to lick one of those just to see if the Internet was lying to me. It was as easy as "hey Nintendo made those cartridges bitter....you should lick it to see." Lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You are a terrible parent and also I hope you took a video and put it up on YouTube... because my kid is 14 and I won't be able to convince her.

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[–] olav@theweird.space 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I learned that a ways back, told a streamer and gave him a buck to confirm it. Dollar well spent lol.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've acquired a taste for them.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like an expensive hobby. Have you thought of trying cocaine instead?

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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Part of the ritual of buying a new Switch game for me is licking it. More difficult for digital downloads, but I was determined and found a way.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Stick your tongue in the ethernet port?

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can a human tongue discern the taste of a TCP packet compared to an UDP packet?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

There's only one way for you to find out for sure.

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[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] flameguy21@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

All launch copies of Breath of the Wild have been licked. It's a rite of passage. (They taste worse than you'd think they would.)

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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But how do I remove the coating so I can chew on my switch cartridges?

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[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

Also called Bitrex, that stuff does leave an awful taste. Gets used as a denaturant in ethanol to keep people from drinking it. Company I worked at long ago had a stock of it, and our lab had to requalify it for use every 2 years. As careful as we were keeping it contained, it had a way of spreading everywhere. For the next two days everyone who worked in the area would randomly get that awful taste I their mouth.

[–] neoman4426@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it apparently has the opposite effect, I'm guessing someone on Youtube or something licked one to show it off, because one of my nephews kept saying he wanted to lick one.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

My friend and her husband got a switch back when it first launched, I had heard about this and so the next time I was over I asked if they'd licked one yet.

He said they hadn't, and he also denied my request to lick one.

When he left the room, his wife got a mischievous look in her eye and asked if I wanted to lick one.

I of course took her up on her offer and tasted a cartridge while he wasn't looking.

I asked if she had tried one, and of course she had.

They're both cool people, but of the two of them she's definitely my partner in crime.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Either mine don't have the coating, or I'm immune to it somehow.

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[–] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

is it named denatonium because babies hate it

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