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We need a new milestone: the Pepto Bismol standard (slrpnk.net)
submitted 4 days ago by dharmacurious@slrpnk.net to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Different religions have an "age of accountability."
The legal system has an "age of adulthood."
And puberty hits us with the "age of awkwardness" (thanks, hormones).

But I propose a new milestone: the Age of Pepto Bismol.
You’re not truly an adult until you have to keep Pepto Bismol nearby at all times, lest the twin demons of heartburn and indigestion take up permanent residence within you.

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[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 days ago

I have never seen a more USian post than this.

[-] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This - I'm in my forties, I have never suffered any of these conditions and I don't think any of my friends have either. What do you guys do to your bodies over there?

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

We either fry everything or drown it in some kind of sugar. If we’re not doing that, we’re doing both.

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