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I’ll never forget the image of Gene Wilder as he threw one of cinema’s greatest tantrums at the climax of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Only after little Charlie Bucket hands over his Everlasting Gobstopper does Wonka relent, revealing that the entire candy factory tour was merely a test. Oh, spoiler alert.
Wonka might throw another tantrum today if he heard about startup company ReBubble’s new product: rechargeable chewing gum. Like the Everlasting Gobstopper, this is a candy you can enjoy over and over again without ever having to buy another piece. You can bet Wrigley isn’t happy about this — I hear the company is preparing Big League Chew for a throwdown.
The secret lies in ReBubble’s ReCHEWvenation Chamber (patent pending). It looks like a cross between a coffin and that big machine the Ugnaughts put Han Solo in when Darth Vader ordered him to be frozen in carbonite. The chamber uses a special recharging station to restore gum to its unchewed state. After it finishes charging, the gum should have the same taste and texture as it did fresh from the package. Packages of ReBubble Gum come with three pieces. ReBubble representatives say they plan to offer the gum in five flavors upon release, although currently the only flavor available reportedly tastes like grape with a hint of ozone.
ReBubble plans to offer two different versions of the ReCHEWvenation Chamber. The first plugs into a standard power socket (120 volts only — apologies to Europe). This unit can recharge an entire pack’s worth of gum in just under three hours. The second unit can accommodate only a single stick of gum and connects to a computer via a USB cable. Hopefully you’ll have a second piece of gum on hand — the USB station requires eight full hours of charging.
There are rumors that chewing partially-charged sticks of ReBubble Gum can cause problems. I’ve heard of issues ranging from complete flavor failure to spontaneous combustion. I don’t even want to think about what would happen if you swallowed it — it might really stay in your stomach for seven years. ReBubble representatives could not be reached for comment, but a press release states that the company is taking every precaution to prevent catastrophic gum failure.
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…That’s kinda cool, in a gross way. Or gross, in a cool way. I can’t decide. Is it for real? XD
Whoa….if science can do this, just think of all the POSSIBILITIES!
Never ending food!? CURE FOR WORLD HUNGER!? LIVING ON SOME OTHER FARAWAY PLANET!? OMGOOOOOORD!
So what if you’re walking on teh sidewalk and you needed one of these?
Oh my. What if they became a public commodity?
ReBubble makes unlimited profit selling it’s units all over the globes, taking over sidewalk by sidewalk, until humanity ceases to exist on it’s on mind and is now controlled by the corrupt and dexterous company..That reminds me of something I heard on the radio this morning; apparently, there’s this new thing out called an e-cigarette that gives you the nicotine fix without the smoke. It uses a nicotine solution, I think.
Cigs are cigs.
Honestly, with the immense amount of crap they put into those things, there’ll never be a clean version. ><
Chameleon said: That reminds me of something I heard on the radio this morning; apparently, there’s this new thing out called an e-cigarette that gives you the nicotine fix without the smoke. It uses a nicotine solution, I think.Hopefully, it’d be more effective than the patches/gum.
Chameleon said: That reminds me of something I heard on the radio this morning; apparently, there’s this new thing out called an e-cigarette that gives you the nicotine fix without the smoke. It uses a nicotine solution, I think.…So they just… drink the nicotine? O_o
Not exactly drink, it looks like a cigarette, but it can be inhaled in small doses. It lights up too, but it’s made out of plastic.
Food form wouldn’t work. I’m sure by restoring to its original state, they must ADD something to return the gum to its original mass. It’s not like the parts that you consumed are just going to suddenly appear as a part of the gum again. With food, the concept is similar to what I am going to say:
You eat food from a plate. You put the empty plate into the machine. The machine puts food onto the plate. You take out the plate. You eat.
Nope. Didn’t you read? The electricity activates a chemical chain of events that “recharges” the flavor. I don’t think they’ll get more than one flavor going though. :
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