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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 397 points 1 month ago

Every dust is sawdust after you see it.

[-] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago

We gotta crime seen here!

[-] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago

Daaad! 🙄

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 21 points 1 month ago

Boooooooooo

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

If you witnessed a toothed cutting implement in action, you saw a saw saw.

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[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Officially the most upvoted comment I've ever seen within a day of posting. Winner winner chicken dinner!

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 86 points 1 month ago
[-] Photonic@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

Oh I’m old enough to remember the cinnamon challenge… it definitely has a bite

[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean I don't think you have to be that old to remember the cinnamon challenge. It took off in popularity in the early 2010 so about 10-15 years ago.

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[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago

If sawdust made my yeasted enriched dough taste awesome I'd be putting it on there too.

[-] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tastes good atop of arabica bean soup and foamed lactase.

edit: grammatical correct word to use here was "lactation" or "lactose product".

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

I'd say it's more of a tea than a soup. Unless you leave the grinds in.

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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

It blows my mind that cinnamon trees are a real thing. I can go walk through a cinnamon forest!? Wtf, how is that real? That's some CandyLand/Narnia shit.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I always wondered how a cinnamon forest would smell.

[-] uenticx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Much like all forests

[-] LongDickJonsson@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Everything is toxic in large amounts, even water

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Because our water is basically all dihydrogen monoxide at this point. We're so fucked.

[-] denaggels@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

Our water is becoming increasingly less dihydrogen monoxide and more micro plastics. Thats why we're fucked

[-] modus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Consume too much? Dead.

Inhale too much? Dead.

Go too deep into it? Dead.

We really should be regulating the stuff.

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[-] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

Well, actually... it's ground into a powder, rather than the byproduct of sawing. I don't think it counts.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I will saw my cinnamon sticks just to prove you wrong.

[-] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

"Goddamnit Margret, don't ask, someone was wrong on the Internet."

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[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

What did the Jamaican priest say to the thief stealing from the church?

(In Jamaican accent) "You're a cinna mon"

Hue hue hue

[-] Elechicken@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

But is it known to cause cancer in the state of California?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Everything is known to cause cancer to the state of California.

[-] notabot@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

I think California is known to cause cancer in the state of California, you can bet cinnamon is too.

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 17 points 1 month ago

As a forager I don't see anything wrong with eating a tree... As long I'm 200% sure what kind tree I'm eating.

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[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

Shredded cheese has cellulose (basically sawdust). It’s added to keep the cheese from sticking together. Or that’s my understanding.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's actually potato starch.

Sawdust isn't just cellulose. Wood is a matrix of cellulose fibers bound together by a tougher compound called lignin. While lignin isn't particularly toxic, you wouldn't want to eat it.

Fun fact, a lot of the process of making paper is for removing the lignin, only the cellulose is useful for making paper. And grasses like bamboo have a higher ratio of cellulose to lignin, so it's better for making paper

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[-] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Pay attention to how often you see "cellulose" as a listed ingredient. That's also usually processed wood pulp.

That cheap powdery parmesan often found in pizza places? Also sawdust.

It gets extra funny when you see cellulose listed on something with artificial cinnamon flavoring.

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

It's not sawdust. Some might be derived from wood but it's just cellulose and does not contain lignin, which is what differentiates wood from other plant matter. Chemically, it's basically the same as any other plant starch.

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[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 1 month ago

If your pizza places have sawdust in their parmesan, change nation.

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[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Sawdust has a lot more in it than just cellulose. The meme is a joke, but it's closer to reality than calling cellulose powder derived from wood pulp "sawdust".

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago

its also poor mans cocaine, as well as nutmeg.

[-] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Instructions unclear. I just sprinkled cocaine on my rice pudding.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago
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[-] benny@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

There are also studies saying it can help regulate blood sugar.

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