> > Actaully, it is. I've noticed it. After chewing my gum for some hours, when I spit it out I notice that it's significnantly smaller than when I first put it in my mouth. Unless it's some kind of illusion or I unknowingly swallowed some of the gum (which is unlikely, as I've noticed the gum getting smaller more than once), the gum has really shrunk because I ingested a significant amount of sugars or fats or whatever from it.
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> Hubba Bubba, Bubblicious, Bubble Yum. All smaller after a while. But they are so packed with sugar and flavor substance that they have to get smaller.
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> I know for a fact that the "gum" that used to come in baseball cards is not food. Probably not gum, either. You might as well chew on one of the baseball cards since they lasted longer and felt nicer in your mouth. Not that I actually know.
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> Fer"4 out of 5 dentists recommend this thread to Rinkies who something something"rick

Or it could be that action of chewing repeatedly merely compacts the gum more. Old gum is noticeably harder, implying denser, than gum just beginning to be chewed.

The Other "Perhaps" Matthew