Eating Jelly Babies

[Mudokon_Master]

Welp, since our food thread died ...
Have you ever questioned the ethics of eating Jellybabies?
I think it's wrong but they taste so good! I could probably have this in the blog section but I'm unsure. Mods feel free to close this thread if you want but I want to see you guys discuss this. Maybe it could lead on to other unethical food that's socially accepted to be eaten? O.o I dunno. Discuss away!

[Sekto Springs]

Bassetts or Haribo?

[Phylum]

Oh, cool. We haven't Necrumed a thread in a while.

[Mudokon_Master]

I had a feeling this would be the attitude.
Oh well, it's not like I didn't have it coming.

[moxco]

Eating jelly babies is wrong as they contain gelatine; a product obtained from slaughtered animals. Next.

[Nate]

You can get jelly babies made from vegetarian gelatin-alternatives.


Psychologists did a study where they gave women bowls of jellybabies and watched how they ate them. There was no strong pattern either way for non-mothers as to whether they bit off the head first or the legs, but women who had had kids almost exclusively bit the head off first.

The first time I heard that, I found it surprising and slightly cruel. Then my sister (with child, pregnant with #2) explained that she's going to eat the jellybabies either way, so she might as well put it out of its misery quickly by biting the head off. If she bit the legs first, it would be in imaginary pain for longer.

[Mudokon_Master]

That's weird, although I usually don't eat them in less than half a bite. I usually eat 2 or more at a time so I wouldn't know what I eat first personally. I guess I'm just a pig.

[NyOe!s]

I always eat them by biting there heads off first it's just feels right.

[JennyGenesis]

Eating jelly babies is wrong as they contain gelatine; a product obtained from slaughtered animals. Next.

Take it your a vegetarian then?

[Wings of Fire]

There's a word for vegetarians who make value judgements on other people.

It's faggot.

[AvengingGibbons]

^ lol... I don't care what form the jelly babies are in. If they happened to be called and marketed as 'jelly-shit' but still tasted the same, I'd still buy 'em and enjoy devouring them .. But yeah, it's fun to bite their heads off first if you're going to eat them not as a whole-in-one. It seems like the natural thing to do since your teeth fit into the neck crevice, and you probably want to hold the larger part of the tiny jelly baby in your fingers so as to avoid getting saliva+jelly baby juices on your fingers, so you are forced to start at the head. That's the way I see it.

[Crashpunk]

All sweets have lots of things in them that are bad for you. I'm not bothered one bit to be honest because they taste pretty nice

[Mudokon_Master]

I don't like the idea of eating babies. Who came up with Jelly Babies? Seriously.

[Glitch]

God damn I really want some Bassett's Jelly babies right now.

[Wil]

Who the hell bites jelly babies in half? They're tiny. Might as well bite lentils in half. Just shove them in your gob and eat them, you weirdoes.

[Jordan]

I don't understand why it's a problem for people to eat jelly babies. They aren't even real babies, they're sweets made to look like babies. I don't fine it cruel, I just eat them.

[Glitch]

Humans like to find meaning where there is none. It's a powerful psychological force.

[Wil]

It's a long standing joke. This thread can only be a deadpan tribute to it.

[Sekto Springs]

Who the hell bites jelly babies in half? They're tiny. Might as well bite lentils in half. Just shove them in your gob and eat them, you weirdoes.

This. Biting the heads off something delicious and tiny is needlessly meticulous. I don't even eat one at a time.

Also, who cares what they're shaped like? I, personally, would love to eat an actual baby if there weren't so many goddamned ethical barriers.

Stupid society.

[Bullet Magnet]

I suck them until the sugary skin dissolves, which leaves a pleasantly transparent jelly baby viscera that catches the light in a delightful way. I then show it to the rest of them, and put it back in the packet so that they all get a good look.

[Glitch]

D:

[Bullet Magnet]

I think this should be some kind of test.

[moxco]

No, you're wrong.

Also take note of the dynamometer car that recorded the Mallard's speed of 125.88mph.

[Bullet Magnet]

Duh?

[STM]

I indulge in squeezing them so their little tiny heads expand then pop them with my thumb and forefinger. All the while revelling in the power I hold over another thing before returning to my inextricably dull life.

[Bullet Magnet]

I stood one up in a saucer of cola. It begged for death before the end.

[AvengingGibbons]

Haribo jelly babies are by far the bestest :d The bassetts ones make me feel sick really quickly

[MeechMunchie]

Yeah, there's something in gelatinous sweets that establishes an exact threshold, crossing which makes you immediately feel sick. Eat seven and I'm fine. Eat eight and I feel like shit.

[OddYouko]

"Would you like a Jelly Baby?"
Sorry, couldn't resist.

Never had Jelly Babies before.. I'm jealous. :P

[Dixanadu]

Disgusting little things, Jellybabies.