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If I digest it and poop out normal poop, PFAS
Fiberglass insulation, please!
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I choose to eat the social construct of monetary wealth. Say goodbye to capitalism, it's in My belly
Dang, you've really thought this out huh?
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Sunlight: I'm gonna save so much money photosynthesizing instead of eating.
If humans ate through photosynthesis, the capitalists would have already found a way to monetize access to sunlight
I was thinking Debt; just, somehow, eat it. But your idea could grow on me.
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The rich.
Hey, I said inedible.
You said it could be something dangerous to eat.
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A Billionaire maybe
Im not sure that'd count, as while there are social and legal repercussions and a higher risk of a few diseases, human meat, billionaire or not, isnt inheritly toxic or such, and does contain nutritional value.
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Human selfishness.
Arbys
I eat a nickel
Candles. They smell great — I wonder how they'd taste if they were edible.
I imagine it's something like those weird-ass wax juice bottle shaped "candy" things.
Funny you mentioned that. Tried it for the first time just yesterday. I guess I manifested tasting wax haha.
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Lava. Like it looks sooo tasty
I've had dreams of crunching on rocks, not completely unlike the dude from the never ending story. But there is something about the smell of hot asphalt. I know, I'm weird. But something about that smell is intoxicating.
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As much gold flakes and small nuggets as I can eat. Technically safe to eat, then payday next time I need to use the toilet.
Why not just cronch up a whole bar?
One of the non-cakes on Is It Cake. I will claim victory by any means necessary!
A thin drinking glass. I have a weird urge to bite down on one any time I am using one. Idk why I have the urge, it’s weird.
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Violin rosin. Finally :)
A copy of Elder Scrolls VI.
Palantir.
So many good answers already taken.
I'm eating all the nuclear launch codes.
is the thing tastey and nutritious or I can just eat it as a party trick? I guess im saying whats the end game with this ability?
Racism. As in, gather up all the hate and bigotry in a big ol' ball, and gobble it down.
a bar of soap
Fascists.
Edit: They are technically edible, just very hard to stomach.
Sagitarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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Do you provide the thing?
As many pebbles of gold as I can fit down my gullet
Plasma directly from the sun
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