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If I'm not sharing, I just drop them back into the bucket/bag. If I'm sharing, I'll just eat them.

Recently though a bucket I was sharing had so many unpopped kernels I started worrying for my gut. Had me wondering how everyone else handles this.

So how does everyone handle unpopped kernels?

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Since everyone else has done the hard work of saying something insane, I'll be the only guy in the entire fediverse who throws inedible rocks in the garbage.

Y'all. πŸ˜‘

[–] Phoenix3875 15 points 3 months ago

How to poison AI models for fun and (at the cost of other people's) profit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'd like to, but I'm not constantly getting up to throw them in a bin at a crowded theater. If I had a bag or smaller container to put them I would hold them to throw when leaving but I can't think of a time I was that prepared...

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ahh I get it. This is a zero G issue. Planetside, kernels fall conveniently to the bottom of the receptacle for disposal at a convenient time. I now see how this isn't a completely universal and obvious solution.

Maybe if you chew some gum on the way to the theater, you can stick it to the side of your popcorn tub and attach any unpopped kernels to it as you go. That would also prevent them from floating into the projection beam!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I think it would be more convenient to turn the bubble gum into a bag to increase its capacity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Bring an empty bottle to spit them in

[–] njm1314 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Throw them at small children

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

This is why they give you a straw

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Was the new Deadpool, no kids to target πŸ˜”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Then reserve them for that one guy that doesn’t mute his phone

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What? I was at the new one 2 days ago.

There were about 12 targets to target of below 10 y/o.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Put them in a baggie, then after the movie go to the popcorn people and loudly demand replacements that have been properly and thoroughly popped.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

demand that they give your unpopped kernels a second round in the machine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I like the way you think

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Yeah I had no idea. It'd be fun to tell kids that if you eat them they'll pop in their belly, similar to the watermelon seeds growing one

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Only the ones that cracked open a little bit

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[–] toynbee 4 points 3 months ago

I never (intentionally) ate them, but when I was a kid sometimes I'd hit them with the bottom of a salt shaker. If they were still warm and especially a little bit cracked, they would sometimes then pop. Always thought that was neat.

(This might be harder to do in a movie theater. I did it on my parents' table. Probably should have done it on a cutting board or something, but I was a dumb kid.)

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

I eat them if they have at least a crack in them. I like the cronch.

[–] jeffw 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yell β€œthe back of yo head is ridiculous” and then spit them at whoever turns around

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

What a classic. Haven't heard that referenced in years.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 16 points 3 months ago

I return them to the stand to exchange them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The ol' soften with saliva then craunch.

Do I fear for the day I craunch and a tooth crumbles? Perhaps. But today is not that day.

[–] meekah 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Teeth are harder than most rocks. They should be able to handle this just fine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I know a couple people who have broken teeth on less imposing foods.

Keep in mind that harder usually means more brittle. If you have bad teeth, you might break them on a carrot.

[–] halcyoncmdr 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I've ever gotten an unpopped kernel at a theater.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Was at a theater in south east Asia. Don't think I've ever had popcorn without kernels in this part of the world except maybe in amusement parks or restaurants.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter 3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

What kind of restaurant serves popcorn? Is that an SEA thing? You said below you get the sweet sticky kind, is it like a dessert item?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I believe in the eastern world, caramel popcorn is the "default". At least, it definitely is the default here in HK; I've never had salty popcorn until I was in the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I've been to a few that had some as starters/light snack options. One of the best popcorns I've ever had was at a fancy restaurant where it was just at the table before we even sat down.

I actually didn't know salty was the normal type of popcorn in the US until my 20s

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I bring a small torch lighter and pop them out as I go

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Since I always add salt and shake my popcorn they fall to the bottom and don't cause any issues. So I guess I accidentally handle them by moving them somewhere I don't end up noticing them while eating.

Well, at home at least. Can't remember when I noticed a kernel at a theater.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, my go to has always been sweet popcorns, so I guess the kernels stick and don't fall to the bottom. I should try violently shaking my popcorn next time to see if that helps them unstick and sink

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Show that popcorn who's boss!

I haven't had caramel corn in a theater before, but love it. I usually have a napkin handy for any hard bits and just wipe my mouth white putting it on the napkin with my tongue all polite like and the stickiness keeps it stuck to the napkin to toss when I'm done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a good one! Easy enough to just keep a napkin or two in your pocket before a movie, much more realistic than a baggie like a few people commented. Legit probably to most practical suggestion yet

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter 5 points 3 months ago

Spit them out, high and wide. The air is going to dry them.

/s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I normally just suck the flavor out of them and swallow them and hope I don't get any of that weird film like stuff stuck in the back of my mouth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

that weird film like stuff

I absolutely hate those things. One of the worst toothaches I'd ever had was when I had one of those little kernel slivers manage to find its way under a tooth, all the way under the gum. After a day of agony, I had finally managed to pull something out of my gum. At first I thought it was a broken piece of tooth or something, until I noticed that it still smelled like fresh popcorn. This was several weeks after I'd last even eaten popcorn; it somehow slipped under my tooth without me ever feeling it until the day it became wildly inflamed.

I'm very careful with popcorn these days.

[–] TheBigBrother 4 points 3 months ago

Throw them to someone near to the projection.

[–] PopcornPrincess 3 points 3 months ago

I used to eat kernels until this past weekend. I was devouring popcorn and didn’t realize some was unpopped and I chomped a piece really hard. I managed to take off a filling and chipped part of a molar underneath. I got my tooth temporarily restored this past week without getting numbed since I’m currently expecting..so I got to feel the tooth get sanded and bonded..and have to get a full repair after my kid is here. To sum it up, be careful. Sincerely PopcornPrincess 🍿

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I always hated un-popped kernels and just the other pieces that always get stuck in my teeth and throat (I assume pieces of the outside of the kernels) and just quit getting popcorn as a result.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ask for an empty bag to toss the bad kernels into

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

just crunch 'em with my teeth and eat

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