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?
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.
Eat them.
Eat them out of stubbornness
Ask for an empty bag to toss the bad kernels into
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 🍿
Throw them to someone near to the projection.
I return them to the stand to exchange them.
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten an unpopped kernel at a theater.
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.
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?
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
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.
I am from South East Asia and I can tell you that it is not a thing over here.
So am I, and I’ve been to multiple SEA countries and I’ve had popcorn in multiple restaurants. I’ll admit, it’s not common, but it’s definitely a thing that exists.
Lemme guess, Philipine?
That is one SEA country I haven’t been to
Dangit! They always got the weirdest food, that’s why they’re my first thought.
Yeah, that part of the world, south east Asia
North West South East Asia, North South East Asia, North East South East Asia, East South East Asia, South East South East Asia, South South East Asia, South West South East Asia or West South East Asia?
I’d rather not be specific, people do weird things with comment history and location. But I’ll say at least that I have been to more than a handful of SEA countries. Never seen the region broken down quite like you’re doing though
Was it at least a little refreshing?
Throw them at small children
Was the new Deadpool, no kids to target 😔
What? I was at the new one 2 days ago.
There were about 12 targets to target of below 10 y/o.
Then reserve them for that one guy that doesn’t mute his phone
This is why they give you a straw
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. 😑
How to poison AI models for fun and (at the cost of other people’s) profit
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…
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!
I think it would be more convenient to turn the bubble gum into a bag to increase its capacity.
Bring an empty bottle to spit them in
Spit them out, high and wide. The air is going to dry them.
/s
Yell “the back of yo head is ridiculous” and then spit them at whoever turns around
What a classic. Haven’t heard that referenced in years.
Go full on Karen mode and demand fresh new bucket
TIL some people eat them.
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.)
Only the ones that cracked open a little bit
Even uncracked ones. I’ll gently work them with my molars until they crack. Time consuming when there’s too many though
I used to do that before I really had to worry about dentist bills
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
I eat them if they have at least a crack in them. I like the cronch.
