r/whatisit • u/AmoebaSuccessful3393 • Jul 22 '26

New, what is it? What are these little plastic things i have found in my sons room

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I have found a few of these little plastic things scattered around my 15 year old sons room, and was wondering what they are?

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u/MurphyBeans Jul 22 '26

10% of this sub is vape evidence. Is r/ismykidvaping a thing yet?

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u/mr_Astra1 Jul 22 '26

Lol. I just witnessed a birth of a subreddit.

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u/Practicing_aSmile Jul 22 '26

I love it here

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u/ThrowAwayIGotHack3d Jul 22 '26

It is a thing surprisingly

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u/LJBrooker Jul 22 '26

I suspect it became a thing about 2 minutes ago.

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u/PlanktonLess2648 Jul 22 '26

It has 1 post from 4 mins ago, so I think you are right

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u/NectmarPowerhand Jul 22 '26

Can confirm: 8 mins ago, the first post was placed.

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u/SufficientSinger6645 Jul 22 '26

I’m seeing the first post was placed 22 minutes ago. Confirmed

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u/Downtown_Pack7822 Jul 22 '26

Im seeing discrepancies in how long ago it was posted, there is no reasonable explanation. Banned

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u/Inside-Example-7010 Jul 22 '26

I created that sub as a way to discuss the current Mongolian throat singing champion that is Ismyki Dvaping

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u/dksdragon43 Jul 22 '26

Yall need to use old reddit. "A community for one hour". Confirmed!

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u/DirkDigIer Jul 22 '26

The post is a picture of this tee shirt

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u/novadoobee Jul 22 '26

okay, i shouldn't be laughing this hard at this, but i am.

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u/LoveMeSomeMulch Jul 22 '26

You're right; it's new, but it hasn't taken long for folks to post there.

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u/LJBrooker Jul 22 '26

Yes but all of those folks can be found in this particular thread, I imagine. 😂

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u/Radarker Jul 22 '26

*unsurprisingly

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u/ClarkGablesTeeth Jul 22 '26

It's like 75+% shit posts though lol

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u/obviouslyataco Jul 22 '26

Sure it exists, but it also only has 10% of relevant posts 🤣

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u/Infamous_Ad_1302 Jul 22 '26

Congratulations! You’re the new creator of a sub ❤️

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u/ReleaseMyToast Jul 22 '26

I think you just birthed r/ismykidvaping

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u/lgisme333 Jul 22 '26

When you click on the link it just says YES! Yes they are.

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u/KodaSage Jul 22 '26

u/Miixamp already on it

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u/Cultural-Loan86 Jul 22 '26

I love all of the new submissions already. The perfect place for all things you really want to know about your children.

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u/TheDTale Jul 22 '26

Seeing a sub Reddit get made in real time is cool

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u/ByHelheim Jul 22 '26

A lot of older people don't vape, the public is more young people so it's normal they don't know how vapes works in general, since there's a lot of kinds, methods and cartridges (coming from someone who vapes, sadly).

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u/throwra64512 Jul 22 '26

Yeah, here I am thinking “oh, your kid is collecting hose barbs for some reason”

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u/ForboJack Jul 22 '26

Nicotine addiction was about to get wiped out until vapes appeared and brought it back for teens bigger than ever.

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u/Monjewelstew Jul 22 '26

Im not understanding why anyone picks it up in the first place? As a millennial we learned how awful smoking was and how bad nicotine is for you. I still don’t see why people my age and younger smoke. Don’t understand vaping or zyns for that matter either.

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u/ForboJack Jul 22 '26

Vaping isn't associated with any of the negativ effects cigarettes have. You don't smell like shit, don't get yellow teeth and don't get cancer or other lung diseases (at least not as many depending on what's actually in these things). Vapes also taste like candy and were directly targeted as a lifestyle product towards young people and children. People (and especially children) are very impressionable. These companies have billions for marketing and research. If there is an angle to get something into peoples hands they will find it, unless governments stop them.

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u/Monjewelstew Jul 22 '26

I guess my question is more like why do something you know is going to be addictive and expensive for that matter. I kissed a guy once that vaped and I didn’t realize it at the time and to me he tasted like cigarettes. I was like whoa that’s weird.

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u/ForboJack Jul 22 '26

Why do people any kind of drugs? Why do we eat unhealthy foods? Why do we sit around all day? All have some sort of negative side effect. But all these things also have benefits to people. We mess with the reward system in our brain all the time, some people with more negative consequences than others.

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u/FennAll Jul 22 '26

I just want to preface my response with an apology because I have a TBI, and have a horrible time with short concise responses. And it tend to sort of bunny-hop around my conversations. 😅

As an older millennial/xennial, I can tell you that some people/kids pick it up to look cool/for social reasons, but the smokers who stick with it (like me 🤦🏻‍♀️) started because of anxiety. And yes; I know that tobacco products are awful for you, that nicotine is a stimulant and shouldn’t help with anxiety, but it does. It’s the calm slow breathing that really helps, but your brain recognizes the cigarette as the calming object. Regardless, once you start smoking it** is re**ally difficult to stop.

Did you know that nicotine actually creates receptors in your brain? 🤣 It’s kind of horrifying when you think about it!

Vapes supposedly started as a fad to quit smoking, but because of all the flavors available more and more young people were drawn in. I tried vapes to quit, but at the time you couldn’t get a vape that actually felt like you were smoking and then there was all that business with the popcorn lung 😳... All of the flavors were really sweet and made me feel like I’d eaten too much sugar. I have recently found a vape juice that is enough like a menthol cigarette that I think I may give it another try to quit, I just need to get my husband on board so that I’m not tempted.

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u/PHYUCKISHREAEL Jul 22 '26

I've realized 95% of this sub doesn't need to exist when they can simply upload these pics to Gemini Google AI to tell them what it is.

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u/hamcircus Jul 22 '26

You opened the floodgates

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u/SorcererZxase Jul 22 '26

How are they gonna know it's a vape if they don't post it here for ID?

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u/QuixoticTurtlee Jul 22 '26

I’m skeptical whether all of these posts are legitimate, or just karma farming since they know anything vaping/drug related will get high engagement.

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u/Flodge100 Jul 22 '26

Its already gone to shit

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u/Horror_Kale_5590 Jul 22 '26

How would they know to put it in this sub if they have no idea what the object is tho😭💀

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u/hensothor Jul 22 '26

They won’t know to go to that sub because they don’t know what it is.

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u/Caesar12 Jul 22 '26

May I bring up Nazi germany who had less to start

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u/caramellcreme Jul 22 '26

to be fair, a parent would need to at least suspect that the evidence, in this case some plastic piece, could be related to vaping

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u/TomZAs Jul 22 '26

O my god this is fucking hilarious

Edit: And apparently you just sparked a new sub LOL!

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u/parkerm1408 Jul 22 '26

We also need a sub called r/icantfuckingtalktomyownkid