Is it normal to be eating glass?

This isn't for me, I swear, I HAVENT been EATING glass. I am asking for a friend.

So this friend (NOT ME!) says that she is really into eating glass and that she goes out of her way to buy the little pebble things that they use in aquariums and she swallows them whole. Sometimes, she claims that she eats glass beer cans over the course of a month!! I haven't seen her eat the beer cans, but she showed me how she cuts them up with a wood burner and eats small pieces over time. She says the color is like a flavoring??

I am very concerned for my friend, I have never met anyone that does this, except for her and her boyfriend. She has been telling me how the glass (and maybe the chemicals in the coloring??) have been acting like some kind of twisted aphrodisiac or something, but I just think they are making up shit. They might be punking me or something, but it seems legit!!

Note: I DID see her eat some of the pebbles on multiple occasions, but she might have been hiding it under her tongue.

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Comments ( 14 )
  • litelander8

    The pebbles they’ll just shit out. If they’re eating crumbled glass, that will either kill them either on random time or over time.

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  • Thank you all for your input. I brought up my concerns with my friend and she has agreed to work towards no longer eating glass in the future. I have suggested that she speak with a specialist and got her some numbers to call to talk to. Thank you all.

    [ALSO- Confirmed, eating glass is very bad for you.]

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  • lolasprat

    She's pranking you. And if it's real(which I think is not), she should be dying right now.

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  • SwickDinging

    This is normal and healthy

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  • RoseIsabella

    What you're describing is not normal. This person most likely has an affliction called pica. This whole post reminds me of a show called My Strange Addiction!

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  • mouldiwarp

    If they’re those glass aquarium rocks (/vase fillers) that are perfectly smooth and rounded, she’ll probably be fine, those things are dense so they don’t shatter easily. Actual pebbles are more concerning since the edges mean they could abrade or irritate her flesh or get caught around tight corners, like in the small intestine, and cause impaction, but that last one is only if she eats a lot of them.

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  • Somenormie

    Not normal or healthy to be even eating glass as I'm pretty sure you can die from doing that.

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  • JellyBeanBandit

    Yeah I've heard of cases like that, it's a psychological disorder where people have a compulsion to eat certain inedible things.

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    • mouldiwarp

      The disorder is called pica

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      • JellyBeanBandit

        I didn't know what it was called, thanks.

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        • mouldiwarp

          you’re welcome

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  • a-curious-bunny

    https://youtu.be/VjXOwUnJzA0

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  • my_life_my_way

    If the pieces are small enough it might just pass through without harming her, sounds like a cool party trick though. I might have to start breaking a light bulb and nibbling on it in public.

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    • Summon_Tufak

      How the fuck do you dislike on this website?!

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