I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey’s was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate.

Is consumer elitism just a facade for pretentious contrarians? Or are there things where even most snobs agree with the masses?

Also, I mean that the product is intrinsically considered to be the best option. I’m not considering social products where the user network makes the experience.

Edit: I was not eating Hershey’s. Hershey’s being the best chocolate is a bizarro universe in this hypothetical.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      6·
      14 days ago

      Fun fact, aside from the fluoride, you actually don’t need a paste at all. Just the friction does the important part.

      • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
        8·
        14 days ago

        Friendly correction for someone who frequently messes it up, it’s fluoride.

        Also charcoal toothpaste should be avoided.

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
              2·
              14 days ago

              Wait, what? They’re not putting diamonds in there. Charcoal is softer than graphite, which is a soft mineral to start with.

                • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
                  1·
                  13 days ago

                  Is this the paper you’re looking at?

                  If you found something else, can I have a citation? It’s actually really hard to find hardness information on charcoal. Graphite is 0.5 on the Mohs scale, while tooth enamel is 5, for reference.

                  I can’t rule out that it’s actually harder than graphite and just seems softer due to being full of voids and crumbly. Then again, the activated charcoal in toothpaste isn’t exactly the same thing as the wood charcoal I’d be familiar with (or cow bone charcoal, for some reason).

                  (Silica will wreck you, if there’s a significant amount. The silica in normal food is probably a big contributor to tooth wear)