You don't really see people chewing gum anymore.

This seems like a case of "I don't see it, so others don't either"

Do you want to see me chewing gum? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Don’t see ads for it anymore either. I kinda miss the old “how it feels to chew 5 gum” ones

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

Not only is the plastic gross, but the artificial sweeteners are nasty.
Some of us don't taste sweetness, we taste the chemical.
Gum stopped being fun.

Doesn't help anything that most "gum base" has PLASTIC in it.

I chew gum every day.

I chew gum

I feel like the consumption of gum has shifted from just chewing it to being a more glorified mint/on the go way to brush your teeth.

Well, it's in their mouth, duh.

I got offered some gum on the a plane ride the other day and it really made me to stop and think how I went from doing that every time to not doing it for years.

I smoked for about 10 years and replaced that with vaping. Then I replaced vaping with chewing gum in January.

I chew 2 pieces of Extra 6-7 times a day and Blockheads multivitamin gum twice a day.

I also carry strips of foil I can spit into if I'm at my desk or not near a bin.

They're probably vaping instead.

Why is all made with fake sugar now. That shit hurts my stomach

It's me. I'm singlehandedly keeping the gum industry alive.

You don't know what I see and don't see. How dare you.

Im not big on chewing literal microplastics… I used to love chewing gum before I learned that though

All out. Time to kick ass.

I see it occasionally. I wonder if it dropped in popularity when cigarettes did. And everyone has their heads up their phones. So they are less observant of what's going on around them, and maybe there's less demand for walking-around-diversions like gum.

If I see a balding, shorter guy with a buzz cut and a tan line on his face from his wrap around sunglasses, I expect him to be chewing gum.

I have a coworker who does. Into her mic during meetings. I hate her way more than I otherwise would because of that

I know they must be though because I find used gum stuck to shit all the time.

People chewed gum to fix their breath after smoking tobacco, and I don't see people doing that anymore either.

The ads never said that gum was for smokers, but it's for smokers.

My bjj instructor rolls with gum in his mouth lol. I don't chew it because I have a pathological need to swallow it.

I see it pretty much all the time. You probably live somewhere where people are more likely to do stuff other than chewing gum, or, in the worst case scenario, somewhere where it's literally illegal (ie Singapore).

I see people in this thread complaining about fake sugar and someone mentioned chewing gum with real sugar. I'm just wondering do they sell xylitol gum in America? I see no point in chewing gum if it's not even healthy for teeth.

I don't want to willingly keep eating micro plastics.

Chewing gum is great for you

I was never down with gum to start. Chewing something until its flavorless and then spitting it out is just a strict downgrade from snacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoCPV3f1xDQ

That's because gum has less flavor and is unreasonably more expensive, at least in my case.

I would have agreed with you re: reduction in gum chewers. But it looks like most forecasting documents and historical trends demonstrate growth in consumption. Granted I've only had a quick lookm https://www.databridgemarketresearch.com/reports/global-chewing-gum-market

Gum always gives me a headache. Though I think I have mild TMJ.

Was watching a Steve Ramsey video on YouTube today and noticed he was chewing gum through parts of it. Made me think of this post again. You definitely don't see a lot of YouTubers chewing gum!

I keep some sugar-free mint gum in my carry-on bag to chew during take-off and landing to help with ear pressure. But otherwise I’ve largely turned to Binaca or Listerine spray for breath freshening, which for me is the major purpose of gum.

People still chewing gum, but chewing gum is no longer a fashion trend. So they don't purposely show to you that they are chewing gum.

I do chewing gum when at work, to help me stay focused. I don't chewing gum while hanging out with friends to look cool, because it no longer a trend. Beside, it is not comfortable to speak while chewing gum.