27 of the Worst Things People Put in Their Mouth

Your mouth, ideally, should be a private place. After toddlerdom, we’re pretty picky about what we put in there, and for good reason. There’s a whole lot of hardware that gives us sensory feedback packed into our pieholes. When what enters is a slice of devil’s food cake, or a pork-and-chive potsticker, we’re very thankful for that.

Of course, that sensitivity is a double-edged sword. When something undesirable somehow finds access to your oral cavity, you’re going to get a whole lot of information about it that you never wanted. Especially if it’s something that you shouldn’t be eating, as there’s probably a lot of taste and odor indicators to that end. Given how closely our senses and our memory are linked, when you get a taste of something truly foul, it’ll probably stick with you for life — as it did for these Redditors who shared the worst thing that’s ever snuck in their mouths.