FoodBeast.com's "So apparently we've been XXXXing all wrong" series

This is not a judgment or a sexist comment, I'm just curious. Was anyone else taught as a child that only girls and [homosexual men] use straws to drink beverages? I am just curious how rare or common my life experience was.

 

No. Your parents are homophobes.

 

Never heard that one before, SoCal.

I don't like using straws because I like to take big, easy gulps out of a cup/glass.

 

I recall hearing something about ladies using straws so as to not mess up lipstick, but never in a pejorative sense like that.

 

Someone try that apple thing and report back. I'm still too skeptical.

 

Ditto. How does the core just ... disappear?

 

I tried the apple thing. I got to a point where I abandoned the suggested method for the traditional side attack. It's not like the core disappears. I couldn't make myself take that next bite to see just how edible it might be.