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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Substantial-Path1258 on 2024-10-31 04:06:36+00:00.

As a kid I would sleep on the top bunk of the bed. My parents thought I was the smarter one and was worried that my younger brother would roll off. Because I was on the top bunk, I got to put up those cool glow in the dark stars, but I would also be able to touch the ceiling. Our house was built in the 1950s and it had a popcorn ceiling. I would pick at the ceiling and sometimes small pieces of the popcorn would come off. Because it’s called popcorn, I would eat it. It didn’t really taste like anything really. I think I have an oral fixation because I would also randomly chew and eat things like paper lollipop sticks. A friend made a joke about asbestos today and told me that it’s been used to make popcorn ceilings. I knew that asbestos was used to make the snow in wizard of oz, but not ceilings??? I no longer live in that house and currently don’t have a popcorn ceiling. But I can’t remember really how much asbestos I consumed. It was just little bits here and there and I didn’t create a noticeable mark on the ceiling. At least I thought it wasn’t noticeable. Not sure what the long term affects are. I’m still alive and no cancer yet.

TL;DR: I was a dumb kid that ate asbestos