Bugs in Your Frappuccino

Oh, wait a second before you drink that. Frappuccino. It might have some bugs in. it. Howdy. I'm Royce from Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Let's talk about that. [Applause]. Good mythical morning. This episode is. brought to you by the Lexus L Studio. YouTube channel. They asked us to make a. video about what inspires us, and we. did. I'm inspired by the hiker who got.

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of Frappuccinos. And you know this, man. He's not actually drinking a. Frappuccino, but I chose to use the fact. that he was drinking coffee as a visual. aid to help you understand where we're. going with this. Actually, I just wanted. to drink coffee. I had And I am noticing. now that you're drinking out of my mug. My wife specifically bought mugs that. had letters on them. The R is for Rhett. is for me. You're drinking out of my. personal mug. Oh, this are my mug. get it. I like shortened it. It's like I. was texting you. She actually she has a. mug with an L on it for you. She thought.

about it cuz you work out here with me. all the time. She's like, I'm going to. get one for Link, too. You're drinking. out of my mug. What? Well, only all the. ones I saw were pink. Is it pink? Note. to vegans and those grossed out by bugs. Starbucks strawberries and cream. frappuccino is colored with insects. You're not actually drinking one. No, I. didn't spit. Take it. gets its pink. color from cinial extract which comes. from ground up cinial bugs native to. Mexico and South America. Cineal and to.

think that's what I was going to name my. next child. I didn't realize that was. also an insect. Yep. The coloring is. nothing new. Is your wife pregnant? No. It's been used since the 15th century. and is present in everything from. marinades to cheddar cheese. That's. where your cheddar cheese gets that. beautiful pink cheddar cheese. I think. it it they mix it with other things. Now, I've never ordered one of these. Frappuccinos, but are they saying that. it has pink shards on top, like pink.

sprinkles? No, it's not like those. shards are It's not ground up insects. like sprinkled on top. There's a dye. There's a dye that's used has been used. since the 15th century according to this. article. It's a It's apparently these. bugs when you grind them up, somebody. discovered one day when they stepped on. them apparently that it makes like a. pink color and it makes a dye. And. Starbucks is saying, well, they're kind. of defending themselves because they're. saying, "This is an effort to move away. from artificial dyes. All you people are. complaining about artificial dyes and. artificial coloring, so we're going to.

do something natural." However, we're. not going to insectual that I think. that's insectual. Yeah, I don't think. that's a word. And you shouldn't try to. make it one. Well, I didn't think. cineial was a word either, but you're. throwing around like it's in your. vocabulary toolbox. consists completely. of insects is maybe the way to say that. But it's but now the vegans are upset. The vegans are upset because they don't. want anything to do with animals except. for like pets and you know petting zoos. and companions. They don't like eating. them. But some vegetarians can eat fish.

and cenials but vegans do not eat either. one of those. Vegetarians that would be. when people who only eat pescatarian. what correct us in the comments. Listen, we're not judging anybody here. We're. just talking about stuff. Talk talk. amongst yourselves. I don't have a pro. personally I don't have a problem with. eating insects and I have eaten insects. intentionally several times. People have. sent us some insects. Try these crickets. and chocolate or try these grubs. And I. I mean I don't care. I mean I I eat it. and they're not great. I don't want to.

make a habit of it but I enjoy it. Well, and there are people who it's it's not. just the not here. We eat insects as a. novelty, but there are people who eat. insects as a legitimate, you know, something that's legitimate. A. legitimate something that's legitimate. Yeah. In terms of eating it. But what it. did make me think of when I when I read. the story and about the consumption of. insects was all the times in my life. that I have unintentionally eaten. insects. Cuz they say that over the. course of a lifetime, the average person.

eats eight spiders, right? I thought. that was a myth. But when you think. about it, the fact that there you lots. of people, especially you sleep with. your mouth open. Yeah. What are you doing knowing how I. sleep? We live in separate homes. I. don't sleep in your We've traveled. together many times. And unfortunately, we have been stuck in a room with one. king-sized bed at least seven times in. our travels. Yeah, I we always request. two double two beds called a spider. trap. But Link rolls all over the place. and then and then and then and then and. then and then and then and then and then. and then and then and then then I wake. up and his face is right in my face just.

waiting for a bug to crawl in. Well, anyway, I know that this happens. because back in my house in North. Carolina in the south where there are. lots of bugs out here there's there's no. bugs. We leave the door open. No, nothing ever comes in except squirrels. sometimes. Sometimes. But in North. Carolina, we we my wife and I would be. getting ready to go to bed and we would. look up and in the corners of the which. the house it was a the bedroom was a. finished attic, you know, didn't look. like an attic anymore, but I don't know.

if it was like from Finland. They No, had nothing to do with Finland, but. there was a lot of spiders up in the. corners. And I would go around and she. would like, I want you to go around and. kill the spiders. And I would do this. every night. I would go around and. they're really little spiders that you. have to really get a good look on, almost clear. I would go around and I. would kill all these spiders. just go up. to them and open your mouth. They'll. jump right in. One time I killed 25. before we went to bed. But sometimes I. wouldn't do that. So I know for a fact. that I have consumed more than eight. spiders. But that's not that interesting. cuz you're sleeping. The most.

interesting time to consume an insect is. in mid-con conversation with, you know, it's like you're outside and. then it just happens and you know when. that goes in there and sometimes it gets. all the way back in there. Yeah. You spin. That That'll kill a. conversation pretty quickly. Right. there. You You spend the next 10 minutes. trying to get this thing out. Now, not. only have I swallowed a bug as a kid, I. had a gnat fly in my ear. That doesn't sound as bad. It was that a.

pun? No, because it sounds horrible. Oh, yeah. Because he got in there and then I. I. noticed like a little like he's he's. trying to flap out, you know? And he's in my ear canal. He's way in. there. This thing lived in my ear canal. for a day. And then he stayed in my ear. canal dead for two more days because it. was the third day that he fell out kind. of bloated and just And this is back in. the day. Like nowadays if if a bug flew. into my kid's ears, my wife would have.

him at the pediatrician like 3 seconds. later or she'd at least dial 911. immediately. Yeah. Right. But back in. the day, my mom was like, "Well, he. doesn't look like he's going to die. I'm. not going to take him to the shake your. head. It's kind of like swimmer's ear. And she maybe thought I was crazy, but. that sucker stayed in there for at least. a day. I can top that. I And uh Okay, let's see. Sophomore year in high. school. I get Let's see. Is a worm. considered an insect? No. Well, then.

maybe technically I can't top it, but. I'll still share the story. Um I. remember we started dissecting things in. biology class. Miss Lee's biology class. Miss Lee's class. But, you know, you. think you're going to dissect a, you. know, something big, something nice, like a like a cadaavver. But, and then. the first thing we we dissected was a. worm. You start small. You start little. They don't want you to cut yourself or. mess anything up or, you know, they. don't trust cadaavvers with sophomores.

in high school. And I remember we, you. know, I said, "Okay, you could there's. lots of stuff in a worm as it turns. out." And you get to the end, she's. like, "Okay, you could cut it apart and. you've taken everything out." Okay. And. here's the anus of the worm. Okay. And. my my partner was Tracy Goss. Oh, Tracy. I kind of had a crush on Tracy Goss. So, when we got to that part and and Miss. Lee said, "And here's the anus of the. worm." I turned to Tracy and I said, "You dare me to eat the.

anus?" I This is This is my feeble. attempt at impressing her. Uh, which and. what did Tracy say? I must have read it. in a book. If you want to impress a. girl, eat a worm anus. I I seem to. recall. No. Yeah, I seem to recall. You. never went out on a date with Tracy Gos. She ended up being going with Scott. What's his name? Oh god, she married. him. Kind of a cowboy guy. Yeah. Boots. Never ate worm anus. He's not that type. of a guy. But so the way to a woman's.

heart, eat a worm's anus. through a. worm's. anus. Put that on a t-shirt. The way to. a woman's heart is through a worm's. anus. So, I cut it off and it it was. just like a little pill and I swallowed. it. It wasn't a pill. It was a worm's. anus. She never talked to me again. And. it was soaked in formaldahhide, which is. poisonous. Well, it's just a little bit. though. I also we But why did you think. it would be impressive? Aren't you. impressed? Yeah, but I'm a dude. And I'm. what I'm saying is if you if there was.

like a group of dudes around and you. were like, I'm going to be the guy who. eats the worms and it's like Luke ate. the worms. I was an awkward sophomore in. high school. It was my best effort, man. And you know, it didn't work. Okay. I'm sorry. Have you done it? I I regret. it. I've never done it again. But we. dissected a rat two weeks later and I. severed severed the tail off and I kept. it in my book bag for the rest of the. year. Yeah. Yeah, in case a nat flew in. my ear, I'd have something to get it out.

with. A rat tail. Listen, in this. episode, before you end up saying. something else that you feel bad about, uh you can comment below with anytime. that you've unintentionally or. intentionally eaten either a worm's anus. or any. insect. You're safe here. Let's spin the. wheel. See how to end the episode. Make. sure that you go over and watch our how. we're inspired or what inspires us. what. inspires us video and leave a comment. there. Let us know what inspires you.

How are we ending this? Link throws a. temper tantrum. Well, Link, it was great having you here. today. I'm glad you you I don't want to. end this episode. I wanted to keep. going. Uh I'm going to have to put you in. timeout. No, you're not going to put me. in timeout. Listen. Listen. Control. yourself. Go over there and sit in sit. in your desk. Sit at your desk. No. No. No. No. I'm going to hold my breath. until we don't end this episode.

See how far that gets. you. It's not ending. See you tomorrow. I'm inspired by the. sound of silence. I'm inspired by the. taste of wind. I'm inspired by the. motion in the ocean.