Roughly 30 teens referred to Rush University Medical Center in the past year displayed a range of involuntary actions, from jerking arm movements to curse words to head and neck twitches. Self-injurious behavior was common, according to some doctors, with many patients displaying bruises and abrasions resulting from their tics. Caroline Olvera, a movement-disorders fellow, noticed that numerous teens were saying the word “beans,” often in a British accent. Even patients who didn’t speak English were saying it. Some patients mentioned they had seen TikTok videos of others with tics.

:blocky-wat: :bean-think:

https://archive.md/DwOhP

Found it from :trueanon:

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Heinz baked beans. It's an absurdly appropriate emoji:

      • ✅ Beans
      • ✅ British
      • ✅ Psychology (thonk)
            • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Try making a small batch of slow cooker/dutch oven Boston baked beans. It's parboiled navy beans cooked with molasses and bacon, usually some diced onions and black pepper. It's less runny than canned beans and has a deep smoky-sweet flavor where the molasses is nowhere near as sweet as brown sugar.

          • cawsby [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Bush's and Heinz make a low sugar variety now that is almost indistinguishable from the normal Heinz Beanz brand sold in the UK.

          • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Not gonna defend shitty canned beans here but I will absolutely defend sweet beans, specifically Boston style baked beans. They're piss easy to make if you have a slow cooker or oven-safe pot like a Dutch oven, and molasses is way less sweet than brown sugar.

        • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          For some reason their baked beans originate in the UK even though the company is American.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Baked_Beans

          • Satanic_Mills [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            "In 1886, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London."

            Mr Ambassor, with these baked beans you are spoiling us.