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Disposable Tongue Protector Original Purpose Innuendo Joke

This meme displays text at the top falsely claiming that thin clear plastic dental dams are "disposable tongue protectors" originally designed to prevent people from tasting bitter medicine, alongside two images: one of a person sticking their tongue out wearing one of the plastic sheets, and another of a stack of the sheets. Below, a verified X/Twitter user @timistrator replies with the questions "originally? what's it's purpose now?" This creates a suggestive double meaning joke, as the widely known common actual use of dental dams is as a barrier method for safe oral sex.
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The disposable tongue protector was originally made for those who want to take very bitter medicines.

Overview

This meme displays text at the top falsely claiming that thin clear plastic dental dams are "disposable tongue protectors" originally designed to prevent people from tasting bitter medicine, alongside two images: one of a person sticking their tongue out wearing one of the plastic sheets, and another of a stack of the sheets. Below, a verified X/Twitter user @timistrator replies with the questions "originally? what's it's purpose now?" This creates a suggestive double meaning joke, as the widely known common actual use of dental dams is as a barrier method for safe oral sex.

Origin notes

This meme was originally created and posted on X/Twitter by user @timistrator, then later republished on 9Gag via their RSS feed, with the 9Gag post titled "Wonder what other 'original' purposes have been... re-evaluated". The joke relies on common public knowledge of the common sexual health use of dental dams to land the innuendo punchline.

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