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Funny Tweet Joking About Eating Rocks To Find Tasty Ones Other Than Salt

This is a dark mode screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post. The post author has a low-resolution cat profile picture, display name 'carmeb', and handle @therealcbrad. The tweet text humorously notes that salt, a commonly consumed mineral classified as a type of rock, is delicious, then makes an absurd, comedic logical leap: it claims there must be other tasty rocks that are being hidden from the public, and states the author intends to eat rocks to find these good ones. The joke leans into the relatable experience of having random chaotic intrusive thoughts when considering how odd it is that humans consume salt, a rock, as seasoning.
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@carmeb X (formerly Twitter)

Salt can't be the only delicious rock. I'm going to eat rocks to find the good ones. I bet they're trying to keep them from us

Overview

This is a dark mode screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post. The post author has a low-resolution cat profile picture, display name 'carmeb', and handle @therealcbrad. The tweet text humorously notes that salt, a commonly consumed mineral classified as a type of rock, is delicious, then makes an absurd, comedic logical leap: it claims there must be other tasty rocks that are being hidden from the public, and states the author intends to eat rocks to find these good ones. The joke leans into the relatable experience of having random chaotic intrusive thoughts when considering how odd it is that humans consume salt, a rock, as seasoning.

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Per the provided additional information, this image is sourced from the X.com account meme.jpg via RSS feed. The original content is a standalone tweet created and posted by X user @therealcbrad, which gained traction as a meme due to its silly, relatable absurd premise, and was later reposted across other social media platforms.

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