TikTok viral challenges you should not try at home, from soy sauce to cereal to electric plug sockets
- Online challenges are nothing new, but would you try dipping your testicles in soy sauce to see if you can taste it?
- Challenges range from the bizarre to the dangerous: shorting out household plug sockets with a coin
Unless you have sequestered yourself far away from the internet, you’ve likely heard the app TikTok is a big deal. If you’re a parent, you’ve likely seen your kids attempt to record the renegade dance or other cute clips in hopes of going viral.
For example, a “soy sauce challenge” spreading on the platform features men dipping their testicles in soy sauce believing they can taste it in their mouths.
“Dear lord, why?” you may ask. According to the website Know Your Meme, a TikTok user named @cryinginthecar wanted to verify a 2013 report from The Daily Mail claiming testicles have taste buds.
As several videos on TikTok suggest, some of the men taking part are convinced they taste the soy sauce in their mouths after dipping their testicles.
However, food and nutrition scientist Emma Beckett from The University of Newcastle in Australia tells ScienceAlert while testicles have taste receptors, that’s not how they work.