Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions
2 comments
- Points5
- Comments4
–Rank now
#23Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 30, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 5
- Comments
- 4
- Submitted by
- fortran77
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
- Site
- theatlantic.com
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Trending history
Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 7 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #23 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 14:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 15:07 UTC.
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From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
I had to type `wtf is candy corn?` into Kagi. It sounds disgusting without needing to know there's bug juice in there.
Always loved Lewis Black's bit on candy corn. (NSFW Language) [0] [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4vVGG_FcvY
really need to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerria_lacca photos of the lac bug to get this
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Is Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 15:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions reached?
#23 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 14:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (7 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
5 points and 4 comments; submitted by fortran77 on Oct 30, 2026.