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Around the turn of the 20th century, Gladys Babson Hannaford, nicknamed the Diamond Lady, was giving hundreds of "educational" talks on the gems every year. However, the "expert" was actually employed by an ad agency with a simple mission: get American women to crave diamonds. Businesses have long understood that in order to compete in the market, a good product might not be enough. You also need a compelling story.
As consumers, we must be aware of how marketing boardrooms twist reality if we want to make rational choices with our money. So, we looked at a few online discussions where people have been sharing the corporate myths they discovered — from hygiene to eating habits, so much of our daily life has been targeted.
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#1
"Oxycontin is not highly addictive." Crafted by the deplorable Sackler family and their Purdue Pharma for the sake of profit.
🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 5 months ago (edited)
I totally agree. Made jawdroppingly worse by the fact that Richard Sackler was an actual physician. A slight aside, but it's an incredibly ugly surname that jars every time I read it, but I've never heard anyone say anything about it.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
I had foot surgery in June, and had oxycodone. It helped somewhat (not as much as I would have wanted), and gave me constipation. It did NOT make me high. I’ve been high before, and that wasn’t it. 🤷🏻♀️ If I want to get high, I’ll stick with edibles.
Belinda 5 months ago
Me too, well, no edibles, but I don't react to oxy. I am glad. My friend, father of 4, has had the worst a*******n.. truly Sad!
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Rich Black 4 months ago
i only take d***s personally endorsed by RFK junior. Or Hollywood stars.
Bluonthefront 5 months ago
F**k all of them and their greed. I hope karma comes for them. On steroids.
CP 5 months ago (edited)
Most drvgs aren't add!ctive period. Add!ction typically requires a high. Most drvgs just make you feel normal; anti-biotics, anti-depressants, blood pressure meds etc.. Oxycontin is one that is addictive, even when taken "correctly" as prescribed by a doctor.
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#2
Whole wedding industry. Rings, dresses, huge parties.
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I agree - have a small wedding, don’t go into debt and invest that money into your new life together.
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Robert Trebor 5 months ago
You don't have to be a sheep and go along with such nonsense. Have a quiet wedding with family and friends and spend more on a honeymoon, or a deposit on a house. Be sure, though, to spend some of what you have foolishly.
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
Nobody’s confused. They said the wedding industry, not weddings specifically.
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Pretty sure the diamond industry became a thing because DeBeers said so.
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
Jewels, including diamonds, were highly treasured well before the DeBeers family existed.
Kim Steffen 5 months ago
But the DeBeers cornered the market and made the most common element on the planet expensive.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
They’re beautiful. But lab-grown diamonds are just as beautiful, and better for everybody.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Oh! Look! A shiny rock! Meh, diamonds suck. Give me an interesting looking rock any day, like, say, an amethyst. Although, in the right time and place, even a seemingly boring rock can be interesting. For example, my house is built on shale, it is sort of the tail end of the Angers slate seam (or is it the other one? I forget). All around are white quartz-like rocks and that's mostly what it is built from, but it was placed on the shale because it runs at near ground level. Now, the ground is gently hilly - there are no mountains, no cliffs, it just undulates like, well, like a picturesque rural scene. So why is the shale *sideways*? Under the house, and along where a farmer dug into it to make an artificial lake for irrigation, the rock is layered vertically. How? Why? What process would have rotated the rock sideways and then skimmed off the top to make the land mostly flat (but with some small hills)? And you think I'm going to be interested in a dumb bit of diamond, huh? :-)
Laserleader 5 months ago (edited)
They created the "diamond are forever" because whenever people tried to sell their diamond collections they found them incredibly devalued (instant -30% as soon as leaving store) and they wanted people to believe they should never sell them. It apparently worked and helped them corner the market, because people didn't want to buy someone's "used" diamonds.
UKGrandad 5 months ago
Diamonds cannot return to coal because they were never coal.
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The whole vaccines cause autism/ anti vax b******t. A doctor came up with his own vaccine and wanted to sell it, so he wrote a "paper" which was just him asking the parents of 12 autistic children if they had been vaccinated and then saying that there was a 100% correlation between ONE particular vaccine and autism. This became the basis of the whole vaccines cause autism nonsense.
Pulsar_the_Spacenerd:
Andrew Wakefield was (is) a f**king wild man. Not only did he do that, but he repeatedly refused to retract the study. All other people involved except for one rejected it.
There was also a whole drama about unnecessary colonoscopies for children with autism. I don't know why it was involved in the "study," but people weren't properly informed of them and they weren't necessary for anything.
David 5 months ago
It was also the study that exposed The Lancet of not properly doing peer review, not checking to see if math or data added up. Academics went back and found that since the 80s, The Lancet had dropped all standards when it came to math and stats, with dozens of articles that would have failed a math undergrad class, and shoddy peer review for other dubious pieces. They still have that issue today, with a third of all data and stats in their articles not holding up to independent review, some so crazy off, it shows they havent fixed their peer review process either. There is a movement to stop considering the Lancet a Tier 1 Journal, when it has lower standards than Tier 4 ones these days and is coasting off a reputation from 50+ years ago
Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 5 months ago (edited)
the most insidious thing is, he wasn't even anti-vax. he just wanted to patent his own measles vaccine and get rich.
Nova yt 5 months ago
Unfortunately, it was Jenny McCarthy who really spread the information on an insanely larger scale. Had all new moms in the 2000s terrified. Luckily the smart ones listen to our pediatricians bc they are the professionals and not a mtv host.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Jenny McCarthy did SO much damage to the autistic community. No consequences for her irresponsible encouragement of t*****e for autistic kids. There should have been consequences for her.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
This was just picked up as "confirmation" for some people's pre-existing paranoia and distrust. If it's not "vaccines cause autism" (that's not how it works) then it's some nonsense about "vaccines and 5G" (that's not how that works either). And if not that, then something else would fill the gap and allow the dumb to rant about things they don't understand. Of course, you can't try to correct them or educate them....because if you do you're clearly a Big Pharma shill. [sigh]
Verfin22 5 months ago
Just like gayness being more recognized now, the same goes for autism. I'm sure back in boomer days, there were kids who were a little "off". It wasn't known or talked about. Blaming proven science is ignorant.
Namea 4 months ago
My Dad is 64 and very clearly on the spectrum. I was diagnosed at 30 and I'm exactly like him. His doctor suspects it but he says he's too old to get tested when he copes fine.
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Craig Reynolds 4 months ago
FKU. Both my wife and I have myocarditis after the COVID-19 vaccines.
Fiona Ross 5 months ago
He was offered a grant to study it properly, if he stopped saying publicly that vaccines cause autism until he had done the scientific study. He refused.
#5
Fertilizer/lawn care product companies have long diagnosed clover as a weed, when in reality clover is a healthy part of most grassy areas. It doesn't look perfect when combined with most varieties of grass, but clover isn't exactly an invasive plant that destroys a healthy lawn.
Cheese 5 months ago
I'm so glad we don't have many lawns in my area. Cactuses look cooler anyway
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Annik Perrot 5 months ago
I have a lot of clover in my lawn and it looks nice. Just don't go running barefoot, bees love clover.
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago
A "healthy lawn" is an oxymoron. Most lawns looking "healthy", aka like mini golf courses without holes, are something of a toxic wasteland - incidentally also like golf courses. Ambitious grass breeders like to use excessive amounts of pesticides to make their yards look like astro turf or green carpet. Why someone would bother to install and maintain an outdoors living space and then procede to turn the area into a toxic wasteland that looks as inviting as a morgue and as enticing as a administrative corridor is beyond me - especially considering the time and money put into the transformation.
Nimitz 5 months ago
If you're wondering why, clover is a nitrogen fixing plant. Nitrogen in the air isn't usable by most plants, but some, like clovers and legumes, absorb it and then fix it into nitrates which can be readily be used by other plants and animals. Most lawn/garden fertilizers are mixtures of potassium, phosphorus, and nitrates, so they call it a weed to prevent you getting free natural fertilizer.
Aileen Grist 5 months ago
Lawns beecame popular as a status symbol - it showed that you didn't need your land to grow food, you could just leave it doing nothing.
Betsy S 5 months ago
An extremely outdated idea now. All should be permitted and encouraged to let their lawns go natural or turn their yards into growing spaces, instead of wasting all that time, money, energy and water on something you can't even eat.
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Bored Sailor 5 months ago
I like my clovers because it makes the bunny living in my yard happy when they eat it.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
It’s green…it prevents erosion….what’s the problem? 🤷🏻♀️
tori Ohno 5 months ago
Honey bees feed off of clover. Honey bees are how our crops get pollinated.
Daniel Atkins 5 months ago
Clover does add nitrogen to the soil which fertilizes the grass. I saw an episode of This Old House where they were laying sod with clover in for that reason. It would fertilize the grass naturally and would go dormant in the heat of summer. It was to reduce the need for fertilizer application.
#6
There's an ad on daytime TV here in the UK which is pushing electric roll-out canopies for your garden. Nothing wrong with that, I'm sure they're great. But the ad starts:
"Wouldn't you like to enjoy your garden without the continual glare of the Sun?"
Britain is a lovely place, but "the continual glare of the Sun" is not one of it's major problems...
Michael Largey 5 months ago (edited)
Better selling point for a canopy in Britain - "Wouldn't you like to enjoy your garden without continually being rained on?"
Jay Cee 4 months ago
Well, to be honest, they probably will keep the rain off of you.
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 5 months ago
Hmm I have seen those in the US where is does make sense. Makes me wonder if they just used the same ad or script.
Midwest Mike 5 months ago
"Wouldn't you like to enjoy your garden without the continual remembrance of the destruction of England by Margaret Thatcher?" Just remember in 2025 the United States has a worse Orange Demon!!! This is not an Advertisement!!!!.....Sadly just straight facts.....
#7
Many feminine cleaning products are worse than useless, except when used as an insult.
anon:
Yea....if you've got bad smells down there that don't go away with some warm water and a clean washcloth, go to the doctor. All women get some funky v*gina smells on occasion. Especially after an intense workout or while on your period or during periods of high stress. It's truly nothing that you need to freak out about, just give the area a good rinse with water.
Please don't put any type of cleaners inside the v*gina.
WonderWoman 5 months ago
Oh dear 😱 v a g i n a is a censored word. It is a body part!!
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
You mean you can't fix unpleasant smells by affixing a bog brush to a power drill, dipping it in Fairy liquid, and shoving it up there for a good deep clean? [disclaimer because it's 202x: I'm very obviously taking the p!ss - don't try this at home, etc]
UKGrandad 5 months ago
Take the Gwyneth Paltrow route and steam clean it instead. What could possibly go wrong?
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karen snyder 5 months ago
Thee, by far and away, #1 reason straight women get smelly bacterial infections in the V zone is men and their dirty dícks or fingers. A few conclusive studies have been published in the medical community about how you will not cure your female patient unless you treat her dude too. Please look it up. Wash your shïtë before you even think of approaching a woman's bits.
rmac1953 5 months ago
That's the #1 reason? Really? I think you should check your research. And are you inferring that tens of millions of women are choosing to have s*x with men that don't bathe? Also, don't you think that it behooves both sexes to wash their "shite" before even thinking of approaching each other's "bits"?
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Paulina 4 months ago
All the deodorized pads and liners are just shïte made up to sell you more expensive things! There's no need for any of that (especially since no one can actually smell it). And what is worse, in reality, the chemical agents used to give off that "camomile" or "waterlily" scent can be what's causing harm! Ask your doctor: it's actually safer and more healthy to forgo liners completely.
#8
That aging is a bad thing that can be staved off or even reversed. Ridiculous, but billions of dollars per year go to that pointless hope.
Don't listen to me 5 months ago
Message is you're not attractive unless you're young. I think most people don't think about death much.
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
The primary reason people think aging is bad is because they fear death and the process that leads up to it.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I don't fear death. I fear a prolonged dying process.
Load More Replies... Nimitz 5 months ago
Thinking of that idiot billionaire who's obsessed with de-aging and keeps putting out articles about this treatment or that. The dude looks exactly his age. Lindsay Lohan's plastic surgeon did a better job
WalterWhiteSavannah 5 months ago
I think it was here on bp I saw the meme "hunter Biden lives on a diet of c*****e and liquor and looks younger at 55 than weird billionaire dude does at 47 after years of anti aging procedures."
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
Yeah, but if you no longer look young, creepy guys will leave you alone.
Array Index Out of Bounds 5 months ago
If you no longer fear death, then you can grow old gracefully!
#9
You barely need to put any toothpaste on your brush, just a pea-sized blop. The ads all show people squeezing these massive bloop logs onto their toothbrushes because it makes you run out three times as fast.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
If I tried to put in my mouth the amount of toothpaste shown in ads, I'd gag.
BookFanatic 5 months ago
I recently started using an anti-sensitivity toothpaste. Directions insist on "at least an inch worth" of toothpaste. Yeah, no.
Marla Singer 5 months ago
You don't even really need toothpaste, period. You can use tablets or even just baking soda as long as your overall oral health is fine.
Betsy S 5 months ago (edited)
If I'm about to drink my tea first thing in the morning, the last thing I want is mint in my mouth, so I brush my teeth with just water and my electric toothbrush. Later in the day I can use toothpaste, but not just before or just after eating or drinking something that also has a taste. (water is fine).
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Trophy Husband 5 months ago
Laundry detergent too... Most modern machines need an ounce, but the cap holds way more and has a line showing you 3 or 4 ounces. And the worst part is that they have done studies that show it works better with the right amount than it does with more!
Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
Can anyone expand on this pea size? Where I'm from some peas are three times the size of others.
Dragon Ashes 5 months ago
I just put a thin swipe on my toothbrush. The less the better really. I don't floss. The hygienists fight over who gets to do my teeth because they know it'll be easy.
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Breakfast being the most important meal of the day. This was made up by the Kellogg's corporation in 1917.
polkadotdress:
Kellogg was a Seventh Day Adventist who started his company based on the dietary beliefs of his religion, particularly cereal foods as a source of healthful nutrition.
Rika 5 months ago
TBH breakfast was kinda the most important meal of the day back then because a lot of people worked physical jobs and didn't really eat anything until dinnertime. Skipping breakfast and having a sandwich for lunch is fine when you're sitting at your computer all day, but when you're going to work in the fields for the next ten hours, it's a good idea to get some food first thing in the morning. (Not Kellogg's, though.)
Taibhse Sealgair 5 months ago
This and the fact that there's increasing clinical evidence that time-restricted eating that avoids eating later in the day when your bodies getting ready to sleep is not a bad idea. It helps people with sleep-onset insomnia, fatty liver disease, and others. However, full disclosure, there are also studies showing in can increase problems for those with cardo-vascular disease. So it's not for everyone. This is why you discuss these kind of things with your doctor.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 5 months ago
This is very funny. Not too sure what eating corn flakes has to do with preventing self pleasure…….. I mean., they are so bland, I would think that it would just encourage more of the behavior. But that’s just me.
Rinso The Red 5 months ago
For a hilarious retelling of the Kellogg story, I'd recommend "The Road to Wellville" with Matthew Broderick. It really was all about preventing self love
Daniel Atkins 5 months ago
Yes one of the Kellogg brothers John was running a sanitarium and they were serving the bland cereal there but it was his brother Will that came up with the idea to market it to the public. John was not fond of this idea Will spit from John in 1906.
marcelo D. 5 months ago
"particularly cereal foods as a source of healthful nutrition." His believes where more on the line of "if breakfast is plain enough, teenagers will not want to touch themselves
Jennifer Smith 5 months ago
I grew up where Kellogs was founded. We could often smell the sweet cereal being made. We had a festival every year called the world’s longest breakfast table
#11
Essential oils. Companies claim they can cure/treat just about anything. Seriously, there's oils to treat lethargy and bad luck.
anon:
It's terrifying that companies promote consuming essential oils. They're not meant to be eaten.
Sure, some of them can have some mild positive effects. Lavender can be calming, peppermint can be stimulating and help with headaches, eucalyptus can help with congestion, annnnd I can't actually think of any others that do anything other than smell good.
I love diffusing very small amounts (1-2 drops in a diffuser with 2 cups of water that takes about three hours to diffuse fully). Makes the house smell nice. That's really the main benefit....
Hot tip: they all cause bad luck because you just dropped $25 on astrology that you rub on your skin.
Barbara Wilcock 5 months ago
Horrible case in UK where a young woman passed as her mother wouldn't let her have chemo. Said oils would cure her daughter
Debby Keir 5 months ago
See the Wakefield ant-vax above - her mother was a rabid anti vaxxer (supporter of Wakefield) and was struck off the Nursing Register for her stance during the Covid pandemic. She was the one that insisted her daughter forgo chemo for a perfectly treatable cancer and use essential oils instead.
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SouthernGal 5 months ago
Long ago it was snake oil. Now it’s essential oils. Both do pretty much the same thing - make money for the seller and nothing else.
quentariel 5 months ago
Essential oils are nice to slighly enhance the mood and I like to use lavender sometimes to help me relax. So the oils themselves are innocent. It's the so-called professional medical-something-people that are causing the damage by claiming they are cure to almost anything. As well as media and some influencers for spreading that b******t.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I'm allergic to all three of the 'beneficial' examples, in fact eucalyptus makes my nose even more stuffy. I tried some oils to help with migraines way back in high school, but they just made them worse.
LillieMean 5 months ago
A few drops of lavender oil in a lotion applied to the skin should act as a non-toxic mosquito repellent.
#12
That women need to shave every single day, or even shave at all.
littlesmama12:
I shaved my legs regularly as a teenager and young adult because I thought I had to. I've let it go in recent years and discovered my legs are very nearly hairless naturally. So much time wasted!
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
It’s all part of infantilizing the female body. It’s a f****h that has been normalized on a societal level .
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
As you age and your hormones change, you will probably need to shave your legs less and less often. It’s happening to me. One more secret benefit of getting older.
Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
It's happening to a former partner. She's pretty happy.
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Digital Fantasy 5 months ago
I can't feel fully satisfied with a shower if I don't shave, so I do it every time.
BookFanatic 5 months ago
I refused to go out with even a little stubble on my legs. Like The Leg Police were gonna arrest me for being hairy. Now I can't remember the last time I shaved.
#13
Febreeze garbage cans scenters. Just empty the garbage can!
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
And cook. No matter how well I clean my house, I have yet to have it result in my house smelling like vanilla cupcakes, much to my chagrin.
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 5 months ago (edited)
I have no idea how any other country does 'garbage' but in the UK we generally keep a big bin by our house and fill it with smaller bags from inside bins. Dropping unbagged garbage into the big bin creates a huge stink, flies etc, so we mostly use bin bags (compostible or otherwise. The big bins generally get emptied 2 weekly. If I don't use an odour neutraliser, I would be using one bag per bin, per day and creating the plastic wastage from h*ll. So, I'll happily use an odour neutraliser so that I can put a FULL, sealed bag into my big bin.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
What do you throw out? Are you bigtime meat eaters? My dinky wheelie bin is out back (normal collection every other week) and in the kitchen I have a bin with a dome top where a part opens up. I usually forget to close it (because I'm lazy and it's easier to throw teabags across the kitchen than faff around opening the lid). It's been the same bag for two and a half weeks and it's nearly full and it smells *slightly* mouldy when you're close (probably the teabags), but there's nothing that's like "aaargh! noooo!" about it. But, then, I have very little meat waste - I don't eat a lot (I find I eat more fish these days), and what I buy/cook gets fully eaten (no bones or the like left over). I'll probably change the bin bag tomorrow, if I remember...
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#14
The food pyramid is no longer in use but bread and grain being the base of the food pyramid was due to bread companies lobbying politicians to make that happen.
Pulsar_the_Spacenerd:
There was also considerable dairy lobbying that went into it. Dairy is most certainly not a critical food group, as 70% of people can't consume it.
Edit: Lactose intolerant people can consume dairy but often don't due to side effects within the intestines.
Maurijn 5 months ago
I think Asians are genetically very likely to have a lactose intolerance. This wil quickly up the numbers, so 70% might not be that weird of a number.
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Colleen Glim 5 months ago
And feeling like you’ve just eaten three Christmas dinners back to back for at least the next several hours
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Anna Drever 5 months ago
I can’t consume dairy in any great quantities. It makes my stomach queasy, irritates my nose and gives me eczema. With each of my 3 pregnancies it literally, I kid you not, made me vomit. I can get away with a smidge in baking but that’s it. I passed the intolerance onto one of my adult children too. Glad there’s plenty of dairy free options.
Alewa 5 months ago (edited)
The enzyme that digests lactose disappears in most people after breastfeeding age. Adults who still have it possess a relatively new gene mutation mostly present in people of European/Caucasian descent, who represent a minority of the world's population.
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#15
Fat is fattening, most fat passes through the gut and is digsted like most other protiens. Sugar companies made it up because when something doesn't use fat in it's recipe people often add unnecessary amounts of sugar to make it taste better.
GoabNZ:
Industries using lots of sugar in their products: "gee obesity and heart attacks are occurring in people who consume our products. What do we do?! Oh, they tend to consume fat too? Quick, blame the fat! It's called fat afterall, so if you avoid it you won't get fat and die!"
And if anybody denies that, don't forget Coca Cola paid Harvard research something like $50000 for a anti-fat study in the 70's.
Ace 5 months ago (edited)
I come from a generation (and income) where we thought of "fattening" foods as being potatoes and bread, whereas our dislike for fat itself was more driven by it being more prominent on the cheaper cuts of meat, and associated with other inedible bits of bone, cartilage and 'gristle'. I still cut as much of the fat as possible off meat before cooking, or on my plate if it's served that way. Late 'boomers' were not generally given to obesity and our diet was largely driven by parents growing up with wartime, and indeed continuing post-war rationing.
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
Right? Major reason for me being grossed out by fat. I can't stand having to sheer off entire strips of fat from cheap cuts. Problem is, if you cut it off before cooking it, it actually does impact the flavor.
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Laserleader 5 months ago (edited)
Food is weird. As a diabetic... Fats are delicious but high in calories. Breads/starches are quick burning sugars. Most vegetables are great for you but not fruits or roots like carrots and potatoes. Milk is incredibly sugary, but cheese is not (the bacteria eat the sugars). All this from rediscovering food when I went in a glucose monitor and could see exactly how it all affected my levels.
Like It Is 5 months ago
But it is wrong. Fat IS calorie dense. But it also is more satiating than sugar and doesn’t cause blood sugar spikes that create a cycle of hunger…
Load More Replies... Paulina 4 months ago (edited)
This should be higher! In many cases, fat-free products are actually worse for you than regular ones. Having right amount of fat, fiber and proteins in your - for example - yoghurt helps offset some of the sugar intake in digestion. So if you choose fruit/sweetened yoghurt that has fat taken out of it, you will intake all of that sugar - and that's converting into bodyfat a lot easier than butter.
#16
That your hair needs to be shampooed every day.
Barbara Wilcock 5 months ago
Never. The more daily chemicals you use the worse your hair will be
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
This depends on individual body chemistry, home water composition, local air pollution, personal activity, etc. Some people do need to shampoo daily and others don’t.
Load More Replies... Cheese 5 months ago
It depends. If you have very oily hair you will need to. Better to use it everyday then use that dry shampoo stuff.
roddy 5 months ago
Just try washing it a bit less frequently and you'll find it won't get oily as fast. Mine used to go limp after a day, now it doesn't go limp at all and I only wash it once a week. And people remark how soft it is, neither dried out or oily. I don't use conditioner either.
Load More Replies... Laserleader 5 months ago
Shampoo was originally created as a hair tonic for field workers... to help clean their scalp and prevent infections from sunburn and dirt buildup. So it was originally billed for improving hair thickness since there were less scars and rashes. But its intended purpose was scalp care. If you take that into modern era, use shampoo only if your scalp needs care. Conditioner is for smoothing and adding lipids and fats that shampoo removes from the hair itself, and should be used on scalp only if a moisturizer is needed.
Veronica Jean 5 months ago
For some people? Maybe, but it could likely be an overproduction of oil caused by over shampooing. For those wth textured hair? Daily shampoo is awful advice that will leave you with crunchy frizz
#17
Diamonds equal love. Greatest marketing campaign of all time.
Gabesense 5 months ago
I found that these days this is a great indicator for true love but not as it used to. If she insist to have a diamond and cares a lot of the price or size, then she does not love you as much as you think.
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
Be Thoughtful enough to to offer the Diamond then I'll kindly suggest we sell it/return it and go on adventures together
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Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I never understood the craze for diamonds. I find other gemstones far more attractive.
nicholas nolan 5 months ago
Hold on hold on hold on. So you're telling me not EVERY kiss begins with Kay?
#18
Multi level marketing companies telling you that you are going to be rich with their fantastic business opportunity. I know it's not 100% a myth because a few people will but the vast majority won't.
marcelo D. 5 months ago
people need to understand, if a service/product/etc will make you rich, people won't need to sell it to you, cause they will be to busy using it themselves to be rich instead of needing your money
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I’ve seen too many stories about MLMs destroying lives, where the MLM “I’m my own boss” seller has to buy a certain amount of product monthly to stay in the elite seller’s club, spending all their savings, going into debt, losing their partners, losing all their friends. Every message they send to anybody they know is a pitch to buy something and they’ve forgotten how to be decent humans. I’ve seen examples where the seller has messaged someone, “I heard about your dad dying. I think buying this product will make you feel better.” Their life becomes 100% about selling their products.
Toothless Feline 5 months ago
The only ones getting rich are the ones who sold it from the start. Everyone else is just feeding cash to them.
#19
Engagement ring should be 3 months’ salary. WTAF?
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
I think the question should be what these traditions are really about. So, with a pledge/engagement ring, the point is that the fellow should offer something of high value to the person he has asked to marry him. Why? Because she is now, in her most valuable asset childbearing and work able years, refusing all other offers. The fellow may be forced to go off to war, to move to the city in order to work, or even to travel abroad to build up a nest egg to help start off their family life. It may be a year or two before they actually marry. In order to show that his proposal is made in good faith, he gives his intended a guarantee of his return.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 months ago
That is all pretty accurate and fair. However, it is also quite antiquated.
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Lost Panda 5 months ago
I had never heard this before until my wife said it, but it was about wedding rings. In the old days, it made sense. Like when women couldn't/didn't work it gave a cushion, but today... no
Trisec Tebeakesse 5 months ago
Mrs. Trisec doesn't really like diamonds. Her favourite stone is Aquamarine. Move the decimal. Buy what your intended likes, to quote my friend Flavor - "Don't believe the hype!!"
Wendy Hamilton 5 months ago
If I ever get married again, I want just a band. Not a fan of diamond engagement rings.
Colleen Glim 5 months ago
Who said an engagement ring needs to be diamond? There are plenty of other prettier stones out there
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Dasani water in the UK was pure mineral water.
Sadly it was tap water with higher than average levels of Bromate, a potentially carcinogenic compound.
Tobias Reaper 5 months ago (edited)
give me Peckham spring any day if you need a drink in the middle of the night its easy to find
Load More Replies... Bored Sailor 5 months ago
Says on the bottle in the picture purified water. But still Coca-Cola did get called out for this in the past when it was discovered they were all just filtered local water.
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
A multinational water company uses well water in the "drinking" and "purified" water. Just run it through an Reverse Osmosis system, then add 'minerals' for flavor(essentially putting back the stuff they took out. The Spring water IS unadulterated, straight from the spring into the bottle. my wife INSISTS on bottled water even though the spring site for this company is about 3 miles away as the crow flies. I drink 2-3 gallons of tea a week, water straight from our tap.
Laserleader 5 months ago
Stupid people still buy bottled water that is filtered tap water that tastes like plastic because they think its safer, to which I ask them "how do you know it doesn't have cloramine or other additives, since they don't disclose that info?" It breaks their brain, since they know what local water contains but not the water in another random location where it is bottled, and they refuse to believe it might be recycled or reclaim water from a random city... which is exactly what it is.
#21
Michelin star ratings. The Michelin Guide was started by the Michelin tire company in an attempt to get people to drive farther than they normally would to eat and, hence, wear out their tires faster.
quentariel 5 months ago
And reading it is the only way normal people can afford to enjoy Michelin starred restaurants.
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Annik Perrot 5 months ago
They also made guides by region, for things to visit and to see, monuments, beautiful natural places etc... Of course it was to incite people to travel more, but you could find and visit places you hadn't known existed.
Taibhse Sealgair 5 months ago
They weren't the only ones publishing these guides. Duncan Hines (yes, a real person and the guy that started the boxed cake company) also wrote them. https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Good-Eating-Highways-America/dp/B0013H5RUC
Colleen Glim 5 months ago
Maybe do a little research before you comment. The Michelin guide really is from the tire company
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Those Power Balance bands that allegedly "increased sporting ability".
miketwoalpha:
Almost everyone in 4th grade fell for this back in the day.
SouthernGal 5 months ago
Reminds me of a toddler thinking their new shoes make them run super fast.
Laserleader 5 months ago (edited)
And magnets... gotta have magnets to concentrate the iron rich blood. And don't forget the healing oil infused ones, and the magical stones that improve chakras. (Heavy sarcastic evil laugh)
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#23
Major sugar companies funded a research project at Harvard pointing to fat as the leading cause of heart disease. It was recently uncovered that the sugar companies dictated the results of the study. It has since been debunked and we now know that sugar is the cause of the world’s expanding waistlines and premature death. The body processes fat for fuel far more effectively than it does carbohydrates... especially refined sugars.
tori Ohno 5 months ago
I've never heard of fat causing diabetes. But I sure hear alot, and read a lot, about Sugar causing diabetes.
Laserleader 5 months ago
That's because sugar is already ready to be absorbed, while fats have to broken down and rebuilt by the body into usable materials. As a diabetic if I eat pure fat I will get a small and long lasting sugar jump, but a pure sugar will blast my numbers like a rocket to the sky before tapering off and can cause low blood sugars because of over production of insulin which is slower to wear off than the sugar. The body is hurt twice by sugars, the jump and the extra low fall.
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The meat industry invented huge breakfasts to sell more meat. The dairy industry did a similar thing to sell more dairy products.
Multa Nocte 5 months ago
It didn't take my husband and I long to stop eating breakfast when we moved from the US to France. I'd say it's been three years (we moved 3 1/2 years ago) since we've eaten breakfast other than a cup of coffee and the occasional croissant.
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Uncle Panda 5 months ago (edited)
Large workmans' breakfasts are much older than that. It took 1,000s of calories to farm in the days where you had to wrestle the horses into their traces or a ton of laundry in and out of a huge tub. But later... I worked in geriatric health research and a very common pattern was obese modern farmers who still ate like that but sat in a tractor all day, burning few calories.
CP 5 months ago
It is almost as if capitalism isn't good for humans when the only goal is profit.
Laserleader 5 months ago
A meal is a meal, and all they did was encourage a type of food at a particular time of day. Not so much a brain washing as suggesting a meal variety.
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
If you have a big enough freezer, or know someone close that does, buying meat "on the hoof" is WAY cheaper than buying pkgd store stuff. AND you know where it came from!
#25
Not a myth, but a tobacco company used the second wave feminist movement in the 60's to sell more cigarettes. Advertisements showing a strong willed woman smoking in public with slogans like "stick it to the man", all so they can 'empower' women and open their market to the other 50% of the population.
They also learnt that women didn't like the cigarette packaging because it was an off green colour, rather than change the colour, they lobbied fashion groups to make it the next seasons hottest colour.
PR is really fascinating, it's crazy to see how far companies go to sell their products.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
They sold it with the slogan "You've come a long way, baby." Yes, to the cancer ward apparently.
Jay Cee 4 months ago
AND sponsored a tennis tournament! Philadelphia Freedoms indeed!
Load More Replies... 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 5 months ago
Absolutely true. They cynically aligned themselves to the feminist movement to sell more cigarettes. I've seen the adverts and PR stunts.
Roger Wheeler 4 months ago
Lucky Strike was the one with green packs, During World War II ads said Lucky Strike has gone to war. The green coloring was needed in the war effort. After the war, there packs stayed white. LSMFT.
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Not exactly a product, but in Amsterdam a nightclub was opened called Jimmy Woo. Nobody knew who the owner was, rumor was it was an ultra rich Chinese guy.
Strict door policy, invites for famous people.
Of course it was just a trick to get some mystery going, and the first two years it worked - everyone wanted to go there but you'd have to get an invite by someone already "In".
But these gimmicks only work as long as the secret remains a secret. Once people found out it was all a staged mystery interest quickly faded.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 months ago
I don't understand why anyone goes to a disco/nightclub. The music is just awful. And you're telling me people line up to do this? Pure madness.
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I used to work in a nightclub whilst I was at university. This was back when smoking was still legal indoors in the UK. I used to stink so badly at the end of the night. Had to put my clothes in the wash and have a shower immediately when I got home. 🤢
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#27
That the tingly feeling from toothpaste does something other that produce an artificial tingle.
SinkTube:
At least that's harmless. the tingly feeling from many chapsticks is caused by irritants that make your lips drier long-term.
Ace 5 months ago
The second one is nonsense. The illusion is brought about by people who use it so much _nearly_ all the time that the slightest exposure to wind and sun if they do not use it will dry the lips quite quickly.
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 5 months ago
And now that you’ve said that I can’t stop doing it. 😬
Load More Replies... Laserleader 5 months ago
It's hard to find a safe chapstick these days, and I hate wearing it... but medically when dealing with dehydration from illness it becomes important to prevent skin peeling. It's use is to hold moisture in, so its useless if you have already dry lips. Gotta wet lips with water and THEN apply.
#28
Well, any cosmetic product you buy over the counter that amazingly beautiful erases crows feet or the wrinkles on your neck. There are lots of people who use Vitamin E oil, Vaseline, or cow udder cream from a feed store and it "improves the look of lines and wrinkles" too but without the huge dent in your pocket book. If you want to spend money on true wrinkle removal, visit your dermatologist.
mostlygray:
Absolutely. It's amazing how cr**py the over the counter stuff is. You're not getting rid of crows feet with a cream or salve from Walmart. Go with Laser or RF treatments. Use that in combination with medical grade products and you'll definitely see results (assuming your skin can still produce collagen), age and damage can be a factor in success. Most of the before and after pics you see on the over the counter stuff is just a lighting change.
Uli van de Ver 5 months ago
… or simply embrace aging as a totally normal thing to happen to everyone.
AP 5 months ago (edited)
I used to believe all those creams would help get rid of wrinkles, or at least slow down the process of getting them. Then we became financially strapped and I had to stop buying all the creams. the only thing i could afford to put on was sunscreen if i put on any at all, and you know what? After months and months of not using the creams, my skin still looks the same as if I was using them. no difference either way!
웅장한 거북이 🇰🇷🇰🇭 5 months ago
Over the counter or not over the counter, there is pretty much nothing apart from botox wich makes your skin without wrinkles because whatever you use can just not penetrate trough all skinlayers ( simply speaking). So whatever you buy is just a waste of money. Best thing you can do for your skin is sunprotection and do not smoke
Rika 5 months ago
I used cow udder cream as a kid/teen because it makes you tan faster, I never heard of it being used for wrinkles. But I can confirm that it became a business. I got the trick from my gran and her sisters who lived on a farm but nowadays, you better be ready to pay good money for that same cream at the store, it's just coconut-scented.
Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
Vitamin E oil is great for burns, like a really bad sunburn. We even used it at Brooke Army Medical Center for the burn victims coming home from Nam. How to Use Vitamin E Oil for Sunburn: Clean the Sunburned Area: Gently cleanse the affected area with cool water and a mild cleanser. Apply Vitamin E Oil: Apply a thin layer of vitamin E oil directly to the sunburned skin. You can use it straight from a capsule or from a bottle of vitamin E oil. Massage Gently: Gently massage the oil into the skin to help it absorb. Repeat as Needed: You can reapply the oil several times a day, especially after showering or bathing.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Anytime an ad says "look" or "looking" you know it's a scam. "Healthy-LOOKING skin". Not healthy skin. Just healthy LOOKING. Scam. "Improves the LOOK of lines and wrinkles". Doesn't improve the lines and wrinkles, just the LOOK of them. In other words, it just spackles over them or temporarily inflames the underlying tissue. Don't believe anything that literally tells you it will only give you a mask, not actual improvement.
#29
Graham Crackers were originally supposed to stifle the sexual appetite and keep people from feeling lustful.
Daniel Atkins 5 months ago
So that is why we dip them in chocolate. East them with chocolate and marshmallows and use them for pie crusts. ;)
Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
What was the original intent of graham crackers? The graham cracker was inspired by the preaching of Sylvester Graham, who was part of the 19th-century temperance movement. He believed that a vegetarian diet anchored by bread made from wheat coarsely ground at home, was how God intended people to live, and that following this natural law would keep people healthy.
Miss Ann Thrope 5 months ago
Not true. https://www.boredpanda.com/myth-company-invented-sell-products/?cid=1
#30
Healthcare bills in the US reflect the cost of providing effective healthcare.
Well, this is more a myth to sell their product at a particular cost, but still.
General Anaesthesia 5 months ago (edited)
The US spends more per capita on "healthcare" than any other country, including those with universal healthcare. So theoretically, the US could have cheaper universal healthcare and not even have to touch its military budget! But that would be socialism.
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
Or as my recent letter to the local paper (yes they printed it) pointed out "Ask a Brit, Canadian, Dane, Aussie, etc.. if they wish to switch to a US style system, the answer will be a resounding NO".
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 5 months ago
It is more complicated than this. In part, it is true: 1. A lot of expensive medical research happens in the US.Other countries benefit from this without ever having to fund it. 2. Doctors pays a huge amount for going to medical school, and it can take more than a decade to pay it off. This is only one factor behind why doctors are paid like they are. The myths that we need to crush: 1. We need insurance. If we eliminated the entire insurance industry, huge amounts of money would be slashed from everyone’s healthcare costs. 2. Hospitals should be run like profit generating businesses. …We should probably do some radical reforms in healthcare legislation. And deprivatizing hospitals is probably a major step that should have happened 40 years ago, but couldn’t. But it should now. The goal of treating sick people cannot be linked to a goal of money generation. The two are incompatible.
🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 5 months ago
Yes, and unfortunately, rather than being exterminated, these profiteers are growing , and now infesting sections of NHS.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 5 months ago
Healthcare bills in the US reflect the cost of providing massive profits.
#31
Volkswagen for 10 years tried to say they created “Clean Diesel” with revolutionarily low emissions, turns out the put a device in all their cars called “Defeat Devicss” (as ironic as it sounds) that once discovered led to massive lawsuits and damage to the companies reputation that remains to this day.
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
I STILL maintain that 40 MPG with an oil burner is better for the environment than 25 mpg with gas.
Trisec Tebeakesse 5 months ago
My Nissan will do 45 mpg on the highway with ordinary gas. I'll pass on the diesel, thanks.
#32
The idea that body hair is unhygienic/unattractive etc was created to sell hair removal products.
Miss Ann Thrope 5 months ago
Not convinced this is true. Maybe in the West. Japanese woman have been shaving themselves for centuries. And the Romans had waxing.
웅장한 거북이 🇰🇷🇰🇭 5 months ago
As far as i know, thos is in western countries a relative new thing. At times where women where seen as an ornament in the house, few women shaved. Nowadays when they are not chained in the kitchen anymore they take the freedom to either shave or not. It is up to the women in any case, some men prefer it, some do not. Same as a man is taking care of his body for a woman because she likes it, women do too. To me it has nothing to do with seeing her as an infant, that is just raging feminism
Load More Replies... 웅장한 거북이 🇰🇷🇰🇭 5 months ago
Well....that depends a bit on where the hair is. Legs and arms are no issue, other bodyparts.....i mean, you empty yourself close to that.
Laserleader 5 months ago (edited)
Yeah, if you consider all of human existence, this is a thousand year old marketing.
Ace 5 months ago (edited)
I think your rationale is just as suspect as the one posted. You may think that these effects are a result of hair removal and other cosmetics, but the idea that they were invented to do is is ridiculous. It's worth noting that it was not generally men who created fashions in women's grooming.
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#33
Protein powder? that you have to consume exactly 30g of protein every 2-3 hours and eat 10 meals a day to get jacked af...
tori Ohno 5 months ago (edited)
After gastric sleeve surgery, a family member had to consume 60 grams minimum of protein daily. Minimum. But don't put too much in your new, tiny stomach. So there's a little bit of truth in that. Your grams are a little high, but everything else is correct. If you want muscle, you gotta feed it.
Chris Merillo 5 months ago
I've never saw one protein product that said it will get you jacked. They will all help you gain mass. What you do with that mass is up to you. Work out properly and you definitely gain faster when ingesting more protein. But if you ingest more protein and omit the work out part, then you'll just get fat.
François Bouzigues 5 months ago
Good luck getting jacked without a good diet or godlike genetics
#34
Many charlatains in the 70’s and 80’s invented the myth of backmasking. If you’re not familiar, the myth states that rock music contains subliminal messages that you can decode by playing the song backwards on your record player. Coincidentally, every one of the people advancing the theory had books, vhs tapes, t-shirts available for sale along with ministries that were grateful for your donation.
Array Index Out of Bounds 5 months ago (edited)
This during the "Satanic Panic" of the eighties. I'm glad my parents weren't dumb. P.S. OZZY R.I.P.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 months ago
Same. And yeah RIP Ozzy, say g'day to Bowie for us old mate.
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Ace 5 months ago (edited)
I always like the alleged quote from an unnamed songwriter/band (sometimes attributed to Judas Priest who were unsuccessfully sued) 'If we were going to plant subliminal messages in our songs, wouldn't it make more sense t just say "buy more of our records"?'
tori Ohno 5 months ago
I asked a "heavy metal is the devil's music" person what he was like. Huh? Was his answer. What was the devil like? I asked him again. You've obviously sat down on his couch and listened to music with him. What was he like? You effing (female canine) was this "good Christian's" answer as he stormed off.
Gabby Ghoul 5 months ago
Some groups had fun with it, though. If you played "Empty Spaces" from Pink Floyd's 1979 album "The Wall" backwards, you'd hear a voice say ""Congratulations. You have just discovered the secret message."
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
If it’s fun, interesting, or just makes life a little easier, the hardcore Christians will try to put a stop to it.
WalterWhiteSavannah 5 months ago (edited)
"I command you in the name of lucifer, spread the blood of the innocent!" "Omg Chicago kicks a*s!" (Little nicky reference).
#35
That carrots are better for your vision.
Zena 5 months ago
Well, that was intended disinformation during WWII to keep the Germans from learning that the British were using RADAR to intercept their bombers; they said their pilots' carrot-enhanced vision helped them to spot the bombers. The government apparently also to promoted it as a way to encourage the British people to grow more food (the carrots would help them to see better during the blackouts). So this doesn't really fit the topic at all, since it wasn't a myth invented by a company in order to sell products.
RCW139 5 months ago
The bread one should count though since companies have continued that myth on to this day
Load More Replies... Costa 5 months ago
Of course carrots are good for your vision. Have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Statement: Carrots are better for your vision. Photo: Woman *wearing* *glasses* eating carrot sticks while staring at a computer with an expression that suggests she'd rather be anywhere else.
BookFanatic 5 months ago
Hah. My dad pulled this on me as a kid. Mom finally had to step in because I ate so many carrots that my poop turned orange (sorry, TMI). Still ended up with glasses. Lol
#36
There is a long-defunct British electronics manufacturer named Matsui. I remember having a Matsui TV and VCR back in the day, IIRC it was the "own brand" used by Dixons, a defunct peddler of sh*te.
British company, but had a fake Japanese name because people associated Japanese with high quality. It was also a marketing fail because there was a Japanese general with the name Matsui who was responsible for the Nanking m******e. Then they got sued for their slogan.
What a laugh.
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
Dixons aren't truly defunct. They were swallowed up with PC world and carphone warehouse by Currys, creating that well known Chain PC Dixon's curry house.
SGH 3 months ago
Shite most certainly is a real word! Why would say otherwise?
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Danone's Activia for healthy digestion; completely made up and unsubstantiated claim that eating their yogurt would help “regulate” your digestive track. Even got Jamie Lee Curtis to spout their BS for years.
marcelo D. 5 months ago
they claimed it helped more than any other yogurt though
Load More Replies... Eric 5 months ago
Wow, so many Activia "scientists" here. The human gut can contain 500 to 1,000+ different bacterial species, but most yogurts only offer about 5 strains of probiotics. This huge gap makes yogurt an overhyped solution for gut health, as it doesn't come close to supporting the microbial diversity your gut truly needs.
Miss Ann Thrope 5 months ago (edited)
Yogurt is fantastic for your gut. When you make it yourself out of specific probiotics.
Chris Merillo 5 months ago
What?? OP clearly does not understand science. Active cultures in yogurt are great for the gut.
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
Refer to marcelo's response above. The post is about overstating the brand's advantage over other yogurts.
Load More Replies... tori Ohno 5 months ago
That's a lie. It's a scientific fact that eating probiotics and other fermented foods feed your gut flora.
Miss Ann Thrope 5 months ago
Read "Super Gut" by William Davis and tell him. Commercial yogurt only uses two type of probiotics, and not much of them. Your gut has many types of microbes.
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 5 months ago
I liked the SNL Parody where she was pooping herself while doing the commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMBXHNH-vA
Midwest Mike 5 months ago
And then there was Horrible Oily Discharge Reality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycKo8YfVVk
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That dairy helps with clear skin. The Got Milk campaign has this all over the place in my school, posters saying that drinking milk makes your skin better and gives you long-lasting energy. There's actually loads of sugar in milk, so it would probably give you a crash, and it's a pretty well-known fact that dairy is horrendous for tons of people with acne.
Array Index Out of Bounds 5 months ago
This post is wrong. The milk industry said nothing about skin, they said it helps build strong bones (which is not true).
Ace 5 months ago
The overall message, endorsed by successive governments in the US and the UK, was "milk is good for you". So the skin thing isn't that much of a stretch.
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
IMHO, milk is a condiment (put it in cereal or coffee) or an ingredient (some recipes call for it.) I would no more drink a whole glass of milk than I would drink a glass of mustard.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
The milk industry started out with the slogan "Milk is good for every body!", until doctors and the press pointed out that it wasn't. So they changed it to "Milk has something for every body!" Well, yes, it does. For instance - severe cramps and diarrhea if you're lactose intolerant.
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago (edited)
Lactose = "milk sugar" (all sugars have "-ose" names, like fructose, sucrose, dextrose, or glucose)
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 5 months ago
So what? No-one needs to drink coffee, tea, beer, fruit juice, soda...
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Ace 5 months ago
"wholesome" is one of the advertising industries favourite buzzwords, and means absolutely nothing.
Load More Replies... Marla Singer 5 months ago
Dairy is just horrendous, period. It causes so much animal suffering. Any supposed nutrients benefits can be had elsewhere
Roger Wheeler 4 months ago
The animal suffers more if it ISN'T milked. Milking a cow does NOT hurt it.
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Coke put Santa in a red suit to sell more coke around Christmas. Before he was always seen in a green suit. Now all of America puts Santa in a red suit and drinks coke cola.
Jan Rosier 5 months ago
This 'Santa wears red due to coca cola' - thing has been debunked in the meantime. Many depictions of Santa wearing different colors, amongst which also red, exist from before the coke adds. They just took the red suit because it matches their logo.
marcelo D. 5 months ago
yet now nobody uses any other color, so is it really "debunked"? Sure, santa in a red suit was not invented by coca cola, but it was popularized as the one true color
Load More Replies... OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago
In the Slavic regions he wears white and/or blue and is called Grandfather Frost
Yrral Spavit 5 months ago
Recall part of a song from somewhere: "Santa is a commie 'cuz he wears a red suit"
#40
Guinness claims it needs to be poured to 3/4 pint, left to settle for a minute and then the final 1/4 poured into the drink. It's entirely a myth invented to make the drink seem unique, but has basically no affect on taste. Customers often complain if their Guinness "isn't poured right".
Peppy 5 months ago
As an ex barmaid I can confirm this is actually true, otherwise you have far too much foam 🥛
Anthony Elmore 5 months ago
More of a texture thing than a taste thing, but yeah. I mean, it's the same for any beer or carbonate drink, though. Guinness just made it seem like special instructions. I'm told there's a similar thing for Sake when it comes to warming it before drinking it. Previously... I want to say warming it was the custom, the 'proper' way to enjoy sake. In reality, they did this because traditionally, sake quality was TERRIBLE. Warming it dulled the taste so you didn't notice it as much. Anymore the bottles often specifically list whether you should chill or warm it before use because it depends on how they made the sake.
Load More Replies... Ace 5 months ago
Go to Ireland and watch how they pour it. A busy pub will have several stages of part-filled glass on the go, such that there will always be one ready to top up with the last inch or so for serving to the next customer. It's as much about the looks as the taste, but a myth, or a marketing invention it most certainly is not.
Laserleader 5 months ago
It's not the brand... it's a true physical property of a carbonated beverage, and yes it does affect the flavor the same way a flat soda tastes different.
Chris Merillo 5 months ago
I'm pretty sure this has to do with the head on the beer and not the taste lol.
Dorothy Reiser 5 months ago
My sons got a certificate for the perfect pour when they went on their tour.
#41
Mouth wash is just floor cleaner. Floor cleaner wasnt selling, so companies said peoples breath smell bad.
A_bad_poem_for_free:
And they made a rather disgusting but ingenious campaign to basically prey on people's insecurity by saying "If you don't know who has halitosis among your friends, it's probably you" or "You don't use mouthwash? your friends are probably talking about your breath behind your back"
Dirty but also genius.
Lyone Fein 5 months ago
No. Neither bleach nor ammonia, the most common floor cleaning ingredients, would ever be approved for internal use on the human body. Read the ingredients. Most mouthwash is actually alcohol based, and this is certainly not a floor cleaning ingredient.
Ace 5 months ago (edited)
Correct, although it's also true that Listerine was indeed created as a general surface disinfectant before it morphed into the mouthwash we know today. And it was Colgate, I think who invented halitosis, to go with their "ring of confidence" advertising from the 1950s to the 70s,
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 5 months ago
Every dentist will say that mouthwash as a part of mouth hygiene is good for teeth and gum. I had bad mouth hygiene, first time I had mouth hygiene done it was almost an hour and looked like murder was committed. Was told to try to was mouth after each meal and especially after drinking coffee/black tea. It does make difference.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
My dentist advised me to use Listerine mouthwash to help prevent gum disease.
Laserleader 5 months ago
And lysol was originally billed as a vaginal wash and turned to floor cleaner... so this is not valid or true.
Julia H 4 months ago
Partly true. At the same time Lysol was marketed as a powerful disinfectant. Admittedly the vaginal wash was the worst idea ever.
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What do you think ?
Nils Skirnir 5 months ago
Virtually all marketing and advertising contains untruths. Much is just plain falsehood.
Tara Noe 5 months ago
The only reason Windows is the world's most popular operating system' is because Bill Gates made a deal with Intel back in the day that every computer with their chip would come with Windows. Fast forward and millions of people now use it because it was dumped on their laps uninvited. Same goes for Microsoft Office, which killed Corel and every other thing they shove down your throat you can't avoid unless you very specifically look for alternatives.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 months ago
Yep, 100%. I hate Microsoft. Once I retire I will avoid their products as much as possible. At work EVERYTHING is Microsoft, of course.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 5 months ago
My friends had a very precocious kid. When she was 5, she suddenly declared, "Everything on TV is there to sell me things!" Her indignation in that moment became the stuff of legends. She's studying to be an attorney now.
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
The company that processed cod had to work out what to do with the livers... there's no particular benefit to cod liver oil. Also the whole "10,000 steps/day was a marketing ploy by makers of pedometers. Science says 5000-8000 is optima.over 8000 is wasting time as far as fitness goes.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
Fvck capitalism, fvck marketing, fvck advertising, fvck liars.
Nils Skirnir 5 months ago
Virtually all marketing and advertising contains untruths. Much is just plain falsehood.
Tara Noe 5 months ago
The only reason Windows is the world's most popular operating system' is because Bill Gates made a deal with Intel back in the day that every computer with their chip would come with Windows. Fast forward and millions of people now use it because it was dumped on their laps uninvited. Same goes for Microsoft Office, which killed Corel and every other thing they shove down your throat you can't avoid unless you very specifically look for alternatives.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 months ago
Yep, 100%. I hate Microsoft. Once I retire I will avoid their products as much as possible. At work EVERYTHING is Microsoft, of course.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 5 months ago
My friends had a very precocious kid. When she was 5, she suddenly declared, "Everything on TV is there to sell me things!" Her indignation in that moment became the stuff of legends. She's studying to be an attorney now.
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
The company that processed cod had to work out what to do with the livers... there's no particular benefit to cod liver oil. Also the whole "10,000 steps/day was a marketing ploy by makers of pedometers. Science says 5000-8000 is optima.over 8000 is wasting time as far as fitness goes.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 5 months ago
Fvck capitalism, fvck marketing, fvck advertising, fvck liars.
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