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40 Facts And Theories Spread By Corporations That Have Been Proven To Be Fake Yet People Still Believe To Be True
Every day, companies bombard us with information. From new product launches and appealing adverts to very big statements and generous promises backed up by questionable research at best, they still manage to earn our trust up to a point we don’t question them.
But this illuminating thread from Ask Reddit challenges the things we take for granted and debunks the myths created by big corporations. "What do most people believe that is actually a myth created by corporate companies?" someone asked and the eye-opening responses started pouring in.
From big pharma to the sugar industry, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that we may be believing in stuff that benefits no one except the ones who are earning big money.
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#1
The McDonald's Hot Coffee woman wasn't some kind of trashy scammer, she was an elderly woman who had incredibly bad burns and could have possibly died as a result of health complications. McDonald's launched a covert campaign to make it seem like she was just trying to make some quick cash as part of a trend of frivolous lawsuits.
Edit: For anyone who says "It was just a little burn that she is responsible for" The coffee gave her 3rd degree burns and literally melted her flesh, fusing part of her genitals to her leg which required massive reconstructive surgery and hospitalization.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
And she didn't even demand a big payout - just enough to cover her medical bills, which McDonald's refused to pay. She wasn't the only one to have been burned, either. At the time they were notorious for keeping their coffee at dangerously high temperatures.
T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
There were over 700 complains of burns from hot coffee before that lady complained. 700!
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Little Wonder 3 years ago
The case was basically that McDonalds served coffee at a temperature they KNEW could cause 3rd Degree burns, and therefore were negligent. Which is true.
Robert B 3 years ago
On YouTube there is a channel called legal eagle. He has a post about frivolous lawsuits that weren’t actually frivolous. This lady’s case is part of it. Super interesting channel. I don’t know how to post the url but if you search for “legal eagle frivolous” it comes up in the top few results.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I remember, around that same time, getting a cup of tea from a snack bar (not a fast food place). The cup was filled too high to add milk or even put an ice cube in, and the water was scalding hot and burned my tongue—-and my hand when it spilled over as I spit it out and quickly put the cup down after it burned my tongue. Can you imagine what it would’ve done to my esophagus! They weren’t the only place that used to set their hot water dispensers to a ridiculously high temperature back then. I’m glad the McDonald’s hot coffee lady filed her suit, because the water used for coffee, tea, and other hot beverages started being kept at a less lethal temperature after she won.
idrow1 3 years ago
Her burns were horrific. The poor woman wasted away to 84 pounds, she went through hell. All she wanted was 20g to take care of the hospital bill and McD's refused. Also, she didn't get millions. On appeal, the amount was brought down much lower. They didn't disclose the amount, but I've seen reports it was as low as a couple hundred thousand after it was all said and done.
Tammilee Truitt 3 years ago
I saw a big network expose on this. Before so, I bought into big corporations playing the victim. I've since become very non-sheep like.
Jaya 3 years ago
I don't know whether it's true, but what I remember from it is also that they were serving coffee that was WAY hotter than is common/expected and also hotter than was legally allowed. And there had been accidents like this before her, and those victims begged them to put up a sign explaining that it's much much hotter than normal coffee, but they refused.
BeKindAnyway 3 years ago
There's a documentary called 'Hot Coffee' about this... definitely worth a watch.
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago
Thank you! I did NOT know this. What that poor woman went through saved a lot of future customers from excruciating pain and medical care.
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#2
That the public is responsible for all the plastic pollution.
Anybody remember that ad campaign with the crying Indian guy? Before then soda companies were selling their soda in nice easily wash-n-reuse glass bottles. When they made the switch to plastic because it was cheaper, and the garbage started to collect, they decided to shift the blame onto YOU the consumer.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I remember when all soda bottles were glass. You took the carton of empties back to the grocery store where there was an attendant at the rack where the empties were put, who would log the number of bottles you returned and give you a receipt for the deposit. When you were checking out, you gave the cashier that receipt, and they credited it to your total, whether you bought more soda or not (the next time you bought soda, you just paid the deposit—-which wasn’t an extra charge, as it was already baked into the price—-and started the process over). I never saw any problem with bringing my empties back to the store, and thought the refund/credit was a great system. I wish they’d bring it back, and all states would once again give a refund for returning empty soda bottles.
Gunn Smoke 3 years ago
They do in Michigan. There are bottle retutn machines at the store. Ten cents each.
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Q B F T 3 years ago
No individual responsibility for plastic/recycling/etc. If coca cola sell you a soda in a plastic bottle, they should remain responsible for that plastic bottle. It ends up in landfill, they should get fined. Without use of plastic/recycling impacting corporate profits, there is no incentive for the producers of all this waste to try and reduce it.
XenoMurph 3 years ago
Each one of us ALSO bears responsibility for our actions. If we throw coke bottles on the ground we can't blame someone else.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
When I was a kid, the "milko" truck would drive down the street every evening, and a group of teenagers would jump off and run to people's doorsteps to drop off milk in glass bottles and collected the used ones left out for them. I remember saying I wanted to join them when I got older, but of course by then the days of getting your milk in reusable glass bottles were long gone.
Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago
It’s making a resurgence, at least in the UK. We get our milk delivered in glass bottles 2x a week.
Load More Replies... Adam Jeff 3 years ago
Not on a per capita basis, which is the only sensible way to look at it.
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eugen.haloiu 3 years ago (edited)
Actually, while it's fair to say that companies introduce plastic recipients, also the consumer is the one choosing to deposit it on a beach/water/streets/...
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
No. I recycle it. Then it goes to the dump, is sold to some third world country, instead of actually being recycled, because money. And that country has no rules, or doesn't care about them, and dumps the waste on an empty lot somewhere out of sight, where the waste blows or washes into rivers, oceans, etc. Not my fault. Again, companies who think money is more important than life.
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marianne eliza 3 years ago
And that crying Indian in those commercials? Italian. No Native Am blood at all.
Little_redheaded_girl 3 years ago
Also, that crying Native American? Yeah, he was an Italian actor
Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
LOL, I said the same thing and some knucklehead reported it, then replied, "There is absolutely no reason for a post like this on Bored Panda. This is not a political site. Take that elsewhere." Also, the lady that accepted Brando's Oscar, she wasn't Native American either!
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"detoxing", and **any** product that promotes it.
Minath 3 years ago
If you have a functioning liver and at least one kidney, you don't need any detox c**p.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
BUT you should be giving your body the chance to relax from all the processed stuff and added sugars once in a while. Drink more water, eat some healthy foods, don't stuff your kidneys with salt... Give your natural detox-system a running chance!
Maria Veronica 3 years ago
Please tell this to many people buying/selling these fake products and frauds
VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
I run a natural health school, and even I approve this message. Every single detox product is nothing but caffeine and laxatives. (And a handful of vitamins that you immediately poop out due to the laxatives.)
There have been an abundance of corporate-related scandals where big companies made big promises, only for them to turn out as a bunch of lies. Today, however, customers are no longer fooled that easily and they’re more informed and opinionated than ever before.
When corporations are called out and their claims are revealed to be smoke and mirrors, it gives them two options: to either arm themselves with more lies and further live in oblivion, or to take it as a chance to learn from mistakes.
#4
That it's in YOUR best interest to keep your rate of pay a secret, when in fact it's exactly the opposite. If it's taboo to talk about how two employees doing exactly the same job can be paid wildly different wages.
Memere 3 years ago
Yep, it certainly is, and that's a federal law that all employers are bound by. State laws do not supersede that.
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
I don't support keeping wages secret to protect the employer, but I do believe it's better to put your role into a level/range to avoid resentment toward any single employee for their earnings. You might not know what that person's role entails, how hard they work, or what they do to earn that. I make a bit more than some of the other people I work with in the same department because I often do more-a lot more- and my boss has rightly rewarded me for that. If they knew I made more, even if they agreed with it because they saw how much I did, suddenly everything would be 'give it to her, that's why she's makes more' and there could be a resentment that would form that is no fault of my own or my boss's. I don't want to be penalized by my co-workers because they are doing the bare minimum in order to keep from being fired. If that's what you want to do, then great but you'll make the standard pay as everyone else does. I think posting a pay range for a job description is enough.
eugen.haloiu 3 years ago
it depends on the job. If we talk about creativity, how can you say two people are doing their job identically?
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
If it's a wage job, you still have the same jobs, no matter your creativity. It's always a good idea to talk about your wage, so everyone can learn what is normal and whether you are paid enough and what to ask for in negotiations.
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P. Mozzani 3 years ago
I agree! I used to work with a woman from Vietnam. We got Christmas bonuses and she cavalierly told me the amount of hers. Then she asked me how much I got. I was appalled, but have since reconsidered. Companies want salaries to be confidential so that they can avoid parity and the questions (and possibly legal actions) of employees who don't have it.
Ryan-James O'Driscoll 3 years ago
I have asked a member of my team to be mindful when she got a performance based exceptional pay rise that other team members did not get. But wouldn't have asked her to keep it a secret.
Paul Richards 3 years ago
It's in everyone's interest to know what everone else makes. This is mgt bs trying to divide and conquer
Heather Menard 3 years ago
Yes they don't want you to talk because then they have to pay you morw
#5
“Buy our split end repairing shampoo and conditioner! It’ll get all of those pesky split ends!!!”
Once the end is split it’s split. How is a shampoo supposed bring the ends back together? The only way to get rid of split ends is to cut your hair.
October 3 years ago
Hair is dead matter. It can't heal itself and you don't need to nourish it.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
It can't heal itself, and it is technically dead, but "you don't need to nourish it" is a pretty misleading way to word it.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Over processing and applying heat to hair causes split ends. Having very dry hair causes split ends. Not getting your hair trimmed keeps damaged split ends, and allows them to continue to split even more. I stopped blow drying my hair over a year ago, because I decided to quit trying to straighten it and just embrace my waves and curls. I used to start getting split ends within three months of a trim. It’s been one year and four months since I stopped straightening my hair, and I have ZERO split ends. I can’t believe I let myself do so much damage to my hair for all those years, for nothing more than a pipe dream of having long straight hair. I now absolutely LOVE my healthy wavy curly hair!
Joshua David 3 years ago
As a cosmetologist since 2005, technologies such as "zip up" by redken, claim to help but this is correct. Only a hair cut can remove them. To anyone who believes that a cut will help hair grow faster is sadly mistaken as well. Our hair grows an average of 1/4in or .6cm per month. Some people may experience that at a faster or slower rate buy that the average. Constantly touching your hair in the front like most people do will cause split ends as well, so that's something to consider. Other BP stylists may jump in here, but remember like any corporation, pro hair companies make excessive amounts of thier own branded KoolAid to drink but my figures come from school, not corporate promises.
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
My 'repairing' products don't actually get rid of the split ends and I'm aware of that; what they actually do is keep my hair hydrated and soft, as opposed to dry and brittle, which is how the split ends mostly happen in the first place.
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
It'll never fix those split ends, but it's important to find a shampoo that suits your hair to keep it healthy.
Whitefox 3 years ago
Yes, if you try you end up with a Bezoar and an expensive hospital visit.
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Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 3 years ago (edited)
My hair is cooked and if I don't use particular products, I look like I put my finger in a socket. No, these products don't heal the hair, but they do coat it and make it slippery, reducing the amount of new breakage. It's similar to putting hand cream on your hands. It softens the dead skin.
JL 3 years ago
That one lady Gorilla Glued her head, probably didn't have a split end problem after that. Lots of other problems, but not split ends.
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That diamonds are actually rare making them expensive and that an engagement ring should be 3 months salary. Screw you Debeers.
October 3 years ago
Getting so hyped over diamond engagement rings has never been a big thing where I live. I only see it in Hollywood movies
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I was never one of those girls who drooled over Brides magazine and had her wedding planned since she was 12. I always liked the idea of eloping, because weddings were too fussy and stressful, and I liked the privacy aspect of elopement. I never had anything more than a wedding ring. We also got married at the courthouse and spent our honeymoon at a friend’s beach house—-where we just stayed for the weekend then went home. We had (still have, always have had, and always will have) pets and wanted to spend time with them. When we got home, we just took the phone off the hook and locked the door, to shut the rest of the world out while we spent time with each other, and our pets. It was a great and very relaxing honeymoon—-almost 22 years ago! Still don’t have an engagement ring, and don’t care if I never have one. The MARRIAGE is the important part, not the ring or the wedding.
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Al! 3 years ago
It is a pretty stone, unfortunately they're fragile and you couldn't wear it everyday without fear of breaking in. I confess- I had a lovely opal ring once...had.
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S 3 years ago
My husband bought my ring "off the rack" I guess you'd say. Someone else probably has it too and I don't care at all. It's beautiful and cost FAR less than three months salary. What's most beautiful about it is, he saw it and instantly pictured me. It made him think of me and he found it all on his own, no help from anyone. That's enough for me <3 I adore my ring.
TurquoiseTwinkyTzarina 3 years ago
And that's all that really matters. That you adore it. Blessings to you and your husband.
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If my husband had spent 3 months wage on a ring I'd never have married him. Spending that much on a ring would clearly show he has no financial clue and would likely bankrupt the family.
ItsJess 3 years ago
Same. My ring was an heirloom and I had zero idea it existed, so I was taken completely by surprise when my husband pulled it out. I wasn't suspecting a thing, since he knew I'd go nuts if he put himself into debt by buying a typical engagement ring.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
De Beers owes the world some serious apologies over their behavior on *so* many levels.
Lord Rimuru 3 years ago
Thank you, Cecil Rhodes, founder of the inflated diamond price and apartheid.
Greenwashing is one such example. To find out more about it and other deceptive practices corporations use, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Audrey Tang, a chartered psychologist and author of multiple books, including "Be A Great Manager Now", "The Leader's Guide to Mindfulness," and "The Leader's Guide to Resilience.”
“It happens often that companies, rather than make sincere efforts to promote a healthier environment, spend more on 'appearing green' – Nestle, Charmin and car companies such as Mercedes-Benz were called out in Truth in Advertising for exaggerated environmentally friendly claims,” Tang explained.
#7
That you should devote 5 days a week to the company you work for and only 2 days a week for yourself. You should be spending the majority of your life with family and friends, doing what you enjoy. Not slaving away for someone else.
Buren 3 years ago
While I agree with this, can you tell me how logically? Some magical dreamy land?
Mabelbabel 3 years ago
Work the hours you're paid to work. You come in on time and leave on time. You don't take work home, unless that is actually part of your paid work. You don't allow work to interfere with your personal time once you've left it, so no answering phone calls or dealing with emails unless you are on call and getting paid for being available and contactable outside your normal working hours. You take the annual leave you're entitled to take, you take the maternity and sick leave you're entitled to take (if that is provided by your company and government, which it is in virtually every first world country except USA). Having a clear distinction between work life and home life is far better for your health. This is how most of Europe operates and it works just fine-I give 100% to my employer when I'm in work and getting paid to do that. When I leave, that's it until the next day.
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Robert B 3 years ago
Wait, what? But Big Brother said that I’m happy being stuck with miserable people for poverty wages until I’m used up and can’t function anymore. I’m so confused. In all seriousness though, I offer myself as an example. I bought into the must-work constantly attitude and that bosses would take care of me because I was a hard workers. I destroyed my neck, my back hurts, there is c**p in my lungs and I’ve been left hanging more times than I can count. Look out for yourselves, no one is looking out for you. I dislike being that negative but unfortunately that’s how life goes.
Bob La Capra 3 years ago
OK but....if you devote 50 hours / week for work (8 hours of work + 2 hours for prep and commute, etc) and 56 hours for sleep (8 hours X 7 days) that leaves 62 hours of free time which is the majority of your life. It's not just how much time you have but what you do with it.
Lorraine 3 years ago
Yup, according to this logic 37% is free time, 33% is sleeping time and only 30% is work related time (if you use your 2 hour commute). OP is biased too because you don't devote 5 days to work, their assuption is 80% vs an actual 30%.
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Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
My boss makes so much money, but her life is entirely devoted to work. I don't care how much I get paid; if I can't have my weekends, vacations, off hours, then what is the point?
bob van wijk 3 years ago
They have this nice huge house and can never enjoy it, because they're always at the office.
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Molly Morrison 2 years ago
Agreed, however, most companies won't allow you to work less then 5 days AND if you aren't working FT, your company isn't covering your (a least a big part) medical insurance.
Molly Morrison 2 years ago
AMEN! but not a lot of companies would allow this, not to mention, if you don't work full time your company won't cover (at least part of) your medical insurance.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
My late sister was an RN. 16 hour days, 6 days a week. Worked at the same hospital for 40 years. She had heart problems she put off having repaired for over decade. When it became critical, she had surgery but didn't make it. Her body was too weak by then. When I called her boss to inform her that my sister passed away, there was no condolences. Instead it was "I don't know who I going to get to do all of her overtime now". The hospital never sent a card or flowers. My sister was dedicated to the job & her patients. The job was no dedicated to her.
Exotic Butters 3 years ago
What ? So you are suggesting at least 4 days off and only work 3? Lolololol
#8
That Vitamin Water is actually healthy for you. 120 Calories, most of that sugar.
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
I think I read an article where a cocacola marketer (who make these drinks) said something like, "well, we never said the words healthy when selling them."
Elizabeth Butler 3 years ago
The words "healthy" and "natural" have no legal definition and are meaningless marketing hype.
Load More Replies... Lene 3 years ago
I've tried some sort of vitamin drink in Germany 3 times in my life. Gave me stomach pains and the runs for ca 24 hours each time. And in the recent years they have begun selling that sh!t in my country as well. I don't get it. At all. Eat normal, varied food and you'll be fine. Perhaps add a vitamin pill if you really need to. That's all. You don't need vitamin drinks. Just like protein bars and -shakes. Just eat your vitamins and minerals from their natural sources. I am pretty sure it's cheaper and healthier -especially in the long run. But that's just my thoughts about this. Thanks for reading :)
Maddymoocow 3 years ago
Maybe they differ by region? I'm sure I've seen them in low-sugar varieties?
Elizabeth Butler 3 years ago
"...most of that sugar" Yep but sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup which is MUCH worst for your body than cane sugar, as your body cannot use it for energy and just stores it as fat. It promotes type 2 diabetes. If you must have soda, look for the few that actually use CANE SUGAR.
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
Just chase a good multivitamin with a beer, probably more healthy anyway..oh and water lots of water
C OnlyC 3 years ago
Disagree. This product has half the calories of a soda, only natural not high fructose sugar, contains usually 100% Vit C and The Bs. Dilutes well, is palatable to kids and elderly, will rehydrate in our desert climate, and the bottle holds up to many dishwashings & refills.
Noltha 3 years ago
Vit C is in practically all fresh fruits and veggies. Eat an orange or cauliflower.
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#9
That the HR department is here to help the employees.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
HR is just where you dump all the staff who are useless but too much trouble to sack.
Joshua David 3 years ago
HR is there to protect the company and put out many potential legal fires happening now or preventing them in the future. HR makes sure managers are appropriately following guidelines regarding progressive discipline actions leading up to lawful termination, prevention of unemployment benefits being paid out with provided proof, ensure all employees are adhering to basically whatever they signed and said they'd do upon being offered employment. Always keep a copy of your original employment agreement because anything they come at you for, you probably agreed to the contrary on that paperwork. In fact, that signed paperwork is sent to unemployment with your documented infractions to prevent your payouts. HR is only your friend when you're doing what you agreed to do. Depending on the company, they also handle your insurance benefits and maybe even your payroll as well. I know this because I did Corporate HR for a big box retailer found in every US state and divisions worldwide.
Panda Bear 3 years ago
HR departments (of large companies) do whatever is necessary to ensure their own continued existence. If pretending to give a flying duck about employees suits that end, then they'll do so. And while we're on the subject, what kind of a way to refer to people is "Human Resources"? It puts feeling flesh and blood alongside buildings and machines.
Maria Veronica 3 years ago
Maybe I´m weird but I don´t ilke how that person hold the girl´s hand
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
The HR department is there to help the corporation, but if one employer happens to be the manager over lots of other employers, that often means siding with the many over the one. Bad managerial behavior is bad for the company. Happy, productive, engaged employees is good for the company. Too few companies, particularly small businesses, seem to realize this, however.
Shelley Dawson 3 years ago
This is absolutely true. They are there to ensure the company can bend but not break employment law.
Taibhse Sealgair 3 years ago
Gotta chime in on this one. HR is NOT there for you. Do not ever trust anyone in HR. Document everything on your own. Record meetings, save copies of emails, keep a running log of everything if you have any reason to suspect you're being railroaded. You are the only one looking out for you.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
Anyone who has ever seen "Office Space" knows that HR is there to ruin you, nit help you.
However, Tang argues that since the ensuing regulation was passed to ensure tougher scrutiny of green advertising and compliance to green practice, many companies are making a genuine shift to sustainability.
Other companies take it as a chance to learn from their mistakes and genuinely make a public stand. “Mercedes-Benz is this year fielding a black car in Formula1 with the hashtag #weraceasone, to fight racism,” Tang said.
“But therein lies the difference – a public stand can help a brand; weighing in where there is no personal nor genuine connection can be seen as profiteering,” she explained.
#10
Apparently big Sugar companies pushed the agenda that Fat is the cause for all your health and weight problems.
Bob D. Lin Quint 3 years ago
I've seen candy with "fat free" on it ffs. Carbs. Carbs and salt is whats killing us
Channon Doughty 3 years ago
Carbs are not the enemy. Some carbs are the actual problem. Whole grains are vital to a compete, healthy diet.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
As an MD, I'll say this: Avoid excessive weight gain. BEING fat can cause you problems, ranging from achy joints to Type 2 diabetes, increased cancer risks for colorectal cancer, etc. You can get fat from sugar or fat ---- or protein --- or, if you eat enough, celery and almonds.
Channon Doughty 3 years ago
Or from medications that pack on weight and prevent weight loss. Inhaled steroids did it to me. 20 lbs in the 1st month, 20 more over the next 3 months. My diet did not change.
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Caro Caro 3 years ago
This! Sugar is so bad for you. A little fat (read cheese) is ok. I try to avoid sugar unless it's in dark chocolate of course :)
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
It is all a matter energy in and energy out, and both sugars and fat are quite callory dense. Fat is the most effective way to store energy in the body, as we can build up almost endless deposits of it, whereas there is a limit to how much sugar can be stored in the muscles and blood, and fat is always the second option, when it comes to energy generation. Hence your body will only start on it when the sugar depots has been depleted. So if you eat too much sugar, your body will generally run on sugar alone, and store all the fat for "bad times", which may never come. However if only you cut out all the sugars, it does not mean that you can eat all the fat you want without gaining weight. Neither fat nor sugar is bad for you... at the right quantities, as long as your intake matches your energy need. E.g. if you are an atlet running around all day, you can probably eat fat/sugar at a level that would make most people obese and still look awsome.
Veronica Scoggins 3 years ago
As someone experiencing gestational diabetes, I can confirm that 90-95% of what's available while traveling is c**p food that is primarily sugar or white flour, both of which are nightmares for your blood sugar levels. So to eat healthy foods with no added sugar takes real, concerted effort. And sugar is definitely the real evil.
Jaithesaint 3 years ago
Sugar. Sugar is the enemy. I’ve used myself as an experiment lol. But forreal, everything has sugar added to it, savory salty. One class of juice, has all the sugar you need in a day. Now add your “fruit smoothie” and your crossaint, that bbq chicken, and an apple…. And bam. Excess sugar=excess fat.
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
Not really. It was a combination of the nation losing its mind after Pres. Eisenhower had a stroke and his doctors blamed it on his fatty diet.
#11
The alpha and beta wolves thing showing a hierarchy of people. No, they were actually just wolf parents parenting their pups. The researcher even went back in a book and explained he was wrong. So next time you're called "alpha" or "beta" it doesn't actually exist.
Minath 3 years ago
Any guy who calls themselves an alpha gets ghosted. There's a big difference between confidence and arrogance.
Tobias Reaper 3 years ago
i hate dudes that say that i'm the alpha no mate you're a twat
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
The alpha male and female positions in the pack are occupied by whichever pair is mating. They’re not permanent positions on some hierarchy. Every pack member who is still able to mate can have their turn. I wish the concept of alphas and betas would just go away, as it has been embraced by the wrong types of people, and used as an excuse to bully.
Doctor Strange 3 years ago
This is actually not correct. The alpha male and female are the parents of the pack, and it is a permanent position. Any wolf that wishes to mate must leave the pack and start their own. It has to do with pheromones, but only the alphas can mate. They don't take turns. Source: Howling Woods Farm, a wolf sanctuary
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Annemarie Mattheyse 3 years ago
Still a great way to immediately identify an a-hole (when they label themselves "alphas")
The Short Lady 3 years ago
Those guys are alpha in the sense of the alpha version of software. Unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.
Lord Rimuru 3 years ago
There is no such thing as a pyramid or social ladder in wolf society. The leaders are the parents.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
There's nothing more of a turn off than a guy calling himself an alpha. It's like getting a d!ck pic. I immediately assume have a confederate flag on the back of your truck and you've been arrested for domestic battery at least once.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
there is a hierarchy in animal groups, such as humans, but it's rarely as defined as this toxicity suggests.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
The only 'alpha' that exists these days is Alpha/Omega fanfic that deals with gay men getting their Omega male partners pregnant. So when someone tells me they're alpha, I immediately think of that.
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If you truly loved them, than it is absolutely *essential* to spend an outrageous sum of money on a box to bury in the ground. The average price in the U.S. for a coffin in $2,100.
TiredTitus 3 years ago
We did this for our father as at the time we could not afford anything else. The cardboard grey color was far too depressing so we painted it and glued printed scans of his artwork and pictures to it. It was a fitting tribute to send him off in a coffin covered in his own artwork.
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Brooklynn Jackson 3 years ago
Give my organs to those in need. Don't mourn me; cherish the moments we had together. That's how it should be.
XenoMurph 3 years ago
Same, except my liver, I'm using that up long before the expiration date.
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Jason 3 years ago
My mom had always said when she died she didn't care what happened to her body since she would be dead. She also wanted people to celebrate her life and not focus on her death. Spread her ashes in the back yard with my sister out of a cardboard box. Talking about all the good times. I did use a spoon from the kitchen which she would have been pissed about though. Many years ago now but haven't gone a day without thinking about her. It's the person that matters not the box!
MiriPanda 3 years ago
Just wrap me in fabric and toss me into the ground... A nice small natural stone or plaque would ne nice, that's it.
LizzieBoredom 3 years ago
I want to die quietly in my sleep just like my Grandpa and not kicking and screaming like the passengers in his car. Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Linus Bourque 3 years ago
I never understood the concept of cemeteries. Imagine if we were buried where we could decompose into concept and instead of giant marble headstones, we planted trees. Then you could "visit" family and walk through a forest rather than massive wasted space.
angied4liberty 3 years ago (edited)
What a great idea, instead of our current fields of dead people.
Load More Replies... Annemarie Mattheyse 3 years ago
It's not just the coffin, though; it's being pumped full of formaldehyde to preserve you (for what? you're going to be buried!!) and having a concrete burial vault placed over your coffin so the grave doesn't collapse once that fancy coffin disintegrates... Bury me in a shroud or a cardboard box. And hold the soil- and water-poisoning formaldehyde.
BirFromHH 3 years ago
Uff! Well, in american movies they always show an open casket and expensive looking bedding. Must bei an american thing. Here in Germany there are many laws regarding burial: If a casket ist put into the earth, it must hold for at least 12 years (so the body can rot before being crushed) that makes it already an expensive furniture in my eyes: you don't get many unser 500€. For burning, they may bei cheaper but the ash still has to bei buried in an urn -> overall the same starting price. I hope the american trend of open caskets will never come to Germany - burials are already expensive without it, you can't get the whole ceremony (law says: cementry or sinking in water hast to bei done) under 1500€!
sturmwesen 3 years ago
I remember my great grandmothers open casket ca 1991-1993 in Berlin. All other caskets I remember were closed.
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kitteh floof lover 3 years ago
when my husband died, i had him cremated, and now he resides in my kitchen in a cookie jar. he was a kitchen designer by trade, and loved cookies!
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
That might cause some soap opera level drama at some point, when someone goes to grab a cookie....
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There are many things we can all do to promote change as needed. Tang argues that one such practice is campaigning and protesting. “I absolutely do and have made a stand with #blacklivesmatter and #pride to name but a couple of communities I support outside of my own (i.e. #mentalhealth),” Tang explained.
#13
That expiration dates on food products are this black and white rule as to whether something is good or bad. The FDA doesn’t require expiration dates and are completely up to the discretion of the manufacturer.
It’s a tactic to get you to buy/consume more.
XenoMurph 3 years ago
Botulism doesn't have a scent though. Have fun with the lung paralysis.
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Waite Forit 3 years ago
Your claim that "expiration dates are completely up to the discretion of the manufacturer" is false. Yes, the FDA does not require expiration dates (except for infant formula), but each state has its own regulations on labeling of expiration dates.
Shelby Moonheart 3 years ago
My office manager would throw away the honey when it past the use by date. Silly. Honey doesn't go bad.
Martin Klad 2 years ago
But it depends on the packaging. Sometimes, the use by date can be refering to the packaging, meaning that after a certain time, the packaging can start to break down and give the toxins and chemicals to the food. Impossible for glass containers though. I wouldn't eat 2 years-expired honey from a plastic container, but I would eat 5-years-expired honey from a glass container.
Load More Replies... the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
No, if a food is past its sell-by ate, it's because the manufacturer doesn't want to assure you that it'll taste as good as fresher food. If it's past the sell-by date, that doesn't mean it's harmful to you, but it does mean the stores can't sell it because the manufacturer doesn't want to hurt its reputation.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
It's more of a "this won't taste as good after X date" label on most products. Though anything that doesn't have preservatives really does have an expiration date and sometimes the product goes bad before it.
Shelley Dawson 3 years ago
The same goes with the toiletries companies. You do not need to wash your hair every day. Some people, yes. Most, no. It is not good for the hair or the scalp.
Jrog 3 years ago
The FDA may not require an expiration date, but several other countries do and in order to be able to export stuff often manufacturers place an expiration date anyway. An expiration date also works as a guarantee for the manufacturer that the product is served or sold in a condition that presents the product in its prime state, avoiding that a consumer experience a stale product and get a negative image of the brand or product. The problem here is with the people who think the expiration date is a magical good/bad threshold, and can't spot the thin difference between "BEST BEFORE..." and "ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CONSUME AFTER..."
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Actually, the plastic is expriing more rapidly than the product in many cases. Fun fat. You're welcome. Plastic may "never break down" but its chemicals can leach into the product. Some studies have linked that to metabolic issues. Peanut butter in a glass jar with a vacuum seal will last about ten uears, as my family proved.
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 3 years ago
I've seen paper reams with expiration dates. I ignore that.
#14
Scented feminine hygiene products are needed because you smell bad.
October 3 years ago
These producs will mess up your vaginal ecosystem. They will weaken your natural protection against infections. And once you get an infection, then you really will smell bad.
Tamra 3 years ago
Thank you for saying this! The vagina has a somewhat acidic environment, which is designed to fend off infection. These "hygiene products" can disrupt this balance.
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 3 years ago
If a person practices heathy hygiene and there are no underlying heath issues, that's the way a body smells.
P. Mozzani 3 years ago
This is the ultimate in misogyny and unethical marketing of unnecessary products.
BJ Hage 3 years ago
You're not wrong. Don't know why your were down voted. I fixed it
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Hetal Vyas 3 years ago
I try to steer clear of scented feminine products, i realised that I was allergic to the perfume
Helen Waight 3 years ago
Is this a US thing? I honestly can’t think of any scented sanitary stuff in the UK (nor can you buy douches - those are also incredibly harmful)
De Burke 3 years ago
Nope, I'm in Ireland and you can get scented pads. A lady I worked with wore them so she wouldn't smell bad because she had her period. Ironically, we all knew exactly when she had her period because she stank of artificial floral scent.
Load More Replies... Jaithesaint 3 years ago
Terrible. I never touch those things. If you’re smelling funny down there, go check that out. And if you’re smelling funny…also toss these products out. A combo of meat juice and lavender pine isn’t anymore attractive lol. But forreal, to the top comment. It does throw your pH off. Use sensitive skin products.
Pollymere 2 years ago
I find the smell they insist scenting them with far more offensive than any menstrual one. And calling it feminine hygiene has horrible connotations. Feminine has such a strong association with delicate, helpless female stereotypes and hygiene suggests a lack of cleanliness. And of course some trans men have periods too. If we can buy ovulation products, I don't understand why we can't just buy menstruation products.
Sherman Von Gee 3 years ago
Stop using soap altogether dude. Water. Just water & a sponge of some sort. I used to get yeast infections & s**t all the time. The second I stopped using scented body washes & all that perfumed s**t & feminine products... ALL OF THAT STOPPED! I never "smell" ... even after working out. I don't get yeast infections. I don't have any issues anymore. You're not the problem. You don't smell bad. The products are making the issue. There is nothing wrong with you! You have a natural scent & that's supposed to be there. But if it's overbearing or abnormal it's most likely because of the products you're using that are throwing off your pH & it's causing bacteria to grow. No joke. Stop using scented body products.
Molly Morrison 2 years ago
no, I will definitely be washing my body with soap..
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That the ink cartridge is actually empty.
Minath 3 years ago
If you have run out of any of the coloured inks then it won't print in black, which makes zero sense.
Mads 3 years ago
Mine not only did this, but it was a 3 in 1 and wouldn't even let you scan if an ink cartridge was empty! Absolutely ridiculous!
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Chich 3 years ago
Bought a printer that has tanks you fill up when needed. Have not bought ink in the year and a half since I got it. Would have been through 2 or 3 sets of cartidges with the old one by now.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
Ink jet printers follow the Gillette/Kodak model. With Gillette it was, give the razor away, make money on the blades. With Kodak it was, sell the cameras at cost and make money on film and processing. So printers are really about selling ink.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
My work printer has been giving us the notification “ printer very low on toner” for almost 60 days now, still haven’t changed the ink
Cari Owens 2 years ago
Most ink cartriges will indicate they're empty when they're actually still about half full. The chip embedded in them will make refilling them impossible. Most printer makers/sellers operate on the Gillette business model. Sell the printer relatiely cheap but charge out the wazoo for the ink.
Alyssa Otter 1 year ago
When I was having printer trouble (won't name brand, but with software update it now knows if you do not have *THEIR* brand of ink). Waiting on branded ink, wanted to print grayscale. Nope! ALL of the cartridges"need to prime" before the printer will print. WTF???
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
You run out of ink, it's cheaper to throw the printer away & buy a new one. Replacement cartridges cost too much.
Molly Morrison 2 years ago
I got a very new printer/copier/scanner from a coworker. The ink cost around $90 dollars! Outrageous!
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#16
That you look like s**t without makeup.
Miocha 3 years ago
same here, but i don't really care :) when the time comes I make efforts to look presentable, but not too much. I'm not really good at makeup, but it is what it is.
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Luis Gomez 3 years ago
My teenage daughter skips breakfast in the morning since she can't go to school without makeup. We and her therapist are working on it, but the social pressure of high school, a*****e teenagers, influencers, and the Kardashians make a huge dent on her self esteem. Not to mention how expensive it is.
Weird Any 3 years ago
I always wear a makeup, because I really look ugly without it. It makes me feel more confident, but I agree this is a personal choice. Not judging anyone without it, but I like it.
Happy Panda Nicole 3 years ago
I agree with you! I definitely feel much more confident when I wear make up. I keep it as natural looking as possible.
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Olive of the Meowls 3 years ago
I don’t wear makeup unless it’s a really special occasion, but I can see why some people like it
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I feel less like I look like s**t, tho', so... I still do mascara, lipstick and powder.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I prefer the extra time sleeping or being lazy before work, you can suffer my zombie face. Makeup is for occasions now, not work or everyday.
#17
that “organic” label doesn’t mean it’s actually “healthy”
Zenozenobee 3 years ago (edited)
I read a French study a couple of years ago. Among the two groups , the one eating organic end up in better shape. Yet, what the study shows in fact is that the groupe eating organic for the test seems to have been more carefull with their health. Apparently, the fact they eat something they thought " healthy" got them to make effort for their health. More people of this group stopped smoking and start exercising. The conclusion of this study was that eating organic got a good influence on health but because it can raise awarness of people about the choices they make. Again, it's only one study, so, not an absolut thruth, but the conclusion is interesting.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
In chemistry, organic just means it contains a carbon. Look for: pesticide-fertilizer-free and locally produced.
Just_a_lazy_witch 3 years ago
Well yes and no. Because you can buy organic/bio potato chips (fried), candy (sugar) and a whole lot of unhealthy food. So yes, it isn't always healthy in that way. But the Organic/bio label means that the product was grown/made by certain rules, like no pesticides, chemicals, artificial flavors, etc. so it IS better for you AND also the planet/animals/nature.
Cari Owens 2 years ago
Technically, anything that will decompose is organic. You, me, the dog, the cat, that wool blanket. the antique wooden table, even crude oil will decompose so it's organic as well.
Elizabeth Butler 3 years ago
Non-organic is very often contaminated with pesticide resides, which are very definitely NOT healthy, and actively harmful. Also, lab testing had shown that non-organic foods do not have the same nutrients that organically-grown ones do, but much less than organic ones and also much less than the same ones grown decades ago whether organic or not. Modern mass-produced growing methods have exhausted soil nutrients, so plants cannot take up what isn't there. Organic standards for growing include measures to build the soil.
Stymied Egan 3 years ago
Even the label "organic" can vary from area to area. In some cases there are rules about distance from your organic farm to an area that isn't organic. In others there aren't any regulations. Drifting insecticides, leaching, there are plenty of ways for chemicals to move from one area to another. Just a quick trip into an area affected by acid rain will show that chemicals end up in many places they aren't wanted. Consider honey. I saw someone selling their honey as organic. Sure they weren't using chemicals in their hives but, their bees are traveling outside of their yard, visiting treated areas and inevitably bringing home chemicals from the plants they visit.
Mary Kelly 3 years ago
BUT, organic produce is healthier than the inorganic version of same produce...pesticides chemically look like other chemicals that promote cancer.....so an organic berry is better than a nonorganic berry BUT organic cigarettes are still unhealthy
Neill Powell 3 years ago
Newsflash, Uranium ore is technically organic. Technetium is not (even though it exists briefly, it has no stable long-lived isotopes). Therefore everything that is made or grown is made from molecules and in turn, atoms. Discussion ended. "Organic" means some ethical standard was hopefully adhered to...
#18
Natural, healthy human teeth are more yellow than white. This is because teeth appeared whiter on Black and White film, and stars began to dye/bleach them whiter to match how they appeared on film.
In 1918, it was discovered that a heated lamp in conjunction with hydrogen peroxide would lighten teeth. A dentist in the late 1960’s discovered that after prescribing an overnight soak in carbamide peroxide, the teeth were significantly whiter.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Teeth aren't naturally white, they're the colour of ivory. Because...they're ivory.
Casey Horn 3 years ago
so lets start making piano keys and all of those other ivory items out of poacher’s teeth!
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harpling 3 years ago
My dentures aren't white. They could be bright white, but my prosthodontist told me that they would look horrific and obviously unnatural. I wanted purple polka dots, but she talked me out of that as well.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Could you have a purple polka dot set for parties?
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I fyou want white teeth, leave your skull in a desert sun for 20 years. ---- my mom, the nurse
Luis Gomez 3 years ago
This old dude I know bleached his teeth so white you can't believe. He looks just ridiculous, but it gave him a lot of confidence.
kath morgan 3 years ago
My teeth have always naturally been a little yellower (same with my mum) and I’m very self conscious about it :(
Libby Tailor 3 years ago
Mine too. And I was surprised when my dentist first told me that my teeth' colour is very nice.
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While it’s always appealing to cancel brands, corporations and people who made mistakes, it’s important to realize that cancel culture, just like judgement, is often rooted in anger. “One side shouting and another covering their ears and shouting back – like Brexit and instead of listening and processing, the opposing side simply nods and raises their voice,” Tang explained.
“Sometimes these two groups are fighting the same side, and through recognizing their allegiance may be made all the stronger. Don’t cut the nose to spite the face,” she added.
#19
Valentines day
Monday 3 years ago
Valentines day is great....because a few days after it there's so much discounted chocolate to buy!
Praecordia 3 years ago
I dont see how this particular holiday is any different from any other holiday. They are all made up.
Olive of the Meowls 3 years ago
At this point, basically every holiday has been taken over by large corporations
Whitefox 3 years ago
I despise valentines day. If you love me, really love me, you will no doubt show me all year long. The idea that someone has to drop ludacris amounts of money on someone to prove their love makes me mad. However, that said.. the day after is awesome! Cheap chocolates day!! Woot woot!!
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
The only thing that's a "rip off" on V day is flowers, and the only reason they cost so much is to limit demand. Any time you don't have enough supply to meet all the demand, you have to increase prices. That's just how economics works.
Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
It's a "Hallmark holiday," like Secretaries Day or Grandparents Day. Only intended to benefit the greeting card industry.
Mrs Irish Mom 3 years ago
My 12 yo daughter gets teddie and chocs off myself and her dad 4 valentines, we dont want anythin cos its a big fat money racket for stupid ppl 2 spend money on rushed dinner in a restaurant r over priced flowers
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
It's only terrible if you go overboard or are expected to. My husband and I use it as a date night but we limit our gift to just one thing for each and maybe a nice private dinner but nothing too much.
dof huggle 3 years ago
Red is my favorite color. I automatically like Valentine's Day because of all the red
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
and easter, christmas, halloween, basically all of them has been comercialised into rediculousness.
#20
When someone dies their family has no legal reason to pay their debts. It is a myth that the banking industry isn't about to correct.
Ian Milne 3 years ago
That’s a little misleading. Debt is paid from the deceased persons estate. If there are insufficient funds to pay the debt, only then is it written off.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I believe this person meant that heirs are not personally responsible for the decedent's debts.
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MiriPanda 3 years ago
This will vary from country to country. Over here you can accept or reject inheritance but if you accept, you accept also the debts as far as I know.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Here this is only true if you reject the inheritance all together, so you also won't get the your mom's old wedding ring or the pictures your dad took. It's all or nothing. And when you get all, you also have to pay the debts that remain after paying for it from the estate.
Falcon dimi 3 years ago
In Belgium, if you inherit you can get the information from a notare if the persone you inherit from has dept. If they have you can refuse the whole inheritance.
Brindle Nutter 3 years ago
I'll take it a step further: in California, if you open a probate, the creditor gets notice by publication or by a notice served on it by the personal representative. That creditor then has to properly present a creditor claim within the allotted time for the administrator to consider. If rejected, the creditor has to file suit or it gets barred. This doesn't apply to secured debt. A decedent's family/heirs are not responsible for a decedent's debt
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
this depends on which state in the US you live in, if you're in the US, and varies wildly by country, so do not take it as a given. ANY debt on anything that has anyone else's name on it ---- house, car, credit card ---- is usually going to be paid by the survivor, or it's repo'd/taken to court, etc. Check the laws before making a choice.
Rich Cronshey 3 years ago
Ergo, get a bunch of credit cards before you die and buy your friends and family cars.
Karen Lyon 3 years ago (edited)
Incorrect. It may depend on the state where you live, but I know for a fact that in California, if the deceased has assets, all bills must be paid. I was the executor of my parents' trust. I didn't have to take on that job until both our parents had passed away. There were debts to be paid, and I got legal advice to help me handle it all. The lawyer made it clear that I was obliged to pay off those debts before I split up any trust money left over between me and my four siblings.
#21
The food pyramid.
Falcon 3 years ago
The whole food thing is so strange to me. I've read so many articles about certain foods being really bad for you. Then, like a year later, another one telling me how good the same food for my health is. I've stopped reading those articles and use common sense to choose what I eat.
Adam Jeff 3 years ago
What's the myth here? There are certainly some food types that you should eat more of and some less, which is basically what the food pyramid says. A particular version of a food pyramid might be inaccurate but I don't think the concept is a myth.
Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
The food pyramid was conceived with heavy input from certain industries, with the dairy being one of main influencers. The good pyramid was nothing more than a big ad that was released by a corrupted government agency and designed to favor one industry rather than being an actual guide to good eating.
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Asteríx Viking 3 years ago
Why do they use the food circle but the text say food pyramid? Its two different things and the pyramid is not working and was created (if i understand correctly by food industry not accouly studies) and does not work, they did many studies of the circle is recommended in Sweden today (but not the pyramid). Was also a food documentary from svt that showed that it was the best and people who tried it got the best results in "overall health". So I'll take this as a pinch of salt.
shiny shinx 3 years ago
bp with irrelevant list item pictures go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Load More Replies... Sarah Stalder 3 years ago
Subsidies to wheat farmers are a big reason they take up so much room. For me, that's where my weight gain came from. Quit the processed bread, rolls, muffins, cookies, etc. and started dropping down. (NOT low carb, just healthy carbs
Cari Owens 2 years ago
The food pyramid was originally for farmers to fatten their hogs for slaughter. When people started following it well, they got fatter.
Louisa Spoke 3 years ago
I’m intolerant to many foods. I haven’t eaten lettuce in years as I break out in blisters if I do.
#22
People forget that college is a business. To make money.
It has its place, of course, but the intense pressure for EVERYone to attend is completely insane to me, especially considering the need for tradespeople.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Not here. They need to make some money to pay for staff, equipment, bills, of course, but they're not for profit.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
But...but...but I thought universities were hotbeds of Marxism, turning out Stalinists to undermine the American way? How can that be true if they're fundamentally a capitalist institution???
Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
As an American citizen, I may be biased, but college gave me more stress than it did knowledge. Past-tense, because I dropped out 7 months ago, and have no regrets.
EyeYamStewPeed 3 years ago
Wanting everybody to be educated is "completely insane?" Can this person hear themself?
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
FALSE!!!! Like other businesses, colleges want to succeed and grow and become more powerful, which takes fundraising... and too many administrators can get too wrapped up in impressing the money people. But most colleges are legally no-profit organizations, which cannot return dividends, profits, nor proceeds to the sale of assets to any investors.
Maria Veronica 3 years ago
Not only American but in more and more countries, upper studies are extremely expensive and a business
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I'm old enouogh to remember when education wasn't for-profit. Of course, I remember life before HMOs trying to kill us, too. I'm just old.
#23
Gluten free is better than with gluten for everyone. Physiologically it only helps coeliacs or those with mild sensitivity to gluten. According to the research so far doesn't make a difference in anybody else. And yet the gluten free market went up like crazy
Monday 3 years ago
If your body can process it correctly then there's no harm in eating a moderate amount. If we weren't meant to consume gluten at all we'd all be gluten intolerant after all. Eat what you wanna eat.
WindySwede 3 years ago
Little bit like when we where should avoid all fats? Or to avoid 'X protein' for someone else should not eat it? I do not equate allergies or nutritional values or so.
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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
In a way I'm rather glad the gluten free market is so big. My brother has coeliac disease sand with the recent boom in gluten free stuff he can now eat decent bread at decent prices. Before it became a fad the gluten free stuff there was was absolutely horrid in both price and taste.
CatFist 3 years ago
Ditto (as a Coeliac myself), though you do have to be careful at times with some restaurants - especially pizzas!
Load More Replies... Little Wonder 3 years ago
Gluten free products also tend to be more expensive, and have more sugar. So your "gluten free health kick" is costing you more and putting more sugar in you. Seems wise.
Honu 3 years ago
Though it isn't mandatory to replace wheat products in your diet. Most of the things they're replacing aren't particularly healthy foods anyway. Pasta and various baked goods are pretty empty calories to begin with. Though pasta is one of the places where you might end up with better nutrition in some gluten free varieties, like chickpea and lentil based pastas.
Load More Replies... Al Christensen 3 years ago
It's one example of the "I can't/won't eat it therefore no one should" trend in amateur health.
Paul Richards 3 years ago
Only 1% of the population is affected by Celiac disease, alot of people are full of s**t about gluten
De Burke 3 years ago
I know someone who is 'gluten sensitive' and ok, whatever, you do you. But they went on holiday to Italy and when I asked how they'd coped they said that they ate everything because 'the gluten is different over there'. SMH
Piper 3 years ago
Ahhhh, that Italian gluten…yes, I have heard about it’s magic! 😂🤣
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Lulu Lemons 3 years ago
I was gluten free for years and can't comprehend why someone would do that voluntarily. A lot of it is disgusting and it's all expensive
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 3 years ago
I am not gluten intolerant BUT I AM wheat sugar sensitive. Cane sugar is safe, but if it's got wheat sugar in it, I'm in the toilet within half an hour. :( Gives me terrible acid reflux too.
#24
Here in Sweden there is an extremely persistent myth that you *should* eat 6-8 slices of bread every day.
That was a commercial campaign by a bread manufacturer. Some way they managed to get the Public Health Institute to pass that myth on. It was like 50 years ago, and that myth still lives!
I'm so sick and tired of that myth.
I also think the "6-8 slices of bread a day" campaign has been one of the most successful examples in world history of myths created by corporate companies.
Chich 3 years ago
Scott pilgrim was right, bread imakes you fat. Especially that nasty white stuff.
Ozymandias73 3 years ago
Are you talking white white bread? Sourdough, brioche, baguettes, bagels, ciabatta?? Because I for one love all those. :D
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I remember older folks pushing a lot of bread on kids during meals. Especially if they, themselves, grew up in poverty. Bread is bulky, and therefore very filling if the family can’t put a lot of other filling foods on the table. Even though it’s not a good substitute for food that’s both filling and nourishing, it at least keep little kids from having painfully empty stomachs. My parents were teenagers during the Great Depression, and I remember them trying to get us kids to eat a lot of bread—-even though my father was a pharmacist and made really good money. Good enough for my mother to be a SAHM and to raise five kids (four of them boys who ate A LOT when they were teenagers) on one salary. Guess old habits die hard.
Gremlan jonnson 3 years ago
I'm Swedish and have never ever heard this. I don't believe this person is from Sweden. Only food myths I know of that's been long persistent here is that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that milk is healthy do drink in ridiculous amounts
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
There was a time where there was a recommendation in the UK for people to eat 6-8 slices of bread each day. It was written on the bread packaging. I've no idea if it still has that information on it as I have eaten bread in years.
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Sophia Eressea 2 years ago
ask my teenage son about that .... he easily has 6 slices for a meal!
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Jessica Wood 3 years ago
Same with the '5 fruit or veg a day' myth. The only reason they say that is because that's the most they think they can convince people to eat in 1 day.
WindySwede 3 years ago
As I understand, it's based on the fact that we were eating too little fiber (in the 70s). And 'the bread institute' saw the opportunity to sell more bread! Now adays (IF) I hear it's nothing but as a joke.
Leoninus Fate 3 years ago
I love bread, I could eat a loaf of store-bought bread in 10 mins I love it so much, just imagine if I was getting it freshly baked! I just have always been crazy for it, it was the highlight of 2021-22 with my family sick with covid cause my sister cooked it, like 10 loafs a day for me~ {this might as well have been why I used to eat butter straight out of the packet when I was lil, I loved my bread and butter!} I'm surprised I'm 100% Japanese and dont have some Sweden somewhere!
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
Despite being born in America and black, according to my bread intake, I'm Swedish.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
I could get behind this myth. There was a marketing campaign in the US when I was young that you should have 3 glasses of milk every day.
#25
We actually don’t need a lot of toothpaste on the brush, but companies advertise using a whole bunch in commercials to make you run out faster.
Paula Pattison 3 years ago
But they say on the tube "pea sized". Yes they want to make more money, they are not a charity and it is not their fault you don't read the instructions.
Mabelbabel 3 years ago
It's the same with shampoo and conditioner. Unless you have really long hair or very oily/dirty hair, you only need a small amount of shampoo (in UK, about the size of a 50p coin) not a handful.
Whitefox 3 years ago
I just switched over to bar shampoo and bar conditioner. I'm kinda in love with it. My hair seems really happy with it as well. If used the way the instructions state, it should last about 6-8 months.
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Joshua David 3 years ago
Plus, it says on the label that accidentally ingesting it (the fluoride I'm sure), garners a call to poison control. Honestly yall, wtf.
gg Gc 3 years ago
You really don't need toothpaste at all. Mostly just an abrasive. Especially the ones that claim whitens and brightens. The outside enamel on your teeth is the whitest part so over years of abrasives it gets worn down to show through the darker inside. That's why older teeth look darker.
#26
Telling people your salary will make people think less of you. In reality sharing your salary especially with coworkers with the same/similar positions will allow you to negotiate for a higher wage or even form a union with ease
LazyPanda 3 years ago
That sentence itself is just so horrible. Companies should just pay what someone's worth. You shouldn't have to develop an entirely new skillset just to get what you're owed. That being said, it is good to always remind people that work is a contract! So look out well for yourself
Load More Replies... Waite Forit 3 years ago
It the US, it is illegal for employers to tell their employees to not discuss their salary.
Josy 3 years ago
I Germany if you are a Woman, and have the same job as a Men you are allowed to know their salary
bob van wijk 3 years ago
Amazing. I had no idea what to ask w my first job and it's ages ago, you couldnt just Google it, so I asked ppl and they refused to tell me their income. So one student from the student house where I lived said he thought that his friend earned so much with a similar diploma, so I asked that. Turned out the others got 500 extra.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
But if you're the one who makes more, it might make people hate you. Some people are petty. Be careful who you share personal information with.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago (edited)
This specifically applies to sharing your salary with coworkers, not society in general. When sharing one’s salary with the general population, you’re open to criticism from anyone, including those who’ve no idea how your job functions. You could easily be accused as being grossly overpaid & highly privileged or even out of touch with the struggles of living paycheck to paycheck. Something less likely to happen from your work peers making roughly the same. For example, let’s hypothetically say I’m a private consultant who bills a minimum of $450USD an hour. Sharing such with a society where the majority make 1/20th of that looks outrageous. Sharing that with other consultants & lawyers in the same field makes it look like charity work. It’s important that all people are paid their worth for their labor and we have a long way to go to achieve such. A start is equity in the workplace by sharing salaries openly & collective bargaining. In general tho, it isn’t helpful.
#27
Eating carrots does not improve one's vision. The British government put this out as an explanation as to why their (supposedly carrot-eating) RAF pilots were able to shoot down enemy Luftwaffe fighters before being detected by the enemy. The truth has nothing to do with carrots. The British had invented a primitive form of radar and didn't want the Nazis knowing about it.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Carrots contain beta-carotene. The body uses this to create Vitamin A. This is essential for eye health. Whilst it won't cure sight problems, it can help prevent others.
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
Yep. They were having huge problems with Vitamin A deficiency and blindness in countries where the traditional diet was based on rice, leading to the development of 'golden rice,' a special rice strain with Vitamin A in it.
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PandaRave 3 years ago
You can have that one corporations. It gets kids to eat vegetables and Nazis to look even stupider. It’s everything you need!
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Yeah, except a corporation didn't come up with it. The Royal Air Force did.
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Jessica Blankenship 3 years ago
Actually carrots have something called beta-carotene which turns into vitamin A inside the body. Vitamin A is essential at preventing sight issues. It doesn't CURE but it can PREVENT
Mrs Irish Mom 3 years ago
Carrots turn you orange, true story my niece ate carrots every single day for 3 years and she looked like Ross from friends after a spray tan 🙈
Dee 3 years ago
Too many carrots can indeed turn one orange, my grand daughter loved carrot juice as a toddler and had the same thing happen. The body can only use so much beta carotene before it begins to store the excess!
Load More Replies... Leoninus Fate 3 years ago
"Pass the Vegetables, Please" is the 71st episode of Gilligan's Island, and had Stuck with me since I was a small child, Gilligan finds seeds for string beans, carrots, sugar beets, corn, spinach, and more, and they plant them only to find out there "radioactive" after they eat them they give them the abilities like carrots give them "good eyes" Spinach makes them "strong" and sugar beets give "energy" {the sugar get it?}, The first thing I did after watching this was go and make myself some "Carrots and spinach" it wasn't till years later that I found out it didn't really help {I knew it didn't work like the show but I thought it would bring my eye back and stop my bones from weaking}
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
Vitamin-A is also one of the vitamins that if you take too much of that it can harm your health.
bob van wijk 3 years ago (edited)
Eating carrots does improve one's vision. Have you ever seen a rabbit with glasses?
#28
You lose your warranty if you break the tamper seal (ie. “Warranty void of seal is broken” stickers).
“... warranty conditions that forbid consumers from opening or repairing their devices are illegal under a provision of the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act”
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gv5ddm/warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-are-illegal
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/04/ftc-staff-warns-companies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/700.10
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
The MMWA is U.S. law. Other countries will vary.
Load More Replies... Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
If you got to replace your cellphone battery yourself, there is a good chance you will break the battery while doing it. It is designed like that. But once you realize on how you broke the battery, the next one is a breeze.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 3 years ago
In Australia, as long as the person breaking the seal is a skilled person, warranty still stands.
#29
That eating fat (as in the macronutrient in general) makes you fat. This is why we have so many low-fat or reduced-fat versions of foods where the fat is just replaced with cheap sugar, and sugar actually makes you fat.
It all boils down to the marketing. The issue lies within foods being sold as low-fat substitutes of the original and being marketed as healthier options, when really, the fat is substituted for sugar, which can be even worse for you.
To all the people saying what do you mean? fat is 9 calories per gram and sugar is 4. Correct. But do you think it's better to eat 9 cals of fat, or sub it with 9 cals of sugar. Eating fat is actual required for your body to burn fat, and is vital for all types of bodily functions. Sugar, on the other hand, skyrockets your blood glucose, resulting in the secretion of insulin, and when insulin is high, it's much harder to burn fat.
If you cut all the fat from your diet, you can have hormonal issues, potential joint pain, s**t digestion, no libido. Cut all the sugar (not carbs in general, just processed sugar) and you'll probably lose some weight and feel awesome!
We can go on for days here. The point is, if you're going to opt for a low-fat version of a food, take a peek at the ingredients and see what you're consuming instead!
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Eating fat can make you fat. Eating too much of ANYTHING will do it, even if you're only consuming whey protein shakes in almond milk.
Veronica Scoggins 3 years ago
Whey protein shakes are not good for you. They're only marketed as such. Eating fat actually doesn't make you fat. That's a myth that research hasn't been able to prove.
Load More Replies... October 3 years ago (edited)
This is partly true, but if you eat to much fat, it will be stored in the body and cause you to gain weight. Allso it fails to make a distinction between several types of fat. Many are more or less allright, but the famously bad one (LDL-cholesterol) helps to clog up your arteries faster. You still should not avoid all LDL, as your body needs a bit of it, but high LDL-levels will increase your chance of arterial disease.
Veronica Scoggins 3 years ago
Read the book "the case against sugar" and your above opinion may be changed. The book lays out the case that even high LDL are because of sugar, not fat. And it is correct. And also it lays out the case that the sugar lobby has spent BILLIONS convincing you to blame fat instead of sugar- and look, it's working!!
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Bruno MacDonald 2 years ago
as a general rule, fat will not make you fatter, but fat free will
Elizabeth Butler 3 years ago
Eating fats as part of a meal helps make you feel full and satisfied, where an equal number of calories with less fat leaves you hungry so you continue eating more.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I tried cutting all sugar from my eating. Holy moly the headaches! And the passing out. Cutting all of anything from a diet should really be done under medical supervision so you get what you do need.
Veronica Scoggins 3 years ago
Can I ask- did some of your sugar come from soda or chocolate? I'm wondering if the headaches were from caffeine withdrawal? Also naturally occurring sugar such as that found in fruit and some vegetables is good for you in its whole form.
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That GMO is bad, courtesy of the organic farming industry.
Casey Horn 3 years ago
like the fruit you eat today! a banana is a GMO. that thing never existed in the wild so it’s amazing when i see “organic and GMO free” stickers on bananas particularly.
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Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
My favourite is when salt is advertised as "non-GMO." (Apparently consumers expressed a desire for this.) Salt cannot be "GMO," because salt is not an "O." Goes to show how many people have no friggin' clue what they're afraid of.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
Also gluten-free things that don't contain gluten anyway.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
If you ever ate any potato or (maize) corn or wheat, you've eaten genetically modified food. OK? We didn't do it in a lab, but it was done nonetheless, via selective breeding.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Literally everything we eat is the result of genetic modification. Selective breeding is genetic modification, after all.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
Without GMO we would not be able to feed a world population of the same size as it has today. That is only possible because we could produce crops with a heigher yeild or more resilient plants that can grow in enviroments where their natural cousins will not thrive.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
Try having a watermelon in it's original form. You'll understand quick why GMO is a good thing.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
Google the difference between selective breeding bd GMO. Definitely NOT the same thing.
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GlitterDeath 3 years ago
I will reiterate what someone else said. SELECTIVE BREEDING IS NOT THE SAME AS GMO
Slarty Bartfast 3 years ago (edited)
Selective breeding and Genetic Modification are NOT the same! Cross pollinating two apples, or even two more distantly (genetically related) fruits, is not the same as introducing fish genes into a tomato. GM may not yet be proven to be bad, but it is certainly manipulating genes in a way that has NEVER been done in traditional farming. In any event, it certainly hasn't yet been proven safe, and those happy to partake are actually being used as guinea pigs.
#31
‘Drink 3 litres of water per day’ is a complete myth with no scientific backing, created by water bottle companies. Yes, it’s important to drink water, but once you get past a certain point all you’re doing is spending money for something that goes in, does nothing, and then gets excreted.
CalicoKitty 3 years ago
Three litres a day is a great way to make a very small person go to the toilet very often.
Alan White 3 years ago
You need a total of about 2.7 to 3.7 litres of fluids a day, but you don't necessarily need to drink that amount of water to achieve that. You get it from food, other beverages or water in combination (food makes up about 20%).
Question everything 3 years ago
2.7 L still sounds a lot to me, a 1.58m tall person for days when I don't do much. The rule is, the more you sweat, the more you need to drink. It's harder to remember to hydrate in the winter when we are cold and think we don't sweat at all, which of course we do.
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Krissu S 3 years ago
In finland we have great tapwater. No need to buy bottles. And 1,5 liters is enought, or even a bit too much.
shiny shinx 3 years ago
i'm in an area where tap water isn't particularly good, but it goes through a filter for the whole house and drinking water also goes through a second filter, so there's that
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CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago
Having 5 deteriorated disks in my spine, I recently learned that they require drinking more water to hydrate the disks, which slows down their degeneration. Also our thirst system gets wonky when we get old and we cannot depend on it as an indicator of dehydration. My doctor recommends drinking enough extra water until my urine is light yellow.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago (edited)
Another myth: when you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated, so you need to drink more so you don't get thirsty. That's b*llsh*t. The thirst mechanism exists so you don't get dehydrated. Do you think your cat or dog drinks BEFORE he gets thirsty? No. Just drink when you feel thirsty and you'll be fine.
Paul Richards 3 years ago (edited)
Drink water if you're thirsty. And for God sake make it tap water, filter it if you must, but stop buying bottled water
Asteríx Viking 3 years ago
In sweden we say 2 litres. Our body do often tell us when we need water. Mine does not. So I need to drink a lot of water. Otherwise I get constipated. And drinking to much might give hyperhydration that is deadly in some cases.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
In other words you probably don't need that ostentatious bottle of water while walking around the block or going to the mall etc.
#32
That if you work hard, keep your head down and do the right thing - corporations will reward you as being a valued member of the company. about 15 years after you've joined the grad programme you realise that is the ultimate way to get exploited by a company and not how (m)any bosses got their positions :-) Smart people should work for themselves or creative industries ...
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Entrepreneurialism is a myth created by MLMs and pyramid schemes. Know your worth, don’t fall for the employer tricks to underpay you, but definitely don’t be deceived by the network marketing companies either. No matter what spiel they give you, if you can’t afford their products and programs comfortably on your current salary, you will lose money - or even go broke. And their health and wellness certifications are c**p. - you can literally kill someone if you don’t have extensive knowledge of medicine if you sell them vitamins or supplements. Vitamins and supplements are 1) unregulated, and 2) based on a theory that was never properly peer reviewed; and evidence is showing that if you don’t medically need them, they can be harmful or even deadly.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
Also I do resent this ‘smart people start their own businesses!’ thing. I’m smart, I do well at work and I definitely need the benefits that a corporate job provides (if you go into business for yourself you do not get paid sick leave)
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Rabbit Lord 3 years ago
That's the same s**t religion tells you: be brave and you go to heaven... and in the end it only leads to lots of bigottery
Alvia Vseobecna 3 years ago
one has to have a reasonable strategy when it comes to demanding a raise and / or manage the workload accordingly if the employer does not match ones demands. If such scenario is not thinkable then employee is being exploited
#33
There’s this weird idea among some women that pads are inferior to tampons, or that only young girls or virgins use pads. This was actually perpetuated by tampon companies in the 60s or 70s I believe, when the link between Toxic Shock Syndrome and tampons was made. Pad companies latched onto this and started marketing their product as cleaner, so tampon companies countered by marketing their product as for mature, professional women. This was particularly effective at the height of Second Wave feminism when women were struggling to be taken more seriously in the workplace. So effective that this perception still exists today even though there’s no logical basis and no one even really knows WHY they think this way. You can sort of still see it in commercials today, where pad commercials are usually just someone pouring blue liquid on a pad while in tampon commercials there’s usually a woman dancing around or playing a sport or something equally not fun to do while you’re on your period.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
.... now that I think about it, I've never seen a TV- or youtube ad for a menstrual cup. I've only ever heard about one through word of mouth, even though in a lot of cases, most people I know (myself included) have objectively better experiences with it, and are not likely to go back to disposable products. That's more than likely the reason companies aren't very eager to promote it, lol
RedPepper 3 years ago
I've seen a TV ad for period underwar recently. Times are changing.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Pads were messy, and would smell if you did have an opportunity to change them frequently. At least with tampons, if you were having an unusually heavy flow, you could couple them with a pad, to reduce the risk of overflowing and ending up with a very embarrassing stain on your clothing. Believe me, the only good thing about menopause is that you no longer have to worry about all the b******t rigmarole that goes with having your period.
Question everything 3 years ago
My very heavy period gave me a toxic shock from a tampon after only one hour from insertion and I've been scared to use them ever since. I can only start using them on day 4 and by day 6 or 8 the blood is old clotted one, not the best for tampons. By day 10 I only need a pantyliner anyway. I don't like tampons because they are painful for me too. I wish I could use them though, my friends are really happy with them and never use pads.
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Elizabeth Elliot 3 years ago
Before the invention of gel crystals, pads were about half an inch thick and showed through your trousers - in the eighties tampons were a godsend!
Shelley Dawson 3 years ago
Someone clearly thinks women are stupid. We will wear whatever is most comfortable and convenient and appropriate for the situation.
TurquoiseTwinkyTzarina 3 years ago
Unfortunately, I had to use both. Very heavy cycles.
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 3 years ago
I think pads are great for people who don't have heavy periods or who are not overweight, and the menstrual cup is almost impossible to use if you're overweight. Pads give me horrible rashes because i'm sitting around wet all day. I have very heavy periods. I used pads all through middle and most of high school and it was a nightmare and embarrassing because i would literally be bleeding down my legs. I could smell myself all the time. My bed looked like someone was murdered. I have no underwear or sheets that weren't stained. I got literally depressed because I was so tired of dealing with how horrible it was. I'd change my giant super pad and less than a half hour later I'd get up from my seat and it would be covered in blood and I'd have to walk with a shirt tied around my waist. I trailed blood down a hallway at school once, ugh. When I finally tried a tampon, I literally cried. No more blood everywhere. Leaks were way less. I felt like I could live my life again.
Katrin Krueger 3 years ago
Well, it IS harder to dance with a diaper full of blood in my pants :) I actually experienced the opposite while in the US - in Europe, we use tampons without applicators and I was dirty for doing that. My host family only allowed me to use pads.
October 3 years ago
Wait, your host family decided which menstrual products you sould use?!
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Carlotta Müller 3 years ago
But I still do not like pads. I hate it when I feel the blood running out of my body to the pad. Urgh!
BirFromHH 3 years ago
"something equally not fun to do while you’re on your period": when you have cramps etc: No, certainly not. But If you don't have these problems, you can actually forget about the period - and you CAN have fun moving. If you don't, you should perhaps try alternative products instead of starting that women can't have that. Many can!
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Pads may feel more uncomfy, but I've lived normally with them all my life. (Re: the menstrual cup, I've yet to find a good fit. Apparently I'm "odd-sized"?)
K W 3 years ago
I've not found one that is comfortable for me either and with my extra heavy flows they're more trouble than they're worth if I'm out and about. I'm glad they're miraculous for so many people but they're not for me.
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The Doom Song 3 years ago
I say use what ever you are most comfortable with. I prefer tampons over pads but will use pads overnight
#34
"When you care enough to send the very best," you'd better make it a Hallmark card.
Hallmark wants you to believe that sending their expensive greeting cards somehow proves your feelings for someone else.
Minath 3 years ago
A handmade card of any quality shows a lot more thought than an expensive bought one.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
My favourite birthday card was from my 25th birthday - a goofy friend took a ripped piece of construction paper and drew crappy flowers on it with a marker, then used his bong flavour drops on the flowers so they would smell good :p it was so bad that it was beautiful, I loved it! Got lots of store bought cards that year too but I don’t remember any of them :)
Load More Replies... Waite Forit 3 years ago
I have never bought a greeting card in my life. It just feels weird. Why not just tell people what you are thinking about them?
Heliocracy 3 years ago
This is how a lot of marketing works. Calling it a "myth" is not exactly appropriate.
Misty-Dawn Amayi 3 years ago
Laughing, because when I'm angry at someone, I'll flip them my pinky finger and assert that because, "I don't care enough to send my very best."
Ruth Harper 3 years ago
Personally I love picking out the perfect card for someone that expresses exactly the sentiment I want, something I know they will like, and then writing a very personal note to them in it. But that's just my personal thing. No one should feel they have to buy expensive cards.
Mary Loftus 3 years ago
Hallmark cards are manufactured overseas. American Greeting cards are manufactured in America.
#35
Change your oil every 3,000 miles or 3 months. Was created by car repair shops to gain more business. Motor oil companies say you can go 5000-7500 miles or 6 months. Owners manuals even say it. As a mechanic here is my 2 cents. Change that oil and filter twice a year, first week of spring and first week of fall. Do a motor flush once every 2 years. Splurge on tires when it’s time to replace and try to get ethanol free gas if you can, if you can’t, use a fuel additive once a month. Don’t forget about your spark plugs, they are the most underrated component on your engine.
DJR 3 years ago
The problem is a minuscule amount of fuel makes its way past your piston rings into the oil and creates an acid that erodes the main brearings. This is why time and mileage both matter. They used to say 3 months or 3000 miles but the design of the engines, fuels, and oils has evolved.
Load More Replies... Al Christensen 3 years ago
An oil change shop asked how long it had been since my last change. "Since the last time the Change Oil light came on."
Jrog 3 years ago
Don't know about American cars, since US manufacturers have some weird practices, but: 1) Most manufacturers call for an oil change every 15.000 km for gas cars and 25.000 for diesel. If you don't drive that distance in a year or so, check the levels and top up accordingly. 2) Changing the oil twice an year is overkill and a waste of money. Modern engines run very clean and with efficient cooling. Synth oils are more resistant to temperatures and do not degrade as fast as they did decades ago. 3) the "ethanol free gas" fad is stupid. Engines are made to run on a specific mixture of fuel, that is the one with up to 15% ethanol. Ethanol helps lowering environmental impact (it's renewable through waste biomass) and reduces the soot created by combustion, helping keeping the engine valves cleaner. Ethanol-free gas is usually reserved for racing, since it gives more power to engines specifically designed to bring in more air and handle that power.
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
In your average commercial car, that tiny extra punch and 3% more mileage translate directly to far more expensive gas, worse wear on the engine, need for fuel additive to reduce soot buildup, worse emissions. All in the name of "going against the Man" since ethanol mix is mandated by the government to reduce environmental impact. If ethanol mix fuel is good for freakin' F1 cars, it's good enough for your second-hand Honda Accord.
Load More Replies... Heliocracy 3 years ago
Modern conventional oils are far better than those that existed back when the 3,000 mile recommendation was made, and any good synthetic will not break down before 15,000 miles. Even twice a year is more than you need.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This is an old practice because many cars used regular oil. Most modern vehicles use synthetic which lasts a lot longer and you don't need to change. However, it really just depends on how hard you run your car. It's not so much the oil as the filter that needs to get changed out. My whole family were in the industry for a long time and my dad always taught me that oil changes and good tires will do more to protect your car long-term than almost anything else. But if you have synthetic oil... 6 months is pretty standard.
OhnoI’vebeencensored 3 years ago
I rotate my tires every time I go for a drive.
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Kevin Humble 2 years ago
I buy oldish cars for about £600. never servic, chainge oil etc. I generaly get about 50K out of them. Allways suspension/body work that fails. Servicing and oil canges are a con.
Puter Prsn 3 years ago
Depends on how old the car is. Newer cars use synthetic oils & go at least 10,000 miles. Older cars use regular oils and go about 5k. Change more often for dusty environments.
#36
That you can shrink your pores.
Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
When my mother was in school, the boys had shop class while the girls had "home ec." One of the things the girls learned was how to wash their faces. Hot water supposedly "opened the pores" and so you were supposed to start with hot water. Then when the pores were nice and open, you were supposed to use cleanser, then use cold water to "close the pores." Meanwhile, the boys were learning how to build stuff. Good times.
Ruth Harper 3 years ago
I went to a fundamentalist christian school. We got this and we also got separate sex ed where girls were taught not to tempt boys because it is entirely our fault if they have lust issues and that we were the ones responsible for saying no and that our future husband would hate us if we weren't a virgin. No idea what the boys were taught.
Load More Replies... Olive of the Meowls 3 years ago
Even if you could, the consequences would be horrible. Your skin needs to breathe!
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
I read a book once where one of the characters was genetically engineered to have smaller pores, so her skin would be completely smooth. She was constantly overheating and had to use ice to cool herself down all the time.
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debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
Yeah-like since when??? Why even be ashamed to show anything needed/natural??? Also what about body hair & face fuzz on women???
#37
Christmas and Easter as we know it were mostly designed in the 1950s.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago (edited)
Christmas was largely designed by Charles Dickens. Trees and cards also date to the Victorian era.
Little Wonder 3 years ago
Trees originated in Germany and other places way before then, it was Prince Albert who bought them to the UK.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Incorrect. Christmas got like this thanks to the Victorian era, in part, and Easter baskets are German, brought to the US in the 18th century, so... no. Sorry, but no.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
The 1950s?? This is grossly inaccurate. There are still millions upon millions of people living who were born in or before the 1950s who celebrated Christmas much the same.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
Edit: somebody got this in their head from a recent fictional/satirical adult cartoon. It’s lovely how impressionable some people can be, especially when they’ve no idea how to apply an ounce of critical thinking. /s
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Asteríx Viking 3 years ago
Really? We celibrate in sweden Easter like Trandagen (that was started to celibrate in 1500, sadly only celibrated in a small bit of Sweden nowdays) and has been the same way with feathers and putting a egg somewhere to find. Only difference is the candy that is used now, before it was just a homemade gift. Christmas, we had the "Bocken" before santa and he hit you if you were a mean child, so that changed but still give present and we had decorated tree since 1800 in Sweden as well, still got some decorations from 1870-1880. So I dont really know if I believe it was designed in the 1950's like it is today.
MimSorensson 2 years ago
It’s not. I don’t know where they got that, actually.
Load More Replies... Al Christensen 3 years ago
There were times when various brands of Christianity considered Christmas to be un-Christian and sinful. Now we have Christians whining about the fake War On Christmas.
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
When I was a kid, Easter giving was strictly candy. Now kids expect Easter presents. The real origin of Easter eggs comes from when Catholics and Orthodox Christians used to fast not just from meat, but from most forms of protein. Now, you can put off killing your chicken or livestock until after Easter, but those chickens don't care about liturgical calendars. So the eggs would pile up. You couldn't eat them, but they would keep well. So when people finally could eat protein, they had lots of eggs lying around and were pretty excited to finally be able to eat them.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
And what's wrong with Christmas, you Grinch? Let me have just 1/12 of the year actually being happy or I swear to god I'm gonna start getting stabby!
#38
“We’ll stand by our warranty” —Circuit City one week before they closed.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
Circuit City deserved to go out of business. Good Riddance!
Jessica Bertram 3 years ago
a big company promised to honor its warranties for all its products, and then permanently shuttered its stores in a surprise bankruptcy, leaving everyone with returns, exchanges and warranty claims without a store to remit to.
Load More Replies... Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
A new company comes along & offers a warrantee for life. Yes, it costs a bit more but that lifetime warrantee is fabulous. The company is gone a year later.
Regina Granat 3 years ago
My Circuit City hell story involves all of my friends calling the CEO and leaving ugly messages as they wouldn't honor my warranty while they were still in business. I wound up winning but it was a horrible few months.
#39
This has already been stated, but milk is not good for bones nor does it have amazing health benefits. I love milk but it was all created by the big milk companies to push out more milk. They even did a study back in like the 50s or 60s where they had women lose weight with healthy diet that included milk and tried to say it was the milk that helped the weight loss... Pretty sure it was the low calorie, veggie based meals they had with that milk. Along that line of thought, most "diet" foods or processed foods designed to be "healthy" usually aren't healthier at all. They just wanted to Target both health concious and non health concious people at once. If it comes in a box, it probably still kinda bad for you. The best option is always gonna be whole foods with the least processing. But that doesn't make people money. Which leads to another big corporate lie: the fad diets that sell things like detox teas and diet pills. A lot of people may claim that "diets never work" and "you can't lose weight by just eating less and exercising" but that's just cause that kind of weight loss doesn't lead to profits for them. So they try to make you think you can't do it yourself, you have to pay money for pills and plans and drinks that will do the work for you.
AwesomeLeoWife 3 years ago
This is flat out incorrect. Milk is an excellent source of calcium (yes I know there are others) which is needed to maintain bone density, helps blood clotting and other heart related things. The vitamin D that is also present in milk helps the body absorb this calcium too. This is why milk is promoted because it’s a “one-stop shop” for these vital nutrients.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
But large parts of the world's population is lactose intollerant. In fact we are not meant to consume milk past the infant stage of our lives, and those of us who can still drink it as adults are the freaky mutants. Large parts of the world's population are doing just fine without drinking milk, without it causing problems with weak bones. Yes milk might be a source of calcium, but there are other ways to get that stuff, and if only you eat a varied diet, you are likely to get whatever you need of it by other means.
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Maddymoocow 3 years ago
Calorie deficit "diet" with high nutrition content works for me, and I'm not even very active.
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
The key word there is *extreme* diets never work. Any of the fad diets or something really restrictive is basically useless. The only thing that really works is shifting your habits so that your diet is balanced and has all the necessary nutrients.
Cari Owens 2 years ago
The vast majority of diests don't work because they severely restrict or eleiminate something from the diet. The person on said diet starts to crave what's missing then, after a while they cave and "blow the diet" and just give up on it. Also most of these diets may help people lose weight in the beginning but when the diet is stopped they "boomerang" - gain the weight back and then some.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
I love how every industry gets an evil version where they add "big" to it. BIG TOILET PAPER, BIG UNDERWEAR. They are for profit, of course everything they say and do is to maximize profit. It is not a conspiracy, its common sense.
EP 3 years ago
This! We are not meant to drink cow’s milk. Dairy is the most inflammatory foods for this exact reason. Also, dairy only makes you fat and unhealthy. We do not need dairy. You can get calcium from vegetables that grow from the earth that we pluck, as intended. Cut out delicious dairy and you’ll lose all that plumped up extra weight on your body. Try it. If will happen like a miracle, that’s how bad cheese, milk, butter, etc is for us.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
"as intended" is a funny way to talk about things that stem from the agricultural revolution, while drinking milk has been around since homo sapiens went north and needed nutrition. It's not necessary, but it's also not unhealthy in the right amounts!
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#40
That fats are generally bad for you.
Nicky 3 years ago
Unsaturated fats like salmon, guacamole, and almonds are good for you whereas saturated and trans fats are bad for you since their chemical structure leads to more artery blockage.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Not sure why this was downvoted, but I think you're right on.
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#41
That mattresses need to be replaced every 8 years.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
Mine last about 5 years, I am 230lbs and spend 12 to 23 hours a day in bed depending on how ill I am. If I could afford the bespoke for my lifestyle £1000 one, it might last a decade, or might not. My first pay check went on a new bed and upset my father..."Was the bed I provided not good enough for you?" No, it wasn't. It was inherited with the original 1950s mattress. He also took to using my bed whenever his back hurt, so I moved up to the attic and he couldn't make the stairs with a bad back.
Bob La Capra 3 years ago
They say you should flip your mattress twice a year...I wait for the end of the year and flip it twice.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
True, but a thick quilted mattress topper (or even wool) and stream clean every 2 years is must. My mattresses are about 8 years now and feel as light and clean as the day we got them.
Sue User 3 years ago
With most spring mayresses, they have added a topper. Turn it over and there is very little padding on bottom.
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The idea of Type A and Type B personalities were essentially created by tobacco companies that promoted the initial study. The study found that Type A personalities had an increased risk of coronary artery disease and, conveniently enough, would also smoke more because those hard workers need the stress relief.
This would let tobacco companies deflect the blame on any studies showing the association between heart disease and tobacco by saying that their personality type was the confounding factor.
John Legere 3 years ago
They had doctors recommending certain brands. EXAMPLE (Kent with the micronite filters are good for you)
#43
A lot of the on sale yellow clearance tags at Lowes that say something like WAS $44.99 NOW $24.99 is fake because when I look it up in the system it still shows MSRP as $24.99 and under that is the ADVT or advertised price and that is usually blank. Not on sale just a ploy to get you to buy it. If it sounds too good to be true ask someone to look it up under 5.1 in Genesis. Everyone has access to it. Also it's easier if you can give us the item number from the tag. Its also often on the item itself. A 6 digit number.
P B Wilson 3 years ago
I remember radio shack used to do the same thing. They would raise the price six weeks to a month before the sale and then drop it back to normal price for the sale
Anne Reid 3 years ago
Several former Walmart employees have told me that that company does the same thing. Or that the “roll back” prices are the regular price, but they’d inflated it the prior week.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
And if a manufacturer or store is offering coupons, it’s almost a sure bet they just raised the price by the amount of the coupons.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
I think that that is actually illegal. If you want to advetise something like that, you have to have had that product available for the original price for a period. However, I don't think that that period has to be that long, and I don't think that the control on that area is very strickt so you'd probably get away with faking it.
#44
Expiration dates on some canned and dry goods. EDIT: I said some. Not all. Some.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
It depends on the items. You could get away with milk a day after it's expiration (always sniff first) but don't take any chances with stuff like fish or poultry!
Noltha 3 years ago
"canned and dry" goods, canned fish or poultry will be rather good a day after expiration date.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 3 years ago
I think it is a requirement on all kinds of food. You also see it on rock salt too. I mean it has been stored under ground for thousands of years and all you did was to dig it up and bag it, and now all of a sudden it is expected to expire? Keep it dry and prevent contaimination and you'd probably be fine eating it (in moderate quantities) for several decades to come (even hundreds of years in the unlikly case that you live that long)
#45
That putting a lime in a Corona is a time-honored Mexican custom, when the combination was actually invented in the United States in the early ‘80’s.
Jan Rosier 3 years ago
It is mostly to prevent you from smelling the stink out of a bottle of Corona. Beer in a clear bottle is able to catch daylight and gets bad very quickly, and starts smelling. Which is why any quality-beer comes in brownish bottles.
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
Over here (UK) in the 90s a similarly pissy beer (Sol) was sold with lime slices in the neck and quoted as being the mexican way of drinking it too. No Mexican would sully themselves drinking that pisswasser though, lime or otherwise
Dirk Daring 3 years ago
My uncle would always say, "Get me a Corona, NFL style." NFL = No [Flipping] Lime
#46
That cows need to be milked. It's not quite a *myth*, but it's lacking some pretty important [context](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/30/dairy-scary-public-farming-calves-pens-alternatives) - specifically, that they have to give birth to induce lactation, just like humans. However, their milk production dries up after a while, when their calves would've been moving onto eating grass, so they need to be re-impregnated again. The calves are sort of surplus to this process, so they're taken away shortly after they're born. Edit: Cows also "need to be milked," because we've bred them to produce as much milk as freaking possible, even when it [negatively impacts their health](http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/farm/hsus-the-welfare-of-cows-in-the-dairy-industry.pdf).
Casey Horn 3 years ago
this is how all mammals work. back in the day there would be women who would just continue to breast feed children. either the mom died or for some reason could not breast feed. these women would continue to produce milk long after their children were grown because they continued to use their mammary glands. you might have heard the term before: wet nurse
RP 3 years ago
There is a huge amount of variation to all these aspects depending on farming practice though. Cows have been bred to produce more milk than a calf needs. There are farming practices that keep the calf with the mother to feed as long as possible so that the milk keeps flowing longer (any human who's done baby-led weening wtih relate to this) and the excess is still so much that it is profitable to do it this way. Male calves, once raised, can be used for meat. The major issues come with the meat industry not using dairy-breeds for meat so the calves get culled early, thrown away, and the mothers are factory farmed without breaks. That's the worst case, but it does not have to be like that and it was never traditionally like that either.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Grew up on a farm, and you really do want to milk them. Their udders HURT if you don't. Lactation ends (on our herd anyway) naturally. Also, most don't bother impregnating anymore, since humans inject hormones, etc.
Ellie 3 years ago
Thank you! I have a herd of miking goats. Attempting to dry one up by just weaning the baby and not milking usually ends in mastitis or another udder issue
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The idea of "teen culture"--that adolescents need to have their own everything that is different from their parents. Invented by advertisers to sell new lines of product.
Jessica Wood 3 years ago
Also teenagers are complex and individualistic so they don't always follow the same trends or like the same things.
Sanchez Vasile 3 years ago
That was exactly the idea - they found a way to regiment them, according to the social "needs" instead of the parents' conceptions.
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That drinking milk from a cow is important for your health. Many other foods have plenty of calcium and are more nutritious.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
It's also about how our bodies absorb and process the calcium. For example, calcium in dark greens is useless, b/c it's bound to oxalic acids in the greens ---- and so on and so forth. Figs and soybeans (not soy products) if you must avoid milk and want calcium, I've been told by fellow medical doctors. But like actual raw figs.
Erika Jones 3 years ago
Cow's milk is good for baby cows. We definitely don't need it, and it can cause digestive problems for a lot of people.
Katy Fix-Santana 3 years ago
Drinking cows milk is actually not good! Unless you enjoy your daily dose of growth hormones. Oh, and don't give milk to cats. They are naturally lactose intolerant
Aunt Messy 3 years ago
Calcium that you ingest does not do anything to your bones . Your bones flat out cannot "absorb" calcium and the calcium in the milk you drink 100% leaves your body. There's only one way to "build bone" and that's with weight bearing exercise. The calcium lie is a product of marketing.
Shelli Aderman 3 years ago
The right combo of vitamins, such as a calcium/magnesium supplement can go a long way, especially for women.
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Pork isn’t the other white meat, because it’s a red meat! Big pork was trying to get people to buy more of it, so they came up with the slogan so people would think it’s as healthy as chicken. It’s not, it just so happens to be white when cooked.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Tasty, that's what kind of meat pork is. Having chops for dinner tomorrow 😁
Load More Replies... Little Wonder 3 years ago
My mother refuses to eat pork because she heard it's what people taste like.
Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago
Hmm close - in my experience human is a bit more “gamey” although maybe that’s cause you never know if it’s been bled quickly enough.
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That formula is healthier for infants than breast milk
Little Wonder 3 years ago
Breastmilk isn't always an option, and it's fantastic that we have a safe alternative.
Happy Panda Nicole 3 years ago
I got yelled at so many times because I bottle fed with formula instead of breast milk and it was really frustrating. I could not breastfeed because I couldn’t produce milk for some reason. I was very healthy and ate the right things but it just wasn’t possible. Thank goodness there is formula for mothers like me!
Load More Replies... Helen Waight 3 years ago
Yup. Whether someone chooses to breastfeed or formula feed is absolutely their business and nobody else’s.
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
Well if you're on certain medications or taking the fun drugs that's certainly true.
Susan Robinson 3 years ago
I had to give my daughter formula when she was an infant due to this very reason. I have a seizure disorder and had been on medication for that for almost 10 years when I got pregnant…
Load More Replies... Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago (edited)
Vaguely relevant and a great watch if you’re interested in the dirty tricks used by nestle to sell formula. https://youtu.be/v-PcOVl1K2g
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
Even those of us who are/were actually unable, despite every way to try are so often shamed!
AwesomeLeoWife 3 years ago
I was a formula fed baby but breastfed my kiddos. I look back on that time and seriously cherish the memories of how close and de-stressed it made me feel. I would recommend breastfeeding for a kiddo who may be immuno-compromised to get those good antibodies from mom but that’s it.
maragato 3 years ago
There are times when I wonder how we grown-ups could survive all this time without baby formulas.
Sue User 3 years ago
The grown ups survived. Sometimes the kids died if you couldnt find a wet nurse or the kid had special dietary requirements. Note: while i font agree with your comment, i upvoted you because downvoting for what you wrote is wrong.
Load More Replies... Pandalea 3 years ago
My daughter and one of my DILs chose formula. My other DIL breastfed for à long time. All my grandkids are happy and healthy, and that's what counts.
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The old advertising agency saying is that Johnson & Johnson's most lucrative invention wasn't Listerine; it was "halitosis."
Vorknkx 3 years ago
Halitosis is a real thing, though. It's caused by abnormal proliferation of bacteria in the mouth or other conditions, such as the so-called "tonsil stones."
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago
They also used to advertise that gargling with it killed the germs that cause colds and flu. That was back in the day when there was no mint flavor. My mom made me gargle with it all the time when I was a kid and I hated it. Many years later that claim was proven to be false. Too late for me, good for future generations.
#52
Certain colors being associated with genders. Pink and blue becoming girls' and boys' colors wasn't a thing until the mid-1900s as a way to sell more clothes. Edit: I did some more research to check myself and the line is more blurry than I initially learned. For instance, it's debated whether corporations put out these color associations on their own accord, or whether it was a response to a growing cultural inclination. There are a few theories about why culture might have inclined itself to specify genders in the mid-later-1900s: -The post-WW2 return of men to the workforce and ideas of a working class, nuclear family might have emphasized a need to reinforce gender roles (stay at home mother and working father) through a set color differentiation. -A growing trend of parents doing pre-birth gender reveals led to a growing need for gender differentiation. -The decision that pink should represent femininity might be traced to a series of icons in pop culture such as Jackie Kennedy on the day of the JFK assassination, Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, etc. -An, albiet less common, theory posits that pink badges worn by homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps led to the idea that pink is a symbol for femininity. There was actually solid evidence dating back to pre-WW1 of the idea of gender signification with blue and pink, but it was either conflicting or the opposite of what we know today. Most of the evidence was from corporations, so that may be evidence to support my post.
Vicki Doggurl 3 years ago
Yes! Red was a masculine color and for men, while the lighter shade was for babies. Blue was feminine with its lighter shade for babies. Back in the 1800s and early 1900s!
harpling 3 years ago
My father remembers these alignments from when he was growing up in Brooklynn in the 1940s/1950s. He also says that all the statues of the Virgin Mary in church were wearing blue robes. My father in law, who grew up around in the same time in rural Alabama, remembers pink being for baby girls and blue for baby boys.
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Little Wonder 3 years ago
"Pink, being the stronger colour, is best suited to the boy while the more delicate blue is better for girls" Paraphrased, but IIRC the association with the Virgin Mary's veil meant that blue was seen as a feminine colour.
Monday 3 years ago
Does it really matter if parent's "gender code" their babies with colours though? Babies don't care, they can't tell the difference. It's only an issue if parents are doing it to older children who don't want to wear said colour.
K W 3 years ago
The messaging doesn't stop with babies usually. Not that it matters to me but it was rather shocking to see how opinionated 3 year old preschoolers were about what "girl" costumes, games, and colors are supposed to be when my kid went to preschool. He was Rainbow Dash for Halloween one year and he got a million compliments from adults but kids in his preschool had opinions lol.
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That cell phones can actually interfere with aircraft systems.
They can’t. All cell phone signals are either digital, like WiFi, which can’t interfere with any other device (take note that you can have multiple devices on the same WiFi network with no trouble); or the cell phone uses radio bands outside the communications bands used by aviation and therefore can’t interfere. And besides, all the wires and electronics in airplanes are shielded from these signals anyway.
Monday 3 years ago
There is a non-zero chance a phone could interfere though. You might be in an old plane that has unshielded electronics, or the shielding on a device might be damaged and your phone happens to do something at the correct frequency. It's probably not going to happen, just like you are probably not going to die from eating food past it's expiration date, but it's better to just not take the risk at all.
Mat Hall 3 years ago
Nope; if a plane is old enough to have unshielded electronics then it's almost certainly so old as to have no electronics, or at least none that are critical, and RF shielding requirements have actually *decreased* over the past 5 decades - check out any old electronics from the 70s! The real reason using cellphones on planes was banned was due to the network infrastructure impact of having 100s of phones all attempting to connect to a cell all at once, then a few seconds later connect to another, then another as the plane flies overhead. Now that technology has improved this is no longer such an issue.
Load More Replies... Helen Waight 3 years ago
There are some older phones and electrical devices (we’re talking older than the unbreakable Nokia) that absolutely did futz with electrical signals in planes. The reason behind the ‘don’t use on planes’ blanket rule was basically because they don’t want to read off the huge page of what isn’t acceptable. So, your modern device won’t mess it up, but the guy with his ancient brick phone might.
DJR 3 years ago
I remember not being able to leave my first cell phone near the computer speaker because it would cause loud interference.
Load More Replies... CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago
I think this is because in the past, cell phones and some electronic devices did actually transmit on frequencies that affected plane electronics. How do you think those digital phone signals get from your phone to the receiving stations? Modern phones are digitally encoded but still transmit radio waves.
MiriPanda 3 years ago
But then why am I ordered to go into flight mode when the airline doesn't profit whether I am online on my smartphone or not?
Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago
It’s a magnitude of risk issue. The issue is no where near as simple as the post suggests. As per Mondays comment above there may be old electronics that are not certified against phone signals etc. for example some 5g radio bands are very close to the radio altimeters in some planes. Simply put the airline industry and regulators are so risk averse that they ban everything until proven otherwise. As an example see the FAAs statement on 5g https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-statements-5g
Load More Replies... Peej Maybe 3 years ago
I always thought this was a myth propagated to stop people from killing each other rather than having to put up with the usual obnoxious (and always loud) phone use by some passengers. But in recent years the rules have definitely been relaxed a lot.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
Ehem, I was actually told to turn off my phone when I was on a small general aviation airplane, as you could hear its effect on the radio. So while a phone may not make the engine quit and bring down the plane, it can actually cause a minor nuisance, just like when you hear its effect on your computer speakers. Furthermore some of the navigational equipment on a plane works by picking up radio signals from various ground equipment and if you sheild them, you will also remove the signals you need to detect. You can control what the standard equiptment on the plane emits of noise, and design it not to interfere, but keeping track of what can come from all kinds of more or less random electronic devices that the passengers may bring is next to impossible, and hence the best option is to make a simple rule of turning it all off, as the effect can be hard to predict.
#54
That "organic" necessarily means "better for you and/or the environment. I try and tell my mom: "This is all just lifestyle marketing: you are literally paying an extra dollar for nothing more than a label that has absolutely nothing to do with how healthy something is or how good for the environment it is, just how much they can get you to think that they are. They are blatantly and shamelessly ripping you off." and she just refuses to buy the normal stuff.
Little Wonder 3 years ago
There are environmental considerations either way. Non organic uses pesticides and chemical fertilizers which aren't brilliant for the planet, but organic gets a lower yield per acre and therefore needs more cleared land. That's a simplification.
Jason 3 years ago
The avoidance of systemic fungicide, herbicide, pesticide is a selling point for me.
Load More Replies... Helen Waight 3 years ago
There’s an organic farm near me. It absolutely uses pesticides. I honestly think people need to actually read up on what the organic farms use.
WindySwede 3 years ago
My tip is read up on things that is important to you. Prioritise things you prefer. If it's biodiversity, locally produced, no pesticides, free range animals. I think it's to much much polarization between production methods. Best practice by regional conditions. So different things work better/worse depending on, so just don't do in the way your neighbour/another country does just because. And both organic farmer och cenventional farmers can sow flowers for pollinators, for example. It's not mostley the method, but how someone implements things. Sort of :)
Sue User 3 years ago
I dont know why you were downvoted but here is my upvote.
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That prom is supposed to be the best night of your entire life. In my opinion, prom isn't that big of a deal, but you see in movies and books and in advertisements by corporations that it's supposed to be a magical night, so you spend thousands of dollars on great dresses and hair and makeup and suits and flowers and prom-posals and post-prom parties and all that stuff so people think that's just expected.
Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago
Assuming prom is at about 18 then it’s a pretty sad existence for the next 70 years.
Katy Fix-Santana 3 years ago
It's a dance...in high school...if that's the best night of your life...I feel really sorry for you! Best night of my life was the birth of my child. Just sayin
Vorknkx 3 years ago
This can sometimes go to ridiculous degrees in my country - parents taking loans just to buy a prom dress, and the dress is usually so horrid that it can't possibly be worn anywhere else for any other occasion. And the graduating students themselves engage in all sorts of reckless behavior (often involving driving) just because it's "their prom night."
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
you got that one wrong, the best night of your life is your wedding. I mean set your expectations that high and there is no change of succeeding them, but a very real risk of disapointment. And what comes after that? you have topped at 25 now what?
K W 3 years ago
I went to 5 proms because I lived in small town and dated someone from another small town and grades 9-12 were allowed to go so it wasn't so empty. We had more fun decorating for our junior prom than actually going (the theme was Crazy by Aerosmith so we had a lot of fun, wild decorations we created). But proms were definitely overrated. At least in small towns.
Trisec Tebeakesse 3 years ago
Didn't go to mine. Don't feel that I missed anything back in the day.
Bob La Capra 3 years ago
I went to 2 proms, both were a good time, but neither were the best night of my life. Which is good because I didn't expect them to be.
#56
That 'natural' ingredients in skin and healthcare are better for you than 'unnatural' ones.
Monday 3 years ago
Poison Ivy is alllll natural, so you should definitely rub it all over your skin! /s
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
So I CAN have a Gympie nettle salad??? Well, I know plenty who should.
Load More Replies... Maddymoocow 3 years ago
Also when they tout something as "chemical-free" ...but everything is chemicals!
Helen Waight 3 years ago
Arsenic is natural. Lead is natural. Uranium is natural. Still not allowed them in skincare!
Jon Steensen 3 years ago (edited)
and sometimes the term natural can even be taken quite far. natural only mean that it was not chemically synthezised in a lab but processed from something found in nature, but it certainly does not mean "like you'd make it at home" or that there is no "weird stuff in it". E.g. a natural red die you often see used in food is extracted from a bug... not exactly what I use when cooking. But hey it can be found in nature, and hence it can be labeled natural.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
If they were truly all natural you'd have to keep them in a fridge so they wouldn't spoil because most natural ingredients are plant or food based. Natural, in business terms, generally just means they haven't added any additional colors, flavors or preservatives. They're still using chemicals. But chemicals aren't bad. There's this weird aversion to chemicals that has been pushed on people to sell products. You're much more likely to have a toxic reaction to Stephanie's Homemade Face Cream that she made in her unclean house w/o gloves, than to Nivea. There's a reason you want to make sure things are FDA approved and certain chemicals are used and that's to keep you from getting burns, allergic reactions, etc. There are entire sections on youtube and tiktok dedicated to the 'natural' ingredient lipstick or face cream someone bought from some random person with no legal oversight to make sure the product is safe and they end up with horrific skin issues and bacterial infections.
#57
That their specfic investment managers can beat the market consistently. Latest research shows only 3% could consisentely outperform in excess of fees. News Flash all the firms don't have top 3% people.
Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
Pelosi is batting a thousand right now. Must be nice to be on the inside like that and know exactly what stocks to buy and when.
Duh 3 years ago
Don't forget these fine examples of the GQP insider trading and making a killing! Senator Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama and a member of the agriculture committee, regularly reported buying and selling contracts tied to cattle prices starting last year, even as the panel, by Mr. Tuberville’s own account, had “been talking about the cattle markets.” Representative Bob Gibbs, an Ohio Republican on the House Oversight Committee, reported buying shares of the pharmaceutical company AbbVie in 2020 and 2021, while the committee was investigating AbbVie and five rivals over high drug prices.
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That America is a super letigious nation, and that the courts are overfull with frivolous law suits. Myth created by McDonalds and others hoping to get people to reconsider suing them for genuine reasons. This came about after the infamous spilt hot coffee lawsuit.
Monday 3 years ago
I dunno...with the amount of frivolous law stories I've heard over the years and the amount of threats for legal action I've heard customer service reps talk about I'm inclined to believe the US is at least slightly more sue-happy than most other countries.
Little Wonder 3 years ago
I work in moderation for some US based companies and the number of times I've seen people complain about a product and follow it with "You will be hearing from my lawyers" is ridiculous. Mostly because once a legal threat is made, customer service *can no longer engage* which means a problem that might have had a simple fix like a replacement part or refund, can't be fixed.
Load More Replies... Trisec Tebeakesse 3 years ago
Whoever wrote this is not American. We sue over anything and everything.
madbakes 3 years ago
Agreed. All those incredibly dumb warning labels are results of lawsuits.
Load More Replies... Al Christensen 3 years ago
In corporate speak, "frivolous lawsuit" is any suit against them (particularly by consumers) while all suits corporations file are totally justified. Corporations sue each other far more than consumers do.
Susan Robinson 3 years ago
Yet America (my home country) CAN’T send the people to prison that totally deserved it! Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson (for the murders, NOT when he stole a bunch of stuff and DID go to prison) and Donald Trump!
Arliss Speace 3 years ago
Right now a guy is suing a hot sauce company named "Texas Pete" because it's made in North Carolina. It's my personal favorite!
Sue User 3 years ago
Truth in advertising should be enforced. He wsnted to support a product from a certain region, turns out he wasnt. How can you " buy local" if companies do this ? And what if you wanted to support black owned businesses and dome company pulled this ?
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The need to shave is at least, in part, a corporate cultural creation. Gillette ran extensive advertisements in the early 20th century convincing men that a smooth shave would increase their sex appeal to women. No company gets rich when you just let your hair grow.
Judes 3 years ago
Oh, come on! Men have been shaving for 100s of years, long before Gillette came into being. Of course, the amount of facial hair has varied a lot over these 100s of years, but that's fashion.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Yeah the Romans shaved. This is edging into paranoid territory.
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JoJO Banks 3 years ago
"No company gets rich when you just let your hair grow." Right, because there are zero companies that market to beard trimming, beard care, etc., especially after the lockdowns which saw no increase in men growing beards. Nothing to see here, move along.
Susan Robinson 3 years ago
I HAVE to shave because I don’t want to be known as the bearded lady 🤷🏻♀️ I hate you, polycystic ovaries! And a special shout-out to my horrible ex who made me aware that my “mustache “ tickled him when we kissed, opening up a wound that is Turing 21 this year! ☹️
Tobias Reaper 3 years ago
i do it because it makes me look younger a beard makes my face look larger
Spooky Scary Skeletons 3 years ago
I shave because having a beard looks gross and would make my face itch constantly. I'm a man, not a mountain dwarf!
Al Christensen 3 years ago
It was also a creation of military culture, especially after the World Wars. And much of corporate culture is modeled after military culture.
#60
wash, rinse, repeat
Nicky 3 years ago
Shampoo companies have these directions so people think they have to shampoo twice.
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#61
That all speakers have actual tweeters
Bored Panda 3 years ago
What's your point? You don't necessarily have to have a separate tweeter to get good sound. Nor do you have to have a separate midrange speaker. Audio signal response totally depends on the speaker itself and the enclosure it is in.
#62
Mavis Beacon doesn't actually teach typing— because *she doesn't exist*!
Billy Harrelson 3 years ago
I learned in 8th grade back in the '90s on an Apple II. No fancy software. Once you memorize the location of the keys on a QWERTY keyboard, typing really is a breeze.
Bob La Capra 3 years ago
I had a choice of learning to type on a manual or electric typewriter. I chose manual because I thought it would make me a better typist. I was wrong.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I learnt typing from old text based adventure games. The ones where you had to be quick and would not accept anything outside the text parser.
Yvette Desmarais 3 years ago
I learned from "Mavis". It's helped me throughout my career. Lol.
#63
Isn't most of how we perceive Father Christmas essentially a creation of Coca-Cola?
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
No, this is a myth. Father Christmas is unchanged since the poem A Visit From St Nicholas (1823) and has been wearing red since at least 1870, when Thomas Nash painted him. As cola was not invented until the 1880s, it's obvious that Coca-cola merely appropriated Santa due to the matching colour scheme, rather than creating his colours as is apocryphally suggested.
Alan White 3 years ago
Coca Cola basically perpetuated that Santa is dressed in red. More traditionally he was dressed in Tan or Green. He had also been depicted as a gnome.
Libby Tailor 3 years ago
Actually he traditionally wear purple since St Nicholas was bishop and worn purple.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Cholesterol. It's correlative, not proven causative. My pet peeve. And they tend to skip the mention of neuromuscular damage from the popular drugs. Not saying, eat high fat, but honestly, your total cholesterol is less indicative than your high density lipids (HDL) vs low density and triglycerides.
Steve Kenney 3 years ago
"Laundry scent boosters" are the current idea I find maddening. This idea that your clothes don't come out of the laundry "Smelling clean" I don't want to know the person who wears their underwear more then once because it doesn't smell dirty
Will Cable 3 years ago (edited)
One thing irritating me is how all the motor companies are coming out with EV's and talk about how environmental they are YET you have headlights and tail lights that if LEDs fail you have to replace the whole unit which isn't envirnmental compared to replacing a bulb in an older car. All the waste from them for tiny little faults and engineers/mechanics finding it absurd.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
My pet on EVs is that electricity for them is *still produced using Big Fossil Fuel*. So what's the point? Less emissions at the car, but still there at every re-charge, at the production line, and so forth. Ugh.
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Alicia Davidson 2 years ago
I actually kind of liked the gluten free fad. I was gluten free for 10 years due to a wheat allergy. When I became allergic, there was no gluten free food available. Once it became a fad, I had a much greater variety of food.
Q B F T 3 years ago
5 fruit and veg a day. That number was just plucked out the air and chosen for its perceived manageability.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I've heard a lot of variations on this, as an MD. Basically, even we can't get an answer on "what is a serving*?! And it's infuriating. B/c a serving of cucumber may be a whole cucumber but a serving may be 1/3 of an apple. ARGH.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Cholesterol. It's correlative, not proven causative. My pet peeve. And they tend to skip the mention of neuromuscular damage from the popular drugs. Not saying, eat high fat, but honestly, your total cholesterol is less indicative than your high density lipids (HDL) vs low density and triglycerides.
Steve Kenney 3 years ago
"Laundry scent boosters" are the current idea I find maddening. This idea that your clothes don't come out of the laundry "Smelling clean" I don't want to know the person who wears their underwear more then once because it doesn't smell dirty
Will Cable 3 years ago (edited)
One thing irritating me is how all the motor companies are coming out with EV's and talk about how environmental they are YET you have headlights and tail lights that if LEDs fail you have to replace the whole unit which isn't envirnmental compared to replacing a bulb in an older car. All the waste from them for tiny little faults and engineers/mechanics finding it absurd.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
My pet on EVs is that electricity for them is *still produced using Big Fossil Fuel*. So what's the point? Less emissions at the car, but still there at every re-charge, at the production line, and so forth. Ugh.
Load More Replies... Alicia Davidson 2 years ago
I actually kind of liked the gluten free fad. I was gluten free for 10 years due to a wheat allergy. When I became allergic, there was no gluten free food available. Once it became a fad, I had a much greater variety of food.
Q B F T 3 years ago
5 fruit and veg a day. That number was just plucked out the air and chosen for its perceived manageability.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I've heard a lot of variations on this, as an MD. Basically, even we can't get an answer on "what is a serving*?! And it's infuriating. B/c a serving of cucumber may be a whole cucumber but a serving may be 1/3 of an apple. ARGH.
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