Nobody Cares: PRS

[Tigar]

 

[Ashiri]

After reading several other threads in this subforum, I have to wonder whether Cthulu might be far from the greatest evil after all.

 

[Porsupah Ree]

 

[Porsupah Ree]

This is rather amusing.. they note how many essentially identical "wellness" products are sold by both Goop and InfoWars, just with rather different copy, per their intended audiences.

All the "wellness" products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop

eg

Bacopa
Goop: Why am I so effing tired

Formulated with a variety of vitamins (including a high dose of the B’s) and supplements—many sourced from ancient Ayurveda—this helps re-balance an overtaxed system. Replenishing the nutrients you may be lacking may improve energy levels and diminish stress.​

Infowars: Brain Force Plus

Top scientists and researchers agree: we are being hit by toxic weapons in the food and water supply that are making us fat, sick, and stupid. It’s time to fight back with Brain Force Plus, the next generation of advanced neural activation.​

 

[Porsupah Ree]

VyrCossont on princess.industries

 

[Tigar]

This kinda thing never happened when I was a kitten...

Kids In Arlington Box Up 100,000 Meals For Hungry Children Worldwide

 

[Essence Lumin]

This kinda thing never happened when I was a kitten...

Kids In Arlington Box Up 100,000 Meals For Hungry Children Worldwide

When I was a kid I was mainly told to eat all my food at dinner and to think of the poor starving children in Ethiopia.

 

[Tigar]

When I was a kid I was mainly told to eat all my food at dinner and to think of the poor starving children in Ethiopia.

Yeah, I heard taht one too. I got slapped when I suggested we should ship it to ‘em.

 

[Tigar]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

When I was a kid I was mainly told to eat all my food at dinner and to think of the poor starving children in Ethiopia.

I've seen a compelling argument made that this Boomer ethic, which made sense during their own childhood in a time of scarcity, being applied to Gen X'ers and later who lived in a time of plenty, is at least a big part of why there's an obesity crisis in the US right now. People are so self-conscious and guilted about "wasting" or throwing away food that they're constantly eating more than they should.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I've seen a compelling argument made that this Boomer ethic, which made sense during their own childhood in a time of scarcity, being applied to Gen X'ers and later who lived in a time of plenty

Boomers didn't really have wartime or Great Depression scarcity, it was their parents and the parents of Gen X (At least when they were very young). The main point stands, tho. /pedant

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Worthy thread:

 

[Grandma Bates]

I've seen a compelling argument made that this Boomer ethic, which made sense during their own childhood in a time of scarcity, being applied to Gen X'ers and later who lived in a time of plenty, is at least a big part of why there's an obesity crisis in the US right now. People are so self-conscious and guilted about "wasting" or throwing away food that they're constantly eating more than they should.

The underlying causes for obesity in the United States are complex. They range from a scarcity of good food sources in some neighborhoods, the way farmers are subsidized, the easy availability of cheap highly processed food, a culture of throwing out imperfect whole foods, and a lack of sound nutritional education. This is just scratching the surface, and there are many more factors as well. Boiling it down to some parents telling their kids to eat their food is a gross simplification.

On a personal note, it took me an embarrassingly long time in my life to realize that just because I ate something, it does not imply that the food was not wasted. The practices of how we handle and treat food in the US is completely out of whack to what food means and its central cultural role.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

just because I ate something, it does not imply that the food was not wasted.

Fantastic observation.

 

[Lianne Marten]

All food that I eat is wasted.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

All food that I eat is wasted.

All the food I eat is waisted.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Oh speaking of imperfect foods; another worthy thread I found last month:

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Lianne Marten]

Even if you're an adult and have already had the MMR vaccine, if it's been a while (I forget how long, worth looking up. I aren't a doctor.) it's good to get a test to see if it's still fully active for all of them. You reeeeeeeeallly don't want any of those diseases when you're an adult.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Even if you're an adult and have already had the MMR vaccine, if it's been a while (I forget how long, worth looking up. I aren't a doctor.) it's good to get a test to see if it's still fully active for all of them. You reeeeeeeeallly don't want any of those diseases when you're an adult.

Having been in the military, I've probably gotten every immunization under the sun. But, yeah, this is good advice. I actually hadn't even thought of that.