“You have to remove the thorn to begin to heal.”
Me, being all fruity.
I’ve done the same thing a few times.
When I used to decide I didn’t want to go to school, I’d make a bowl of cereal at night, let it sit in my room. In the morning I’d make the same cereal then run upstairs and dump the soggy bowl in the toilet and pretend I threw up. My brother kind of knew I was bullshitting, but couldn’t prove it. Worked every time.
Also Crispix, Multi-Grain Cheerios, and Honeycomb Crisps are the best cereals. I will fight anyone on this.
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Millenial.
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I’m here to confess that you literally summed up my understanding of breakfast nutrition in 1988. I still remember all of the times I would read the side of the box, see all those 100%’s and be completely convinced that eating cereal, especially Captain Crunch, was the best possible choice.
Limits were never placed on cereal consumption but my mom would always warn me that asking for 3 scrambled eggs instead of the family standard of two could be unhealthy.
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Totally true.
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I am sitting here watching Fox New hoping and praying for the Austin police/DPS to start cracking heads of the Nazi protestors on the UT campus.
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Yup! Believe me: I was the same. I remember how grown up I felt when I could “make my own breakfast” as a kid: 2 pop tarts, out of the wrapper. Sometimes, if I was feeling fancy, they’d get into the toaster! They’re full of vitamins!
And wasn’t it wild that we’d have this sugar coated cereal and STILL scoop sugar onto it? But, again, EGGS are what are killing us.
If only, haha. No way to keep the politics out: it’s the main driver. When you subsidize corn and let the same individuals who made that decision write up your nutritional recommendations, things get pretty darn interesting…
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It’s even worse in the pet food industry. It’s ruled by AAFCO which is 100% funded by companies like Nestle and Purina (and Mars Pet foods). Looking at some ingredient lists on some kibble is crazy. The main ingredients are corn - for a carnivore,even though they admit carbs are a non-essential macro for dogs/cats.
Confession: I am both happy and sad we have the internet to learn about these things.
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Welcome To The Honeycomb Hideout!
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If you ever needed a sign that your bro was a sociopath. Any cereal that is “improved” by adding 2 scoops of raisins is clearly garbage!
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Millennial.
I take pleasure in using that as an epithet since I have been called a boomer - like it’s a bad thing.
After a great deal of research and soul searching, I have decided that I cannot label him as a narcissist, sociopath, or having Borderline Personality Disorder.
He fits them all, lol.
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Vegans are insufferable
I ain’t no muhllineal. I’m a '72 model. That puts me squarely in Gen X.
I think there’s some generational overlap in cereals. I’m sure you remember Wheaties with olympic athletes on the box, but the torch was then passed to the Monster brands, cartoon characters,
And now they have like androgynous vegan robot puffs or something.
That crap causes so many issues in animals… none of which are seen in the wild
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My pap used to eat Total rasin bran.
But he also used to eat onions like an apple and convinced me that he bit his missing finger off eating a sandwich.
So I’m not disagreeing with you.
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“Grain-free” foods tend to be bad also.
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My dad would make a plate of raw potatoes and salt for us to eat as kids when we did yardwork.
He also claimed we were never able to eat beef because he ate too much water buffalo in Vietnam.
That finger sandwich thing is clever.
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“FDA”… suspect
He knew all about electrolytes!
The old steel workers used to salt their beers after work to replenish. And pickled eggs.
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