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What we really need is education. Children and adults alike should better understand nutrition and what they are putting in their bodies. It's no secret that so

What we really need is education. Children and adults alike should better understand nutrition and what they are putting in their bodies. It's no secret that soda and so many other drinks are packed with sugar, but no one seems to care or understand.

orangecat 11y ago
It's no secret that soda and so many other drinks are packed with sugar, but no one seems to care or understand. Or they do understand, and are willing to make the tradeoff. I'm about to order a pizza. It will be unhealthy, and also delicious.
PopeOfNope 11y ago
What we really need is fewer people speculating about what other people need. Follow in the footsteps of your forefathers[0] and mind your own damned business. [0]: http://rivergrandrapids.com/the-first-official-us-coin-said-mind-your-business-fact-of-the-day/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/the-first-official-us-coin-said-...
- wpietri 11y ago
  You realize that the advertising industry, which clears north of $200 billion a year in the US, is entirely devoted to manipulating what other people need, right? If those people will stop trying to mind (and control) everybody else's business, there'd be a much smaller problem here.
  - PopeOfNope 11y ago
    You realize people are going to do what people are going to do. The only thing you can really control is yourself and your reactions to things. I don't watch TV, read newspapers, watch football games, browse the web without an ad blocker, or live in a city. I haven't seen an ad in years. When I do venture into the city, I recognize that I must have seen ads, but I can't recall what any of them were; I'm too busy thinking about other things. Stop blaming other people and focus on yourself.
    - wpietri 11y ago
      If people were going to do what they were going to do, then advertising wouldn't exist. And you wouldn't be commenting here. Influence matters. As for your advice to focus on one's self, maybe you should try taking it.
      - PopeOfNope 11y ago
        I'm commenting here for the lulz. Why are you?
        wpietri 11y ago
        Sigh. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
        PopeOfNope 11y ago
        You don't have to be anonymous to prove the comic correct. Thanks for demonstrating. :)
simoncion 11y ago
> It's no secret that soda and so many other drinks are packed with sugar, but no one seems to care or understand. I both care and understand. The fact that soda is an easily-consumable, relatively cheap, energy-dense, decent-tasting liquid foodstuff is why I purchase it.

orangecat 11y ago

It's no secret that soda and so many other drinks are packed with sugar, but no one seems to care or understand. Or they do understand, and are willing to make the tradeoff. I'm about to order a pizza. It will be unhealthy, and also delicious.

PopeOfNope 11y ago

What we really need is fewer people speculating about what other people need. Follow in the footsteps of your forefathers[0] and mind your own damned business. [0]: http://rivergrandrapids.com/the-first-official-us-coin-said-mind-your-business-fact-of-the-day/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/the-first-official-us-coin-said-...

wpietri 11y ago
You realize that the advertising industry, which clears north of $200 billion a year in the US, is entirely devoted to manipulating what other people need, right? If those people will stop trying to mind (and control) everybody else's business, there'd be a much smaller problem here.
- PopeOfNope 11y ago
  You realize people are going to do what people are going to do. The only thing you can really control is yourself and your reactions to things. I don't watch TV, read newspapers, watch football games, browse the web without an ad blocker, or live in a city. I haven't seen an ad in years. When I do venture into the city, I recognize that I must have seen ads, but I can't recall what any of them were; I'm too busy thinking about other things. Stop blaming other people and focus on yourself.
  - wpietri 11y ago
    If people were going to do what they were going to do, then advertising wouldn't exist. And you wouldn't be commenting here. Influence matters. As for your advice to focus on one's self, maybe you should try taking it.
    - PopeOfNope 11y ago
      I'm commenting here for the lulz. Why are you?
      - wpietri 11y ago
        Sigh. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
        PopeOfNope 11y ago
        You don't have to be anonymous to prove the comic correct. Thanks for demonstrating. :)

simoncion 11y ago

> It's no secret that soda and so many other drinks are packed with sugar, but no one seems to care or understand. I both care and understand. The fact that soda is an easily-consumable, relatively cheap, energy-dense, decent-tasting liquid foodstuff is why I purchase it.