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First paragraph: What's A Dye? A dye is a chemical that exhibits coloring power when dissolved. Dyes are water soluble, and will not mix with oils.

margalabargala 3y ago
Exactly. It's talking about general dyes, while the title names a (presumably) specific sort of dye, an "FD&C" dye. Are all dyes FD&C dyes? What does FD&C mean? Those are not questions answerable by someone who read this article without further research.
- Clamchop 3y ago
  All articles presume that the audience has some knowledge going in, but I have no explanation for why dye needs definition but the even more specific FD&C dye doesn't. (shrug)
kwhitefoot 3y ago
That doesn't explain what an FD&C dye is unless you already know what FD&C stands for.
- dylan604 3y ago
  If you're shopping at Mad Micas, you probably are. This is like someone typically that shops at Mad Mica coming to a site you are probably more custom to using and asking what LLM, CNN, etc means. A lot of the articles I've seen about the topic just naturally assume the reader already has some context and just uses acronyms without ever spelling it out nor even attempting to define on a ELI5 kind of a situation which for some reason you are expecting this site to do for you
fellowniusmonk 3y ago
A lot of people on this thread revealing they can't read "in context" and are upset if every term used doesn't have a footnote. I guess all the people complaining would prefer lawyer speak: "FD&C¹ dyes (hearinafter known as DYES)" ¹ FD&C the U.S.² act governing (and defining) the regulation of food, drugs and cosmetics. This act is enforced by the FDA. ² The United States Of America Addendum: This article is about how the FD&C (as an Act) defines a dye vs a lake.
- cvs268 3y ago
  What's a FDA? :-)
- Dylan16807 3y ago
  The title promises that the article is going to explain "FD&C Dyes and Lakes" That's three words, and I expect all three to be defined. I think that's a pretty reasonable request, not an inability to handle context or a desire for lawyer speak. Context doesn't help explain FD&C at all. It's only in the body of the article once, and it could easily be a technical term.

margalabargala 3y ago

Exactly. It's talking about general dyes, while the title names a (presumably) specific sort of dye, an "FD&C" dye. Are all dyes FD&C dyes? What does FD&C mean? Those are not questions answerable by someone who read this article without further research.

Clamchop 3y ago
All articles presume that the audience has some knowledge going in, but I have no explanation for why dye needs definition but the even more specific FD&C dye doesn't. (shrug)

kwhitefoot 3y ago

That doesn't explain what an FD&C dye is unless you already know what FD&C stands for.

dylan604 3y ago
If you're shopping at Mad Micas, you probably are. This is like someone typically that shops at Mad Mica coming to a site you are probably more custom to using and asking what LLM, CNN, etc means. A lot of the articles I've seen about the topic just naturally assume the reader already has some context and just uses acronyms without ever spelling it out nor even attempting to define on a ELI5 kind of a situation which for some reason you are expecting this site to do for you

fellowniusmonk 3y ago

A lot of people on this thread revealing they can't read "in context" and are upset if every term used doesn't have a footnote. I guess all the people complaining would prefer lawyer speak: "FD&C¹ dyes (hearinafter known as DYES)" ¹ FD&C the U.S.² act governing (and defining) the regulation of food, drugs and cosmetics. This act is enforced by the FDA. ² The United States Of America Addendum: This article is about how the FD&C (as an Act) defines a dye vs a lake.

cvs268 3y ago
What's a FDA? :-)
Dylan16807 3y ago
The title promises that the article is going to explain "FD&C Dyes and Lakes" That's three words, and I expect all three to be defined. I think that's a pretty reasonable request, not an inability to handle context or a desire for lawyer speak. Context doesn't help explain FD&C at all. It's only in the body of the article once, and it could easily be a technical term.