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I really hate that masked men murdering innocent people in the streets is referred to as “harsh immigration tactics”.

I think we just need to revise the laws to say that a cop’s testimony doesn’t have any more weight than anyone else’s testimony unless it’s backed up by their bodycam.

Taking cops at their word made sense when we didn’t have this technology. It doesn’t make sense anymore.

It’s been almost 25 years, and 9/11 jokes still aren’t funny.

This was my guess before even seeing that clip.

When Cheerios says it’s heart healthy, it’s because it has some kind of fiber that helps lower cholesterol. That’s according to scientific studies and the pre-Trump FDA.

Almost all of the foods marketed towards infants and toddlers are UPF.

Except it’s actually not a problem, because UPF does not mean unhealthy.

As it happens the product you’re seeing babies eat isn’t generally Cheerios, it’s something made of rice that dissolves faster to prevent choking.

Yeah, no, it’s definitely Cheerios.

I’ve got three kids. We gave them actual Cheerios. Every parent I know used actual Cheerios. Their daycare has Cheerios on hand for when a kid needs an extra snack. They’re healthy, easy to chew, and have a hole in the middle. They are not a choking hazard.

There are other cereal products specifically made for infants to snack on, but Cheerios are cheaper, more available, and just as good.

For my first two kids we did baby-led weaning (the third one is only five days old), so I know all about teaching children how to chew. And for what it’s worth, my kids eat healthy as fuck. They eat more than a serving of plain vegetables with every dinner, and they enjoy it. Which is why it’s not a big deal if I want to treat them to a donut for breakfast every once in a while.

There are places that don’t have easy access to fresh food. You want people to die of preventable causes? Let’s ban the bread they make their fucking sandwiches with, because other people are shortsighted and privileged enough to think that the only reason anyone doesn’t choose whole-grain, small-batch, artisinal bread is because white bread is “ultra-processed”, so it must be addictive.

By the same token, banning Cheerios would be a great way to make sure a bunch of kids are malnourished.

Apply a little reading comprehension to this extremely scientific article and see how they’re dancing around the fact that “ultra-processed” isn’t synonymous with “unhealthy”. Phrases like “includes soft drinks and packaged snacks such as crisps and biscuits” are clearly manipulative language meant to gloss over the fact that the category includes those things but is not limited to them.

Anyway, here are some better ideas: a four day work week and expanding work-from-home so that people actually have time to make healthy choices. Or how about better funding for school lunches, with an emphasis on variety so that kids can be exposed to more foods, giving them the tools to make healthier choices later in life.

There are so many ways we could try to improve this situation, and blanket bans is by a wide margin the most idiotic.

and try to say there’s nothing wrong with encouraging people to over-consume to the point of morbid obesity just to pump the shareholders’ stocks a few cents higher.

Yeah, and no one is saying that either.

We all agree people need to eat healthier. Targeting “ultra-processed foods” is a stupid way to accomplish that. It would backfire completely, and cause more problems than it would solve.

No, Cheerios. The heart-healthy cereal that people give to infants. That’s an “ultra-processed food”, because the phrase is bullshit.

It was an example of how fucking stupid this idea is.

Please, explain to me how Cheerios are addictive and need to be banned.

The Circle of Life is the core tenet of an environmentalist death cult that rules the Pridelands. The hyenas are exiled to the outlands because they won’t conform to the Lions’ religious dogma.

I’m sure that’s because of choices that your parents made and nothing to do with living in an area with high population density and easy access to fresh food.

How the fuck do you expect to get kids to eat salad when the salad dressing is locked behind a counter with the cigarettes?

The problem is that “ultra-processed foods” is too broad to be meaningful. Also the fact that, you know, some amount of personal choice is essential to a free society.

Depends on how strict we’re being with “version of Tetris”. If we’re talking loosely about falling block puzzle games, then my favorite one is Attactics. It’s part of UFO50.

Instead of four-block clusters, Attactics uses individual blocks that represent different types of troops, each one with a unique ability. And instead of falling from the top of the screen towards the bottom, they move from the left of the screen towards the right. And instead of forming complete lines in order to score points, they clash against the enemy’s troops and attempt to make it to their fortress on the other side of the map.

Looking at Attactics on its own, it looks like a fast-paced simplified strategy game. But when you get your hands on the game, it becomes clear that it shares a lot in common with Tetris.

Why can’t it be both? Too many people think that nuanced movies can’t be fun. It’s even dumber when they think a movie must not be nuanced just because it is fun. (Like anyone who talks about super hero movies like the entire genre is one bad movie.)

You could play it straight and do something kids love, like “Dinosaurs”.

My other suggestions are “Robots” or “Draculas”.

Maybe it’s a dick the size of a gorilla, not the size of a gorilla’s dick.

My wife and I just had a baby on Friday. When we were asked about vaccines we made it clear where we stood and basically summed it up as: “we want him to have all the vaccines he’d have gotten three years ago.” The nurse seemed to appreciate that sentiment.

I just hope that hospitals choose to follow the science. Maybe they don’t need a government mandate. Obviously these changes aren’t helping anyone and are only harmful, but hopefully the harm isn’t as bad as it could be.

It seems like it should be unnecessary, like we already have ways of conveying this sentiment, so why have a button with such a narrow function?

But on the other hand, making it normal for people to admit their mistakes online? That would be a huge step forward. And if there’s a button there for it, it would get used.