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Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:55 am

cptgone: Heh!

McLilith: Me too. Once when I commented that I was thirsty, my boss gave me a diet soda and insisted that I take it. I tried to give it back but he wouldn't hear of it... so I said I'd "have it later."

Hey, I told the truth! It's later, and I still have it. :-D Must throw it out some day.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:06 am

McLilith wrote:Nutrasweet
Splenda
Sweetn'Low
Olestra
Olean
Various Diet Sodas

I just don't trust artificial food.

take care,
McLilith

Splenda is maltodextrin. Do you drink beer? It's probably in there.

What is "artificial" food anyway? I mean, processed white sugar isn't "natural". Honey is, but your body processes both the same way. And come to think of it, arsenic is "natural" but I wouldn't want to eat it.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:14 am

emdot_ambient wrote:Splenda is maltodextrin.

Splenda is sucralose, C12H19O8Cl3, mixed with maltodextrin to provide increased bulk. I distrust many chlorinated hydrocarbons, and don't care to consume a lot of chlorinated carbohydrates either. Don't have to; sugar's just fine for me. :-) [just not too much of it]

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:31 am

Meffy wrote:
emdot_ambient wrote:Splenda is maltodextrin.
Splenda is sucralose, C12H19O8Cl3, mixed with maltodextrin to provide increased bulk...

That's it. We're never going to make it. We're all gonna die. We might as well give up now.

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:46 am

emdot_ambient wrote:
McLilith wrote:Nutrasweet
Splenda
Sweetn'Low
Olestra
Olean
Various Diet Sodas

I just don't trust artificial food.

take care,
McLilith
Splenda is maltodextrin. Do you drink beer? It's probably in there.

What is "artificial" food anyway? I mean, processed white sugar isn't "natural". Honey is, but your body processes both the same way. And come to think of it, arsenic is "natural" but I wouldn't want to eat it.

No, I don't drink very much beer. It's been about 6 months since I had my last one, which happened to be an icy cold bottle of Dos Equis Amber.

By "artificial", I meant substances which were contrived specifically to replace food. Those sweetners are designed to replace sugar, corn syrup, honey, etc. The Olestra and Olean are designed to replace natural fats. The diet sodas are full of the artificial sweetners, and lord knows what else.

As for processed sugar, isn't it at least a natural food before the processing starts?

As for arsenic, if you think of that as a foodstuff, I don't ever want to eat at your house.

McLilith

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:02 am

Amazingly, certain women who wanted to look attractive to certain men used to take "medicinal" arsenic preparations to give their skin that fashionably ghastly pale look. Like other heavy metals, arsenic doesn't leave the body once it's in there -- it builds up, so even small doses eventually become very harmful or fatal.

Makes some really brilliant golden-yellow, orange, and red pigments though. (Two compounds of arsenic with sulfur: yellow orpiment and reddish realgar. the ancient Romans used to paint things with gaudy aurum pigmentum, "gold paint," which in English got elided to "orpiment.")

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:15 am

I've heard of people consuming "dissolved" silver powder to fight infections and promote health, or something like that. Supposedly one US politician took so much of the stuff that it permanently turned his skin a pale blue color.

I wonder what Michael Jackson consumed?

later,
McLilith

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:15 am

didnt sweet n' low packadges use to say that they straight-up cause cancer/death?

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:20 am

McLilith wrote:I've heard of people consuming "dissolved" silver powder to fight infections and promote health, or something like that. Supposedly one US politician took so much of the stuff that it permanently turned his skin a pale blue color. :-o

Colloidal silver IIRC. Not sure how it's used or what it's good for.

I wonder what Michael Jackson consumed?

Don't want to think about it. Even if we restrict it to "what he consumed to turn his skin that ugly, unnatural tint," that alone is scary enough. Past that... *shudder* Nope, don't want to think about it.

Norbert · Post by **Norbert** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:51 am

I avoid:

- Any motherboard with a VIA chipset -
The thousands of dollars worth of my time that I lost years ago... just to find out it was their crappy chipsets that were causing my computer problems the whole time. They also gave AMD a bad reputation during that time. It's a matter of principle, now. I will NEVER give that company another bloody fuckin' cent! EVER!

-MSI-
Worse motherboards I've ever had. Period. Nonexistent customer service, to boot.

-AT&T-
Back-stabbing bastards. Few years ago, head CEO got a 2.1 Million/year raise, by arranging for 40,000 people to lose their job. They said they had job transfers for almost everyone, after a bunch of the service centers were "relocated". They didn't really have those transfers. They just didn't want people getting other jobs, before AT&T was done with USING everyone.

-FORD-
Last month, my van with only 85,000 miles on it, spit 2 valve lifter rods out through the bottom of the engine. This happened 2 months after I finally finished paying off the loan for it. A *USED* replacement engine would have cost more than I could sell the van for, AFTER the used engine was put in! "Great resale value, Ford. Thanks for nothing."

-Maxtor-
I'm surprised people here think they're good. I never bought one that didn't need replacement before the warranty was up. Having 3 computers to maintain at home, I've got better things to do with my time, than swapping out their crappy drives all the time. Also... since Maxtor dropped their warranty period down to only ONE year, I've got 4 times as many reasons to not use their inferior crap. Add in the $10 cost for the postage it takes to return their drive to them... No thanks. Poor value for your money.

-Any software with PACE protection-
If you don't know why by now.. do a search of these forums. You'll find out.

-Krispy Kreme-
Their doughnuts have waaaaaay too much sugar. 'Dunkin' doughnuts are better.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:26 pm

"ExxonMobil has acted consistently to move our country backward on energy policy by opposing efforts to stop global warming, lobbying to drill in America’s most pristine wilderness areas, and failing to promote renewable energy and fuel efficiency."

http://www.exxposeexxon.org/

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Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:37 pm

cptgone wrote:

"ExxonMobil has acted consistently to move our country backward on energy policy by opposing efforts to stop global warming, lobbying to drill in America’s most pristine wilderness areas, and failing to promote renewable energy and fuel efficiency."

http://www.exxposeexxon.org/

the picture says it all, off the coast of Nantucket is a great place for a wind farm...the snobs of the island say it will hurt their view...but then that would only be possible under perfect conditions...they say birds will fly in the blades...but wind farms in Vermont on land with far more birds then out in the middle of the ocean has not seen signs of this...yet they keep suing and tying up the company with legal log jams...the money behind their protesting (besides their own) surely comes from oil interests...and they're winning...

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cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:42 pm

Jonny X wrote:
cptgone wrote:

You see how big the dinosaur is? Thats the problem

I'm 1.8m tall.

This f**ker is less than 1 mm - yet he f**ked me up big time:

are you saying you're not ugly enough to take on Exxon

Just use this link to kick Exxon's ass:
http://www.exxposeexxon.org/

brand names I'll never buy