r/dankmemes • u/NardtheBeast Meme Connoisseur • Oct 27 '24

ancient wisdom found within Long shelf life foods shorten lives.

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u/LunarCrisis7 Oct 27 '24

“Unrecognizable chemicals” = I couldn’t say the big words in highschool chemistry so long word bad

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u/IndyCooper98 1984 be like Oct 27 '24

In America at least, most of the long and unrecognizable ingredients are definitely not good.

Food Dyes, Artificial sweeteners, syrups, oils, and caffeine additives are the particularly common bad apples you find in just about everything.

MSG is like the one scapegoat that is actually getting unneeded hate. Since it’s literally a healthier version of NaCl (salt).

But as far as the rest of the “unrecognizable chemicals”, most of the time you would be right to be wary of them.

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u/clutzyninja Oct 27 '24

unrecognizable ingredients are definitely not good.

Says who?

Because 9/10 times when someone starts whining about some chemical they can't pronounce, you look it up and it's just another name for a B vitamin or something else completely benign

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u/wumbology95 Oct 27 '24

Dihydrogen monoxide is poison! Everyone that has ingested it has died!

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u/TgagHammerstrike not the droid you're looking for Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24

Nuh-uh. I drank a big glass of the stuff moments ago, and I'm perfectly al—

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u/PSK1103 I am fucking hilarious Oct 28 '24

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