Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on February 15, 2017, 09:00:02 PM
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http://www.someecards.com/news/weird-news/fifty-shades-darker-movie-theater-cucumber/
Memo to self: wear hazmat moon suit to theater.
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I'm not clicking that link, because I'm pretty sure I can figure out exactly what the link describes and I don't need details.
[barf]
For what it's worth, I have read all three books and almost fell asleep watching the first movie...
I do not understand the fuss, anymore than I understood the Twilight fuss.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc)
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Of course someone brought their own cucumber. Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?
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Of course someone brought their own cucumber. Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?
:rofl:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAargSCXQaQ
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Of course someone brought their own cucumber. Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?
And you only get half of it.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/14/heres-why-a-california-woman-is-suing-the-candy-maker-of-mike-a/21713871/
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And you only get half of it.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/14/heres-why-a-california-woman-is-suing-the-candy-maker-of-mike-a/21713871/
I'm glad someone finally is suing over that. It irks the heck out of me when a bag or box of some food product is more than a third air. I get it that manufacturers want to shave costs without reducing sales, and cutting the amount of product is less noticeable than increasing the price. I do keep an eye on the weight, which is usually in tiny letters. I'm decent with math, but even I have a pretty hard time calculating the mass density vs product packing size for every food product I eat while shopping.
I'm not saying the government needs to be involved, but I have little sympathy for folks selling more air than product. Though admittedly I'm a bad libertarian that I think mostly standardized food labels with ingredient disclosure is a very good thing, even if imperfect.
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but even I have a pretty hard time calculating the mass density vs product packing size for every food product I eat while shopping.
I assume you pay for what you eat while shopping rather than leaving the empty packaging behind!!!!
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I assume you pay for what you eat while shopping rather than leaving the empty packaging behind!!!!
Without video evidence, you can prove nothing! NOTHING!
Er, I mean, of course not. What kind of savage do you think I am...
(Yeah, that quoted sentence was way badly phrased.)
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I think mostly standardized food labels with ingredient disclosure is a very good thing, even if imperfect.
So do I, but I don't see why government should force anyone to do it. It seems like a problem that would take care of itself. If people don't care what's in their food, then by all means let them buy it without any labeling.
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"Package is sold by weight, not by volume."
If adults don't know this, they are severely limited in their effectiveness as adults.
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So do I, but I don't see why government should force anyone to do it. It seems like a problem that would take care of itself. If people don't care what's in their food, then by all means let them buy it without any labeling.
Meh. I can live with establishment and enforcement of certain standards as a legitimate function of government. The problem is that our government is too easily bought out on labeling, resulting in ALL NATURAL JUICE flavored beverage - contains no actual juice. Plenty of EU countries have long required that all those "disclaimer" type statements be in the same font as the primary content.
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"Package is sold by weight, not by volume."
If adults don't know this, they are severely limited in their effectiveness as adults.
I find that a lot of people who are chronologically 'adults' aren't very effective at being adults.
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"Here, smell this cucumber."
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Is that a Gherkin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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Given the intelligence of the sorts that like that dreck how do we know those aren't just dead movie patrons?