Totally random thoughts. ProfessorArtNerd every time you mention your husband, I see Kit Harington in my head.
I get irrationality annoyed by men with long hair. The great majority of them don't take care of it like they should like trimming the ends, using the right shampoo...
Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 11:22:16 GMT -5
I really hope I can get DS1 the Covid vaccine for his birthday in 2 weeks. If you recall me posting earlier this year he very seriously approached his teacher last March and let her know he would not be in school the next day because he was going to get his Covid shot. When I picked him up and told him that wasn’t true he cried. 😂
I am not a medical professional or a scientist but work with them. Recently they've been talking about the term "HFpEF" a lot (which is something heart related, and they pronounce it like "heff peff"), and every time I see the abbreviation I mentally say "Hufflepuff" in my head. One of these days I will accidentally say it out loud and will die of embarrassment. I don't even Harry Potter! I don't know why I can't un-see it.
I am not a medical professional or a scientist but work with them. Recently they've been talking about the term "HFpEF" a lot (which is something heart related, and they pronounce it like "heff peff"), and every time I see the abbreviation I mentally say "Hufflepuff" in my head. One of these days I will accidentally say it out loud and will die of embarrassment. I don't even Harry Potter! I don't know why I can't un-see it.
We use AN for arrival notice at work. I have caught myself reading sentences two or three times replacing an with arrival notice. For example I read an apple as arrival notice Apple.
Today is my birthday! C had dental work this morning and we tried sending him to school after but he only had it about 90 minutes before he was ready to come home. I was WFH today anyway, so it was a quick trip to get him.
I ordered tacos for lunch on Uber Eats, and C is chilling watching TV.
Today is my birthday! C had dental work this morning and we tried sending him to school after but he only had it about 90 minutes before he was ready to come home. I was WFH today anyway, so it was a quick trip to get him.
I ordered tacos for lunch on Uber Eats, and C is chilling watching TV.
I just saw that someone is suing Kellogg's for millions because strawberry Pop tarts contain more apple and pear than strawberry in the filling.
I just... don't understand.
The heart of the issue is that in the US individuals have to sue to get companies to change and be held accountable. In many other countries the regulatory boards actually proactively regulate.
There are truth in labeling laws that this seems to violate. It seems silly but these transparency in labeling laws are important at the larger scale. If they aren’t labeling this correctly and get away with it, what about allergens? Is it okay if something says it has strawberries in it and there are no strawberries? Before the Pure Food and Drug Act it was common for apple scraps and hayseeds to be sold as "strawberry jam”.
Ideally, you could report this and it would be taken care of but our system is broken and there have been huge cuts to these agencies. So you have to sue.
There is an interesting book that goes into the history of food regulations www.eater.com/platform/amp/2020/1/28/21112258/pbs-the-poison-squad-documentary-food-regulation-history-deborah-blum-interview Unfortunately budgets have been cut so much and these companies have so much power we are starting to see the same issues they had pre-1906 again. Not as extreme as some of the cases back them but sugar syrup being sold as honey or maple syrup and olive oil being mislabeled is really common place. Slippery slope!
We are still having the worse time getting people out to do our front steps. They are concrete and cracking. The only people that call back keep ending up not being bonded/insured and I’m not dealing with that. The bigger places don’t want to come out unless we are doing a bigger project but we don’t need anything else done. Just take my money and give us steps! We need to be able to leave the house safely and I’m worried the winter is going to really break them down.
My Peloton tread was just delivered and they’re putting it together now. I am SO EXCITED!!
On a less fun note, I had a total emotional breakdown a week ago at work. My boss told me to take some time off, so I haven’t been logged on since last Tuesday. I have an appointment with my psych later today where I am telling him we HAVE TO get the ball rolling on this STD paperwork for my leave of absence because I literally cannot work right now. I’m tired of (what feels to me) him dragging his feet. Though I can admit that he is likely not dragging his feet, but in my current state it just seems that way. Not working for the last week has honestly been great for me and I’m already seeing an improvement in my sleep patterns, but having the uncertainty of the actual leave not yet being approved is really stressing me out. Right now I’m just using my PTO until this all gets figured out.
I just saw that someone is suing Kellogg's for millions because strawberry Pop tarts contain more apple and pear than strawberry in the filling.
I just... don't understand.
The heart of the issue is that in the US individuals have to sue to get companies to change and be held accountable. In many other countries the regulatory boards actually proactively regulate.
There are truth in labeling laws that this seems to violate. It seems silly but these transparency in labeling laws are important at the larger scale. If they aren’t labeling this correctly and get away with it, what about allergens? Is it okay if something says it has strawberries in it and there are no strawberries? Before the Pure Food and Drug Act it was common for apple scraps and hayseeds to be sold as "strawberry jam”.
Ideally, you could report this and it would be taken care of but our system is broken and there have been huge cuts to these agencies. So you have to sue.
There is an interesting book that goes into the history of food regulations www.eater.com/platform/amp/2020/1/28/21112258/pbs-the-poison-squad-documentary-food-regulation-history-deborah-blum-interview Unfortunately budgets have been cut so much and these companies have so much power we are starting to see the same issues they had pre-1906 again. Not as extreme as some of the cases back them but sugar syrup being sold as honey or maple syrup and olive oil being mislabeled is really common place. Slippery slope!
I am not at all an expert in this, so these are sincere questions.
The ingredient label lists pears and apples, so would that alleviate the allergen concern? Is there an expectation that something must be quantitatively the biggest ingredient in order to be labelled as being that flavor? I guess I am confused because it *does* contain strawberry and *does* taste like strawberry. Virtually every flavored food item has other ingredients that are more prevalent than the "flavor" ingredient. And technically, the dominant ingredient, and the dominant flavor of poptarts, is sugar-- not apple or pear or strawberry.
IDK. This is not my hill to die on or anything. I was sincere when I said I don't understand, so I'm not really providing commentary one way or the other.
One of my dogs puked four times last night. The bright side is that it was in her crate. The not so bright side is that the interval in between each incident was juuuuust enough time that I would be drifting off to sleep. I was up until like 3 am and am totally dragging today.
The heart of the issue is that in the US individuals have to sue to get companies to change and be held accountable. In many other countries the regulatory boards actually proactively regulate.
There are truth in labeling laws that this seems to violate. It seems silly but these transparency in labeling laws are important at the larger scale. If they aren’t labeling this correctly and get away with it, what about allergens? Is it okay if something says it has strawberries in it and there are no strawberries? Before the Pure Food and Drug Act it was common for apple scraps and hayseeds to be sold as "strawberry jam”.
Ideally, you could report this and it would be taken care of but our system is broken and there have been huge cuts to these agencies. So you have to sue.
There is an interesting book that goes into the history of food regulations www.eater.com/platform/amp/2020/1/28/21112258/pbs-the-poison-squad-documentary-food-regulation-history-deborah-blum-interview Unfortunately budgets have been cut so much and these companies have so much power we are starting to see the same issues they had pre-1906 again. Not as extreme as some of the cases back them but sugar syrup being sold as honey or maple syrup and olive oil being mislabeled is really common place. Slippery slope!
I am not at all an expert in this, so these are sincere questions.
The ingredient label lists pears and apples, so would that alleviate the allergen concern? Is there an expectation that something must be quantitatively the biggest ingredient in order to be labelled as being that flavor? I guess I am confused because it *does* contain strawberry and *does* taste like strawberry. Virtually every flavored food item has other ingredients that are more prevalent than the "flavor" ingredient. And technically, the dominant ingredient, and the dominant flavor of poptarts, is sugar-- not apple or pear or strawberry.
IDK. This is not my hill to die on or anything. I was sincere when I said I don't understand, so I'm not really providing commentary one way or the other.
My guess is it has to do more with it saying "less than 2% of the following ingredients...dried strawberries, dried apples, dried pears..."
Can you say something is "strawberry" when it's less than 2%
I also used to be a lot harsher about some of our seemingly silly lawsuits in this country, but the podcast You're Wrong About - especially the episode about the McDonald's Hot Cofree case disabused me of this. I already knew the McDonald's case had merit and was appropriate before listening, but I didn't know the other history surrounding lawsuits in our country. It's a good listen.
ETA: I also just read the WP article about the lawsuit and part of what they are arguing is that they are using "strawberry" to get people to buy it, because people like strawberries. If they labeled them "mixed fruit" poptarts, they may not be as popular, but it'd be far more accurate. So they're using "strawberry" to make money.
Totally random thoughts. ProfessorArtNerd every time you mention your husband, I see Kit Harington in my head.
I get irrationality annoyed by men with long hair. The great majority of them don't take care of it like they should like trimming the ends, using the right shampoo...
Totally random thoughts. ProfessorArtNerd every time you mention your husband, I see Kit Harington in my head.
I get irrationality annoyed by men with long hair. The great majority of them don't take care of it like they should like trimming the ends, using the right shampoo...
The heart of the issue is that in the US individuals have to sue to get companies to change and be held accountable. In many other countries the regulatory boards actually proactively regulate.
There are truth in labeling laws that this seems to violate. It seems silly but these transparency in labeling laws are important at the larger scale. If they aren’t labeling this correctly and get away with it, what about allergens? Is it okay if something says it has strawberries in it and there are no strawberries? Before the Pure Food and Drug Act it was common for apple scraps and hayseeds to be sold as "strawberry jam”.
Ideally, you could report this and it would be taken care of but our system is broken and there have been huge cuts to these agencies. So you have to sue.
There is an interesting book that goes into the history of food regulations www.eater.com/platform/amp/2020/1/28/21112258/pbs-the-poison-squad-documentary-food-regulation-history-deborah-blum-interview Unfortunately budgets have been cut so much and these companies have so much power we are starting to see the same issues they had pre-1906 again. Not as extreme as some of the cases back them but sugar syrup being sold as honey or maple syrup and olive oil being mislabeled is really common place. Slippery slope!
I am not at all an expert in this, so these are sincere questions.
The ingredient label lists pears and apples, so would that alleviate the allergen concern? Is there an expectation that something must be quantitatively the biggest ingredient in order to be labelled as being that flavor? I guess I am confused because it *does* contain strawberry and *does* taste like strawberry. Virtually every flavored food item has other ingredients that are more prevalent than the "flavor" ingredient. And technically, the dominant ingredient, and the dominant flavor of poptarts, is sugar-- not apple or pear or strawberry.
IDK. This is not my hill to die on or anything. I was sincere when I said I don't understand, so I'm not really providing commentary one way or the other.
I think it's deceptive and that is the core of the issue. A "apple with strawberry-flavoring poptart" wouldn't sell nearly as well. This product is marketed as containing strawberries, all the imagery on the box is fresh strawberries, they are trying to get you to buy the product based on it being a strawberry product when the reality is that it contains quite a few other fruits that likely wouldn't sell as well.
If you ordered a pepperoni and sausage pizza and got something that was 99% sausage and 1% pepperoni, you'd probably be pissed that you didn't get what you expected -- even though the name of the item was technically correct. Your expectation was set by what the name of the product was. I think it's the same thing here, what you call a product and how you market it influences purchasing decisions and the name should be an honest reflection of what the product contains.
The heart of the issue is that in the US individuals have to sue to get companies to change and be held accountable. In many other countries the regulatory boards actually proactively regulate.
There are truth in labeling laws that this seems to violate. It seems silly but these transparency in labeling laws are important at the larger scale. If they aren’t labeling this correctly and get away with it, what about allergens? Is it okay if something says it has strawberries in it and there are no strawberries? Before the Pure Food and Drug Act it was common for apple scraps and hayseeds to be sold as "strawberry jam”.
Ideally, you could report this and it would be taken care of but our system is broken and there have been huge cuts to these agencies. So you have to sue.
There is an interesting book that goes into the history of food regulations www.eater.com/platform/amp/2020/1/28/21112258/pbs-the-poison-squad-documentary-food-regulation-history-deborah-blum-interview Unfortunately budgets have been cut so much and these companies have so much power we are starting to see the same issues they had pre-1906 again. Not as extreme as some of the cases back them but sugar syrup being sold as honey or maple syrup and olive oil being mislabeled is really common place. Slippery slope!
I am not at all an expert in this, so these are sincere questions.
The ingredient label lists pears and apples, so would that alleviate the allergen concern? Is there an expectation that something must be quantitatively the biggest ingredient in order to be labelled as being that flavor? I guess I am confused because it *does* contain strawberry and *does* taste like strawberry. Virtually every flavored food item has other ingredients that are more prevalent than the "flavor" ingredient. And technically, the dominant ingredient, and the dominant flavor of poptarts, is sugar-- not apple or pear or strawberry.
IDK. This is not my hill to die on or anything. I was sincere when I said I don't understand, so I'm not really providing commentary one way or the other.
I’ve actually done a talk about food labeling so I can go all day! To keep it shortish—
Apparently other generic brands label similar products it as “Naturally & Artificially Flavored” on the front label while Poptarts doesn’t. Since they don’t but do call it “Strawberry” the idea is that you have a reasonable expectation that is where it is getting the flavor from—natural strawberries, not artificial flavoring. Poptarts apparently have only 2% fruit period— a combo of dried strawberries, dried pears, dried apples so there are virtually no strawberries in any Poptart so calling it “strawberry” seems disingenuous.
The ingredients list is a good point but this case is hinging on what is on the front of the box and how clear and transparent it should be. Basically if something says Strawberry and has pictures of fresh strawberries on the front, you shouldn’t have to do a deep dive to find out if there are any strawberries in the product.
I don’t know if the lawsuit will be successful but that’s the argument. If they had been more clear that the flavor was actually fake and there were virtually no strawberries (or much of any fruit at all) in the filling on the front of the package, there wouldn’t be an issue.
It’s similar to how you see “chocolatey coating” or chocolate-flavored candy bars on the wrapper near the logo/name of the variety—they have some cocoa/cocoa butter in them but not enough to call themselves chocolate.
I don’t know if there are allergen concerns with this product but not labeling products carefully is generally seen as a slippery slope. Like I said, the agencies governing these issues is largely reactive and not proactive so if Kellogg has success fudging this, it’s possible they are or will do the same in the future for other products or ingredients.
It’s an issue in other areas too. I’ve noticed and reported on this in jewelry—pieces being called “gold” or “silver” when it’s actually brass or plated. Companies are supposed to be transparent about that since gold and silver are actual metals so the consumer has a reasonable expectation that whatever they buy is actually made of gold or silver, not just gold or silver colored no matter what the cost is.
Post by 1confused1 on Oct 26, 2021 17:25:11 GMT -5
Women’s clothing sizes are so frustrating! I tried on 4 pairs of jeans today, all the same size, all the same style and only 1 of the four fit. I don’t understand why this happens?!
I am "chatting" with the hiring manager for a job I applied for first thing tomorrow morning. Is this an interview? I already had almost an hour long chat with someone else in the org about the job (who I think the hiring manager maybe reports to?) so I don't really have a lot of questions about the job at this point. I guess I should think of some. This is a really amazing sounding opportunity so I hope I don't screw it up by being unprepared. I mean, she messaged me at 4:30 today so I guess she wouldn't expect a ton of preparation by 8am tomorrow anyway...
I am volunteering at my kid's school for picture day and I am so excited. This is seriously my favorite volunteer job; the kids are all excited, dressed up and I do try to smooth out hair so they don't look too wild in the picture. lol
I wish you were at my kids school. I swear, they let my kids play in front of fans and allow them to do odd things with their clothes.
One year, my daughter's picture featured her in her undershirt with her sweater preppily on her shoulders.
Mine too! Pre-Covid, DS1 took his vest off and hung it on his chair in class so he was wearing a wrinkly white button down in his pics. Last year was virtual and they didn’t have pics. This year nobody helped DS2 and his hair is sticking up in the top back in his Kindergarten pics 😔 It’s like the told him to comb his hair himself and he ran the comb the wrong way. They aren’t allowing outside volunteers at their school. [mention]cleo29 [/mention] I’m glad there’s volunteers like you!
Women’s clothing sizes are so frustrating! I tried on 4 pairs of jeans today, all the same size, all the same style and only 1 of the four fit. I don’t understand why this happens?!
This is why I buy mostly skirts and wear the same 3 pairs of jeans.
Post by ellipses84 on Oct 26, 2021 17:56:42 GMT -5
[mention]wildrice [/mention] I like to throw out a question or two that they can talk about for a while, like How would you describe the culture? Or How do you considered your company different than your competitors? Or this specific office different from other locations if they have more than one.
We unexpectedly had issues with our car and sent it in to a transmission place today... And got not great news 😭 so now we're freaked out and stress car shopping. And of course this is a terrible time to car shop, and the car we want is barely in stock anywhere near us. And it's way more than I was hoping to spend. I thought we'd have another 1-2 years at least, and I thought it was for sure be our 13yo car and not our 7yo car that would be the issue first. UGH.
If your car had a several thousand dollar repair and was 7-8 years old, would you fix or replace?
We unexpectedly had issues with our car and sent it in to a transmission place today... And got not great news 😭 so now we're freaked out and stress car shopping. And of course this is a terrible time to car shop, and the car we want is barely in stock anywhere near us. And it's way more than I was hoping to spend. I thought we'd have another 1-2 years at least, and I thought it was for sure be our 13yo car and not our 7yo car that would be the issue first. UGH.
If your car had a several thousand dollar repair and was 7-8 years old, would you fix or replace?
How many miles? Is it in good condition otherwise? What is several thousand dollars - 2-3k or 5-6k?
Those would all be factors for me. If the car is otherwise low mileage and in good shape I would lean toward repairing, honestly. I hate having a car payment and paying even 3-4k for this fix is likely less than I'd be paying over the course of a year in car payments. I would hesitate more if the fix was more than that or the car already had a ton of miles on it.