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[zackv]

No more soft drinks after I finish off the case of Vanilla Coke I bought last week.  Why do people ingest this stuff?  For years, I've allowed myself to brush aside the fact that it can dissolve nails; today, I feel it churning in my stomach, threatening to ignite the ever-present threat I face from acid reflux disease.  (The other night, I got it

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[robotmummies]

i just saw this project on we-make-money-not-art,
http://www.traumkrieger.de/virtualwater/

it doesn't occur that there is a whole process attached to any given material; most people will naturally only see the material itself. subsidized goods and production are invisible, and "bad" can only be conceived in the context of one's self. but even then, how many people read the ingredients on what they consume. it's quite a discongruity that we have labels on tobacco and alcohol, but what of a can of soup that provides 70% of our daily RDA for sodium, or a bottle of soda that has over 100% of the sugar? and why not another label for the toll on the environment and human life? people are much more nihilistic than they believe themselves to be

[prolixe]

processed food is the devil. sometimes i eat it for convenience. sometimes for taste. but i always feel like shit afterwards.