Somebody lectured me about Splenda today
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I have had people tell me that diet soda just makes you eat more so I should avoid it. I also remember reading something similar to this.
For me this stuff is amazing. I might drink 10+ cans a day. In a deficit after you finish a meal you might feel like you want to eat some more. Down a couple of cans of diet orange soda and you're golden. I don't care what anybody says. Works for me.
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My answer would have been. Who ARE you??7
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Be polite and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
When a disturbing event such as OP's happens, smile and say, "I have plan to kill you".
My God, I love this.
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I like to yawn a BIG giant gaping rude yawn at people like this. I've 'said' nothing yet I've said everything that needed to be said. It's fun to watch their face go right to a beautiful mix of horror and rage and complete confusion.12
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Not with food, but every time a co-worker or client finds out I ride my bike to work they say, "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!" and then proceed to tell me a story about someone who died on a bike. I wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't so frequent. The advantage of it happening all the time is I get to play around with different comebacks, but I haven't found a favorite yet. Mostly I'm just baffled that people think they are being helpful by announcing my mortality.
You may have to practice this but get your dead-eye stare and in a low pitched voice whisper this and nothing else all while keeping eye contact (bonus if you can not blink either).
"So are you"
Then just stare at them and make them break the creepy/awkward moment.9 -
My brother in law was getting lectured about his food choices at the grocery store deli and used my now favorite response:
"Look at this face. Does this face look like it cares what you think?"
"Am I bovvered though?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRd7TBq4Og 15 -
RustyNut1217 wrote: »"Its full of chemicals!"
"So is sugar. Mostly glucose."
I use 2tbs of Splenda each morning in my tea. Thats all I use. I use it because I want that extra 90 or 100+ calories for something else instead of sugar.
On first read I saw "...2 lbs of Splenda..."
I'm glad I wasn't the only one!4 -
Wost part is, you just know that lady went home feeling great about herself for having "enlightened" a stranger.
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My reply would have been, "well, if you actually look at the rat studies, you'll find that the 'dire consequences' warning is a bit overblown. The only thing researchers could somewhat definitively find is that artificial sweetness increases our cravings for sweet food, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for those of us with self control.9
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Keto_Vampire wrote: »Pour a packet on your tongue right in front of her and act as if you are having a heart attack/angina...
Um, I like the stuff, but not that much.
I feel that gagging my way out the door might not have made the statement I was aiming for...
Yeah, me neither, but the visual impact followed by spitting out said sweetener and then "thanking" her for saving your life would have been an ultimate troll move (lol)4 -
AllSpiceNice wrote: »JeromeBarry1’s comment literally made me LOL. And now I’m practicing this phrase with a James Bond Eastern European super villain type accent. Please god let someone give me the opportunity to use it...
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Be polite and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
When a disturbing event such as OP's happens, smile and say, "I have plan to kill you".
This works better if you can pull off a Russian accent.
If you get to use it, I hope you record the event and post it.2 -
She is a liar anyhow, straight STEVIA; the leaves might just be more healthy.... but Truvia is as processed as Splenda, they’re all best to be avoided.
Having said that, whenever I want I use different packets of sweeteners......the last I checked obesity and it’s related issues are to be avoided and sometimes a person gives in to a craving for something sweet.
Isn’t it nice to meet expert random strangers who give us “unsolicited advice”
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Perhaps I've just endured a lifetime of such advice and no longer give it the energy required to be annoyed, but I believe I would look her straight in the eye and say "I'll look into that when I have time" and glance at my watch, turn my back on her. The problem is that these people fervently believe they are being helpful.
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You could try this...
Ask them to email you legit medical resources so you can review with your doctor. (Act sincere). If they do email you continue to ask for more until they give up.
They will think twice before giving unsolicited advice to strangers in the future...0 -
Such a weird thing to say to a stranger. I'm usually non-confrontational because I can't be bothered. The usual way I react to weird comments is by ignoring them as if that person isn't there, so I can't help with comebacks. But yeah, that was odd.0
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This response is kind of geeky but it’s what I ask my students when they say something outlandish: “what’s the evidence to support your claim?”
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Sometimes unsolicited advice is legitimate. Just sayin'.52
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I had a stranger come up to me in McDonalds and tell me next time skip the milkshake and get a diet drink. I thanked him for his advice........... I wasn't eating and if he had checked before opening his gob I was drinking a diet coke16
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IceQueenThaws wrote: »Not with food, but every time a co-worker or client finds out I ride my bike to work they say, "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!" and then proceed to tell me a story about someone who died on a bike. I wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't so frequent. The advantage of it happening all the time is I get to play around with different comebacks, but I haven't found a favorite yet. Mostly I'm just baffled that people think they are being helpful by announcing my mortality.
You may have to practice this but get your dead-eye stare and in a low pitched voice whisper this and nothing else all while keeping eye contact (bonus if you can not blink either).
"So are you"
Then just stare at them and make them break the creepy/awkward moment.
As my dad liked to say, "We all have to die of something!"3
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