Somebody lectured me about Splenda today
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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 -
Keto_Vampire wrote: »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)
This would have been awesome, but...
Spit the coffee out all over her and then profusely thank her for saving your life.....
Well, I wouldn't really do it, but thinking about it would have been fun....7 -
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I understand how y'all feel about someone encroaching on your privacy, but at least they care enough to say something. It really doesn't sound like anyone is being judgy, they're just trying to let you know that that stuff is bad for you.57
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I understand how y'all feel about someone encroaching on your privacy, but at least they care enough to say something. It really doesn't sound like anyone is being judgy, they're just trying to let you know that that stuff is bad for you.
It's really not. There's a biochemist on these boards who's posted on this topic extensively, and I daresay he knows a lot more than you do.
BTW, splenda is... two amino acids. Please tell me how that's bad for you. I'll wait.
Who's the person who commented about how surprised that anti-artificial sweetener crew hadn't showed up in the thread? It looks like they've arrived.36 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
Because car safety is real and food safety is not?
I get it. Food safety, let’s see, I wouldn’t eat that canned tuna because the sides are bulging. Looks like it may make you very sick. Splenda is still safe.24 -
Unsolicited advice under the pretense of caring? Nope. Not buying it. Hey OP: I think you just found that person who thought they could tell how you should live your life! Quick! Come up with your comeback response!
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I understand how y'all feel about someone encroaching on your privacy, but at least they care enough to say something. It really doesn't sound like anyone is being judgy, they're just trying to let you know that that stuff is bad for you.
And there it is. Surprised it took so long.
From two pages ago:I'm shocked that nobody has come into this thread to profess everyone's doom for using artificial sweeteners. There's always one.
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ruqayyahsmum wrote: »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 coke
This isn't even pretending to be helpful. This is someone who thinks he's clever but is really just an *kitten*. I'm never fast on the uptake when I want to be, but what I'd LIKE to do to that guy is take off the lid, throw the drink at him, and say, "well, look at that, guess it wasn't a milkshake after all."
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I've had it happen to me exactly one time, when I was reaching for the box of Sweet N Low on the top shelf. I simply turned to the woman and, very sweetly, asked her when she got her food police badge. Then I walked away with the pleasure of seeing her standing there with her mouth wide open.21
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my reply would have been "Go fist yourself"14
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L1zardQueen wrote: »I had a shopper at Costco tell me that the Splenda in my cart would tear me up inside. WTF! What does that even mean? Every time I purchase Splenda I hope I see her again. The yellow packet is my fav!
This is where you should have smiled, winked, and replied, "That sounds like a fun first date for me!"7 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »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 coke
That is utterly appalling! Come stand next to me facing the mirror and we can practice our death-stares. Hugs!6 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
Because car safety is real and food safety is not?
I would totally jump in and grab the soup with the dead roach in it away from a stranger sitting next to me. Even if they responded with[Russian_accent]
I have plan to kill you.
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