Try making your own? 1:1 Washing soda and borax, use 2-4 tbsp per load (can't say I've tried it myself, so no idea how well it works).

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Looking around, I see some recommendations to add some grated bar soap, too (Fels-Naptha seems popular).
This works great, basically all that we use now.
 
I have a Facebook friend who's husband/boyfriend left her 'suddenly.' When is it socially acceptable to tell her to stop posting 14 fucking 'I'm in pain,' 'I trusted and I was hurt' photos daily? It has been over a month now.


I am pretty sure he is eating up all this attention..


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I hate that video where they boil the Coca Cola. People are using it as a spring board to say 'EWWW...look what it turns into! Nasty! No wonder it'll kill you! All the CHEMICALS."

...and I am sitting here like: "It is a caramelization. Get some cane sugar and toss it on heat You'll begin the same process. It's just that there dye and shit in coke so it looks worst. Coke will probably speed along the process of killing you...but not because of what's in this video."

Do people even fact check this shit or look up what is actually happening?

...though that is a lot of sugar.
 

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It's being promoted by Upworthy, who used to spread nice left wing messages. Now they seem more like rabid dogs.
 

figmentPez

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Do people even fact check this shit or look up what is actually happening?
The FDA doesn't, why should they?

Seriously, the FDA recently made a statement that it considered aging cheese on wooden boards to be unsafe. They backpedaled like hell when they were called out on their bullshit, but they still made the ignorant statement in the first place.
 
I have a Facebook friend who's husband/boyfriend left her 'suddenly.' When is it socially acceptable to tell her to stop posting 14 fucking 'I'm in pain,' 'I trusted and I was hurt' photos daily? It has been over a month now.


I am pretty sure he is eating up all this attention..


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The answer is: never. I mean, annoying as it is, it's her FB page, so she can post whatever she wants. So, if you still want to be friends with her, filter her. I've had to do this with a few friends. I enjoy their company in person, but I hate their Facebook posts. So I took them off my news feed, and every couple of weeks/months, I'll click on their page to see how they're doing and not have to see that crap daily. I have a friend who divorced 3?4? years ago, and still posts stuff like that CONSTANTLY. Like, multiple times a day. But her son is adorable, so every once in a while I check on him or look for new photos.
 
I hate that video where they boil the Coca Cola. People are using it as a spring board to say 'EWWW...look what it turns into! Nasty! No wonder it'll kill you! All the CHEMICALS."
...and I am sitting here like: "It is a caramelization. Get some cane sugar and toss it on heat You'll begin the same process. It's just that there dye and shit in coke so it looks worst.
The dye is "caramel coloring," which is basically sugar that is burnt to use as brown food coloring.
Also...
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source (if you couldn't tell)

--Patrick
 

GasBandit

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I think I had read somewhere if they didn't use brown food dye in coke it would actually be the same color as Mountain Dew/Squirt
 
It would be the same color as Crystal Pepsi. Mtn Dew is colored by tartrazine (Yellow Dye #5, my grandmother was deathly allergic to it), Squirt has its cloudy color (I believe) due to the oils present, as well as due to the emulsifiers added to keep those oils dispersed.

--Patrick
 

figmentPez

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The dye is "caramel coloring," which is basically sugar that is burnt to use as brown food coloring.
That's not quite accurate. First off the sugar may be derived from any of a number of carbohydrates, including wood pulp and other stuff. While this alone isn't necessarily problematic, there may be alkalies and salts added to control the process and get the right amount of decomposition to the sugars. A wide variety of compounds fall under "caramel color" and the result of this is that, depending on the process and raw ingredients, certain carcinogens can be produced, and studies suggest that these carcinogens might be present in high enough quantities to pose a health risk. The FDA says the levels are fine, but they're also the idiots who think that aging cheese on wood boards should be banned. Here's a story from Consumer Reports. Sadly, the issue has a lot of hype surrounding it, so it will likely be a while before we know for certain if there really is any health risk, but it's not as simple as it just being burnt sugar.
 
That's not quite accurate. First off the sugar may be derived from any of a number of carbohydrates, including wood pulp and other stuff. While this alone isn't necessarily problematic, there may be alkalies and salts added to control the process and get the right amount of decomposition to the sugars. A wide variety of compounds fall under "caramel color" and the result of this is that, depending on the process and raw ingredients, certain carcinogens can be produced, and studies suggest that these carcinogens might be present in high enough quantities to pose a health risk. The FDA says the levels are fine, but they're also the idiots who think that aging cheese on wood boards should be banned. Here's a story from Consumer Reports. Sadly, the issue has a lot of hype surrounding it, so it will likely be a while before we know for certain if there really is any health risk, but it's not as simple as it just being burnt sugar.
as an environmental scientist I'd like you to know that soda is the least of your worries for daily exposure to carcinogenic/mutagenic/teratogenic compounds. Go be worried about something else unless you drink a 24 pack a day.
 
So is Pepsi - Dyes = Crystal Pepsi... then does Coke - Dyes = Crack?
Pepsi-dyes does not equal Crystal Pepsi, sadly. When they removed the coloring, they also dialed back on the cola flavor.
All *I* wanted from Crystal Pepsi was plain old Pepsi without the caramel coloring, no other changes. But noooo...
That's not quite accurate. First off the sugar may be derived from any of a number of carbohydrates, including wood pulp and other stuff.
Right. I said that it was derived from "sugar," not that it was derived from "sucrose." I know that the two tend to be used interchangeably, I probably should've explained that better and headed off the confusion.[DOUBLEPOST=1402693644,1402693512][/DOUBLEPOST]
as an environmental scientist I'd like you to know that soda is the least of your worries for daily exposure to carcinogenic/mutagenic/teratogenic compounds. Go be worried about something else unless you drink a 24 pack a day.
If you drink that much soda/day, you're probably gonna suffer from the excess caffeine and phosphoric acid before you suffer from the -genics.

--Patrick
 
Pepsi-dyes does not equal Crystal Pepsi, sadly. When they removed the coloring, they also dialed back on the cola flavor.
All *I* wanted from Crystal Pepsi was plain old Pepsi without the caramel coloring, no other changes. But noooo...
If you drink that much soda/day, you're probably gonna suffer from the excess caffeine and phosphoric acid before you suffer from the -genics.

--Patrick
I've seen cola without brown dye, its kind of an off yellow/tan color, really interesting stuff. actually if you are drinking from an opaque container there is no reason to add dye honestly, other than making it look the way socially we expect. My neieces and nephews drink Hi-C without dye and its the same strange color, blew my mind the first time I cut a juice box open and poured it out.

as to the why a case, thats the amount where the shit that will kill you can actually have a negative effect on your health short-term. I never said that the other stuff wouldn't do it faster. Mounting evidence is showing that heavy caffeine intake is really bad for your vascular system even short term.
 
I found this jawsome guy at work (Value Village) today. Had to buy him.
He was so dirty, though, I had to clean him. His teeth and mouth were riddled with dirt to the point that I actually got an old toothbrush and brushed his teeth.

Totally worth it, though, because STREET SHARKS!
 
He was so dirty, though, I had to clean him. His teeth and mouth were riddled with dirt to the point that I actually got an old toothbrush and brushed his teeth.
Like your prom night!


Though seriously, Street Sharks were the coolest toys. Never watched the show, but those toys looked great.
 
GOD I loved those toys, I found a Street Shark puppet at a flea market a while ago. My favorite had to be the Hammerhead guy, he could launch his face at people like a sneak attack.

Went to my friend's house to hang out, and we decided to play a PS2 game. He said his sister's was better so we went into her room and...UGH! A horrible mix of uncleaned mouse cages and pabst blue ribbon cans. Her room looked like the hologram universe of a 10 year old and a college student.
 

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The hardest part of getting new ukulele videos up is printing the sheet music. It takes so long to memorize, and I don't want to pay too much for it and the printer at work is just so damn slow and I don't want to be judged for printing non-work things. Although I found a Victoria's Secret receipt in there last week. Wedding season. I need a printer for my home.

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I confess I almost never finish video games. They just get so friggin' repetitive after a while. On top of that they drag it out so that reviewers won't complain about short play times, which I just find annoying. I'd rather play through the plot and then have the option to continue with storyless gameplay ad nauseum if I so wish.
 
I've reached the point in my current project where I've fallen in love with the characters, and now I feel bad for all the horrible things that are going to happen to them.

Oh well, onward.
 
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I confess I almost never finish video games. They just get so friggin' repetitive after a while. On top of that they drag it out so that reviewers won't complain about short play times, which I just find annoying. I'd rather play through the plot and then have the option to continue with storyless gameplay ad nauseum if I so wish.
I never beat the final boss.
 
Holy crap. I'm not the only one. Though I generally don't bother finishing games for the same reason as Fade, not because I don't want it to end. I do want it to be over, so I stop playing and move to something else.
 
My reasons for not beating some games all vary, sometimes I just get stuck and never beat it, sometimes I just get bored, and sometimes I just reset my game file to get a better score. The latter being every old school Sonic and Mario game.
 
The only time I quit a game that's too long is if it's not fun to play. I do sometimes force myself, but if a game is fun, its length doesn't bother me, which is why some games I'll play through multiple times.

If there's a game where I'm only interested in the story, and it's not a choice-driven story like The Walking Dead, there are let's plays. Better to save the money.
 
I barely got through the first part of Mass Effect 3, heard about the ending, then was all . . .

. . . and I haven't gone back since.
 
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