The whole adding glue to phones and other electronics is the result of Big Glue lobbying Big Tech
Batshit insane conspiracy theories are pushed to discredit all conspiracy theories with actual evidence.
Women's pants have small pockets on purpose to increase handbag sales.
Surveillance of the general public is much, much worse than people believe and the view of being considered weird and paranoid is deliberately encouraged.
I 100% believe #2 and #3, but especially the #2.
100% to third one. I posit that’s how they got Luigi (knew where he was basically the entire time imo) and why the actual arrest was so weird and kind of botched
...either united 93 was shot down or the USAF was incompetent; i put odds on competence...
In the movie Moana she hits her head while trying to escape the thrashing waves. when she wakes up she's on the beach and has magic water powers.
I believe she is actually dying and everything after that point in the movie is a fantasy in her head as she slowly dies. she knows this deep down and struggles with the concept of death immediately after when her grandmother dies, thus sending her off on a journey to save her people (herself).
she then follows Maui who guides her along to the afterlife (even takes a small detour to the underworld). when she finally meets Te Fiti the goddess is in a state of duality (life and death). only after restoring Te Fiti to her living state does she return to her people where they welcome her back to the land of the living.
So Island Coco
Uno changes the rules every few years so that people have different ideas of which "house rules" are canon. Being "the game that people argue over" keeps it in the public consciousness much better than "that game that's kind of fun to play two rounds of occasionally"
Bullshit, uno and its precursor crazy eights is hands down the best card game ever created. We even played that in big groups in jail and had a blast. The house rules thing is bullshit, agree on something beforehand and play, no stress.
I will say that anyone who doesnt play stacking draw cards is losing out on a ton of fun though.
Stacking draw cards is in the rules book, at least for uno no mercy. It says you could only stack equal to or higher.
Yeah without that rule there isn't much strategy to whether you play or hold a draw card. Its awesome when the cards stack around the table and come back to you though lol seriously underated game.
Companies add water to meat to make it heavier so they can charge more.
I once left a pound of frozen ground beef from the farmers market in water but the packaging was damaged, so it was watery. I patted it dry with paper towels. Months later I bought ground beef from a store and it felt like the watered patter dry beef. I even dried it using 2 paper towels afterwards…
Frustrating if true, since I've heard several people float the same conspiracy while shopping in my store, despite this not being something that we do. The price of meat (at least in Canada) has just risen to absurdities post-pandemic. I don't even buy it anymore.
Typically it's not the chain that sells it. It is the processor before it gets to the store, think of the prepackaged meats with the weight stamped on a sticker. Or even bulk bags of parts.
My parents have a local butcher in town. It’s about half the price of the supermarket and excellent quality.
This is absolutely a thing with chicken. Always go for the “Air-Chilled” chicken if you can afford it.
https://www.eatlikenoone.com/air-chilled-chicken-whats-the-difference.htm
There is advertisment in Netflix that is a company saying they don't do this like other companies. It is real
https://aboutseafood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/USDA-Added-Water-Regulations-Summary.pdf
A company in Camada, Lilydale, used to market their chicken as "no water added"
high-steak conspiracy theory
This is 100% true. Have had a supermarket GM tell me about how much water they ‘had’ to pump into corned silverside to meet a price point.
The majority of brands are involved in a scheme where their products lead to more consumption of another product.
Deodorant makes your armpits smell worse, needing to use more soap and continue to use deodorant.
Shampoo makes your hair need conditioner, and needs more products to look nice again needing to wash more frequently...
Soda makes you hungry and don't rehydrate, snacks make you thirsty and aren't satiating.
Food isn't nourishing, take these vitamins.
Clothing is getting made from materials that hold onto smells and wear more from washing, needing to be washed more often and washer needing repairs and buying new clothes.
Apps need more resources so you need the new phone to run them.
You posted a lot of things I've been feeling for a while but haven't put down into words. Thank you for this.
That's just capitalism
You're describing capitalism
And pretty much everyone knows that's how it works, the disagreement is that some (very odd) people think this is a good thing.
I thoroughly believe that antiperspirant makes you sweat more. I used to constantly have pit stains, I was so embarrassed by it in high school. I even went to the doctor and was prescribed a hyperhydrosis medication which didn't work and gave me a rash. So I switched to aluminum free Deodorant and my armpits basically never sweat now. Haven't ruined a shirt with pit stains in over a decade now.
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