I didn't know this about them - I just thought their pretzels sucked.

Their slogans included "You can never be too thin" and "Tastes as good as skinny feels." Now they're using "We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag."

It's not that it's an incorrect use of the phrase, it's that certain groups and people seem to be trying to milk some kind of extra credibility or something out of the "Judeo", rather than out of any care or concern for the cultural history of their religion.

I honestly can't think of any use of "Judeo-Christian" that's not at least 90% bullshit/marketing. It's what religious politicians say instead of "Christian" since the Nazis put public antisemetism out of fashion.

I honestly can't think of any use of "Judeo-Christian" that's not at least 90% bullshit/marketing. It's what religious politicians say instead of "Christian" since the Nazis put public antisemetism out of fashion.

Hey, let's not oversimplify -- it's also what politicians say when they mean "let's all hate the Muslims together". Or did, only now they pretty much say that openly.

No, it wasn't meant as dismissive. I was under the impression (from my father the PhD, and the many friends I have with doctorates, including the fine PhDs here) that insisting on being called "Doctor" socially or in non-professional settings was somewhat tacky in that it gives the incorrect impression of being a medical doctor.

True. Also, Prof. So-and-So (if you are one) is usually preferred anyway because it is the higher title (since not all doctor are professors, but all professors are generally doctors).

At work here, I do put my Ph.D. at the end of my name since it's relevant to the people I deal with (but I would never use Dr.). For every book, there's usually one reviewer who sends back my name confirmation email with "Dr." added. I ignore them.

Hmm. I don't think either my mother or sister go by Prof. I wonder why not.

Note: I meant on letters and the like, not in person when introducing oneself.

Their slogans included "You can never be too thin" and "Tastes as good as skinny feels." Now they're using "We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag."

Is that really pro-anorexic though? Or just pro-skinny?

LOTS of people without eating disorders want to be skinny, take steps to be skinny (even drastic ones), say things like "you can't be too rich or too thin".

Eating disorders are a real problem. Pro-eating disorder websites are too. But not everything is a disorder.

Oh, is that what pro-ana means?

Yeah. [link]

Is that really pro-anorexic though? Or just pro-skinny?

They are used within the pro-ana community, so it's hard to extricate them from that. Sure, you can say you don't mean to be pro-ana when you say them in this particular context, but you're doing a bad job of knowing your market.