Oy, Sophia, what a bummer!
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 28, 2014 9:16:00 am PDT #5056 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Aug 28, 2014 9:25:15 am PDT #5057 of 30000
How obnoxious and weird, Sophia!
only now you're free of the iron grip of Big Pharma!
But in the grip of Big Cashew! And you know where cashews are from? OTHER COUNTRIES. Clearly terrorists have told her these lies about cashews, hoping to take over the brains of the American consumer...
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2014 9:58:05 am PDT #5058 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I thought I'd heard all the woo, but cashews = antidepressants is a new one to me. Maybe cashews naturally contain fluoxetine, like morning glories naturally contain LSD!
JZ, your rant was epic. The Papist line made me choke on Mountain Dew.
-t - Aug 28, 2014 10:03:30 am PDT #5059 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
BTW, I cam across a website titled "Cashews: The World's Healthiest FOod" that makes no mention of anti-depressant benefits. You'd think they'd include that.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2014 10:06:57 am PDT #5060 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Big Pharma makes then censor that.
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2014 10:11:09 am PDT #5061 of 30000
brillig
I keep looking for Like buttons. Oh, the power of Big Facebook!
-t - Aug 28, 2014 10:18:27 am PDT #5062 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Score! Another department had a potluck today and I am scavenging their leftovers for lunch (although, really, my cheesecake and eggs would probably have been enough). Had to try the Lay's Bacon Mac & Cheese potato chips - tasty, but not, to my mind, significantly different from BBQ potato chips. I would actually like to try the cappuccino flavor.
JZ - Aug 28, 2014 10:18:39 am PDT #5063 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Zen, if you Google cashews +prozac you'll see it in all its awfulness, but I'd recommend against it, because most of the websites peddling it are also excruciatingly badly designed. But, basically, cashews have a lot of tryptophan, and tryptophan gets processed by the body into serotonin, so clearly it's Nature's Prozac. I think I lost eight IQ points just reading the first three links (or possibly it's the blinky-e-coupon-for-survivalcavefood-MEAT-induced headache).
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2014 10:50:52 am PDT #5064 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, no, JZ, I will take your word for it! I can't handle stuff like that, I have depression, you see, and I haven't been eating enough cashews, so I'm all delicate.
If eating tryptophan cured depression, no one would be depressed around the holidays!
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2014 10:57:16 am PDT #5065 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I would actually like to try the cappuccino flavor.
Oh sweet Jesus DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT. I tried them when we were camping, and I'll just say this: I've tried unfamiliar foods that I ended up not liking, but I was able to politely chew and swallow at least that one bite. The cappuccino chips? I really almost spit them out. They were THAT revolting. And you cannot get the taste out of your mouth for half an hour, EVEN with beer. They're like a dare. Or a punishment.
Cashews are not just as good as Prozac for clinical depression. I don't care what Drs. Mercola or Oz or whatever other woo-meister you follow on Facebook says. You've worked at world-class hospitals your entire adult life. How does this have to be explained to you? YOU CANNOT REPLACE A PRESCRIPTION SSRI WITH A HANDFUL OF TREE NUTS
Oh god, a FB friend posted that thing, and I immediately was all "Really? Were there peer-reviewed double-blind clinical trials? I'd love to read them." And she said "You need to keep an open mind." RAAAAAAGE.
Finally, I went to the funeral for our friend who passed away over the weekend. There was almost an altar call, but not quite. We were however, strongly exhorted to accept Jesus Christ as our lord and savior. And I thought, "REALLY? This is the best time to do this?" Especially because our friend wasn't a Jesus-y person. Her brother, however, is a Baptist pastor, and jumped all over that shit when he had a chance to get up and speak. Awesome.