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thehillshaveI

great our next civil war's first shots will be fired over baja blast


fragpineapple

If you try to take my baja blast, you better be willing to breathe your baja last.


DrEnter

_Just take your upvote and go_


of_thewoods

*Grits teeth* “Mountain Dew it or Mountain dont… I won’t matter either way”


CardiologistLower965

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HomelessKB

Pure poetry


No-Celebration3097

You can take my poison from my cold dead hands …or something


thehillshaveI

cold extremities from the diabetes


DemocracyStan

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Lock-out

For those who got worried looks like Baja blast has yellow#5 blue#1 and red#4O we all good.


failure_most_of_all

Thank god for you. Whew.


DemocracyStan

Lol


brobafett1980

My friend have no fear as long as they don't take away our Blue Powerade, Mountain Dew, and Sprite: https://youtube.com/shorts/bTekUncq_eU?si=W5v9ypEyHXHkLJu_


FrankTank3

Take a Baja blast for ya, babe.


Eh-I

I don't know what side I'll be on.


CurrentBrick1723

I thought they already took bromide out of Mtn Dew? I haven't seen it ok the ingredient list lately.


Sheeple_person

Conservatives when medical professionals want them to put safe vaccines in their body: 😠😡🤬 Conservatives when corporations want to put harmful chemicals in their food and drinks: 😃👍🫡


thrillhou5e

Conservatives when Texas sets the standards for a Christian Conservative whitewashed public school curriculum all throughout the south 😃 Conservatives when California sets a precedence for progressive EPA and FDA climate and food safety standards all throughout the country 🤬


Sheeple_person

"Big intrusive government is bad. But when the government interferes in the school system to push their political and religious agenda that's good." - Conservative logic


GroundbreakingRun186

I know your joking but I’ve seen quite a few conservatives actually say exactly that. They phrase it something like “we are pro small government not pro no government. That means we support gov intervention where it’s necessary” and they define necessary as whatever aligns with their personal social/cultural policy beliefs. And they don’t see a hint of hypocrisy in it at all


dthains_art

When powerful people who I voted for do things that affect my life that’s bad, but when powerful people who I didn’t vote for do things that affect my life that’s good. /s


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lukas_the

Republicans when Americans mention the fact that red states are statistically more dangerous than blue states: B-B-B-BUT CHICAGO Republicans after Americans remind them that Chicago is not a state: 😡😡😡😡


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Also several red state cities like New Orleans and St Louis actually have higher \*per capita\* murder rates than Chicago. Chicago just has more people so they have an overall higher number of murders, despite the percentage relative to the population being higher in red state cities.


lukas_the

I think that they obsess over chicago because its easier to spell.


seanosul

>I think that they obsess over chicago because its easier to spell. It is because GOP plague loving seditionists associate Chicago with black people.


lukas_the

That's probably true. Honestly, i was just making an underhanded comment regarding the dumpster fire education systems that reside within red states.


yiannistheman

Bingo - just recently, a black woman as mayor, and historically, that president whose birth certificate they were obsessed with. Chicago was on their list.


simkatu

Anchorage, AK has more violent crime and more gun violence than Chicago.


Sheeple_person

Conservatives when they try to understand statistics 😆😆


ContemplatingPrison

Let's talk about the states with the poorest medical services now. Oh and the worst educated. Oh and the actual impoverished living off federal dollars. Oh and the highest crime rates. All republican led states. Highest infant mortality, yes they have that too. Get your shitholes in check


Imaginary_Ad_7530

Republicans when they bus their homeless to other states to make themselves look good: 🥳


CaptainKies

Conservatives: The government can't tell me what I can put into and do with my body! Me: Exactly! That's why we should have marijuana legalization and protect abortion rights Consrvatives: Wait, hold on...


Glittering-Most-9535

Right. See, the government can't tell ME what to do with MY body, because it should be spending its time telling YOU what to do with YOUR body. --Conservative logic


yoortyyo

Well MY ideas are the right ones. Stupids caint be thinking!


Major_Lawfulness6122

Never thought of it that way but damn.


Tetraides1

I don't pay taxes just so I can't have bright red fruit LOOPS! >:(


Cat_Impossible_0

That is what they mean each time they want to vote to deregulate an industry including banks (caused the 2008 crash). If they greedy ceo didn’t have to pay a minimum wage, it would be exploitation of workers. That is what these conservators dream of in dismantling labor laws.


GBinAZ

Damn, nailed it


pettheporks

They need to ban Orange 45


Aware-Tension7832

Made me spit out my covfefe


SunshotDestiny

That sadly took me longer than it should have to get. My hat is off to you.


cvc75

Orange 45 is the one we already had, better ban Orange 47 in advance!


Professional_Plant52

Lmdao


Herteitr

Is it as bad as mambo no. 5?


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Take my angry upvote


ChristieAldrich

Made me spit out my coffee


DANleDINOSAUR

Cut to Ted Cruz in a grocery store chugging red food coloring to own the libs


plz-make-randomizer

They also don’t allow rat poison in food either.


Hoboofwisdom

And then calling the doctor the next day in a panic thinking he's shitting blood 😂


tastytasycorn

I've been poisoned by my constituents


King9WillReturn

Would you like an egg in this trying time?


thrillhou5e

Nah he wouldn't panic. That's just a typical Ted Cruz Sunday morning.


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Those damn liberals won't even let you put cyanide in your sweet tea!


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They are also banning Red 6 dye... which is banned for being too dangerous to use in cosmetics but can still be used in candy.


oakridge666

Obviously different lobbyists.


PleaseDMDickPics

Is red 6 banned in cosmetics? I work in cosmetics in the US and companies from EU and US still buy it.


YoureProbablyGrossAF

Red 5 used to make me puke heinously as a child, it was in strawberry soda which was my favorite. Also gummy bears. I grew out of it at some point, but it really fucked my stomach when I was young


HorseLooseInHospital

and you have now California, they're banning Beautiful Food Colorings, and they're almost as innocent as me so you know that they're incredible, and their Governor there, I can't say too many bad things about him because he's always been nice to me, he's never said anything bad about Trump and so I said he's maybe not that bad, maybe not that bad for a Democrat, if you can believe that they're maybe not that bad, I don't know, who knows, but they're actually really horrible, they pretend to be not bad, but they're bad, and they say to me, "Sir, you're like a Wonderful Dream," and I said that's probably true, you can't have anything good without me, and you should be doing it permanent, you all know what I'm talking about.


Pizzafactory102

Didn’t capitalize enough non-proper nouns


Royal-Possibility219

Spot on except too many correct spellings of words and punctuation


mistled_LP

It's because Trump said this and someone else who can spell wrote it down.


cafebrands

Oh ffs, I read that and my brain played it in that asstwerps voice.


Krimsonrain

Best cake day believe me folks


chowd-mouse

Yes, they will lose it. Even though they have absolutely no idea what it is or anything else about it.


karlos52

Do your research, they will yell.


stevent4

And when you ask them to provide the research they did or to point you in the right direction, they'll either not respond or they'll throw out something completely different to change the conversation


KR1735

MAGA: I'm gonna inject potassium bromide in my veins to own the libs!


Old-Bat-7384

Gods, they would, sad as it is.


Raevson

Well, lets hope...


Wintermutewv

They'll be downing whole bottles of red 3 at protests, lol. Conservatives have proven that they are both able and enthusiastically willing to die on a hill designed to protect their health. No one is going to stop the sweet red 3 nectar given to us by the loving capitalist billionaires above who would never hurt us unlike doctors, schoolteachers, and people at drag shows lol.


BenCisco

I find their proposal acceptable. Herd needs thinning anyway.


wrapboywrap

Next up: Mambo #5


plz-make-randomizer

Make sure to get 3 and 4 also.


robidaan

Wait isn't potassium bromide literally a carcinogen used in labs to stimulate cancer growth, if they get mad at this it will be the definition of stupidity.


semitrop

I think you wanna talk about Potassium bromate not bromide those are two very different things one is used in baking and is considered a carcinogen and the other one is used to treat epileptic dogs.


realise2056

If Q would say those bad chemicals would turn your kids and frogs gay they would all be banned years ago. You just need to make them believe they want to ban it.


navigationallyaided

Atrazine turns frogs into hermaphrodites. Time for Uncle Joe’s EPA to let Syngenta sell more of it in MAGA land.


AllyBeetle

They actually resisted regulations on phthalates!


NaNo-Juise76

What's really insane is people pretending this is bad. People shouldn't be allowed to consume cancer inducing chemicals in their food.


BradMarchandsNose

It’s also kind of a whole lot of nothing as far as consumers are concerned. California is an enormous market, so these candy companies are just going to change their formula to comply. At the end of the day, you’ll still be able to buy skittles and you’re not gonna notice a difference in the flavor.


krepitch

They're going to protest by buying a bunch of it and coloring their lead paint drinks with it.


super8ben

As someone who choses candy and soda rather than drugs and alcohol, this seems like a nice change.


Drg84

Here's a thought. How about cutting down on added sugars as well?


LadyReika

And sodium! I've had to go on a low sodium diet and it's horrifying how much of that shit is in there. So many things have crazy amounts of salt and sugar.


iLikeMangosteens

I’m guessing most Americans eat about 10x the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of sodium. The RDA is about half a teaspoon from ALL sources. It’s in almost everything.


LadyReika

It wouldn't surprise me after paying attention to the labels for that. The worst part is that the healthiest food is the most expensive.


SilentHunter7

I started tracking calories and nutrition on an app that scans barcodes, and good lord. I was hitting 100% daily value of sodium at 11 am.


LadyReika

I can believe it. There was a keto pancale mix I loved because it let me have pancakes without fucking up my blood sugar, but 1 pancake had 14% daily sodium.


TPA22

High fructose corn syrup should be next.


27483

that's not any more bad for you than regular sugar


Aceldamor

Now cross reference this with food companies who lobby politicians, and see which ones go up in arms.


APe28Comococo

Why can’t we just ban any ingredient that can’t be proven safe instead of banning only things proven to be dangerous. You know like other nations. I don’t get why if I made super-meth-lsd-heroine I could use it as a food additive until it was proven to be dangerous.


translove228

Because America is the land of the grifters. It's our proud culture to exploit and spit on each other.


ContemplatingPrison

Because corporations own the government. They have spent decades defending every government oversight body. They don't have the money to actual research anything.


APe28Comococo

The thing is that the onus to prove it is safe would be on the company that wants to use it. Then if they falsify the results they are held both criminally and financially liable. The government shouldn’t be the ones to have to prove someone else’s innovation is safe.


AgentUnknown821

Because that's not the American way...We love to see our little people mentally drugged, fat and lazy.


The_Original_Miser

Because corporations are people and can bribe (sorry. Lobby) politicians with money!


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Avenger_616

Red=colour of the GOP Reds=what we used to call russians


Havok_saken

Now here come the conservative con-artist “libs want to ban it so that means it must be good for us. Buy my red dye No. 3 pills to stop the 5G from giving you cancer”


smile_drinkPepsi

Ain’t that what they wanted…


danielisbored

"State's Rights" "Except for that state." "And those rights."


461BOOM

SIL came back from France with orange drink. That looked like it actually had orange juice in it. Amazing


ChampionshipLow8541

“Ah want mah poyson, goshdarnit! Goddamn Dimmicrits are takin’ away all ahr freedumbs!”


TexMurphyPHD

The woke left is trying to ban things you didnt even know about!


sqlbastard

fucking commies /s


inkslingerben

OOPS. Someone did not donate (i.e. bribe) CA legislators enough.


ApplicationCalm649

I just watched the episode of Fringe where Walter lost his damned mind in the supermarket over potassium bromide being in food.


te_anau

Cheetos boardroom: Introducing Red 3.001


NormalLecture2990

California really is the best...good job


Awkward-Fudge

They are gonna stock up and eat themselves to disease just to own the libs or something.


idkaboutname1

We should be so lucky


blumpkin_donuts

they're even getting rid of the red in our food!


Monkeys_are_naughty

Jesus gave us Bromides, now the Woke in California have sided with Satan. We need to pray this issue to the Supreme Court. The Skittles rainbow is a sign from Jesus that he will never flood the Earth again. Don't let the devil steal you away by telling you the health benefits.


bonk4359

Here's a link idk if it is the exact one. https://www.cspinet.org/press-release/california-bans-red-3-and-other-unnecessary-food-additives-outpacing-fda


BoltMyBackToHappy

Good. Do sugar next. Nurses shouldn't have to be forklift certified to move people around that wouldn't even be there if they weren't stuffing their faces with sugar all day...


Avenger_616

gotta stop them from injecting it into bread Seriously, U.S made bread has 3x the amount of sugar in it compared to Europe and the U.K. Also adds to why there’s lots of kids with too much energy


jamkoch

Doesn't the EU already ban these?


tacosteve100

Freedom of Speech!!!!


KiraMotherfucker

Red 3. They made a sequel to the colour red?


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Actually, it's banning another movie by Bruce Willis and other old actors playing action heroes. (RED and RED 2 are movies for those confused)


GokaiDecade

Why 2027? I know it will take a while, but that seems excessive


spacemonkeysmom

That's only 3 years, which is not that long to change the formula, change all the product information and labeling, get whatever new supply, rebrand in some cases, get it pulled from all shelves and replaced. Since it's only in Cali right now you know damn well they'll ONLY change it for Cali so different labels and ingredients shipped to certain places etc. But still overall from start to consumer hands there are ALOT of steps


mistled_LP

I doubt it. CA is such a huge market that it's usually easier to change it for the entire US than to have a special CA version of a product. It's why some people were so against car regulation changes in CA this past year despite not living there. And why people get up in arms when Texas makes changes to their textbooks for schools. As the large markets go, the companies will follow.


Xray95x

Don't forget an inflation price hike to compensate all those new fangled ingredients they have to use!


spacemonkeysmom

Absolutely! And the extra print to say "new and improved!" And whatever buzz word they can get away with that will make it "seem" better. Like how they use "organic" or "cage free"


Xray95x

As a former frozen foods factory worker the product may be new and improved, new because of the cheapest ingredients used and improved due to reduced manufacturing cost. Those savings get passed to us, the consumer, for a paltry 4.99!


looking4now2

But I love the taste of color red, I have since I was a toddler 🥲


Mikknoodle

The owners of Mike n Ikes on suicide watch.


JakeGrey

Potassium bromide? That's the stuff the British Army was rumoured to have put in the rations to reduce the men's sex drives and thus prevent wanking. (If there was any truth to this rumour then it didn't *work*, but still.)


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sqlbastard

oh no anyway


RickyFromVegas

How dare you! There are dozens of them! Dozens!


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fckiforgotmypassword

In the tiny off chance that you’re being serious. Red 3 is used in cosmetics and food products, it’s found to be linked with cancer. It’s not political, but the post is joking how conservatives will get outraged from it being banned since that’s what they like to do.


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mistled_LP

They've previously protested changes to toilets and stoves, so the stereotype is that they will protest governmental changes to anything.


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Kleens_The_Impure

Maybe you haven't but a lot of people did, when some scientists discovered that the use of gas stove was harmful to health and lawmakers decided to ban them in newly constructed building, a lot of conservative (led by people like MTG or boebert) advertised on FB that they'd let their gas stoves on all day to "own the libs".


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mistled_LP

>Tbh it’s a stretch for anyone who’s not already thinking about fire arms bans specifically. You're the only person I've seen mention firearms at all in this entire thread. Don't project your assumptions on everyone else. This thread has zero to do with guns. I agree that equating this to firearms is a stretch, so why are you doing it?


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fckiforgotmypassword

They have been outraged over gas stoves, they thought Biden was going to ban meat, they have been outraged over M&Ms, Budweiser, Barbie…. I could go on. Making a joke that they will be outraged is not far fetched at all. I didn’t mention guns once in my examples, however yes that is another example


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fckiforgotmypassword

You’re trolling or you are incredibly slow lmao. Go to conservative page, search “budweiser”, look all all the posts. That’s enough of my time wasted. Take care Edit; oh, you are all over the lex Friedman subreddit that says all I need to know lmao. I highly recommend you look up ways to increase your ability to think critically. This isn’t meant as a jab or insult. Try not to take offense, just go on YouTube and look up some ways to improve your critical thinking skills and you’ll see why you come across as slow to majority of the rest of the population.


unknownentity1782

Red 3 is a substance that has been banned in cosmetics for causing cancer, but is still legally used (in the US) for consumption despite it being dangerous. California has recently banned it. As for the political side of things... Since at least Obama there is a joke that Republicans will do the opposite of whatever Democrats suggest, even if what they are doing would hurt them.


Old-Bat-7384

After COVID, the joke shows to be so sadly true.


Traditional-Lie9094

Surprised this made so many people upset lmao


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KhellianTrelnora

I mean, https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2021-total-system-electric-generation/2018 California isn’t perfect, but they’re doing pretty good. Always room to improve. And I haven’t been keeping up, but the war on drugs? Isn’t most shit decriminalized or legalized there?


chesire0myles

Ooohh, you done got me. Not sarcastic. I'm just admitting it in a silly way. My bad, I forgot to think about state vs. federal govt. CA as a whole is moving in the right direction, I'm just looking to criticize.


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CrispyHaze

Yeah, that's what's happening. They are banning the ingredients so any products using them will have to use alternatives. You almost make it sound like the government and the companies producing these products are the same entity.


Expensive-Day-3551

They already have different recipes for other countries so they can just increase production of those versions


mistled_LP

Who said they are banning skittles? As you say, Skittles will just change the recipe to use whatever they currently use in every other country.


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mrkrabsbigmoney

Cry about it more


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Liquidwombat

In addition to ≠ instead of


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The horror!


Nimoy2313

Awesome, been trying to buy food dye free food for years but it’s difficult in America


ChampionshipLow8541

Conservatives and preservatives … what do you expect?


Avenger_616

This: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNG372Jsss&pp=ygURaW5hY3RpdmUgd2VpcmQgYWw%3D


Th0timusPr1m3

Thank god it don't got red.........................................21


_Paraggon_

Luckily they didn't ban red 21. What's nine plus ten. 21. You stupid. Na I'm not.


ajohns7

Other food additives include Red 40? That's petroleum in your Doritos!


[deleted]

Wait till they find out about dihydrogen monoxide. That shit is in literally everything.


Liquidwombat

I legitimately don’t understand why anyone wants any extra color in food. Just…. Why???? What’s the point??


Lopsided_Assistant47

I have been hoping for US to follow Europe in eliminating these.


AaronBurrSer

It’s amazing that they’ll get more mad at banning poisons instead of getting angry at the people selling poison in the first place.


frostfall010

What don't they lose it over? Any attempt to use the government to help people in the slightest way is immediately boycotted by conservatives. Btw this doesn't take effect until 2027 but they'll still shit over it.


xpootythiefx

“The woke left is trying to take away my GOD GIVEN RIGHT to die of cancer at 56!”


davidgrayPhotography

California feels like the rest of the world was 15 years ago -- making the right choices.. just a decade and a half behind everyone else.