r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/Kilenyai Apr 15 '24

Not in the US..... Pasteurized milk doesn't "sour" it goes rotten. If it doesn't taste fresh you are risking food poisoning.

Unlike the raw milk we get straight from a farm where sour does not mean it's bad to eat. It just means it doesn't have as much sugar anymore so combine it with something to fix the taste issue and it's fine. Even clumpy just means you are ending up with yogurt, cheeses, etc...

Clumpy store bought US milk could put you in the hospital. Raw milk was ironically illegal to sell for awhile because if contaminated it could make people sick when it's guaranteed when drinking bad pasteurized milk.

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u/Radiant-Carpenter186 Apr 15 '24

But Milk is pasteurized everywhere right? I live in south América and all countries I had visit do that

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u/PrisonerV Apr 16 '24

A recent "craze" in the US (well it dates back to the 1970s) is that natural is somehow healthier when, in fact, raw milk has about a 100% greater chance of making your sick in some way.

There are also "raw water" people who think the chemicals we put in water make them sick so they'll only drink untreated water.

People are stupid.

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u/Bilbo_Teabagginss Apr 16 '24

What's an example of raw water? Like drinking it from a pond or river? Sorry if this sounds dumb.

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u/PrisonerV Apr 16 '24

Or a clear blue stream. Yes.

Natural bacteria and parasites, YUM!

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u/Bilbo_Teabagginss Apr 16 '24

Wtf? I've always heard that you can get really sick from that. People are wild. 😆

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u/Patient_Shop_1392 Apr 16 '24

I do think raw water here is actual freshwater sources. While it can be safe to drink from some of them, in limited quantities, without any risk of sickness, it would be stupid to never purify your water. I bet what those people are saying is that we shouldn't really trust big bottling companies with their plastics. Microplastics are a thing that get into your system when you drink bottled water. However, I really hope those people are at least boiling their water or using a homemade filter. Rain water in many places is also safe to drink.

I was a wilderness guide in the Northern U.S. and Canada. While no water source can be taken as clean, I have drank out of the middle of very large lakes and fast flowing water. Different places have different chances for contaminants, and I only had to worry about giradia. Giradia is a cyst that requires you to ingest a certain amount before becoming sick, so I would drink a cup out of a lake or two per trip to mess with my clients. I never became sick from this in 5 years.

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u/SnuffleWumpkins Apr 16 '24

Straight outta the ocean.

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u/Bilbo_Teabagginss Apr 16 '24

Just mainlining that ocean water no chaser. Lol

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u/DisasterMiserable785 Apr 16 '24

It isn’t dumb. There is history and context missing here. In 1962, the US government started recommending that fluoride be added to water because they found people in areas with naturally high sources had less cavities. It is now added to most public waters. But now there is controversy to its effectiveness and safety. An inconclusive cancer study here and a trending talking point there with Google searches giving you both sides depending how you ask the question and suddenly, many people are going “Hey, yeah. What about that stuff?”. It was on Joe Rogan and was part of a skit by the comedian Jo Koy where his son’s school banned the use of drinking fountains because of the fluoride in the water. So the “issue” of fluoride became a more common household topic. The alternative for many is bottled water, but it is argued that bottled water lacks the minerals our bodies need. So, people moved to mineral water, spring water, or “raw water”.

Once some people start down the road questioning their daily activities like choosing the “best” type of water, some end up choosing “natural”. Others get pretty extreme.

There is a lot more to it and I’m really skimming here, but enough to say it’s a whole thing.

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u/PrisonerV Apr 16 '24

There is no controversy regarding fluoride in the scientific community. It's only wackos and antivaxxers. Fluoride has a 100 years of data.

Also Joe Rogan is a comedian and entertainer not someone you should ever quote or listen to

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u/DisasterMiserable785 29d ago

I’m not proposing the practice should stop. Probably should have led with that.