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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Thu, 15 July 2021, 09:06:43

Title: What addiction is like
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 15 July 2021, 09:06:43
Tp4 sees Oreoz Double Stuffed on sale.

Nawhhh.. choco uses slave labor, and oreos are full of chemicos.

Every 20 minutes, jeeze, wish I had some oreos right now,   

Google oreo substitutes, how to make oreos, slave labor free chocolate, 10 easy ways to quit addiction,

Back to amazn, Add oreos to cart, damn no free shipping below $25, 3x3pack $25.50, Perfect,  1 click away,  Last chance,  closes window, deep breath.


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Title: Re: What addiction is like
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 15 July 2021, 09:28:47
Oreos were probably healthier back in the day, when the filling was made with lard.

"There's one ingredient not listed on the Oreo packaging, however, that may well still be in your cookie: Titanium dioxide, a chemical used to whiten products. The whitening agent is actually wrapped up in a bit of scandal. In 2014, two men from California were sentenced to prison time after stealing the formula for making titanium dioxide from American chemical company DuPont. The men sold the formula to Pangang Group, a Chinese company that had been unsuccessfully attempting to buy the formula from DuPont, for over $20 million. The conviction of the men subsequently leaked the fact that Oreo used the chemical to whiten their filling, much to the concern of the American public. Although titanium dioxide is a common food additive, recent studies have flagged the chemical as a potentially cancer-causing carcinogen."
- Rebecca Firkser
Title: Re: What addiction is like
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 15 July 2021, 09:40:38
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 15 July 2021, 09:28:47
Oreos were probably healthier back in the day, when the filling was made with lard.

Lard is worse than Hydrogenated vegetable fats by far,  but vs Titanium dioxide, hrrrm.. This Tp4 has no reference.
Title: Re: What addiction is like
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 15 July 2021, 13:27:34
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/10/16/why-your-brain-treats-oreos-like-a-drug/?sh=657c5cd9ab00 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/10/16/why-your-brain-treats-oreos-like-a-drug/?sh=657c5cd9ab00)
Title: Re: What addiction is like
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 15 July 2021, 13:41:28
Quote from: noisyturtle on Thu, 15 July 2021, 13:27:34
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/10/16/why-your-brain-treats-oreos-like-a-drug/?sh=657c5cd9ab00 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/10/16/why-your-brain-treats-oreos-like-a-drug/?sh=657c5cd9ab00)


Gasp...  We've known all along...  Tp4 must quit...