MSG. People will swear it gives them all manner of ailments
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I bought a big pack of msg from the Asian supermarket and use it instead of normal salt for many things. My partner and I call it wonder salt.
(Of course, msg like normal salt or anything should be used in moderation lol)
I bought a big pack of msg from the Asian supermarket and use it instead of normal salt for many things. My partner and I call it wonder salt.
I hear the voices of my ancestors cry in confusion.
But seriously speaking, I've never encountered MSG being used in place of salt. We use it here to give food more of that nondescript meaty taste (aka umami).
Personally, if I need both salty and umami tastes I'd reach for soy or fish sauce first (depending on what's being cooked). I'd only add MSG and/or salt if I really have toβusually to make minute adjustments.
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I remember when I was looking up diet videos years ago everyone was VEHEMETLY advocating against MSG and how bad it was for you, especially for diabetics. I'm still not entirely sure what to believe, but I know MSG isn't as bad as everyone thought it was.
MSG isn't "bad" at all, it's just another ingredient really. The campaign against it was entirely bullshit that was driven by racism against Asian people because it's a common ingredient in Chinese food.
There's glutamate, although not MSG, in breast milk. Also sugar in the form of lactose. That's because that's what gets babies to keep sucking.
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LGBTQ people and drag queens.
First the gay agenda, now the trans agenda, when will the agendas end?!?
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For my country (Germany): Catching a draft. Basically people believe that a light breeze from an open window will make you ill.
We have a similar one here in the US. People think if you go outside when it's too cold, you'll get sick.
It's not completely baseless. You can't get sick from the cold itself, but lower core body temp does weaken your immune system until you warm up, making it easier for you to get sick if you do get exposed to something.
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In the US, I hear this more when your hair is wet: "Don't go outside, it's cold and your hair's wet, you'll get sick!"
Not only colds, but you also get stiff necks! According to my mother, it's almost instantly. Leaving two windows open makes here neck stiffer than a priest in a kindergarten, but only inside. Standing in the wind outside is perfectly fine.
Also Russia and probably most eastern European countries. One of my kids will catch a cold and the first thing my mother or grandmother will ask is if they were somewhere drafty.
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Staying in hostels when traveling overseas. The amount of people who tell me I'm crazy and going to get murdered if I stay in a hostel is ridiculous.
Hostels are great, and not any more dangerous than hotels are, you just have to look at reviews and go for the type you want. You can also rent private rooms at a lot of them. I always stay at one's with a kitchen so I can save a bunch on food, too.
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Living near a nuclear plant.
Little do they know, that they get more than 50x more radiation effect from the natural surroundings and the rocks in earth than from the nuclear plant π€ And our body is really capable of dealing with that since the beginning of our evolution (DNA repairs and co).
https://pages.vassar.edu/ltt/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-21-at-1.18.09-AM1.png
here is a chart showing radiation intensities for various sources of radiation
Living near a coal plant, on the other hand, is really, REALLY bad for you.
it's not the background radiation that worries people, it's the risk of a Fukushima-type incident.
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Woah, this one is actually surprising to me. Even though I am in favour of nuclear power, I do have some fear of living in close proximity of such plants, especially seeing how even the clothing used in the facility is mixed into the barrels of radioactive wastes.
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The Tor Browser, it's just a normal Browser with some functionality to improve privacy.
Like many tools, it can also be used for nefarious things, but that's not its only use.
It's more than just privacy. It allows you to visit .onion sites, which will not load in a traditional browser. As a harmless example, this is Duck Duck Go: https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion/. Trying to click that in a normal browser doesn't work because they don't support the onion network. But using the Tor browser unlocks that as well as all sorts of nefarious sites that you can't access through a "normal browser"
Jet fuel.
People seem to have the impression that it's some extremely explosive stuff that has to be handled with the upmost care, but it's just highly refined kerosene. It can be used as a replacement for Diesel fuel in many cases - in fact, U.S. military vehicles can run off either. We put it Toyota Hylux pickups up in northern Greenland because it doesn't gel up like Diesel fuel.
It doesnt even melt steel beams, so...
In case anyone is not aware, "upmost" is a word, but it's often substituted incorrectly for "utmost." https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/utmost-vs-upmost-difference#:~:text=Utmost%20means%20%E2%80%9Cgreatest%E2%80%9D%20or%20%E2%80%9C,mean%20%E2%80%9Cgreatest.%E2%80%9D%20Use%20utmost
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Sharks.
More people die due to things like selfies, falling out of your bed, tipped vending machines and heck, even balloons, then to a shark.
Just because something can kill you doesnt mean it will, more often than not, it actually wont.
Here there might be a confusion between danger, and statistics.
all those examples are about events or things that are far more frequent than be near a shark
if the average person could be close to a shark as many time in life than leaving a bed, be close to something that can flip, or to people taking selfies, statistics might be very different
A shark killed my brother a few years back. He was just standing there minding his own business and this shark came out of nowhere and toppled a vending machine on top of him. Poor bastard never knew what hit him.
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Scuba Diving. Lots of people have heard that your lungs can pop or something similar and it makes them really afraid to try it. If you hold your breath, you may have issues with your lungs but your SCUBA apparatus is such an amazing design that even if you need to throw up underwater it's designed to filter your vomit through the apparatus so you can continue breathing even after throwing up THROUGH it (which you should do if you feel nauseous down there). Just keep the apparatus in your mouth and don't stop breathing and you'll have a great time.
Scuba Diving is one of my favorite things to do and I really think more people should try it!
I'm simultaneously amazed by being able to vomit while diving and just breathing normally - and disgusted when trying to imagine how that' would look and feel like...
But thanks for the info. Never thought they're so Great
Spiders.
Even black widows basically have to be harassed into biting.
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Climbing, the gear is all rated to lift 2 tonnes, so a medium sized car. It won't snap with you on it.
Edit: sorry this is misleading, climbing is not harmless, and a lot can go wrong even with good equipment. The point I wanted to convey was that equipment failure is an unlikely cause of problems for climbing
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Cellphones in a gas station. Also double dipping in a sauce or dip.
Also double dipping in a sauce or dip.
Perhaps, but still gross.
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Wild strawberries. As far as I know there are no wild strawberries that are poisonous. There are two types, wild strawberries that resemble normal strawberries but smaller, which taste delicious, and mock strawberries, which taste like water but are also safe to eat. Mock strawberries can be recognized as growing upward and having protruding red seeds.
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Are you going to make me log back into reddit to find the most upvotes comment to this question?
Sharks during scuba dive. Most sharks are not dangerous / interested to humans when following some rules.
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Many people think sharks are dangerous, but shark attacks are accidents in which sharks mistake humans for seals. Sharks are actually in more danger from us.
Carbon-Fiber submersibles. There was only one, then it went pop.
Vaccinations!
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