"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread ACT III

[MCgrease08]

FFS


Band-aids are racist. You can only get them in "white"... oh wait...

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local...-will-begin-making-black-and-brown-band-aids/

Are Band-Aids supposed to blend in with your skin? That thought has literally never even crossed my mind. I only care about keeping germs and grime out of a wound, not whether or not I can hide the fact that I cut myself.

That must be my white privilege.

 

[JettaKnight]

Are Band-Aids supposed to blend in with your skin? That thought has literally never even crossed my mind. I only care about keeping germs and grime out of a wound, not whether or not I can hide the fact that I cut myself.

That must be my white privilege.

And in food service they're blue so they can't blend into food.


FWIW, I see making bandages in a variety of skin tones to be a good thing - capitalist seeing a demand in the market and creating a product to sell.

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

I like the flavor of real maple syrup, but I do wish it could be thicker like the fake stuff. The real stuff is like pouring water on your pancakes (but it tastes good).

I'm not going to go too far with this, but you wish the real stuff wasn't the real stuff?

 

[2A_Tom]

You may want to take a look at the terms "aunt" and "uncle" in the slavery days.

Sure, terms of affection, but....

When I was a boy in all white east coast New Jersey, I was required to call all of my parents friends aunt or uncle, as it was impolite to call a grownup by their first mane. If they were not close friends I called them Mr. or Mrs.

Neither of my parents were slave owners. My dad worked in a sweat shop at 13 in 1916. Kinda slavery. Now we just import illegals or ship those jobs over seas.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm not going to go too far with this, but you wish the real stuff wasn't the real stuff?

No, just the texture of the real stuff. I want it to be real, but just wish it were thicker so it would cling to the pancakes or french toast or whatever like the fake stuff does. I didn't know real maple syrup wasn't thick until I was an adult and actually had it. We grew up with Mrs. Butterworth's and the like. Went to pour the real stuff, expecting it to come out of the bottle slowly like Mrs. Butterworth's and boy was I surprised!

 

[printcraft]

Are Band-Aids supposed to blend in with your skin? That thought has literally never even crossed my mind. I only care about keeping germs and grime out of a wound, not whether or not I can hide the fact that I cut myself.

That must be my peach privilege.

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[DoggyDaddy]

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You know, I never understood why that color was called (mostly by Crayola) "peach". I have never seen a flesh-colored peach. All the ones I've seen are various shades of red, orange and yellow.

 

[printcraft]

 

[2A_Tom]

When I was akid the crayola color was flesh. I remember when they changed it.


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article... voluntarily changed,world in black and peach.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

When I was akid the crayola color was flesh. I remember when they changed it.


https://www.mentalfloss.com/article... voluntarily changed,world in black and peach.

Wow, I didn't know that. I turned 3 in December of '62, so I may have actually had a "flesh" crayon at some point. Probably pretty likely.

 

[MCgrease08]

You know, I never understood why that color was called (mostly by Crayola) "peach". I have never seen a flesh-colored peach. All the ones I've seen are various shades of red, orange and yellow.

I always heard it that all peaches are pink on the inside.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I always heard it that all peaches are pink on the inside.

That might have explained the name of an Allman Brothers album...

 

[printcraft]

One I made years ago... I saw where this was going... yes that's our good buddy JY when he was going to pancake some of our other members...

 

[nonobaddog]

No, just the texture of the real stuff. I want it to be real, but just wish it were thicker so it would cling to the pancakes or french toast or whatever like the fake stuff does. I didn't know real maple syrup wasn't thick until I was an adult and actually had it. We grew up with Mrs. Butterworth's and the like. Went to pour the real stuff, expecting it to come out of the bottle slowly like Mrs. Butterworth's and boy was I surprised!

You can make maple syrup as thick as you want, all the way to solid maple sugar. You just boil away more of the water - although you have to be more careful the more you boil away because it becomes easier to over-caramelize the sugars. And the maple syrup gets a stronger flavor the thicker it is so you need less of it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You can make maple syrup as thick as you want, all the way to solid maple sugar. You just boil away more of the water - although you have to be more careful the more you boil away because it becomes easier to over-caramelize the sugars. And the maple syrup gets a stronger flavor the thicker it is so you need less of it.

Well that's what I would have thought, but I've only ever seen it really thin.

 

[nonobaddog]

Well that's what I would have thought, but I've only ever seen it really thin.

Most people that sell the stuff make it thinner - because they have more volume to sell that way. People that make it mostly for themselves tend to make it thicker, unless they prefer it thin.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Most people that sell the stuff make it thinner - because they have more volume to sell that way. People that make it mostly for themselves tend to make it thicker, unless they prefer it thin.

Maybe I should start looking for it at some of the "craft show" (and that's not really the term I'm looking for) type things... where people sell raw honey and the like. I just don't care for the thin stuff. I can remember some restaurants serving the fake stuff, but heated up, so that it became just as thin as real stuff. Didn't like that either.

 

[nonobaddog]

Maybe I should start looking for it at some of the "craft show" (and that's not really the term I'm looking for) type things... where people sell raw honey and the like. I just don't care for the thin stuff. I can remember some restaurants serving the fake stuff, but heated up, so that it became just as thin as real stuff. Didn't like that either.

It would be best if you knew somebody that makes it and they could make some thicker for you. Of course it would cost more and believe me it is stronger. When you take it all the way to maple sugar candy, the maple flavor is too strong for most people - including me.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It would be best if you knew somebody that makes it and they could make some thicker for you. Of course it would cost more and believe me it is stronger. When you take it all the way to maple sugar candy, the maple flavor is too strong for most people - including me.

When we used to go up to Minnesota and Canada (on Rainy Lake near International Falls) as a kid, I used to like stopping in the cheese shops along the way and getting maple sugar "candies" (usually maple leaf shaped chunks of sugar). Of course I don't know if they were "real" or just maple-flavored regular sugar, but it was back in the 70's so maybe it was real. I do know that I liked it, but you'd only nibble a little bit and put it away.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

NNBD, I saw you mention Mille Lacs earlier too. We went up there one summer before we started going to Rainy Lake. Also went to Bimidgi when my oldest sister was in a production of "Oklahoma" with the Singing Hoosiers. Ah, childhood memories...