the saddest thing about life is that tattoos cost many money. oh and traveling? also costs many money. video games? many money. starting a new hobby? usually many money. concerts? so many money and also good luck even getting tickets. going out and getting a fancy beverage? you know the drill.
I am begging the FDA to require that companies CANNOT just put “spices” as an ingredient but have to label the spices.
“Spices” can mean “this has some oregano and black pepper in it” or it can mean “this has cumin cayenne and paprika and if you eat this you will be sick in bed in pain for a week” for me.
Seriously, this is an allergy issue and a huge oversight on the part of corporations.
Require detailed labeling of spices used in packaged foods NOW.
Also while we’re at it, can we nix the nebulous “essential oils” on toiletries ingredients lists? Because that sometimes but perhaps not always means lavender, which I’m allergic to, and clarity might allow me to be able to stop avoiding currently ambiguous labeling.
Can we also just… please out aloe Vera on labels as well??? The amount of times I thought a soap or hand sanitizer or lotion was safe and then I found out very quickly it wasn’t is atrocious (and yes, some do, but not nearly enough brands do this)
It sometimes feels like we’re about 10 years away from “Ingredients: stuff”
“Spices” can sometimes include wheat based things, as well.
Not to mention my nebulous “natural flavors” allergy. But it’s not like I can just not HAVE natural flavors, because they’re in everything, so it’s just allergen roulette all around.
I’ve spent the last 2 days in bed because my skin has broken out in a horrible rash which we are pretty sure comes from wheat in my spouse’s new body wash
For that “everyone can benefit from some extra care being taken” commentary -
I work in a chocolate factory. Nuts and nut products are a big no-no.
I’ll need to know what “natural flavors” or “essential oils” are nut products to avoid product recalls due to cross-contamination. This is a concern at my specific workplace because we supply other brands.
I don’t know why this has to be said but EVERY INGREDIENT SHOULD BE LISTED ON EVERY LABEL. What is the point of an ingredients list if it doesn’t actually list all the ingredients?? I just don’t get it.
And like, maybe we could put nutrition info and ingredients labels on EVERYTHING intended to be consumed? Like. Even alcoholic beverages?? And commercially produced THC/CBD/weed edibles??? Why are there exceptions to foods, drinks, and medicines needing to have any sort of ingredient list at all?!
I mean… lobbyists.
It took a LOT of work on the part of activists to get even what we have now.
just saw a clip where f1nn5ter was saying how at this point, he can’t be cis, but at the same time, he doesn’t feel like he’s trans—he’s just neither. and someone in chat was like “you can’t be neither cis nor trans that’s not how it works” i love finn but why is his chat so fucking bad 😭 stop recreating binaries for the love of god, identity does not have to fall into these neat little boxes for you to police
RIDICULOUS. this was so big that even with tumblr’s recently expanded image limit i still had to weld every other image together to fit it into one post, but if you want to see every image in its full glory, i made a page for it on my website (jankily hand-coded and probably not very mobile friendly).
it was so fun to see which elements stuck around and for how long. i still can’t believe the skeleton got banished and then resurrected 15 iterations later!
huge thanks to everyone who participated. in order: