Are you addicted to junk food?

Is the food industry taking advantage of our addiction to salt, sugar and fat to sell more food?

Many experts claim that food companies have been taking advantage our our addiction to additives like salt, sugar and fat in order to attract more customers and sell more food. What's the science behind our addiction to junk food? Is the food industry to blame?

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SENIORS TEXTING CODES...

We all know that text messaging started out as something only kids would do.
Now, senior citizens are texting each other furiously.

Seniors may not appear to be very tech-savvy, but that doesn't mean they aren't trying.
Need proof?
Check out this gem discovered by one Reddit user at their grandparents' house

ICYMI -- in case you missed it -- Brush up on your texting lingo with the following guide.

Use it to communicate with your senior friends and with your kids and grandkids

So here's LLFS (Little list for seniors).

Add your suggestions to the list.



Share them right here!



ATD -- At The Doctors

BFF -- Best Friend Fell

BLNA.SH – bookgroup leader napping again. stay home

BTW -- Bring the Wheelchair

BYOT -- Bring Your Own Teeth

CIBYG - can I borrow your glasses?

CYRT – can you read that?

DIKY – do I know you?

DWHTC – didn't we have this conversation?

FWIW -- Forgot Where I Was

FWMCW – forgot where my car was

FWMKW – forgot where my keys were

GG – got gas

GGGIR – gotta go, grandkids in room

GGPBL -- Gotta Go Pacemaker Battery Low

GHA -- Got Heartburn Again

GOML: Get Off My Lawn

IMHO -- Is My Hearing Aid On

IMO – I miss Oprah

ICYMI -- In case you missed it

IPWIL – I pee when I laugh

JPMP -- Just Peed My Pants

(G)KOS – (grand)kids over shoulder

LMDO -- Laughing My Dentures Out

LWO: Lawrence Welk Is On

MTL – movie too loud

NDC: Need Diaper Changed

OMG: Ouch, My Groin!

OMMR: On My Massage Recliner

OMSG -- Oh My Sorry, - Gas!

OSIPA: Oops $hit In Pants Again

PTW – pass the whoositz

PRNA – pharmacy run…need anything?

RML – remind me later

RMLA – remind me later, again

ROFL ... CGU -- Rolling On Floor Laughing And Can't Get Up

RULKM: Are You Leaving Kids Money?

SOS: $hit On Self

SDA – senior discount alert

SSM – sorry, senior moment

TTFN – too tired for now

TGOF:  Thank God Only Farted

TTYLR – talk to you later

TTYL -- Talk To You Louder

WAMG – where are my glasses

WAMK – where are my keys

WAITT:  Who Am I Talking To?

WDSS - what did she say

WDYS – what did you say

WHN -- what's her/his name

WTF – where's the fridge

WTFA:  Wet The Furniture Again

WTP:  Where's The Prunes?

WTW – where's the whatchamajig

WTWFI – what's the word for it

WWNO:  Walker Wheels Need Oil

YKWIM – you know what I mean

#1 When people ask what you learned today .....(Manure)

When people ask what you learned today .....


Manure...  An interesting fact

Manure :  In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen.

Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening

After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' , (Stow High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word.

Neither did I.

I had always thought it was a golf term

Sarcasm!

I have thoughts on things, and I want to share them.

And some are steeped in small to large amounts of sarcasm.

Here are some of my random sarcastic musings

Feel free to enjoy them (or not) and please post your comments below

>>  favorite F words?  
My favorite is Friday. I bet you didn't expect me to say that!

>> Do you ever just wanna grab someone by the shoulders, look them deep in the eyes and whisper, "No one gives a shit"

>> Nothing brings two people closer than the hatred of a third person

The enemy of my enemy is my friend as they say

>> Can you cite 3 horrible things that could happen in your life?
- seeing your mom cry
- slow internet / computer crashes
- ??
I just drew blank. Perhaps you could do a better job at listing 3 horrible things.

>> Do you feel obligated to give a sarcastic answers when people ask dumb questions?

>> Do you hate when people sit next to you on the bus, and get offended when they don't?

>> Do you fake laugh when older people tell a bad joke?
does it start like a cute laugh but ends up like a dying seal?

>> People miss you more when they see how much happier you are without them.

>> Politeness has become so rare that some people mistake it for flirtation 

>> That awkward moment, when you didn't hear what they said, so you smile and hope it wasn't a question

  

Are you addicted to your phone?

A study commissioned by Nokia found that people check their cellphones at least 100 times a day – and are losing sleep.

How often would you estimate that you check your phone during the day?


(A) Fewer than 50 times.
(B) 50 to 100 times.
(C) More than 100 times.
(D) I don't own a cellphone.

An online survey shows that 77% of people check their phone less than 50 times, 11% option B, 9% option C, and 3% option D.


The study’s lead author, James Roberts, Ph.D., a professor of marketing at Baylor University, wrote:

“Cell phones are part of our consumer culture. They are not just a consumer tool, but are used as a status symbol. They’re also eroding our personal relationships.” 


Cell Phone Addiction Similar to Compulsive Buying and Credit Card Misuse, According to Baylor Study


Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive buying and credit card misuse