"You appear to have cookies disabled. Ad preferences will not work unless you enable cookies." So sad. Google isn't able to store data on who I am on my laptop.
Now I will go Google search for things that will get the feds ringing my doorbell. [DING-DONG "Are you MizMoose? Were you searching for 'hot president on president porn action'? That's terrorism! 50 yrs in the pokey for you!"]
@H3ion: Camel Toe FTW
Good old Spamford Wallace. I thought they'd long since thrown him in the subbasement of an unused jail and thrown the key into the ocean.
@ninabi: "Eat this, you PUSSY!"
That's funny I've been telling people that the way to avoid H1N1 is to EAT BACON! BACON IS THE CURE!!!
@ekthesy: Doing that is hysterically funny. Especially when someone realizes, "I've never before listened to this record when I wasn't stoned."
Correlation is not causation. Yet another person fails 7th grade science class.
@kaceetheconsumer: PCOS doesn't mimic pre-diabetes per se, as much as BE it. One of the key symptoms of PCOS is insulin resistance which can also be known as "impaired glucose tolerance" (it can also be a part of diabetes). PCOS is a really weird glandular mess -- despite the name not all women with it have ovarian cysts, and many women with ovarian cysts have none of the PCOS symptoms.
@NewsBunny: Type 1 diabetes is just as genetic as type 2. In twin studies, if one twin has type 1 diabetes the other twin is about 70% likely to develop or have type 1. If one twin has type 2 diabetes the other twin is 90% likely to have or develop type 2 diabetes.
@scoosdad: Neither, it was an accident. After losing my income I stopped all "autopay" events -- I thought. I forgot one, and found out the hard way.
Eating sugar does not cause diabetes.
Eating junk food does not cause diabetes.
Being fat does not cause diabetes.
Gaining weight does not cause diabetes.
Eating junk food does not cause diabetes.
Being fat does not cause diabetes.
Gaining weight does not cause diabetes.
I'm always amazed at how many people I meet who firmly believe the first two. Eating a lot of carbs (whether sugar or potatoes or whatever) can trigger diabetes if you've already got glucose intolerance (insulin resistance) but in a healthy person eating a crapload of sugar, even every day, is not going to make you a diabetic. (just sick to your tummy.)
The Mass Media loves to tell people that being fat causes diabetes but that's completely untrue. The increase in the number of diabetes cases comes from a combination of more common screening and a more stringent guideline for what is diabetes (for example, people once called "pre-diabetic" are now diabetic; studies show that those people who were told to "wait and see" were the first to develop serious complications.
Worse, the most important message is often lost -- sudden, unexplained weight *gain* (not just loss!) is a warning sign of the onset of severe insulin resistance and/or diabetes, both of which need immediate treatment. People are quick to lay a sudden weight gain on "I need to visit the gym" when what they need to visit is the doctor's office.
@prag: Because, you know, everyone can get a credit card. Especially these days when cards are being canceled left and right.
I recently had a similar fate of FEES FROM HELL. My bank put through a $25 charge with $15 in the account. Then charged fees for being overdrawn. Then charged a fee EVERY day until money was put in the account. Long story short, I had no money for a while. By the time I did, they had stiffed me for $160 in fees.
I contacted a branch manager I knew. Before she could do anything, the bank was sold and she lost her job. Nobody else wanted to help me. The bank is now owned by another bank. They say it was the old banks problem.
When you're living below the poverty line $160 is a fortune. The banks could care less.
Wow, that guy has major self-image issues that's he's turning around and projecting on others. As an added bonus he's going for the "it worked for me so it must work for everyone" bogus argument as well.
WHY does Consumerist give attention to whackjobs?
As long as the $10 doesn't put you ahead of my big crippled butt, I'm not going to sweat it.
But when you can pay to go ahead of me, I'll beat you with my cane. (And then yell at you to GET OFFA MY LAWN!)
@ColoradoShark: I love the idea of BCIA, but how about doing BOTH?
But it's not just about greed, people. As I pointed out in a comment to someone else's comment, not everyone who sees, "You are going to get millions of dollars" thinks "yachts, mansions, gold and diamonds."
Some think, "Pay off my house, make sure my spouse is always taken care of, buy my kids houses, college funds for my kids/grandkids, donate to the church, etc."
Is it greed to want the best for other people?
@Gorphlog: Today's elderly were raised during a time when helping people was considered a "good deed." When someone came to you and said, "I need help," you helped without question.
When an older person hears, "You have won 3.5 million dollars," sure, some of them think, "I'm rich! oh boy, money!" but I bet many more think, "I can pay off the house so my wife doesn't have to worry after I'm gone. I can buy houses for the kids, so they never have to worry. I can set up trust and college funds for my grandkids. I can give money to my church." etc.
"No sexism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia or hatred
Don't put this crap in our comments."
So when will Consumerist.com stop with allowing people to refer to fat people as "fatty" and allowing talk that shows bigotry towards fat people or encourages same.
Oh, wait, that'd have to happen after the posts themselves stop doing it.
Clean up your own house, Consumerist. You set the tone for this place, set a better example.
I love small children, but I can't eat a whole one at one sitting.
