Not a big conspiracy guy but being forced to give up sugar and caffeine for medical reasons is the closest I've come to being given a pair of They Live sunglasses. The corporations want us drugged. Sugar and caffeine are in nearly everything, and our culture celebrates their consumption. - ThreadSky

eizebasa.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Not a big conspiracy guy but being forced to give up sugar and caffeine for medical reasons is the closest I've come to being given a pair of They Live sunglasses.

The corporations want us drugged. Sugar and caffeine are in nearly everything, and our culture celebrates their consumption.

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drainsmith.bsky.social•65 days ago

nuh uh. it's Big Pharma trying to get you off the natural things you need and on prescription pills instead.

patrickleder.bsky.social•65 days ago

True story I once choked on a red hot while Keith David was in the same room watching They Live.

sanakism.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's a mystery what benefits food manufacturers would see in putting highly addictive substances and substances with known withdrawal side-effects in their products!

anarchytabletop.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is your god.

internetsmagic.bsky.social•65 days ago

digoryk.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think the corporations want money, and we are the ones that want ourselves drugged.

nintendadsyd.bsky.social•65 days ago

Sugar I was aware of, caffeine I would not have thought.

Though I am aware it's less bad in non American places.

calculon.bsky.social•65 days ago

fionacielo.bsky.social•65 days ago

i have sugar once. I think of sugar as a drug now but I’m back on it too so

owenduffy.co.uk•65 days ago

Sugar is the harmful, addictive substance people can sell you without a licence.

fokos.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think they do simply because they are addictive and they will get you return to the products you got, not because they don't want us healthy.

eizebasa.bsky.social•65 days ago

My other conspiracy is that sugar companies (like Coke) aggressively pushed the “exercise is just as important as calorie control for weight loss” myth so they could basically say “you can eat as much sugar as you want, just burn it off!” Look who sponsors most Little League games.

canibeblue.bsky.social•65 days ago

I once learned in a documentary that the American Diabetes Association was in Coca Cola's pocket, oh sorry, received funding from them.

https://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9396921/coke-research-funding

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9989705/

irulesubsdrool.bsky.social•65 days ago

Oh yeah, Coke is a big proponent of “balanced diets” and “moderation” and “exercise!” for that exact reason

eriktwice.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's not a conspiracy, corporations push for this kind of messages to responsabilize the public when they fear being held accountable. You can find similar rethoric with alcohol,pollution or global warming.

stuteacher.bsky.social•65 days ago

This isn't a conspiracy, you're just right there. A neat lil documentary is "Fed Up" that shows many aspects of the American diet, but shows how Big Food and Big Tobacco are kin, except Big Food wins in court when people call it out.

n20games.bsky.social•65 days ago

What really creeps me out about Coca Cola and Pepsi is how they fiercely bid against each other to get into middle schools and high schools where the strategy is to create "customers for life". Get' me hooked early. Bleh! 🤨

n20games.bsky.social•65 days ago

"get 'em hooked early", I mean.

fokos.bsky.social•65 days ago

I believe that too. Same goes for McDonalds and chips that sponsor major sport events and prominent athletes.

internetsmagic.bsky.social•65 days ago

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