RNAi [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 11 months agoBetween this and the capsaicin chip, maybe you should have some regulatory entity checking foodsimagemessage-square145 fedilinkarrow-up1193
arrow-up1193imageBetween this and the capsaicin chip, maybe you should have some regulatory entity checking foodsRNAi [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 11 months agomessage-square145 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]hexbear22·11 months agoFDA: the safe amount of caffeine an adult can have per day is 400mg Panera: this lemonade has 390mg of caffeine in it Average American: I don't speak metric, 3 lemonades pls ???? Why are soft drinks measured in metric in Yankistan? link
minus-squareSelf_Hating_Moid [he/him]hexbear8·11 months agoBecause everything here should be metric but amerikkka decided to be a special sjowflake to say fuck you to the civilized world link
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]hexbear5·11 months agoRight but soft drinks (and apparently the CDC) measures caffeine in mg which goes against the usual imperial measurements, giving the average person even less frame of reference to how much they're ingesting link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear5·11 months agosafety warnings being in a system of measurement the people being warned don't know is the issue. Yes it's dumb America doesn't use metric but far more importantly it's dumb that it doesn't say on the drink that you can't safely drink 3 of them link
minus-squareCannotSleep420@lemmygrad.mlhexbear5·11 months ago Why are soft drinks measured in metric in Yankistan? Fluid ounces. For reference, an average size bottle of beer holds 12 fluid ounces. linkfedilink
FDA: the safe amount of caffeine an adult can have per day is 400mg
Panera: this lemonade has 390mg of caffeine in it
Average American: I don't speak metric, 3 lemonades pls
????
Why are soft drinks measured in metric in Yankistan?
Because everything here should be metric but amerikkka decided to be a special sjowflake to say fuck you to the civilized world
Right but soft drinks (and apparently the CDC) measures caffeine in mg which goes against the usual imperial measurements, giving the average person even less frame of reference to how much they're ingesting
safety warnings being in a system of measurement the people being warned don't know is the issue.
Yes it's dumb America doesn't use metric but far more importantly it's dumb that it doesn't say on the drink that you can't safely drink 3 of them
Fluid ounces. For reference, an average size bottle of beer holds 12 fluid ounces.