Well fun fact time I guess: in Taiwanese, bullets are sometimes refered as “peanuts.” “Be my guest and have some peanuts” can actually mean “I will shoot you dead.”
you can‘t have peanuts in school?
It’s because all the freedom they have.
But seriously, they have some crazy allergies there. No idea why, probably because of all the artificial food and contamination in general. It’s just not a very healthy place to live.
If you’re in Europe, we’ll I’ve got news for you, 2/3rds of European schools have at least one child with an anaphylactic peanut allergy. So peanut allergies are not just from excess freedom it would seem.
Cool, why peanuts are not banned in European schools then?
/shrug
I think it’s mostly people in the thread are over exaggerating how common it actually is to ban them for a humorous effect. Maybe overly litigious society, schools don’t want to be sued because some dumb bully throws a peanut at a kid who can die from it. Peanut bans are becoming a thing in Europe though. A quick googling will show that. I found a proposal in European parliament. Here’s the BBC talking about banning them on all public transport:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41017657
That seems a bit aggressive to me.
But all that aside, the increasing allergies across the industrialized world is really interesting though, and not a United States specific thing. A lot probably has to do with eradication of parasites. Much of the immune system parts responsible for allergies don’t have any role in response to bacteria or virus, but are intended to fight off parasites. And this is a gross over simplification, but the basics are without any parasites to fight off (since they’ve been eradicated in the industrialized world) it gets dysregulated and starts reacting to benign targets.
Many theaters I’ve been to in the US stopped enforcing the “no outside food” thing. Last time I went to the movies there were dudes walking in with Chipotle or sub sandwiches and no one cared.
Because who the fuck is going to start a fight with someone that’s already proven they’re an asshole, for $7 an hour, to protect profits they’ll never see any part of?
Is the asshole the patron who wants better food, or the owner who decided on a local monopoly for lower quality and higher profits?
I’m the asshole. Its me. 😸
Me too. I’m not paying $4 for a bag of Skittles
That is a reasonable price, unless you are not talking about CAD currency.
USD. Traditionally, me and the guys I’ll watch movies with raid the local dollar tree before the showing.
Well, both I guess, but I was specifically talking about anyone fronting a “try and stop me” attitude by not even trying to sneak it in. They’re not going to sympathize with a low-level employee just trying to keep their job, they’re going to be a loud fuck head about it.
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