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The toppings contain sodium benzoate.

You know that something is seriously bad for you in a list of ingredients when the manufacturers have decided that they need to include an excuse for adding it on the packaging, i.e. “sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness)”. This is an even better rule of thumb than “if you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.” Especially since I’m not an idiot, and know how to read quite well, thank you very much. Besides… check out Wikipedia’s list of vitamins. How many of those do you think the average moron can pronounce? There would be a lot of people walking around with scurvy, rickets, night-blindness, anemia, dropsy, the grip, scrofula, the vapors, jungle rot, dandy fever, poor man’s gout, housemaid’s knee, climactic boo bow, the staggers, and dum dum fever if everybody took that shit seriously. And I suppose that the illiterate aren’t allowed to eat at all? Is this why all of those Africans are starving?

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  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Okay, I’ll sit back and let you do your thing.

    Pssst… This lime green template is too bright.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Okay, I’ll sit back and let you do your thing.

    Pssst… This lime green template is too bright.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    BUT IT’S THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS 100% PROPERLY

    WHY GOD, WHY!?

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    And I agree. Boo!

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    BUT IT’S THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS 100% PROPERLY

    WHY GOD, WHY!?

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    And I agree. Boo!

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    I just tried posting this (below) on your “This Will Have To Do” post (thread) and my whole screen went white. I closed out your site and when I came back, that post (thread) was gone. What is going on?

    “If you like this template, we (your viewing public) are obliged to go along with you.”

    “I don’t get what this (Of no interest to anyone) is supposed to do?”

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    I just tried posting this (below) on your “This Will Have To Do” post (thread) and my whole screen went white. I closed out your site and when I came back, that post (thread) was gone. What is going on?

    “If you like this template, we (your viewing public) are obliged to go along with you.”

    “I don’t get what this (Of no interest to anyone) is supposed to do?”

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Yeah, turned out everything worked, but adding Widgets broke the whole thing. Since adding Widgets was the entire point of changing the layout, that’s a big problem.

    I had to change the entire comments file for this layout. Not being able to post comments on my own site is a bit of an issue. If this comment posts, I’m keeping this layout, I guess (probably not). I haven’t found anything else seriouly wrong with it YET.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Yeah, turned out everything worked, but adding Widgets broke the whole thing. Since adding Widgets was the entire point of changing the layout, that’s a big problem.

    I had to change the entire comments file for this layout. Not being able to post comments on my own site is a bit of an issue. If this comment posts, I’m keeping this layout, I guess (probably not). I haven’t found anything else seriouly wrong with it YET.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    I’m not really sure what Widgets are. If this layout does work, I say keep it and forget all the other crap.

    It’s up to you.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    I’m not really sure what Widgets are. If this layout does work, I say keep it and forget all the other crap.

    It’s up to you.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Just about everything that’s in the sidebar right now is a Widget, that’s what. I was getting sick of having to edit code every time I wanted to change the sidebar around.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Just about everything that’s in the sidebar right now is a Widget, that’s what. I was getting sick of having to edit code every time I wanted to change the sidebar around.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    If it makes it easier for you, then keep it as is. I’m a bit computer illiterate when it comes to all the terminology. There are two sidebars (I guess), so I don’t know which one you are talking about.
    I don’t understand what this is: “del.icio.us” (I found it on your top left “sidebar”)

    As long as when I click “Submit Query” and my comment posts with NO problem what so ever, I’ll be happy.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    If it makes it easier for you, then keep it as is. I’m a bit computer illiterate when it comes to all the terminology. There are two sidebars (I guess), so I don’t know which one you are talking about.
    I don’t understand what this is: “del.icio.us” (I found it on your top left “sidebar”)

    As long as when I click “Submit Query” and my comment posts with NO problem what so ever, I’ll be happy.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Haha. S’okay… I’m a ginormous nerd. I’m talking about BOTH sidebars. And del.icio.us is wondertastic for finding links, but I decided I didn’t want my del.icio.us links aggregated into blog posts, so I stuck ‘em in the sidebar there.

    Stumbleupon and Digg are fun, too, I guess. But I’m too lazy to integrate Stumbleupon, and the whole Digg submission operation is just FAR too much work for me. Having 17 “sumbit this to _____” links is tacky, too. And what the fuck. I don’t WANT anyone submitting my individual posts to ANY of those. Yeah I’m totally off topic now. But I hate using any of the sites I just mentioned and getting linked to a single blog post, image, or thread on a messageboard. Say no to deep links!

    Annnnnnnnnd, back about 17 comments… My posts are just posts. I guess some of the comments turn into threads, which is annoying. Really, what I’d rather have would be a message board that automagically made a proper thread for every post.

    My website didn’t have comments at all until at least… uh, who knows when. Actually, probably the first archive I’ve got up on the sidebar, because I’ve been using Blogger since then. Most of the comments are probably lost, though. Before that, though, I added all the code for new entries by hand, and there certainly wasn’t any of this fancy “open thread” stuff people are doing now.

    Okay, I have no clue what I was meant to be talking about anymore.

    I’m gonna go watch South Park and some BS on VH1 now, or something.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Haha. S’okay… I’m a ginormous nerd. I’m talking about BOTH sidebars. And del.icio.us is wondertastic for finding links, but I decided I didn’t want my del.icio.us links aggregated into blog posts, so I stuck ‘em in the sidebar there.

    Stumbleupon and Digg are fun, too, I guess. But I’m too lazy to integrate Stumbleupon, and the whole Digg submission operation is just FAR too much work for me. Having 17 “sumbit this to _____” links is tacky, too. And what the fuck. I don’t WANT anyone submitting my individual posts to ANY of those. Yeah I’m totally off topic now. But I hate using any of the sites I just mentioned and getting linked to a single blog post, image, or thread on a messageboard. Say no to deep links!

    Annnnnnnnnd, back about 17 comments… My posts are just posts. I guess some of the comments turn into threads, which is annoying. Really, what I’d rather have would be a message board that automagically made a proper thread for every post.

    My website didn’t have comments at all until at least… uh, who knows when. Actually, probably the first archive I’ve got up on the sidebar, because I’ve been using Blogger since then. Most of the comments are probably lost, though. Before that, though, I added all the code for new entries by hand, and there certainly wasn’t any of this fancy “open thread” stuff people are doing now.

    Okay, I have no clue what I was meant to be talking about anymore.

    I’m gonna go watch South Park and some BS on VH1 now, or something.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Once again, most of that stuff you wrote in your last comment went right over my head. I don’t care about all the ‘whozits’ and ‘whatzits’ about a website. All I care about is when I type something and/or link something, I want that something to post itself when I hit the submit button. I hate it when I click the submit button and my post doesn’t appear.
    I don’t think that is too much to ask.

    I’m gonna go back to sleep for a couple of hours, or something.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Once again, most of that stuff you wrote in your last comment went right over my head. I don’t care about all the ‘whozits’ and ‘whatzits’ about a website. All I care about is when I type something and/or link something, I want that something to post itself when I hit the submit button. I hate it when I click the submit button and my post doesn’t appear.
    I don’t think that is too much to ask.

    I’m gonna go back to sleep for a couple of hours, or something.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    It’s hard to fix that stuff without knowing the whozits and whatzits, though. I’ve learned slowly. Every time something breaks and I have to fix it, I learn something new. And since I’ve been on these internets since forever ago (Commodore 64 with a green screen and a 1200 baud modem), I’ve had a lot of shit break by now.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    It’s hard to fix that stuff without knowing the whozits and whatzits, though. I’ve learned slowly. Every time something breaks and I have to fix it, I learn something new. And since I’ve been on these internets since forever ago (Commodore 64 with a green screen and a 1200 baud modem), I’ve had a lot of shit break by now.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    That’s understandable and I applaud your brilliance.
    I got my first computer in 1999. As long as it works when I push the “ON” button, I’m happy. I just found out about cutting and pasting in July of 2006. I learned about the basic HTML last month. I’m not a slow learner per se… I guess I just don’t want to, or maybe I don’t care to, learn the ins and outs of the computer. That may be the wrong way to think about the computer because it is the wave of the future. Haha! Like I said, as long as it turns on and does what I want it to do, I’m happy.

    I think you’re pulling my leg about owning a Commodore 64. You had to have been 12 yrs old when you got one. According to Wikipedia, they were discontinued in April 1994. I would post that Wikipedia Commodore 64 link here but I’m not sure this comment would show up after I hit Submit Query button.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    That’s understandable and I applaud your brilliance.
    I got my first computer in 1999. As long as it works when I push the “ON” button, I’m happy. I just found out about cutting and pasting in July of 2006. I learned about the basic HTML last month. I’m not a slow learner per se… I guess I just don’t want to, or maybe I don’t care to, learn the ins and outs of the computer. That may be the wrong way to think about the computer because it is the wave of the future. Haha! Like I said, as long as it turns on and does what I want it to do, I’m happy.

    I think you’re pulling my leg about owning a Commodore 64. You had to have been 12 yrs old when you got one. According to Wikipedia, they were discontinued in April 1994. I would post that Wikipedia Commodore 64 link here but I’m not sure this comment would show up after I hit Submit Query button.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    The C64 wasn’t mine, per se, but I did learn how to program me some Basic on that thing.

    10 BEEP
    20 GOTO 10

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    The C64 wasn’t mine, per se, but I did learn how to program me some Basic on that thing.

    10 BEEP
    20 GOTO 10

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    10 BEEP
    20 GOTO 10
    I don’t know what that means.

    Beings as you were/are from Canada and they see Monday Night Football on Wednesday night, the C64 was more than likely the standard computer in your high school until 2005. HaHaHa!

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    10 BEEP
    20 GOTO 10
    I don’t know what that means.

    Beings as you were/are from Canada and they see Monday Night Football on Wednesday night, the C64 was more than likely the standard computer in your high school until 2005. HaHaHa!

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    P.S. Was there more hits than usual on your site today?

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    P.S. Was there more hits than usual on your site today?

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    It’s hard to tell, I just switched stats tools. Hell with SiteMeter. I’d have to check my raw logs.

    That program up there is great for annoying teachers. In Canada. On brand new shiny computers. See, school funding doesn’t work the same way up there. We actually HAVE school funding…

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    It’s hard to tell, I just switched stats tools. Hell with SiteMeter. I’d have to check my raw logs.

    That program up there is great for annoying teachers. In Canada. On brand new shiny computers. See, school funding doesn’t work the same way up there. We actually HAVE school funding…

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Believe me sister. I know all about not having school funding here in the good ol’ USofA… and I don’t want to go into why I know this either.

  • http://www.yeeeah.com/ Osbourne Black

    Believe me sister. I know all about not having school funding here in the good ol’ USofA… and I don’t want to go into why I know this either.

  • John

    Sodium benzoate naturally accurse in foods such as cranberries apples “organic grown”
    They are actually at a higher rate in these foods than what the
    FDA allows in processed foods. Do we really
    know what your eating ? I don’t think so.

    Limits of sodium benzoate in foods is not because of toxicity, but
    it will impart a taste that will make some foods unacceptable. This is a
    very non-toxic compound and foods containing presevatives are usually much
    healthier since harmful microorganism growth is inhibited, oxidation is
    checked, and nutrients, natural or added, are saved. Degradation pathways for
    benzoic acid (produced in the body from the sodium salt) have been studied
    in detail and have shown the harmlessness of this substance: 75-80% is
    excreted within 6 hours, and the total dose leaves the body within about 10
    hours. It does not cause cancer.

  • John

    Sodium benzoate naturally accurse in foods such as cranberries apples “organic grown”
    They are actually at a higher rate in these foods than what the
    FDA allows in processed foods. Do we really
    know what your eating ? I don’t think so.

    Limits of sodium benzoate in foods is not because of toxicity, but
    it will impart a taste that will make some foods unacceptable. This is a
    very non-toxic compound and foods containing presevatives are usually much
    healthier since harmful microorganism growth is inhibited, oxidation is
    checked, and nutrients, natural or added, are saved. Degradation pathways for
    benzoic acid (produced in the body from the sodium salt) have been studied
    in detail and have shown the harmlessness of this substance: 75-80% is
    excreted within 6 hours, and the total dose leaves the body within about 10
    hours. It does not cause cancer.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Nice copypasta, asshat. Fuck off, though. I know you didn’t write that second part, because your spelling of “occurs” in the first part was completely ass-backwards (not to mention, you need to brush up on the differences between your and you’re). Get your retarded ass off of my website. P.S. Ass, ass. Ass. Oh, and I think I’ll say ass again. You ass. Okay, I’m bored. Really, now… Did that entry seem like it was serious to you?

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Nice copypasta, asshat. Fuck off, though. I know you didn’t write that second part, because your spelling of “occurs” in the first part was completely ass-backwards (not to mention, you need to brush up on the differences between your and you’re). Get your retarded ass off of my website. P.S. Ass, ass. Ass. Oh, and I think I’ll say ass again. You ass. Okay, I’m bored. Really, now… Did that entry seem like it was serious to you?

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Haha, and you got here on a search for “pronounce sodium benzoate”. Yeah, I’m pretty sure you’re an expert on the subject of that particular chemical and its effects on the body. Yes indeedy.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Haha, and you got here on a search for “pronounce sodium benzoate”. Yeah, I’m pretty sure you’re an expert on the subject of that particular chemical and its effects on the body. Yes indeedy.