• Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Can we not gaslight and invalidate people for asking for less cancer inducing food?

    When people say ‘processed’ or ‘chemicals’ colloquially, they mean excessive nitrates and nitrites which are carcinogenic. But you already know that. You’re just being pedantic so you could kiss the ass of big ham.

    It’s astounding how effective the marketing was to shrug off regulatory concerns on nitrates and nitrites into an overreaction by ‘ma’ams’ and other grocery shopping women. Just take any valid concern and pin it onto an already ridiculed demographic and voila, you’ve made it popular with the internet.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      22 days ago

      If that’s what they mean, that’s what they can say. You can’t get mad at people for misunderstanding when you don’t say what you mean.

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      22 days ago

      I mean, folks here might not know that. I didn’t realize that’s what was meant. Of course, someone selling ham should probably be aware of this being one possible meaning…