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[bubosquared]

I really wish TiVos would come out over here already, because I would snap that up in a heartbeat. I really think I ought to be able to watch Law & Order: The Munch and Finn Show Stabler Goes Postal Yet Again Special Victim Unit without being told my job is a waste of money and I'm a chicken (some internet-only bank--FirstDirect?), that my girlparts smell and sticking Yeast Infection In A Quiet Wrapper So You Can Pretend You Don't Bleed From The Crotch Like Almost Every Other Woman up there is a splendid idea, oh and by the way, you should eat breakfast not because you're hungry or you want to or because it's fucking healthy for you, but, obviously, because it makes you thinner--but hey, everyone knows thin = healthy, right?

(Yes, I get twitchy about commercials a lot. Help me feel like less of a freak by sharing your own peeves re: commercials/advertising?)

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

But live yoghurt is naturally probiotic! It's only a sales pitch for something that was like that anyway. (Well, no, some have added crap, but I think mostly it's "hey, we've just noticed!")

[nebst.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I know there are natural bacterial cultures in yoghurt, it's the added ones that bother me. I ought to read up on it -- my information comes solely from my sister, who studies nutritional science -- but apparently the guidelines about which cultures companies are allowed add to their products are very fuzzy. You can actually upset your digestion more than you help it by ingesting the wrong strain of bacteria.

I may have to look more closely, though. The sales pitch idea hadn't occurred to me, I've just sort of been trying to avoid everything that mentioned "active cultures" because I assumed that meant "added active cultures". So, thank you.