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I'd think that one method to ensure you don't get any vote is to show you're here for the reputation points.
But maybe that's just me; I don't play these "social" games. I only upvote great content to let authors know their contributions are appreciated, not to help them "win" some virtual badge of honor you can't exchange for a cup of coffee.
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I was at Whole Foods today and saw a container of salt with this label:
“Created in primordial seas over 250 million years ago.”
Right underneath that label was an electronic label that read:
“Best if used by 4/20/2019”
WTF!? Should I be pissed because all of containers of 250 million year old salt expire next year, or that it would probably still be good if they left it where they found it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The salt is fine. It's the packaging you have to worry about.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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What I dislike is that the release of all this salt that has been laying safely hidden all these millenia is now raising the salinity of the oceans and causing the polar ice caps to melt.
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Is he still alive?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Right here!
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Sorry. can't keep up with all your aliases.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Most people manage to.
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I hate to deflate your ego, but I feel I have more important stuff to do...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Hey, you asked!
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Should've been obvious considering his choice of OCD.
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Awww, dont be like that!
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Or wasnt it the melting ice caps reducing the salinity of the oceans, interrupting the gulf stream, and bringing permanent winter to the UK?
Hard to keep up with all the scare stories!
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No no, something about a giant mutant star goat...
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Well the Mayan calendar does say something about that date,
it's meerly a nice supplier suggesting would be a shame to not have got your moneys worth before something bad happens.
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That must have been decided in the SALT agreement [History]
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To be seriously boring ... because it doesn't contain just salt (they often also contain an "anti-caking agent") and / or because the packaging can degrade and let in moisture which causes the salt to "clump up".
Plus of course, it's a legal requirement in many places to put a "use by" or "best by" date on all food products.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Here's another question - If they get more of this salt from the same location later this year, will the expiration date be the same?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: “Best if used by 4/20/2019” Well, it would be best if you used it all by that date and bought some more. You know... to ensure their profit margin.
Doesn't mean that the salt goes bad by then, just a friendly reminder from the company that it would be best for your health if you bought some more salt. They aren't threatening you, just being friendly is all.
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What's weird is that salt is a natural preservative, so does it ever really go bad?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The salt, no. The other stuff that gets added? Yes. Plus the 'best by' isn't the same as an expiration date.
I'm still still going with some sort of salt trafficking conspiracy theory. It would be 'best' for you if you purchased more salt by that date. Otherwise 'accidents' might happen.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
“Best if used by 4/20/2019”
Neither the salt nor the packaging is going to expire, it just may not be as good as it once was.
On packaging, a "Use Before" date, such as in milk means it will degrade to the point it is 'spoilt' if not used by or about that date; the salt packaging merely said, "Best if used by..."
It may seem like semantics, but having worked in the food industry, there is a significant difference.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: “Created in primordial seas over 250 million years ago.”
I keep hearing that millennials who shop of Whole Foods insist of having some sort of back story for every item they purchase, like how some chicken was raised on a free-range farm, that sort of crap.
I occurred to me that the part quoted above regarding salt has got to be there to appeal to these people, as it really serves no other purpose.
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