# Food Fadists - STFU **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037 "2012-06-23T05:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/301 "2012-06-30T23:08:47Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I knew he was Jewish beforehand, I just fucking forgot. Why do ethical stances you don’t follow entail balllessness, while religious stances you don’t agree with require careful consideration? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/302 "2012-07-01T01:44:17Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Are there honestly bundles of people out there who don’t accept a kindly, “No, thank you, I don’t want any.” ? Yes. There are even people who will attempt to sneak the offending substance into your serving to prove it’s all in your head. I did, once, have the pleasure of puking (and other things) all over one of those jackasses’ bathroom once, but it didn’t make up for the subsequent ER visit. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/303 "2012-07-01T02:14:45Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > Not to mention the stories about oh gosh I had a migraine this morning too, it was so bad I had to take two aspirin instead of my usual one! As a fellow (severe) migraine sufferer, this sentence stood out to in familiarity. I don’t know how many people have told me stories about their “migraine” headaches that had been “bothering” them all day. “Um, no, that’s a _tension headache_.” When you can’t move due to the overwhelming nausea, when even the slightest bit of light sends jarring pain through your body, when no pain-killers or medicines alleviate the pain and you are forced to strap ice-packs to your head for days-on-end, when you go days on end without sleep…_ **that’s** _ a fuckin’ migraine. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/304 "2012-07-01T02:52:20Z")
If you REALLY want to piss off a migraine sufferer make sure to announce in their presence that you’re going to call in sick tomorrow and claim a migraine because they can’t verify it. For bonus points wait until the true sufferer is pregnant and off drugs because of course none of them have been tested on pregnant women. Then you should be glad that her husband and friends wanted to keep her out of jail. For bonus cluelessness proclaim loudly “I don’t know what I said that made her so angry” as you’re being bundled out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/305 "2012-07-01T03:50:01Z")
> [@Tully\_Mars](#): > > This thread reminds me of the comment I made, rather indelicately, when my wife mentioned that someone we know is a picky eater. Before thinking, I said, “Judging from her size, she’s not too damned picky.” Um, ok? It sounds like you knew it was an asshole thing to say, so what kind of response are you looking for here? Do you want us to laugh at your fat joke? Do you want us to tell you that you’re a dick? What is the purpose of this post in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/306 "2012-07-01T03:59:40Z")
I LOLed when I read it. So it did serve at least one purpose. And two I suppose because it got you to post about is as well. And apparently it pissed you off so it’s a three fer at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/307 "2012-07-01T04:04:38Z")
> [@Tully\_Mars](#): > > This thread reminds me of the comment I made, rather indelicately, when my wife mentioned that someone we know is a picky eater. Before thinking, I said, “Judging from her size, she’s not too damned picky.” nmnmnmn ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/308 "2012-07-01T04:07:01Z")
Oh wait, it’s now at least a four fer. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/309 "2012-07-01T04:11:18Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I LOLed when I read it. > [@billfish678](#): > > And two I suppose because it got you to post about is as well. > [@billfish678](#): > > And apparently it pissed you off so it’s a three fer at the very least. 1. Yeah but I already figured you for sorta dumb, so. 2. Your point has none. 3. I’m not pissed, so that’s not “apparent” (see again re: dumb), I am honestly curious if the dude thought we would laff at his not-that-clever fatty joke, or if he felt bad or what the hell he was doing there. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/310 "2012-07-01T04:14:19Z")
Five Yeah, you were honestly “curious”. Like you are fracking Socrates around here or sumptin. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/311 "2012-07-01T04:15:52Z")
I’m glad you at least amuse yourself, you simple little man. It would be a shame to have all that cheerful inanity wasted. PS: still not pissed. \<3 \<3 ETA: > [@billfish678](#): > > Like you are fracking Socrates around here or sumptin. Get back to me when you have something coherent to share, kk? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/312 "2012-07-01T05:12:53Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > If you REALLY want to piss off a migraine sufferer make sure to announce in their presence that you’re going to call in sick tomorrow and claim a migraine because they can’t verify it. People really DO that? I hope these assholes end up getting migraines then – it would serve them right. Better yet – one of my post-seizure headaches. You can’t even sleep those off, and moving your head even a centimeter brings excruciating pain. And worse you’re confused as hell, your mouth is all chewed up, and the “hangover” sometimes can last about two or three days. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/313 "2012-07-01T05:19:16Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Delaying exposure to potential food allergens, trying to avoid them for the first year or so of life, has been the main means of trying to prevent food allergies. I referenced the studies that show that such might be counterproductive already. When I was pregnant I read somewhere (cannot remember where) that breastfeeding mothers with a lot of variety in their diets would somehow expose their babies to these allergens making them immune to them (or possibly killing them before they developed an annoying allergy 😉 ). So I did just that. I ate everything that was a common allergy trigger (peanuts, kiwis, all kinds of nuts, etc.). Before my daughter was one she had already tried a lot of these foods herself (luckily I lived within walking distance of a small hospital anyway, but I didn’t expect I would need it). > [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes. > > There are even people who will attempt to sneak the offending substance into your serving to prove it’s all in your head. I did, once, have the pleasure of puking (and other things) all over one of those jackasses’ bathroom once, but it didn’t make up for the subsequent ER visit. :eek: OK, so some people _are_ gigantic asses. Did you kill him/her. If not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/314 "2012-07-01T12:43:37Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes. > > There are even people who will attempt to sneak the offending substance into your serving to prove it’s all in your head. That’s assault. Did you prosecute? Or was this person someone who you wouldn’t want to see prosecuted? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/315 "2012-07-01T14:29:08Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > You might want to dig a little deeper into the accuracy of those numbers you cite. > > [Food Allergy Deaths: Less Common Than You Think](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-broussard/food-allergy-deaths-less_b_151462.html) > > [One Is Too Many, They Are Always Tragic!](http://www.foodallergy.org/page/death-from-food-allergy) > > Just sayin. One thing I never see us a statistic regarding how many peanut-allergic people die from being _near_ peanuts. I agree with **Monkey with a Peanut** that evacuating the school bus was stupidly overreactive. I go along with nut-free policies where they exist, but I do think the quarantine aspect is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/316 "2012-07-01T16:43:44Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > That’s assault. Did you prosecute? Or was this person someone who you wouldn’t want to see prosecuted? You know, not all of us have a knee-jerk reactions of “drag the person to court”. Maybe I should have, but no, I was more interested in getting out of the hospital, getting my body back under control, and getting back to my life than engaging in legal battles. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/317 "2012-07-02T17:31:01Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Are there honestly bundles of people out there who don’t accept a kindly, “No, thank you, I don’t want any.” ? There sure are. I don’t eat seafood. Not allergic, but it smells disgusting to me and I’m not interested in eating things that either look like boiled bugs or giant loogies. I don’t make a fuss if we’re at a seafood place because I can always get steak or chicken or pasta or something. In every group, however, there seems to be at least one moron who has to launch into the “how can you not like seafood it’s delicious it’s a delicacy you’ve just never had it cooked this way oh come on you’re lying everyone likes seafood for gosh sakes you eat liver and tongue and bone marrow and Slim Jims what’s wrong with you that you won’t try this itty bitty shrimp?” routine. The only other two things I won’t eat are stinky cheeses and anything liquorice/anise flavored, yet oddly enough I don’t get people trying to pry open my jaw and stuff those things down my throat. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/318 "2012-07-02T19:15:22Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > You know, not all of us have a knee-jerk reactions of “drag the person to court”. Maybe I should have, but no, I was more interested in getting out of the hospital, getting my body back under control, and getting back to my life than engaging in legal battles. Plus you’d probably need some kind of proof. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/319 "2012-07-02T19:42:58Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > There sure are. I don’t eat seafood. Not allergic, but it smells disgusting to me and I’m not interested in eating things that either look like boiled bugs or giant loogies. I’m the same way, though largely because I just never “acquired a taste” for the stuff. My dad is genuinely allergic to shellfish (had an honest-to-god nearly-fatal reaction after eating clams as a teenager), and so we never had the stuff in the house when I was growing up. I’ve tried shrimp and clams, but just don’t like either the flavor or the aroma. I’m a chef, and it’s always amused me when people tell me how good my clam chowder is. I just have to take their word for it because I’ve never tasted it for myself (just the smell turns me off). ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037/320 "2012-07-02T19:57:16Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I’m the same way, though largely because I just never “acquired a taste” for the stuff. My dad is genuinely allergic to shellfish (had an honest-to-god nearly-fatal reaction after eating clams as a teenager), and so we never had the stuff in the house when I was growing up. I’ve tried shrimp and clams, but just don’t like either the flavor or the aroma. I’m a chef, and it’s always amused me when people tell me how good my clam chowder is. I just have to take their word for it because I’ve never tasted it for myself (just the smell turns me off). I have to laugh because I’m perfectly willing to cook the stuff for other people, and they always rave about how good it is. I figure it’s probably because they’re glad someone else did all the cooking rather than my culinary skills. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fadists-stfu/626037.md?page=17)