# That thing YOU think everyone should get. Everyone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198 "2025-02-11T23:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/161 "2025-09-26T22:44:37Z")
Ummm. I’m afraid, @GaryM that’s not what that’s for. 😊 🌽 ! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/162 "2025-09-26T23:11:16Z")
lol when in Rome ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/163 "2025-09-29T03:47:21Z")
Come on Beck, sure it is. I mean if there was a couple of dozen maybe not… Or it it were a sponge… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/164 "2025-10-01T03:38:16Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > During the “grams of fat” craze in the mid 1990s, a friend of mine said, “If your meals consist entirely of things that have the grams of fat printed on the side of the package, you are not eating healthy.” Does that mean anything at all you buy in a package is not healthy? Because all packaged foods have the grams of fat\* printed on the side of the package, don’t they? \*even if it’s 1/2 a gram ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/165 "2025-10-01T04:07:22Z")
Maybe they as opposed to fresh foods? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/166 "2025-10-01T04:26:20Z")
Basically, it means no fresh fruits or vegetables, no unprocessed meats, and the like. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/167 "2025-10-01T11:30:28Z")
'Zactly. When I got diabetic and had to lose a bunch of weight I attended some classes. One of which was educating people about reading food package labels to understand what was in them. I said there was a simpler method. “Go to the store. If it has a nutrition label, don’t buy it. Just eat stuff that isn’t in a package.” It was meant as a slightly humorous exaggeration. But it works. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198/168 "2025-10-01T11:36:44Z")
Nice! Didn’t know the utensil existed but, now that I do, I’m getting one. It would have saved me a painful burn right above my right knee. 😳 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198.md?page=8)