Unpopular Opinions Thursday 7.23

keikilove · July 2020

kpearse99 · July 2020

My UO is that these are called Jimmies NOT Sprinkles!!

krash_ · July 2020

@kpearse99

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_orchid_ · July 2020

+1 @kpearse99! Are you from PA/Philly area?? I thought this was just a regional thing! They are "sprinkles" where I live now and I have to make such an effort to call them that

gingermama29 · July 2020

@kpearse99

bbrahmbhatt · July 2020

Haha I agree with the above in my reactions to the SPRINKLES

My UO is that the perfect banana for eating has a tinge of green, and any brown spots = 🤢

chindimples04 · July 2020

Those are sprinkles, thank you.

Brown bananas are only good for banana bread.

My UO is that skim milk is the best cow milk.

kpearse99 · July 2020

@_orchid_ I am from the PA/Philly area

@bbrahmbhatt sorry, but you are wrong - that is the grossest way to eat a banana!! The riper the better! (Also, fun fact - really riped bananas are actually way better for you healthy wise than eating them on the greener side!)

And for all you that think you know right from wrong... THESE are sprinkles...

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Not the long skinny ones...they are Jimmies!

asf0613 · July 2020

@kpearse99 mmmmmm another vote for sprinkles here!
those round ones are nonpareils!!!!

inthewoods23 · July 2020

@kpearse99 I think DH's family calls them all jimmies. Or perhaps more specifically, the chocolate ones are called jimmies. The colored ones are sprinkles.

And don't even get me started on the fact that people around here call drinking fountains BUBBLERS.

ABSOLUTELY NOT IMO.

I had a UO on Tuesday but now I don't remember what it is. I need to start writing these down! It's not like I'm at the office where someone would possibly read it.

krash_ · July 2020

@asf0613 EXACTLY!

_orchid_ · July 2020

@kpearse99 I'm sitting on your bench today. Jimmies and brown bananas FTW! Green/purely yellow bananas make my teeth feel disgusting.

kpearse99 · July 2020

@_orchid_ at least I still have one friend today

keikilove · July 2020

hahahahaha this thread has me laughing today. 😄

Definitely sprinkles. All tiny colored candies are sprinkles to me, or nonpareils.

Bananas are nasty all the way around, slimy & oozy.🤢 They're only good in banana bread.

@chindimples04 Skim milk is delish! But that could be a whole different thread of hatred hahaha!

kvh22 · July 2020

Okay, I call the chocolate ones jimmies and the rainbow ones sprinkles. I also say bubbler when in New England but I am in California and do fine saying water fountain here (and refrain from using wicked until I go back to visit family).

I drank skin milk growing up but it's actually not good for your hormones, especially while TTC so switched to whole milk about 4 years ago and could never go back now. All of the nutritionists I know are all about full fat dairy if you eat it (although some of them don't at all for certain health reasons).

Idk that this is actually a UO but on the regional tastes thing...red vines are gross and twizzlers are awesome!

kpearse99 · July 2020

@kvh22 I give you 1/2 credit for the chocolate jimmies! hahaha And I completely agree, Twizzlers are where it's at!

keikilove · July 2020

Ha! This is another good one @kvh22. Red Vines are the original deliciousness, and Twizzlers taste like sugary rubber & plastic mixed together. Gross!😬

kpearse99 · July 2020

@keikilove WHAAAA???!!!!

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the_most_happy · July 2020

Not to get all serious but @kvh22 can you elaborate at all about how skim milk messes with your hormones for TTC? Didn't know that at all- I drink a skim milk latte almost every day and now I'm concerned! Haha.

_orchid_ · July 2020

@kvh22 yes to twizzlers! I used to bite both ends off and use them as straws to drink soda when I was a kid and now as an adult I'm like 😳 when I think about all the sugar

optimisticoctopus · July 2020

@kpearse99 yes to jimmies and brown bananas!

@kvh22 I LOVE twizzlers. They were always my family’s “travel snack” growing up and now I can’t get on a plane or go on a road trip without them. DH hates twizzlers so I get them all to myself lol

keikilove · July 2020

@kpearse99 🤣🤣🤣

keikilove · July 2020

@kpearse99 @kvh22 😆

kpearse99 · July 2020

@keikilove I love you!! hahaha Also, I do enjoy a good Mr. Pibb!!

inthewoods23 · July 2020

My love is for red vines, but twizzlers are good too!

chindimples04 · July 2020

@kvh22 red vines are awful! And pull and peel twirlers are better than the original.

Kenneylynn3 · July 2020

1. They are all sprinkles.
2. Tinge of green and no brown. The solid yellow are too sweet.
3. Red Vines= plastic, and twizzlers are not much better.
My UO: love black licorice anything....I'm questioning my ability to spell 🧐🤔

kvh22 · July 2020

I think my thing with red vines is they taste like cough medicine to me. Mr. Pibb would probably make it better lol. Twizzlers are strawberry flavored which - per the GTKY daily thread - I much prefer lol.

@the_most_happy basically, milk has hormones in it but the estrogen attaches to the fat so when you "skim" the fat off for skim milk, it creates an unbalance in the hormones that are being added by the milk. Here's a link to a summary from a pretty reputable source - it includes some other things but the dairy section is good (excerpt below): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079277/

Current research examining the effect of dairy on fertility is limited in scope (5). One study found few and inconsistent associations between preconception dairy intake and fertility in two cohorts of reproductive-aged women (16). In the NHS II, however, while no relationship was found between total intake of dairy products and risk of infertility, full-fat dairy products were associated with a lower risk of ovulatory infertility while low-fat dairy products (including skim, 1%, and 2% milk, yogurt, or cottage cheese) were associated with a higher risk (17).

Obviously, it's not the end-all-be-all of fertility, just one of a million tiny little things that plays a role. Also, the amount of milk I use in my steamed milk lattes at home is pretty tiny so if you aren't eating a lot of dairy, you don't even necessarily need to switch. I just go full-fat when I can for yogurt, milk, cheese, kefir, etc.

ashaislurking · July 2020

Inspired by today's GTKY- I think tomato preserves are delicious and no one can change my mind.

inthewoods23 · July 2020

@ashaislurking what the heck are tomato preserves?? I've never heard of this. I also just hate most things tomato except marinara sauces and ketchup.

You'll never see me with a bowl of tomato soup.

ashaislurking · July 2020

@inthewoods23 it's exactly what it sounds like--think strawberry preserves but tomatoes instead. Eat it on toast, bagels, English muffins, biscuits, etc.

emeraldduchess · July 2020

I can't hear "skim milk" without hearing this:

the_most_happy · July 2020

@kvh22 thanks for the explanation! Interesting stuff, but you're right that there's a million little things like that and it can be maddening to try to everything right. Still, it's good to be aware of!

mindyb2019 · July 2020

@kpearse99 ok I’m sorry but wtf is a Jimmie? 😆 NO they are 100 percent called sprinkles.

@Kenneylynn3 I hate black liquorice itself, but love anything black liquorice flavoured too like black jelly beans, black gummy candy, ouzo candies etc..

Kenneylynn3 · July 2020

@mindyb2019 I love black licorice

LazyCrane · July 2020

ashaislurking said:

@inthewoods23 it's exactly what it sounds like--think strawberry preserves but tomatoes instead. Eat it on toast, bagels, English muffins, biscuits, etc.

and on grilled cheese sandwiches!

Y’all don’t know me, I’m lurking from another site, but I was mildly flamed once about tomato jam, so I got excited. Sorry to barge in! I’ll see myself out now.

I don’t recall if there’s anything in my siggy here, so sorry about that too.

kpearse99 · July 2020

I feel like tomato jam would be amazing on a grilled cheese!

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