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Bad logic

  • 08-08-2016 06:46PM
    #1
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭


    People buying 2l of low fat milk when they should be buying a litre of the normal stuff then filling up with a litre of water in a jug to save money. Buy 500ml if you're a skimmed milk drinker and top up with 1.5l water.

    Women. Paying through the nose for blunt razors when a man razor would cut their hair 10 times better and last 10 times longer.

    So AH any other example of people making poor life decisions daily.


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  • #2
    Fleawuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss




  • #3
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    People buying 2l of low fat milk when they should be buying a litre of the normal stuff then filling up with a litre of water in a jug to save money. Buy 500ml if you're a skimmed milk drinker and top up with 1.5l water.

    Women. Paying through the nose for blunt razors when a man razor would cut their hair 10 times better and last 10 times longer.

    So AH any other example of people making poor life decisions daily.
    Where would you put the extra 1.5 litres Into a 500ml container :P




    I think going to work is a bad life decision tbh....know lads who won't work and have great life's


  • #4
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Mint Aero wrote: »

    Women. Paying through the nose for blunt razors when a man razor would cut their hair 10 times better and last 10 times longer.

    Men. Grow a beard.


  • #5
    radia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭radia


    I don't drink skimmed milk, but I've a feeling it's 'bad logic' to assume the low fat stuff is just full fat milk + water. If that were the case, then everything would be diluted out, not just the fat. I presume they centrifuge it or something to skim off some of the fat.
    See labels:
    http://nutritiousandfit.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/milk.jpg


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hold on, skimmed milk is just diluted milk?!

    This can't be true


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  • #7
    DrGreenthumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭DrGreenthumb


    Aero bars, i could just melt down chocolate and blow bubbles into it with a straw and put it in the fridge


  • #8
    shaunr68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭shaunr68


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hold on, skimmed milk is just diluted milk?!

    This can't be true
    It isn't. Skimmed milk has the fat removed, the cream "skimmed" off to reduce fat content, rather than just diluting it.

    Fat content:

    Whole milk: 3.5%

    Whole milk diluted 1:4 with water: 0.875%

    Skimmed milk: 0.3%

    Though you are also diluting all the nutrients in the milk. At some point, you might as well not bother and just add water to your tea :)

    I agree with the razor saving tip, haven't shaved in 20 years


  • #9
    Ted111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭Ted111


    I don't drink skimmed milk, but I've a feeling it's 'bad logic' to assume the low fat stuff is just full fat milk + water. If that were the case, then everything would be diluted out, not just the fat. I presume they centrifuge it or something to skim off some of the fat.
    See labels:
    http://nutritiousandfit.files.wordpr...11/09/milk.jpg


    Where are you going to get a Pink container/carton from Mint?


    Your scheme is coming apart at the seams.


  • #10
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,202 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Hold on, skimmed milk is just diluted milk?!

    This can't be true

    It's not true


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lawred2 wrote: »
    It's not true

    It's an example of bad logic.


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  • #12
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Going to the gym? Don't waste money on fancy shower gels, simply use the soap dispenser in the toilet.


  • #13
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    Bottled water?


    Just fill up a bottle at home using the tap.


  • #14
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    'Big People' in the supermarket buying eight 2L bottles of "Diet" Coke :))

    under the impression that this massive volume will help lose wiight...


  • #15
    shaunr68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭shaunr68


    BOIL an egg to perfection without costly egg timers by popping it into boiling water and driving away from your home at exactly 60mph. After three miles, phone your wife to take the egg out the pan.

    Thanks to Viz :D


  • #16
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Buying lettuce?

    Never heard the likes of it. Look outside, the country is drowning in green leaves, just grab a fistful.


  • #17
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Big People' in the supermarket buying eight 2L bottles of "Diet" Coke :))

    under the impression that this massive volume will help lose wiight...

    Yeah they should just drink the sugar instead.


  • #18
    Elliott S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Elliott S


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    People buying 2l of low fat milk when they should be buying a litre of the normal stuff then filling up with a litre of water in a jug to save money. Buy 500ml if you're a skimmed milk drinker and top up with 1.5l water.

    Low fat milk contains more protein and calcium in the litre than the full fat version. Water down full fat, you are also watering down the protein and calcium content instead of increasing it like if you purchase low fat and skimmed milk.


  • #19
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Elliott S wrote: »
    Low fat milk contains more protein and calcium in the litre than the full fat version. Water down full fat, you are also watering down the protein and calcium content instead of increasing it like if you purchase low fat and skimmed milk.

    You add by subtracting? That's bad logic.


  • #20
    Elliott S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Elliott S


    Saipanne wrote: »
    You add by subtracting? That's bad logic.

    No, think about it. You need to fill a litre. A smaller proportion of the low-fat litre is fat. So the non-fat part of the milk takes up more room in the litre. The non-fat part contains protein and calcium. Hence a litre of low-fat milk has more calcium and protein than a full-fat litre.


  • #21
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Elliott S wrote: »
    No, think about it. You need to fill a litre. A smaller proportion of the low-fat litre is fat. So the non-fat part of the milk takes up more room in the litre. The non-fat part contains protein and calcium. Hence a litre of low-fat milk has more calcium and protein than a full-fat litre.

    That was my attempt at a silly joke. It failed.


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  • #22
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Yeah they should just drink the sugar instead.

    ...or just lay off the fizzy drinks altogether.


  • #23
    Pablodreamsofnew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Pablodreamsofnew


    People buying a Big Mac meal with a diet drink. Very funny Tenacious D song about it. Low fat stuff is rubbish. I end up eating more that that stuff than the full fat stuff.


  • #24
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Big People' in the supermarket buying eight 2L bottles of "Diet" Coke :))

    under the impression that this massive volume will help lose wiight...

    They might be/probably are diabetic.


  • #25
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    LordSutch wrote: »
    ...or just lay off the fizzy drinks altogether.

    Or just do whatever they want.


  • #26
    Elliott S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Elliott S


    MrsYelnekoff wrote: »
    People buying a Big Mac meal with a diet drink. Very funny Tenacious D song about it. Low fat stuff is rubbish. I end up eating more that that stuff than the full fat stuff.

    Wouldn't be me, but some people just prefer the diet versions. I know people who prefer Diet Coke to the full sugar version, it's nothing to do with weight control.


  • #27
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,422 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    LordSutch wrote: »
    'Big People' in the supermarket buying eight 2L bottles of "Diet" Coke :))

    under the impression that this massive volume will help lose wiight...
    What makes you believe this? I don't think it has ever been marketed as a weight loss drink. Would you prefer if they only bought the regular Coke?


  • #28
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    What makes you believe this? I don't think it has ever been marketed as a weight loss drink. Would you prefer if they only bought the regular Coke?

    We have a diet coke drinker here.


  • #29
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    People buying 2l of low fat milk when they should be buying a litre of the normal stuff then filling up with a litre of water in a jug to save money. Buy 500ml if you're a skimmed milk drinker and top up with 1.5l water.

    If this were true then the retailer could buy 1 litre of full fat milk off the supplier, double the quantity by adding another litre of water leaving him with 2 litres of skimmed milk to sell, gaining him twice the income he would have made with the original 1 litre of full fat milk.

    Obviously there is something not quite right with your diluting idea which I call 'bad logic'.


  • #30
    Elliott S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Elliott S


    Saipanne wrote: »
    That was my attempt at a silly joke. It failed.

    Ah. Tone lost in text.


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  • #31
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Gluten free food, just get over it and eat what everyone else is eating, allergy me hole! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
















    *I kid..


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