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[Faust]

Also everyone should check out the Bartkira project:

http://www.tumblr.com/search/bartkira

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also everyone should check out the Bartkira project:

http://www.tumblr.com/search/bartkira

The ad on that page was priceless!

[Sita]

thisisthinprivilege

Landed on that one right away.   

I haven't found much disagreeable with them.

uhhh

"Additional fun about those Special K ads: If you put a full bowl of Frosties and a full bowl of Special K next to each other there is exactly one calorie difference. The extra one is in the Special K. I despise that product, makes itself out to be healthy (it isn't), tells you you can't be happy without it (you can) and steals from body-positivity projects to sell its complete bollocks."

if you want to make a point about special k being no better than frosties don't use bullshit science to back it up.

Even If you put two full bowls of special K beside each other you are you're going to have more of a discrepancy than "exactly one calorie difference"  let alone when you compare it to a bowl frosties.


I'm REALLY surprised because making an obvious  point in a tenuous,  meandering, off mark or otherwise irritating way certainly isn't characteristic of the tumblr privilege crowd, no not at all.

Are they talking about Frosted Flakes, or some cereal we don't have here and is unfindable in Google? According to the Internet, 1 cup of Frosted Flakes is 147 calories while 1 cup of Special K is 117. I'm not going to deny the exploitative and insecurity-provoking advertising imagery, but flat-out lying kind of undermines whatever point they're trying no make, not to mention that calorie count isn't a good measure of nutritive value, or "healthiness", by any means.

It's the same. For some reason Kellogg's calls them Frosties over in the UK.

[Faust]

Also everyone should check out the Bartkira project:

http://www.tumblr.com/search/bartkira

The ad on that page was priceless!

I'm afraid the image wont load.

I should probably have given some context for the bartkira project.

Artists are invited to redraw their favourite page of akira with Simpsons characters in place of the originals.

The concept is just a silly game but there have been some incredible submissions by some really talented artists, even some by a few well known artists.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also everyone should check out the Bartkira project:

http://www.tumblr.com/search/bartkira

The ad on that page was priceless!

I'm afraid the image wont load.

I should probably have given some context for the bartkira project.

Artists are invited to redraw their favourite page of akira with Simpsons characters in place of the originals.

The concept is just a silly game but there have been some incredible submissions by some really talented artists, even some by a few well known artists.

It was funny! But the ad was funnier. I'll try to save it somewhere I can share it more easily.

[MMIX]

thisisthinprivilege

Landed on that one right away.   

I haven't found much disagreeable with them.

uhhh

"Additional fun about those Special K ads: If you put a full bowl of Frosties and a full bowl of Special K next to each other there is exactly one calorie difference. The extra one is in the Special K. I despise that product, makes itself out to be healthy (it isn't), tells you you can't be happy without it (you can) and steals from body-positivity projects to sell its complete bollocks."

if you want to make a point about special k being no better than frosties don't use bullshit science to back it up.

Even If you put two full bowls of special K beside each other you are you're going to have more of a discrepancy than "exactly one calorie difference"  let alone when you compare it to a bowl frosties.


I'm REALLY surprised because making an obvious  point in a tenuous,  meandering, off mark or otherwise irritating way certainly isn't characteristic of the tumblr privilege crowd, no not at all.

I would suggest that the point is based on Kelloggs own figures, available from their website. This shows comparative data for a set portion portion of each of their products. For Special K & Frosties [Frosted Flakes in the US] the data is for a 30 g portion of cereal plus 125 ml of semi-skimmed milk. The stated difference is indeed 1 calorie. Sorry but I'm not detecting any bullshit science there - oh, except that they got the spare calorie the wrong way round, apparently there are 172 calories in the standard sample of Special K and 173 in Frosties.

[Salty]

thisisthinprivilege

Landed on that one right away.   

I haven't found much disagreeable with them.

uhhh

"Additional fun about those Special K ads: If you put a full bowl of Frosties and a full bowl of Special K next to each other there is exactly one calorie difference. The extra one is in the Special K. I despise that product, makes itself out to be healthy (it isn't), tells you you can't be happy without it (you can) and steals from body-positivity projects to sell its complete bollocks."

if you want to make a point about special k being no better than frosties don't use bullshit science to back it up.

Even If you put two full bowls of special K beside each other you are you're going to have more of a discrepancy than "exactly one calorie difference"  let alone when you compare it to a bowl frosties.


I'm REALLY surprised because making an obvious  point in a tenuous,  meandering, off mark or otherwise irritating way certainly isn't characteristic of the tumblr privilege crowd, no not at all.

Well, I'm not saying they blow liquid sunshine out of their asses or anything.

Certainly, posting that person's comment was stupid and doesn't do amyhing to help their cause.

[Faust]

thisisthinprivilege

Landed on that one right away.   

I haven't found much disagreeable with them.

uhhh

"Additional fun about those Special K ads: If you put a full bowl of Frosties and a full bowl of Special K next to each other there is exactly one calorie difference. The extra one is in the Special K. I despise that product, makes itself out to be healthy (it isn't), tells you you can't be happy without it (you can) and steals from body-positivity projects to sell its complete bollocks."

if you want to make a point about special k being no better than frosties don't use bullshit science to back it up.

Even If you put two full bowls of special K beside each other you are you're going to have more of a discrepancy than "exactly one calorie difference"  let alone when you compare it to a bowl frosties.


I'm REALLY surprised because making an obvious  point in a tenuous,  meandering, off mark or otherwise irritating way certainly isn't characteristic of the tumblr privilege crowd, no not at all.

I would suggest that the point is based on Kelloggs own figures, available from their website. This shows comparative data for a set portion portion of each of their products. For Special K & Frosties [Frosted Flakes in the US] the data is for a 30 g portion of cereal plus 125 ml of semi-skimmed milk. The stated difference is indeed 1 calorie. Sorry but I'm not detecting any bullshit science there - oh, except that they got the spare calorie the wrong way round, apparently there are 172 calories in the standard sample of Special K and 173 in Frosties.

Ok so it's quoting the cereal boxes figures. Those are bullshit figures, but I guess in this case they are second hand bullshit figures.

Everyone knows special k and frosties are basically the same unhealthy shit marketed differently. Those who care are probably eating something that is 90 percent grain with no sugar.

It's not the outrage over the cereal differences, I agree with a lot of that. It's the pedantry (if that's a word).

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

thisisthinprivilege

Landed on that one right away.   

I haven't found much disagreeable with them.

uhhh

"Additional fun about those Special K ads: If you put a full bowl of Frosties and a full bowl of Special K next to each other there is exactly one calorie difference. The extra one is in the Special K. I despise that product, makes itself out to be healthy (it isn't), tells you you can't be happy without it (you can) and steals from body-positivity projects to sell its complete bollocks."

if you want to make a point about special k being no better than frosties don't use bullshit science to back it up.

Even If you put two full bowls of special K beside each other you are you're going to have more of a discrepancy than "exactly one calorie difference"  let alone when you compare it to a bowl frosties.


I'm REALLY surprised because making an obvious  point in a tenuous,  meandering, off mark or otherwise irritating way certainly isn't characteristic of the tumblr privilege crowd, no not at all.

I would suggest that the point is based on Kelloggs own figures, available from their website. This shows comparative data for a set portion portion of each of their products. For Special K & Frosties [Frosted Flakes in the US] the data is for a 30 g portion of cereal plus 125 ml of semi-skimmed milk. The stated difference is indeed 1 calorie. Sorry but I'm not detecting any bullshit science there - oh, except that they got the spare calorie the wrong way round, apparently there are 172 calories in the standard sample of Special K and 173 in Frosties.

Ok so it's quoting the cereal boxes figures. Those are bullshit figures, but I guess in this case they are second hand bullshit figures.

Everyone knows special k and frosties are basically the same unhealthy shit marketed differently. Those who care are probably eating something that is 90 percent grain with no sugar.

It's not the outrage over the cereal differences, I agree with a lot of that. It's the pedantry (if that's a word).

Weird, in the US they are two very distinctly different cereals.

[Faust]

Special K, crunchy nut cornflakes and frosties are all basically all the same thing give or take a small handful of sugar.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Special K, crunchy nut cornflakes and frosties are all basically all the same thing give or take a small handful of sugar.

I have no idea what crunchy nut cornflakes are. Here, frosted flakes are basically cornflakes that have been hosed with a buttload of sugar (both cornflakes and Frosted Flakes belong to a category I call "yellow cereal"), while Special K doesn't have any corn and is less sugary, more like Wheaties (a larger category I call "brown cereal").

There is also white cereal. It's made out of rice and tastes like air.

[Faust]

Special K, crunchy nut cornflakes and frosties are all basically all the same thing give or take a small handful of sugar.

I have no idea what crunchy nut cornflakes are. Here, frosted flakes are basically cornflakes that have been hosed with a buttload of sugar (both cornflakes and Frosted Flakes belong to a category I call "yellow cereal"), while Special K doesn't have any corn and is less sugary, more like Wheaties (a larger category I call "brown cereal").

There is also white cereal. It's made out of rice and tastes like air.

Maybe I'm mixing up special k with frosties.
We have pretty much the same selection, rice crispies and cocopops with zero nutritional value and will leave you hungry an hour later.
Cornflakes, frosties and the like, high in sugar but better for you than the rice stuff.

And then the wholegrain and wheat stuff which tastes bad for a week and suddenly starts tasting amazing after that.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Special K, crunchy nut cornflakes and frosties are all basically all the same thing give or take a small handful of sugar.

I have no idea what crunchy nut cornflakes are. Here, frosted flakes are basically cornflakes that have been hosed with a buttload of sugar (both cornflakes and Frosted Flakes belong to a category I call "yellow cereal"), while Special K doesn't have any corn and is less sugary, more like Wheaties (a larger category I call "brown cereal").

There is also white cereal. It's made out of rice and tastes like air.

Maybe I'm mixing up special k with frosties.
We have pretty much the same selection, rice crispies and cocopops with zero nutritional value and will leave you hungry an hour later.
Cornflakes, frosties and the like, high in sugar but better for you than the rice stuff.

And then the wholegrain and wheat stuff which tastes bad for a week and suddenly starts tasting amazing after that.

Special K (in the US) is basically a wheat bran flake that's been lightly coated in sugar. Less sugar than Frosted Flakes though, more of a clear glaze than a white frost.

I noticed that on the labels here, the portions are listed differently. The calories-per-portion of Special K is for 1 cup (dry), whereas for Frosted Flakes it's 3/4 cup (dry), making it look at first glance as if they have nearly identical calorie counts.

I imagine MMIX will chime in shortly to try to make at least one of us WRONG again, as that is, apparently, the only time she ever posts.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I have been informed by reliable sources that I am a "shitlord".



I'll show THEM shitlord.  Oh, my, yes.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have been informed by reliable sources that I am a "shitlord".



I'll show THEM shitlord.  Oh, my, yes.

Oh Tumblr, what wrath have you unleashed?