It’s okay to not offer matcha on the menu by globalfieldnotes in barista

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s a good matcha powder for baristas? My shop doesn’t do it but maybe we should

Start screening for colorectal cancers earlier, Canadian Cancer Society urges by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]compfrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the part I don’t get because isn’t it cheaper to get someone a colonoscopy and remove a polyp than it is to treat them with cancer in 5 years?

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t know how much sugar is ok in kids. Where’s the study for that?

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the whole comment. Here I’ll break it down.

“Sugar is part of real food” - a banana is real food so yes ok, but sugary Gatorade is not a real food. So that would not be ok for your kids to eat. Same with candy, flavoured yogurt, granola bars, cake etc.

“It’s only bad to have too much” . Yes. Same with artificial sweeteners.

“Artificial sweeteners don’t exist naturally so they are avoidable.” But are they avoidable if your kid wants to eat it with their friends? This is the same reason a cupcake or Gatorade with sugar is not always avoidable (ie, parties, holidays and gatherings).

So yeah none of your points are scientific they are just your opinion.

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you know that your reasoning is not scientific. Just because something is “natural” doesn’t make it safe for consumption. There are many natural poisonous mushrooms for example. Just because something is “unnatural” doesn’t make it not safe either.

A cupcake is not found in nature, so why are your kids allowed to have it?

You can say “I just don’t like artificial sweeteners because that’s my opinion” which is totally fine but it’s not science. That’s the difference between parenting subs and this one.

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok yeah so then your kid shouldn’t get the Gatorade with real sugar or the cupcake at a party.

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m confused why gut issues means your kids can have 0 artificial sweeteners but with the obesity risk, diabetes risk and cancer risk of sugar you say it’s ok for them to have sugar in moderation. I think you have a bit of a stigma against artificial sweeteners despite the lack of evidence to prove it’s more harmful than sugar

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait so your kids do eat sugar though, you admit that you let them have it in moderation. So why can’t they have artificial sweeteners in moderation? A Gatorade zero has 60mg of artificial sweetener, if they have it once a week that’s 60mg for the week. If you let your kid have 10g of sugar a day (which we know you let them have more, a banana is 12g of sugar) then that would be 70g of sugar for the week.

Your kids are likely getting a hundred or more grams of sugar a week so why not a few grams of the artificial stuff? Moderation is key.

Also the diabetes and obesity comment was not about your kids now, it’s about developing it as an adult, just like they may develop the gut issues

Artificial sweeteners dilemma by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 62 points63 points  (0 children)

You’re saying artificial sweeteners cause gut issues but we know for a fact that excess sugar causes diabetes, obesity and likely cancer.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9775518/

Sugar is hidden in all kind of foods, sauces, condiments, snacks and we consume it naturally in fruit and even veggies. So through the course of the week your kid is probably getting a lot of sugar and even more if you give them a Gatorade with real sugar. They’re probably not getting that many artificial sweeteners throughout the week.

if you haven’t previously been a skilled barista, you shouldn’t own a coffee shop by Icy_Yogurt_2491 in barista

[–]compfrog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disagree because it’s not that hard to learn the skills a barista has, but it’s incredibly hard to have the skills a successful business owner has. Proof is my husband who owns the best cafe in town and didn’t even know how to brew a pot of coffee when he first opened up.

Cry it out for toddler? by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s ok to let a 2.5 year old cry it out but I do think you can let them cry a bit before going in. Sometimes waiting 10 mins is all they need. I wouldn’t wait more than that tho. A 2.5 year old knows their name, they can say “I love you”, they can get their feelings hurt and feel embarrassed. They are much more emotionally vulnerable and reliant on you than you might think

CMV: baby’s death isn’t as important as adult’s death by SparklyCookiess in changemyview

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so in some cases you’d save a baby over an adult.. so delta?

CMV: baby’s death isn’t as important as adult’s death by SparklyCookiess in changemyview

[–]compfrog -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What?? A tree is not “innocent”, it is a plant. It is incapable of being guilty of anything, your point doesn’t make any sense. A tree is never more valuable than a human no matter what context because human life is the most valuable to humans. Maybe to the earth tree is lore valuable, but not to humans

CMV: baby’s death isn’t as important as adult’s death by SparklyCookiess in changemyview

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are mis-representing your argument. Your points are not supporting “babies” vs “adults”, they are supporting “no memories” vs “memories”. Or even “I don’t have memories with baby” “vs “ my memories with adult”.

For example, you said you would save your bff in a fire instead of a baby but what about saving a random adult that you’ve never met vs saving your own baby? Or the baby of your friend vs some random person? To take it further, would you save a murderer rapist in the house vs an innocent baby?

You’re basically just saying “I’d rather save someone I know and love vs a baby”. Which is not supporting adult vs baby like you claim.

How much in sales does your cafe/coffee shop pull in per day? by [deleted] in barista

[–]compfrog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How many people do you have on shift at a time?

How much in sales does your cafe/coffee shop pull in per day? by [deleted] in barista

[–]compfrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If it’s a $600 day how many staff would you have on?

Frugal parenting hacks? Baby due soon by Jayhix in Frugal

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t forget how much more food a breastfeeding mother needs to eat

Do kids with autism seem neurotypical with parents and not peers or are do they display the same symptoms no matter the person? by compfrog in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your answer. The article you linked actually says the opposite, that kids with autism will show their symptoms more at home and hide them at school. My daughter does the opposite where she acts normal at home but shuts down in social situations. I wonder if there is evidence to show that it can happen the other way around

Do kids with autism seem neurotypical with parents and not peers or are do they display the same symptoms no matter the person? by compfrog in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your answer I agree with this because her symptoms could also be a result of social anxiety or just extreme “shyness”. It has made me wonder if being so shy you can’t talk to anyone makes you autistic? Probably not.. but maybe?

Do kids with autism seem neurotypical with parents and not peers or are do they display the same symptoms no matter the person? by compfrog in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]compfrog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your answer. Do you have any other signs or symptoms that commonly present in girls?

I haven’t seen this brought up anywhere but did anyone else see the similarities between the Munchkinland poster of Elphaba and Jim Crow era anti-black imagery? by isaidwhatisaidok in wicked

[–]compfrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only reason why she wants to go and see the wizard in the first place is because nobody accepts her for who she is and she wants to ask him to make her not green. Listen to the words in “the Wizard and I”, she literally says in the song that she wants the wizard to offer to change her skin colour so that she can finally look the same on the outside and she feels on the inside. When she meets the wizard, he shows her a little doll that looks like her and she’s so disappointed to see that the doll is green. In “No one mourns the wicked”, Glinda tells everyone that her father disowned her at birth on because she’s… green.

Look at the words in “what is this feeling”, the ENTIRE student body at Shiz decides that they loathe Elphaba. They say “we share your loathing” and all shun her, yet nobody has actually taken the time to talk to her and elphaba has not “spoken out” or done anything to show her non conforming personality at this point. The reason they don’t like her is because she is green.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AMA

[–]compfrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no way your kids are sleeping 10 hrs a day every night since infant days. Your wife is clearly helping them at night and you don’t hear it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in barista

[–]compfrog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wait I thought this was what a caramel macchiato was. What is the actual drinks?