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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
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modernangel sh.itjust.works modernangel@sh.itjust.works
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tell me you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets without saying you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets

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robolemmy lemmy.dbzer0.com robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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tell me you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets without saying you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets

Now you’re just making rash assumptions. I was not raised on cocoa pebbles.

Cocoa pebbles are nasty. I was raised on Frankenberry and Cap’n Crunch.

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Addition sh.itjust.works Addition@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-01
#4 · Quote Reply

tell me you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets without saying you were raised on cocoa pebbles and chicken nuggets

Couldn't be me. I was raised on fruity pebbles and pizza rolls.

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pnwpixel programming.dev pnwpixel@programming.dev
Joined: 2026-04-22
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JULY 13, 2026, THE YEAR OF THE BEAN BURRITO LORD, HAS SPOKEN TO US ON THREADS

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deft lemmy.wtf deft@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2024-01-17
#6 · Quote Reply

Now you’re just making rash assumptions. I was not raised on cocoa pebbles. Cocoa pebbles are nasty. I was raised on Frankenberry and Cap’n Crunch.

Cuts the roof of your mouth

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#7 · Quote Reply

Cuts the roof of your mouth

Gotta build up that scar tissue

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Sunshine piefed.ca Sunshine@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
#8 · Quote Reply

American veggies are contaminated m8

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-06-13
#9 · Quote Reply

People who get diarrhea from Taco Bell need to look at their diet. Eat some fiber.

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cobysev lemmy.world cobysev@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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The crazy thing is, Taco Bell hasn't had a single confirmed case of Cyclospora tied back to their food. But they're leading the charge in working to prevent it. Probably a PR initiative that went overboard; now everyone is associating the diarrhea virus with Taco Bell.

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Rivermoonwolf lemmy.world Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-16
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Now you’re just making rash assumptions. I was not raised on cocoa pebbles. Cocoa pebbles are nasty. I was raised on Frankenberry and Cap’n Crunch.

Boo berry .

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
#12 · Quote Reply

So this is how they win the Fast Food Wars.

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Lovable Sidekick lemmy.world LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-19
#13 · Quote Reply

Leading from the rear

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Viceversa lemmy.world Viceversa@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-29
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People who get diarrhea from Taco Bell need to look at their diet. Eat some fiber.

Don't taco bell food have fiber already?

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-06-13
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Don't taco bell food have fiber already?

Yes, but if you are getting diarrhea from Taco Bell, it is because you do not normally have fiber in your diet.

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egrets lemmy.world egrets@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#16 · Quote Reply

JULY 13, 2026, THE YEAR OF THE BEAN BURRITO LORD, HAS SPOKEN TO US ON THREADS

I hate it when people use CE in dates instead of AFAD. It's disrespectful of tradition to call it the Common Era instead of Anno Fabae Asini Domus.

~I really hope no one who reads this studied Latin, the casing is definitely wrong.~

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WhyIHateTheInternet lemmy.world WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-17
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

Yes, but if you are getting diarrhea from Taco Bell, it is because you do not normally have fiber in your diet.

Exactly. Taco Bell has never given me an upset stomach.

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The D Quuuuuill slrpnk.net Quill7513@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-26
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I hate it when people use CE in dates instead of AFAD. It's disrespectful of tradition to call it the Common Era instead of Anno Fabae Asini Domus. ~I really hope no one who reads this studied Latin, the casing is definitely wrong.~

here's the thing though. CE is an acknowledgement that this is the calendar that everyone has been forced to use in business thanks to colonial violence. Anno Domini and all its derivitive names prop up a theocratic hegemony that needs to be destroyed

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egrets lemmy.world egrets@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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here's the thing though. CE is an acknowledgement that this is the calendar that everyone has been forced to use in business thanks to colonial violence. Anno Domini and all its derivitive names prop up a theocratic hegemony that needs to be destroyed

You're welcome to your opinion, but it's very disrespectful not to refer to the Bean Burrito Lord (peas be upon him) by his full title, in Latin or English. "Domini" without qualification could be any random lord off the street.

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Whats_your_reasoning lemmy.world Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-22
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JULY 13, 2026, THE YEAR OF THE BEAN BURRITO LORD, HAS SPOKEN TO US ON THREADS

Actually, I appreciate that the date was included. So many posts get shared for years, to the point that nobody can tell if it's current or old news, all because the only time stamp says something like, "Thirty minutes ago" or "Two days ago."

Granted, if this post gets reused someday, it'd be a trivial task to edit the date stamp out. But at least there was an attempt to keep it tied to current times.

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Otter lemmy.ca otter@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-05
#21 · Quote Reply

The crazy thing is, Taco Bell hasn't had a single confirmed case of Cyclospora tied back to their food. But they're leading the charge in working to prevent it. Probably a PR initiative that went overboard; now everyone is associating the diarrhea virus with Taco Bell.

I always thought the taco bell meme was because the menu included foods that affect poops (ex. beans, spice, etc), not that they were unhygienic. Or any more unhygienic than some other fast food place

I guess people don't see that distinction?

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iocase lemmy.zip iocase@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-11
#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

I always thought the taco bell meme was because the menu included foods that affect poops (ex. beans, spice, etc), not that they were unhygienic. Or any more unhygienic than some other fast food place I guess people don't see that distinction?

I always thought it was people who eat fast food and their gut normally has the same amount of fiber as your typical cement mix being exposed to black beans and lettuce. Kind of like putting mentos in diet coke.

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halcyoncmdr piefed.social halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-15
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I always thought it was people who eat fast food and their gut normally has the same amount of fiber as your typical cement mix being exposed to black beans and lettuce. Kind of like putting mentos in diet coke.

That is 100% what it is, but a lot of people are idiots that have no idea how different types of food affect their body, apart from the end result. They don't understand how anything works, just that they have issues after X, so X itself must be the issue.

There's also a bunch of people that just blindly repeat things, either because they believe stuff at face value or because they think it will get views. Taco Bell gives you diarrhea, hehehe, type shit.

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halcyoncmdr piefed.social halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-15
#24 · Quote Reply

Don't taco bell food have fiber already?

That's the issue. The average American diet is very low on fiber. Many of the foods at Taco Bell however are fairly high in fiber.

Inconsistency in fiber consumption causes gastrointestinal issues.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#25 · Quote Reply

The crazy thing is, Taco Bell hasn't had a single confirmed case of Cyclospora tied back to their food. But they're leading the charge in working to prevent it. Probably a PR initiative that went overboard; now everyone is associating the diarrhea virus with Taco Bell.

Maybe it was a bad time to announce the Diareeto Loco burrito.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#26 · Quote Reply

Yes, but if you are getting diarrhea from Taco Bell, it is because you do not normally have fiber in your diet.

This conversation is going in circles.

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InvalidName2 lemmy.zip InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-10
#27 · Quote Reply

No quiero Cyclospora.

For Taco Bell, this is probably purely a "money saving" strategy. Reduce the number of ingredients, some of which are expensive by fast food ingredient standards, but keep the prices of the items the same.

If there are enough people that don't know or don't realize it, the impact on sales versus the impact on costs might actually work out financially. And given that there are to this day in 2026 still Taco Bell customers tells me that there are quite a few suckers who won't know or won't realize. So, solid business decision, IMHO.

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

I always thought it was people who eat fast food and their gut normally has the same amount of fiber as your typical cement mix being exposed to black beans and lettuce. Kind of like putting mentos in diet coke.

it's utterly fucking depressing how little fibre the average person gets, it's IMO the single largest improvement you can make to your diet.
It makes the whole supplement thing agonizing as well, because they COULD be selling psyllium husk pills and actually improve people's health, but NOPE.

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sit lemmy.dbzer0.com sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-05
#29 · Quote Reply

This conversation is going in circles.

Fibre lacker.

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