Tired of “words I can’t pronounce”
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@childofgod49 Lmao I spit my water
goldandsilver
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@goldandsilver Oh man, my ex-MIL (who I struggled.with sometimes but wouldn't have minded keeping if it hadn't been a package deal with my ex) called it "Chih - pot - uhl." The poor lady had been taught to sight read as a child and not exposed to phonics until she was training to be a teacher herself (thankfully math) and whatever way she first thought to say a word would be the way she said it forever. No ability to adjust for some reason. Smart lady though. Just really bad at pronunciation.
@goldandsilver My mum pronounces aspartame "aspartamine" and nothing I say can change it. I have absolutely no idea where she got the "n" from
@goldandsilver That’s my MIL and cilantro! 
she’s allergic and every time she is trying to tell the servers at a restaurant she can never pronounce it right. It usually ends up some version of cilantra. It’s so close 
she’s allergic and every time she is trying to tell the servers at a restaurant she can never pronounce it right. It usually ends up some version of cilantra. It’s so close @genxjeff If I'm feeling spicy, I respond "Well sound it out then."
Really, though, I don't understand the mindset. Just because something is natural doesn't make it better. I asked my son's pediatrician about using my body wash, moisturizer, and sunscreen on him, and she said it's fine.
Baby has to get clean somehow. I use all hypoallergenic stuff on myself because I have bad eczema and allergies. I just bought a tear free shampoo for him. Bonus points are that his skin is looking better than mine these days.
Really, though, I don't understand the mindset. Just because something is natural doesn't make it better. I asked my son's pediatrician about using my body wash, moisturizer, and sunscreen on him, and she said it's fine.
Baby has to get clean somehow. I use all hypoallergenic stuff on myself because I have bad eczema and allergies. I just bought a tear free shampoo for him. Bonus points are that his skin is looking better than mine these days.
sylverpiano
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@sylverpiano Everyone I know who's consumed it has died!
katrina2017
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rickyrajesh
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godsson1988
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@genxjeff On the flip size I have basic knowledge of biochemistry so I can pronounce most chemicals on a label but that doesn’t make them safe (or that I have any idea what they do)
FWIW I prefer to use mineral based sunscreens but like anything else there’s probably a trade off there (titanium dioxide isn’t great to get into lungs and eyes)
FWIW I prefer to use mineral based sunscreens but like anything else there’s probably a trade off there (titanium dioxide isn’t great to get into lungs and eyes)
gizmorazaar
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@godsson1988 I can pronounce anthrax.
@godsson1988 Did some research on sunscreen during my materials engineering PhD. Personal opinion for me is only oxides before puberty (zirconia and titania), avoiding octinoxate and oxybenzone until after puberty. And never spray sunscreens due to inhalation. That’s probably erring very far on the side of caution and I’m definitely not going to tell anybody else what to do. Reason for my decision here is the latter are endocrine disrupters and it does look like they can penetrate the epidermis at sufficiently high volumes that they are detectable in the blood stream, breast milk, and urine.
@james700 I don’t have PhD but the folks over at the American Academy of Pediatrics have some of those degrees and such. According to them, there’s plenty of unnecessary endocrine disrupting chemicals in the food supply too. They even say that certain food colorings seem to have an effect on ADHD.
https://publications.aap.org/pediat...0181408/37584/Food-Additives-and-Child-Health
https://publications.aap.org/pediat...0181408/37584/Food-Additives-and-Child-Health
