Tired of “words I can’t pronounce”

[rae29]

@genxjeff You've probably seen this before?

https://www.reddit.com/r/chemistrymemes/comments/ib21on/antivaxxer_vs_chemical_composition_of_an_apple

 

[genxjeff]

@rae29 Lmao hadn’t seen it before, but it’s brilliant

 

[tylerjacobs]

@genxjeff I agree, definitely trash. So how harmful a chemical is depends on an individuals science background? Not likely, so ridiculous!

 

[christiangirl30]

@genxjeff It's so embarrassing when people will point to an ingredient list exclaiming "ewww, I won't eat this, I don't even know what [half-assed attempt at pronunciation] is!" Like, ma'am, the entirety of human knowledge is at your fingertips, I promise you can crack this case.

 

[chapdaddy]

@genxjeff I have to remind myself how to pronounce nutritious every time I say it so…

 

[henrypaulso]

@genxjeff Pretty sure any sunscreen with words that are easily pronounced or known ingredients would work like shit and be harmful. People are sheep

 

[derealized]

@genxjeff It's a gross simplification of how to look out for "unnecessary additives" but as with all simplifications it has pros and cons. You won't see a lot of people in this community using it as a guideline, but to have it out there in the world making people who previously wouldn't have thought twice about what they feed to their children begin to actually consider it, isn't that a good thing? Simplifying something makes it more accessible to a lot of people.

I tend to just respond to people with "thanks for your concern, I will definitely research it further". (Unless I already know the answer in which case I'd say "I've actually done a lot of research on this, and I found _____"

 

[atheismrocks]

@derealized Agreed. It’s a rule of thumb and more useful talking about food nutrition labels where often times ingredients are simply other known food items, as opposed to skincare, but the intention is valid.

But yes, people do take it too far.

 

[lsq123]

@genxjeff Unless we are importing from another planet… then all things are nature based, right??

 

[jtl]

@lsq123 Nature is the whole universe, so technically, nothing is unatural.

 

[anndryperez]

@genxjeff At least as soon as you hear that argument from someone, you know that you can discount any and all opinions from this person. It's a convenient signal

 

[hiccup]

@genxjeff I'm on a life saving medication that I could not pronounce until my doctor taught me. My options are literally take or it live 5ish years. You can learn to pronounce anything so take it as a challenge instead. Good thing is, Google will pronounce it for you.

 

[deons]

@clarencemckenzie Wow! Excellent find. I wasn’t even that young then. I’m just way older now. Haha.

 

[cutin]

@genxjeff It comes from social media, just ignore them and maybe cast a little bit extra scepticism over anything they tell you haha

 

[dosto]

@genxjeff It can only help them.

It’s not directly related, but your post reminded me of a short video I saw last night about a study related to children and language acquisition.

It explored how native speaking bilingual (fluently speaking 2 languages since infancy) children process sounds, phonetics and learn words and meanings; and, the differences in how their mind processes language in comparison to monolingual children and later in life bilingual children.

Theres a part that explains something about how all babies learn language, I’d give it a watch. I think, in a way, it supports the idea that exposing children to the sounds of words they don’t (yet) understand, as early as possible (even in utero), is not harmful, but in fact beneficial to their brain development. It creates neural pathways that strengthen that language acquisition “muscle”.

[sup]Sorry if it’s too off topic![/sup]

 

[genxjeff]

@dosto I appreciate this. We’re actually raising baby bilingual (I’m a native Spanish speaker), so I find this super interesting

 

[weepingsinner7]

@genxjeff Thé only thing I’ve seen is to strongly avoid any spray sunscreens (adults/babies/kids). A whole bunch were recently recalled.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/anti-aging/a37273260/benzene-in-sunscreen/

I think it’s a byproduct created from any of the sprays (hairspray, deodorant, sunscreen ect)

 

[genxjeff]

@weepingsinner7 Yup, we only use lotion or bar sunscreen!

 

[holywarrior77]

@genxjeff Wait, bar sunscreen?? Sorry, I’m new to this, baby is just now old enough for sunscreen… What brand of bar sunscreen do you use? I’ve never heard of a bar sunscreen before!

 

[axdxs]

@holywarrior77 I use a bar by Neutragina. it looks like a little deodorant stick, it's super convenient and easy to apply and keep in my purse without spilling and making a mess.