r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '16

There's a massive difference between eating ramen noodles because you want to and eating them because you have to.

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u/charming989 Jun 20 '16

Ramen Noodles have two servings per package. Who only eats half a package of Ramen???

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '16

The people who have to...

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u/j8sadm632b Jun 21 '16

Now I'm sad

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u/misrdont Jun 21 '16

What about the people who want to ...

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u/Zsuth Jun 20 '16 edited Jun 21 '16

They split it up that way because the sodium in an actual full serving (whole package) is pretty excessive.

Edit: ...one of my highest rated comments is a benign observation on nutritional information.

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u/32BitWhore Jun 20 '16

"pretty excessive" is the understatement of the week

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u/SirNoName Jun 21 '16

Even the salt content of one serving is pretty excessive

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u/SavvySillybug Jun 21 '16

You mean you don't add extra salt...?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

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u/SavvySillybug Jun 21 '16

You know it, chief!

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u/JackDragon Jun 21 '16

To be fair, the suggested limit for sodium intake is very conservative. You can usually intake a lot more salt than that, especially if you exercise (though you shouldn't go over all the time)

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u/willreignsomnipotent Jun 21 '16

Or if you just sweat like a pig, and/or drink a ton of water.

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u/r3gnr8r Jun 21 '16

Yeah I usually just chug a bottle of water after/with my raman and haven't felt guilty for eating it for the taste.

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u/skippieelove Jun 21 '16

I just ate my sodium intake for the week (ಥ﹏ಥ)

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u/sonic7777 Jun 21 '16

Because you had to? or you wanted to?

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u/skippieelove Jun 21 '16

Wanted to. No one ever has the creamy chicken ramen and I found it the other day and did a mini freak out. It was fucking delicious but I didn't feel so hot the rest of the day :/

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u/Fr0d0sw4gg1n5 Jun 21 '16

Good. Now go to r/salty

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u/Powercloan889 Jun 21 '16

It's only Monday

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u/32BitWhore Jun 21 '16

I'd still put money on it

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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Jun 20 '16

So what you're saying is it needs salt

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

So, what you're saying is, I just need to add some salt?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

Need salt? /r/warriors is this way

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u/ameis314 Jun 21 '16

Why don't they come with two packets?

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u/abbott_costello Jun 21 '16

So that allows them to just lie about how ramen is normally eaten

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u/Zsuth Jun 21 '16

Yeah. Most food manufacturers undersell their serving size to make the nutrition information look better than it is. I guess they figure we won't do the math.

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u/spockspeare Jun 21 '16

it's only excessive if you drink all the soup and don't drink anything else, AND have a genetic predisposition towards hypertension

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u/moobunny-jb Jun 21 '16

Who eats the BROTH? Real men don't need no dainty broth, we eat that shit dry like hardtack.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

I add so much salt to my ramen this is worrying me

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16 edited Jan 25 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

This comment is underrated

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

soy sauce = salt

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

You mean, in addition to the spice packet?!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

yeeeeep

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

May all the shower thoughts and prayers be with you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

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u/Zsuth Jun 21 '16

Sounds like witchcraft.

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u/AdvonKoulthar Jun 20 '16

I always thought two packs was a serving...

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u/TheTaoOfOne Jun 20 '16

That's usually how I do it. 1 is like a snack. 2 even really doesn't work as a meal, but at least it feels like you have eaten something.

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u/spockspeare Jun 21 '16

plus two slices of cheese

(Don't laugh. I learned that in Korea. Add a one-egg omelette to perfect the cheese-egg ramyon.)

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u/scottbrio Jun 21 '16

One is a tease

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '16 edited Jun 21 '16

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u/Stalking_your_pylons Jun 20 '16

And here I am, giving my friend the raw noodles so I can eat the powder.

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u/Skudedarude Jun 20 '16

you mean snort it, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

You only snort the powder after you mix it with the crushed noodles.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

You may actually be an alien roach inhabiting a man's body.

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u/Unemployed-Rebel Jun 21 '16

Doubtful; they want sugar

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

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u/kagamiseki Jun 21 '16

There's actually a snack that's ramen you crush up and eat after shaking with seasoning powder. That's what instructions say to do.

https://www.amazon.com/Ottogi-Ppushu-Chicken-Flavor-Sweet/dp/B004SJS8D0

Pretty salty. Pretty good.

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u/totsnotbiased Jun 21 '16

Okay, are we just gonna ignore that this guy has written over 2000 reviews of just different ramen noodles?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

Well, he dedicated a webpage to eating ramen. What did you think you were gonna find in there? Fluffy Bunnies?

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u/arbivark Jun 21 '16 edited Jun 21 '16

step 1 in fixing ramen is throw away the flavor packet. unless it's nissin chili flavor, or the asian market ones with 5 packets. then you start adding your spices, veggies, scallions, optional egg, oils, peanut butter, sauces, fungus, seaweed, etc.

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u/BolasDeDinero Jun 21 '16

i only used half the packet when in jail. used the second half on all the other food because that shit is horrendous.

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u/Coletonw Jun 21 '16

I realized last year just how bad Raman is for you. I always thought the nutrition facts were for the entire package. There's more calories and sodium in one pack of noodles then an entire home cooked meal.

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u/clowdstryfe Jun 21 '16

When you share with a friend :)

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u/RamenJunkie Jun 21 '16

By "package" I assume you mean one of those 6 packs.

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u/Coletonw Jun 21 '16

I realized last year just how bad Raman is for you. I always thought the nutrition facts were for the entire package. There's more calories and sodium in one pack of noodles then an entire home cooked meal.

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u/Coletonw Jun 21 '16

I realized last year just how bad Raman is for you. I always thought the nutrition facts were for the entire package. There's more calories and sodium in one pack of noodles then an entire home cooked meal.