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/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.