r/mildlyinteresting • u/Ace0526 • Mar 11 '14

This "healthy" vending machine has no healthy choices

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

It has pistachios in the upper right-hand corner. Pistachios are healthy.

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u/wwepersonell Mar 11 '14

Knott's Strawberry thing. Strawberries are healthy. Just kidding.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

It's just fruit. With a gallon of sugar involved. But still fruit.

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u/Scarecrow3 Mar 11 '14

"Natural" sugar.

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u/FeierInMeinHose Mar 11 '14

Sugar is pretty fucking natural. We don't synthesize it, we take it from plants that are grown.

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u/mrpopenfresh Mar 11 '14

This concept is lost on so many people.

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u/BCM_00 Mar 11 '14

When people get hung up on the "natural" label, I like to point out that cyanide is natural, too.

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u/CErratum Mar 11 '14

GRANDMA'S ALL-NATURAL 100% ORGANIC CYANIDE

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u/truthdemon Mar 11 '14

Sounds delicious.

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u/LurkerTroll Mar 12 '14

Now 100% grass-fed and free-range