Exchanges with People that Make Your Brain Hurt

[Luci45]

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DH and I took our turn serving communion at church this morning.  The way our church does it, two people stand at the front of the church holding the loaf of bread and the tray of little cups of grape juice, and the congregation lines up to come forward and take communion at the front.  There's usually a little exchange - the person offering the bread or the cup says "the body of Christ broken for you" or "the blood of Christ shed for you" and the person taking communion says "and also for you."  It's totally optional - people who don't want to take it can choose to stay in their seats and it's no big deal.

Today I got several "and also for you"s, several "thank you"s (which is fine), several people staying silent (which is also fine), and one pre-teen snorting and saying "yeah, whatever."

   Seriously?  This is one of the major tenets of our faith and it's completely voluntary.  If this kid didn't feel like participating this week, he could easily have stayed in his seat and it wouldn't have made any difference to anyone else.  The point isn't to get free bread and grape juice, the point is to be a part of this larger church ritual.  I just can't wrap my brain around why he would think "yeah, whatever" was an appropriate response.

Do the students have to go through Confirmation or Catechism?

I am truly hurt that someone would pretend to go through the ritual and not understand what it is about, then have the effrontery to almost mock it.

I am hurt for you.

I have decided that we need  a heart-hurt thread, as well as a 'brain-hurt' thread.

[Lovemykids]

I was watching Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Making the Team the other day and heard this gem from their *nutritionist*:

"Carbonation gives you cellulite by robbing your body of oxygen." (paraphrased)

I wanted to bang my head against the wall. There are better ways to keep your cheerleaders trim and off soda than spreading a total myth. Frankly, a real nutritionist should know better considering how much CO2 is in the air we breathe.

Oh, thank you so much.  I was so annoyed watching that episode.  She repeated that one three times . . .

[RegionMom]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

I remember reading this and it hurt my brain-
water cannot be listed as a preventative for dehydration

 

[PastryGoddess]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

I remember reading this and it hurt my brain-
water cannot be listed as a preventative for dehydration

 

*blink* *blink*   woooooooow!!!

[MommyPenguin]

I had to check that to make sure it wasn't some kind of satire by the Onion!

[Minmom3]

The thing that stopped me from eating the Olestra chips, after a taste test, was that they didn't taste 'right' and they didn't smell 'right', and I'm REALLY fussy that way.  It was immaterial that it might be bad for me, I thought it was nasty stuff, so I haven't had it since.  I've gotten used to Splenda in my tea, so that's OK.  DH made me try Stevia, which I didn't like in my tea at all, it was like adding a citrus tang other than the intentional lemon!  Urgh!

[ica171]

It makes my brain hurt when people say that, while dieting, you shouldn't drink diet soda or Crystal Light-type drinks because of the artificial sweeteners possibly causing sugar cravings. Yes, I'd love to only drink water or tea, but sometimes I want something sweet and if a Diet Coke keeps me from eating a slice of cake, well, that seems like a win to me. Plus I've never had that issue with artificial sweeteners but I have with sugar, so I know which I prefer to avoid.

I remember reading once that your body retains about 75% of the water in water but only 50-65% of the water in sodas. I don't have a source and it was a long time ago, so take it for what it's worth.

[magician5]

I just can't wrap my brain around why he would think "yeah, whatever" was an appropriate response.

That's why he did it. He was making a show of independence (he's a kid, they don't rebel in non-irritating ways). "If my totally lame parents are gonna make me come to this totally lame church, and do this totally lame communion thing, I'm gonna drag my feet and go through with it in an impolite show of total disinterest ... that'll show them!"

[Luci45]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

I remember reading this and it hurt my brain-
water cannot be listed as a preventative for dehydration

 

*blink* *blink*   woooooooow!!!

I had to check the date. I was hoping it was April 1.

[Twik]

I just can't wrap my brain around why he would think "yeah, whatever" was an appropriate response.

That's why he did it. He was making a show of independence (he's a kid, they don't rebel in non-irritating ways). "If my totally lame parents are gonna make me come to this totally lame church, and do this totally lame communion thing, I'm gonna drag my feet and go through with it in an impolite show of total disinterest ... that'll show them!"

Possibly he was at the stage where "yeah, whatever," is all he will say to adults, period.

"Here's an iPad, an ATV and a million dollars, all for you!"

"Yeah, whatever."

[HorseFreak]

I was watching Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Making the Team the other day and heard this gem from their *nutritionist*:

"Carbonation gives you cellulite by robbing your body of oxygen." (paraphrased)

I wanted to bang my head against the wall. There are better ways to keep your cheerleaders trim and off soda than spreading a total myth. Frankly, a real nutritionist should know better considering how much CO2 is in the air we breathe.

Oh, thank you so much.  I was so annoyed watching that episode.  She repeated that one three times . . .

I've heard since that one of the cheerleaders posted on Twitter that the "nutritionist" was brought in by the network to cause some drama.

[WillyNilly]

^ Well this might make your brains hurt more: in many states "nutritionist" is a meaningless title.  A "dietician" is a clinical, legal title that requires certain educational and practical standards.  But "nutritionist" is just a word and absolutely anyone can print up some business cards, hang up a sign and start charging people for their knowledge - even if that knowledge is 100% made up fairy tales.  One does not even need a high school diploma let alone any expertise to work as a nutritionist.  Trust me I know, I am one (I do have actual credentials though).

In fact if you eat, you are by strict definition a nutritionist, as you are someone who participates in nutrition.

[cabbageweevil]

I just can't wrap my brain around why he would think "yeah, whatever" was an appropriate response.

That's why he did it. He was making a show of independence (he's a kid, they don't rebel in non-irritating ways). "If my totally lame parents are gonna make me come to this totally lame church, and do this totally lame communion thing, I'm gonna drag my feet and go through with it in an impolite show of total disinterest ... that'll show them!"

Possibly he was at the stage where "yeah, whatever," is all he will say to adults, period.

"Here's an iPad, an ATV and a million dollars, all for you!"

"Yeah, whatever."

His way of reverently addressing the Almighty?

[suzieQ]

I got into a discussion on Friday at the hair salon I go to. We were talking about going to the local gym, and the conversation turned to fat vs. muscle. The stylists were trying to convince me that muscle turns into fat; and fat turns into muscle. Um, no, does not work that way. Then I was told that, "5 pounds of muscle weighs more than 5 pounds of fat."  There was NO convincing them just how wrong on so many levels that statement was.

LOL. Muscle does weigh more than fat, but five pounds is five pounds! Did you try telling them the old "which weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of elephant"?

Now you're making my brain hurt!  Muscle is denser than fat.  It took a college physics course to get my brain trained to know the difference between mass, weight, momentum, and speed.  You aren't going to seduce me back into my old ways of thinking!

LOL Sorry about that! Let me rephrase. Hmmm. I can't think of  a way to put it! LOL How about a handful of muscle weighs more than the same size handful of fat? And looks better too! LOL

[lilfox]

It makes my brain hurt when people say that, while dieting, you shouldn't drink diet soda or Crystal Light-type drinks because of the artificial sweeteners possibly causing sugar cravings.
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I hadn't heard this version, but I have heard/read to avoid diet sodas for weight control purposes because the feeling of virtue from picking a diet soda can translate into letting yourself splurge on something else high-calorier...  Possibly brain-hurty but at least partially backed by a 2005 study discussed here:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight