the mindset of a lot of the big corporations is this

"we are making obscene profits, so what silly little games can we play with the public , so they focus on the silly little game and dont come after our cash"

things like token gestures to

environment with plastic bags
or mental health with quiet hours
or painting a delivery truck with dot paintings for naidoc week
or moving the lollies to pretend you care about peoples health.


they would rather forums like this or social media discussions focus on the trivia and no one asks questions like

"how come you buy your milk for 19 cents a litre and sell it for 3 dollars a litre."
"ho come you pay your vegetable growers peanuts but sell brocholli for $5 a kg"


they dont want you focusing on anything that affects the bottom line.

but ask them to have a welcome to country ceremony or a day where staff wear the rainbow shirt and they are all in.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 3:06pm:


Yes, the rubbish aisle. There is also the soft drink aisle with cheap colas. I would buy 2 or 3 bottles of cola to mix in with my scotch, instead of paying 3 for $9 at the bottle shop for cold drinks. Saves up to $4. If I was craving soft drinks, I might buy a bottle of 600mL cola at the checkout. But, there might be more of a chance of me grabbing a bottle of cola from the soft drink aisle and chilling it with ice once I got home.

Yes, I know what it is like to go without soft drinks, lollies and chips. I am 10 days into a second attempt at sobriety this month. The first time was a 2 week sobriety. Already, I can feel the skin loosening around my body. It is a bit of torture being 20kg overweight and a 5kg drop in weight in a month has meant that I look more like the Michelin Man because of the sagging skin. Sorry, were you eating when you read that?

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 29^th, 2023 at 1:37pm:


No!

Don't mix cola (or anything) with whisky.

One small block of ice, maybe - that's all you need.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 29^th, 2023 at 1:48pm:


I use reusable ice cubes. 

Nothing worse than watered down scotch

John Smith wrote on Jun 29^th, 2023 at 1:52pm:


Indeed.

I only ever use one very tiny ice cube, but that's rare.

Mixing with cola is just soooo wrong.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 29^th, 2023 at 1:58pm:



In this day and age, I sure you could identify as him.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 29^th, 2023 at 2:31pm:



Yes Ma'am.
I've been on it for nearly 60days.
Started late April.

The results are truly amazing.
We've been lied to.
I'm a pretty fit person and I couldn't work a few things out.
Namely inflammation and joint pain. Inflammation being the #1 target of my change.
Problem now solved.

It sounds wrong in all parts.
I told myself that I would try it though.
I will not go back.
Truely eye opening.

Also....
My wife tells me that my snoring is gone.
I sleep like a log, from waking up every time I turn over.
My mood has chilled.
My hair has gone from a woollen mat, to healthy again.
I sweat nowhere near as much as I did.
Going to the toilet does not require pushing.
I could keep listing benifits...