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You should be drinking celery juice every morning. You must avoid dairy at all costs, but if you want to make your coffee healthier, you should put a spoonful of butter into it. Fruit should be the majority of your diet, but carbs are evil and will cause you health problems. You should go keto if you want to lose weight, but eating foods with a lot of fat is dangerous. You should be using essential oils every day, but the only way you can truly be healthy inside and out is if you have the proper crystals displayed around your home. 

When it comes to what is actually healthy, there’s a lot of contradictory information floating around out there. So how are we to know what is safe and what isn’t? After all, some doctors used to recommend smoking cigarettes less than a hundred years ago.

One curious Reddit user recently asked, “What’s something most people think is healthy today that future people will shake their heads at?”, and thousands of people called out common dietary advice, lifestyle practices and habits in the replies. Below, we’ve gathered some of their most thought-provoking responses, so be sure to upvote the things you are wary of as well. Then let us know in the comments what else you think will be viewed as unhealthy in the future, and if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article debunking food and nutrition myths, you can find that right here.

#1

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Not vaccinating your children. Where the hell did this trend come from? It's so dangerous and re-inviting deadly diseases like measles back into our society.

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Mistiekim
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like we are living in bizzaro world where medicine and clinical science is considered hogwash. Are mistakes made and has money clouded decisions? Of course. But the foundation is there. If nothing else trust in that.

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#2

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) The hustle culture. Not everything you do needs to make money. You should be able to have hobbies that stay just that: hobbies.

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Jess
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In an ideal world, sure... but when your work pays 💩, you have only so much hours left in a day and the extra money always comes in handy

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#3

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Indoctrinating children to religion before they’re old enough to use abstract reasoning and decide for themselves

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Smutná_elfka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, this is dumb. When you believe something is good for you - being religious or non-religious, it depends on your preference - you naturally want to share with your kids. And even if you don't want teach them about it, it will still influence them. We shouldn't deny that it has to happen and learn a good way to do it instead.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) The child-like worship of billionaires.

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no need for billionaires, everything earned over the first billion should be taken as tax and fed into society.

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#5

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) There's been a really weird trend of people drinking "alkaline water" that has a pH of 9.5 or some s**t. Here's the truth about it: the second it comes in contact with your stomach acid, it's not gonna be alkaline anymore. The pH of your body is most likely fine, and if it actually isn't, you should be in an emergency room instead of listening to some snake oil salesman

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The Scout
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of that interview with Gwyneth Paltrow where she said the she starts her day "with a glass of alkaline water with a splash of lemon", which would neutralise any alkaline properties while still in the glass...

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#6

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) A part of "fat acceptance." While, of course, everyone deserves respect, regardless of size, the idea that being very overweight is a healthful lifestyle, is just wrong. Sure, most of the bodily harm of obesity won't catch up to you, until later in life. But it WILL catch up to you. I've been overweight most of my life. While I'm generally healthy, my knees have paid the price, of supporting the extra poundage. Don't fool yourself into thinking you'll escape the bodily harm of long term obesity.

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Deborah B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish society could acknowledge that being obese is not healthy, and accept and welcome people who are obese, without shaming or discriminating. Being cruel to people doesn't make them lose weight, or help them make healthy choices. It is very hard to sustain a lifestyle of self-dicipline, exercise and healthy eating, while you're being bombarded with judgement, disapproval and disgust every day. I was obese through my teens and twenties, and desperately wanted to lose weight. It's hard. It's harder when you have low self-esteem and everyone around you is expecting you to fail.

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#7

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) The notion that "natural" automatically means healthier.

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Donkey boi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sick and tired of hearing 'But it's natural sugar!', Yeah it's still fecking sugar and has the same affect. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against sugar (in fact I probably eat too much myself), I'm just tired of people justifying it because its "natural". Asbestos is natural, but that ain't good for you.

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#8

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Exposing your children all over social media.

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#9

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) 40 hour work week with generally unfulfilling jobs. Source: I'm a clinical psychologist.

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully, the 40-hour week will end. But we'll always be stuck with unfulfilling jobs.

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#10

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Vaping instead of smoking. You're still filling your lungs with stuff that shouldn't be there in the end. Looks like more research is coming out about the risks too. It's not as bad as smoking, but it's got its own issues. It's fine if you're using vapes and e-cigs to quit smoking, but it's gone beyond that for quite some time now. Many people just exchanged one habit for the other.

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Lee Macro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Quite a few people who never smoked a day in their life starting vaping just because it was the new "cool" thing

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#11

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Lack of access/time in nature.

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Rhyleigh Beer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m a kid who loves to be on her phone, but I try to be outside for atleast 1-4 hours a day

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#12

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Circumcision

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except under rare circumstances, circumcision is unnecessary. If you want one as an adult then so be it. But do not inflict your choice onto your children.

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#13

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Cooking things in plastic, eating and drinking things out of plastic.

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Ivo H
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teflon for cooking, PET for drinks. Even better, refill PET repeatedly and let it out in the sun. For a nice cup of chemicals and microplastic particles.

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#14

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Very short video formats (TikTok, Instagram stories, YouTube shorts) and their impact on our attention span

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TikTok is just a regurgitated Vine. It'll eventually disappear unless it adapts and starts doing longer videos and becomes a competitor for YouTube.

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#15

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Energy drinks - I'll be amazed if there aren't some long term effects of drinking can after can of Red Bull/Monster etc

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think myself or anyone I know have ever considered energy drinks healthy.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) From a doctor’s perspective, half of the US health food industry is absolute garbage.

1. Supplements. What’s in them? They aren’t regulated, so anything could be! Many studies have found a lack of actual advertised product at best, harmless filler such as saw dust commonly, and heavy metal and other toxin contamination such as lead and arsenic at worst. All for the cheap price of $$$$$ and your health. Is it possible that some could be helpful for specific things? Yup! But are most things on the shelf going to fit in that category? Absolutely not, no.

2. Most “diet” plans/snacks/products. Low in fat but high in sugar? Serving size of 1/4 of what is sold? Contains some mysterious fruit “scientifically shown” to combat the laws of physics? A laxative in disguise? Most of these plans are just like get rich quick schemes. They are sold to provide a quick path to a healthier and better life. But diet isn’t a quick fix. It’s a slow combination of everyday habits. Diet culture is a toxic scam and their advertisements are sickening both for the lies commonly told and the mental health toll on the targeted audience. Hell, most of the “good choice” food items at the grocery could be considered unhealthy processed garbage.

3. Fruit juice. Despite what Steve Jobs believed, fruit juices are pure sugar in a glass. Calories with limited nutrient content and a high glycemic load.

4. The way we teach physical activity. We use sports as a competition and filter kids out, only supporting the best of the best financially and through school programs. But the reality is that team and club sports can keep people active and engaged in their communities for life. This is healthy. If we can foster low-level skill sports for everyone we will have healthier and happier communities. Except for maybe American football. That s**t will give you brain injuries.

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Alice In_Hell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eat proper healthy foods, stop buying processed, sugary foods and do something physical every day if only just going for a walk...that is a good 'diet'. I never got the keto diet...soooo much fat. I knew someone who went on it, lost weight and felt better, but as soon as she went off the diet, boom.. weight is back...so one has to keep eating all those rich fatty foods forever more? Though I did drool at some of the keto foods and recipes. Also, a tip when shopping, all the healthier food is on the outside of the aisles...stay out of the aisles unless you need baking products like flour, etc..most of it is all processed food.

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#17

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Buying the latest iphone every f*****g time

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#18

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) I already believe that the majority of fitness influencers would benefit from counselling rather than advising followers on Instagram, so that's undoubtedly the case.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) The amount of sugar in food.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

seriously why does literal bread need sugar? IT’S BREAD. plus, even things you would expect to be sugary are wayyy too sugary. edit: i have been informed that sugar helps the yeast rise which is interesting but not THAT much sugar

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#20

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Essential Oils. Lots of silly pseudoscience. And it’s probably pretty unhealthy to breath in aerosolized droplets of oil.

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The Scout
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ironically most essential oil users avoid the oils that actually have some "real" active ingredients like cineol (in eucalyptus oil), menthol (in mint oil) or terpinen (tea tree oil) for being "too aggressive". Also oils should NEVER be used instead of actual medical care.

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#21

The school day starting at the a** crack of dawn.

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Sasy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Australia it's 9am to 3pm, I was surprised to find out it is earlier in the U.S

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#22

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Soda. Humans aren’t supposed to even consume more than a fraction of the sugar in soda and everyone just smiles and drinks their liquid sugar

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#23

Gluten free diets when you don't have celiacs disease.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could have wheat intollerance, but in most cases it's just a fad.

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#24

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Chiropractic "adjustment", it is already something that is negligible in terms of what it does but it can also be dangerous. So many people get injured by it and some even get paralyzed because of it.

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Brocken Blue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope. Chiropractic care has made living life with three herniated discs bearable. Traditional doctors only gave me opiates, which didn’t help

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#25

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Social media. I'm being super hypocritical, but we're gonna look back on social media today the same way our parents looked back on the time they smoked and said "yeah, everybody smoked back then, it really wasn't a big deal. Yeah, we knew it wasn't good for you, but we still did it anyway. No, we didn't think of it as some sort of addiction; we just did it because that's what people did back then."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt this one. The apps and platforms we use will change, but not the habit itself. People are social creatures, first we had penpals, then we talked in forums, then chatroom apps and then BAM social media made things easy. Sure we probably won't use twitter/instagram/whatever 20 years from now, but there will be something.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Children going to class and sitting in school all day 5 days a week for 12 years.

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Ivo H
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This will probably never change. Most adults just don’t care about educatiom, because: 1. They’ll never go back to school anyways 2. “The school was torture in my days, so why should anyone have better experience?” 3. “More young with good educations mean higher chance someone will steal my job”

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#27

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Letting children have unlimited access to the internet and using the internet as a babysitter.

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before the internet, they had TV. Before that, they had magazines. Before magazines, they had radio. As a parent, I can assure you that it is impossible to give kids your undivided attention. If we spent all day with them, the house would be a mess, there would be no food on the table, no clean clothes, and no bills paid. Being a parent is more than playtime.

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Botox and lip injections.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of people have Botox for medical reasons - like migraines, TMJ, muscle spasms, excessive sweating etc

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) The amount of our lives we share with strangers online thinking we’re anonymous

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone on here could be tracked down, so you’d better be nice or someone might find your house… (not me, I don’t have the skills lol)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember one on YouTube. At no point did the person show the windows of his apartment, but since the window was open, the commentators were able to tell which street he lived on, based on the sound of the tram and the schedule. He was still impressed by people's creepy stalking skills, even though he said he would keep the window closed in the future.

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ALEXANDER DALE
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Google incognito tabs aren't really incognito. If a website sends cookies, you get those cookies. I'm pretty sure about 20% of the internet could get arrested.

Becky Samuel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone who doubts these facts should take advantage of the service Google provides where you can see "all" the data they hold on you. You would be astonished at just how intrusive it is.

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Jennifer Norton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For sure! I rarely post now. I really only ever posted so my family and friends could see what was going on in my life. It was a way for us all to share with each other since we live all over the country. However I have pretty much stopped in recent years because too many strangers have access to my stuff regardless of security measures. It has all become too much!

Thomas Ewing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't trust "anonymous" people. Stand up for yourself and be a proper citizen.

Sarah SH
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I know this is totally not anonymous. I just figure I’m not significant enough for anyone to make the effort to look into.

El Dee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So little effort is now required to get information on someone. Pre internet it would require someone intercepting mail, planting a bug or actually sitting in a car outside. Now you can hack a phone and see e-mails and track their location without leaving the house..

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. The fact EVERYTHING I type - including this - can be brought back to haunt me years from now is chilling. There is no such thing as doing something stupid and learning from it anymore. Anything significantly dumb you've done well have been documented now and can be used to prevent you from getting a job. Did you take a shady job to get by in your twenties? Did you ever blurt out dumbass racist/demeaning/homophobic sh!t on social media? Well congrats, it doesn't matter if you learned a life lesson and have grown emotionally or gotten a better job - good luck getting that teachers job, or broadcasting or public relations.

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number one should be gender mutilation surgery. The lawsuits from the children are starting now.

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wouldn’t say today, but some people still normalise hitting your kids pretty hard, maybe it’s just cause i was hit pretty hard as a kid, but i’ll never do that.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. "Spanked" my daughter twice in her life. One swift swat on the behind, pants on. Both times she was doing something dangerous and I just reacted. Being hit all the time when I was a kid did not make me a better person, it just made me afraid.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Eating meat at every meal.

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Lara Verne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat meat, but at every meal? It's not necessary nor healthy. There's many things you can eat, meat is just one of them.

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) All those weird trending diets.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t understand why people like my parents think that meat eaters are equivalent to serial killers. I just had an argument with my mom where she said I’m “cold blooded and have no consideration for the animals”. Humans are made to eat meat and plants. It’s either up to you or your body to decide if you want to be a vegetarian, vegan or non-vegetarian

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#33

K cups. The inventor of K cups already laments what his invention has wrought. He's talked about how they're not recyclable, expensive, and not good quality coffee.

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Alice In_Hell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are a spoiled society. No one needs to have a single serving waste of plastic to have a good cup of coffee..and the cost!! I yi yi. It is good coffee but the cost to the wallet and environment is a huge nope for me. (Please dont downvote me K-cup drinkers!.😊)

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“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) "Low fat" products which predominantly were filled with high fructose corn syrup (high sugar diets) and other things that lead to metabolic syndrome (partially hydrogenated oils). Some have recognized the dangers in this already but in 40 years maybe we'll see people look back and go "they made all of this money at the expense of ordinary citizens health".

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#35

The way we look at having kids.

You have a dogs**t job, your spouse works as well so nobody will ever be home, when you are home you'll both be tired and miserable from work, you and/or your spouse *clearly* have childhood issues to work out in therapy, you/your spouse or *both* have a genetic condition of some kind be it mental or physical, the food in the house is all pre-made/freeze-dried/frozen/junk, you live in an apartment/too small of a house, you're a slave to massive debt for a useless degree/a car/etc, etc, etc...

Go ahead and have kids, it'll be great and thier lives will be absolutely fine!

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems you either went through a difficult childhood or are struggling as a parent (or both), so I'm sorry you had to go through that. However, it's not the same case for everyone. I have two kids, and although they tire me out and cost a fortune, they bring me unbridled joy. I love them more than I thought possible. So, for me, it's absolutely worth it.

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#36

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Juice cleanses. They are unhealthy and dangerous.

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kitteh floof lover
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

juices are so high in sugar, they can't be healthy. and we don't need cleanses, that's what we have a liver and kidneys for.

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#37

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Constant notifications and other distractions.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Setting up my new phone, turned all the various notifications off....then later got a notification that I had notifications turned off.

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Advertisement for gambling (most forms of gambling and most forms of advertisement). We already know they're unhealthy when people affected by it becomes gambling addicts, but people still think gambling addicts is not a big enough problem and that the current level is just a healthy amount of entertainment. But I think the current level is already too much.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Researchers are finding a strong correlation between people who use microtransactions (like loot chests) in video games at a young age and people who develop gambling addictions. They're still not sure if early exposure to microtransactions leads to gambling addiction or if there is an underlying predisposition to buying loot chests that will also lead to gambling addictions.

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#39

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) orthorexia


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For those who don't know that word, it's basically pathological fitness. Training more and eating more specific than your body and mind wants or needs.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who was diagnosed with this over a decade ago, and is still retraining her body to react normally to normal things, I really hope this doesn't stick around for other unfortunate souls.

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#40

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Slimming drinks and supplements

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've made the mistake on doing this. What helped is better eating habits and activity that I enjoy (ex. I like to walk & swim).

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#41

Meat in general, but particularly processed, smoked and grilled meats. I think in 10-20 years most people in the US will be cutting meat consumption by double-digit percentages due to cost. Health studies show our need for protein is much better fulfilled with a combination of (1) smaller servings of meat than is now common and (2) non-meat protein sources. Meat will still be part of our diet, it's the preparation and quantity that people in the future will find incredible. Processed meats, smoked meats, and grilled meats have compounds on the surface shown to cause cancer.

Mind you, I find this depressing because I eat all these things. Too late for me though, you all save yourselves and I'll take the hit along with your bacon.

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#42

At present,the use of polythene is causing serious damage to our environment. therefore,the use of polythene needs to be reduced immediately.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're in serious trouble about that. If it were up to me, I'd limit the number of plastic species allowed in food packaging, apply a mandatory colour code to it to make recycling actually possible, and demand an explanation why anything else is used, if some company actually wants to. Then, we hit the sheer minimum required to do this in any useful way, and not just pretend and execute pointless sorting habits as if we were addicted, knowing it won't make much of a difference, if any at all.

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#43

89% of packaged food is trash.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you can say that but i’m protecting my bagel dogs till the day i die

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#44

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Taking a billion different vitamins in pill form.

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Due to allergies, some people are unable to get certain vitamins from food/drink directly. Also, in places like the UK, people get little exposure to sunlight during the winter months, so vitamin D tablets are a great health benefit.

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#45

Using all these household cleaning products in bathrooms etc. inhaling all that c**p

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're not going to clean anymore? I'm guessing this person is referring to toxic chemicals for routine cleaning.

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#46

Playing football as a kid as some 'healthy' growing up thing. As someone who suffered from three severe concussions before I was 20, let me tell you: head injuries are no joke. On a serious matter: I'm not yet 40 but my wife and I have already had an "end of life" talk about what to do with me when my memory, which is already deteriorating, goes completely.

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Spray tanning

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#48

Vaping

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are a smoker, vaping is great. Much healthier alternative. If you're not a smoker, vaping is bad, you're just filling your lungs with c**p you don't need.

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I know the keyword is most, but I couldn’t let an opportunity like this pass, & there might be a lot of people who think this is safe.

TLDR: Round-Up Weed Killer

I recently had a talk with a company rep from a local insect control company, who swore that Round-Up Weed Killer was safe.

He told me it was safe around kids, said he would be okay ingesting it, and that he had “spoken to the scientists” who made Round-Up, and it was hands down the safest product on the market for weed killers.

I guess I should’ve said, “What about over one hundred thousand people who are pretty sure it gave them cancer?”

I went, “didn’t the people who own Round-Up agree to billions of dollars in settlement payouts?”

He said, oh, that’s just people trying to get money from them. I wouldn’t recommend a product that’s unsafe.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

still better than copper oxide or spirulina extract whose are considered suitable for organic farming. Also since weed killer round-ups are used worldwide, the high cancer rates should have been a worldwide pandemic. But they were mostly registered on specific plantations especially in middle and south america that used a lot of other very high potent pestizides, herbizides and fertilizers in combination.

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#50

People avoiding carbs, especially when trying to lose weight.

Yea some carbs should be in moderation but overall carbs are a vital part of a diet and a must for a healthy body and lifestyle, and should be your largest food group whether you are trying to lose weight or not.

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Aileen Grist
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is processed food rather than carbs. Processed food is high rubbish carbs. Eat real food of different colours and carbs are okay. Donuts & processed sandwiches aren't

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#51

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Caffeine and alcohol being so encouraged by society

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#52

Too many people are convinced exotic fruits from very specific locations of the world that require obscenely specific conditions for growth are great for breakfast.

Eat broccoli.

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#53

Building far out suburban single family detached housing developments all at once and then saddling the city with the maintenance liability when the infrastructure eventually needs to be replaced all at the same time using insufficient funds raised from the too-low tax base of non-intensive zoning, then papering over the debt by building another similar development to garner another temporary infusion of state and federal funds in order to create an illusion of financial solvency while further increasing reliance on growth to prevent city finances from collapsing.

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#54

Whitening teeth

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one. Bone is not white. I recently learned that teeth whitening was started because movie star's teeth appeared really white in early movies but in public they were normal looking. So actors started having their teeth whitened to look like they did in movies.

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#55

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) living in highly insulated homes without ventilation

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#56

Keto

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Aileen Grist
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It has its place. It was first used for children with severe epilepsy and helped them a lot. Low carb is good for someone with type 2 diabetes - not necessarily kept though

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#57

Distance running. Consistent impact wreaks havoc on your joints and tendons, especially if you’re a heel striker or flat footed, which is most of us.

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#58

I would imagine fish, there are probably so many micro plastics in those

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#59

Air fresheners/scented candles!

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K W
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scented fabric softeners are really unhealthy for you. Kind of blows my mind how much we're encouraged to scent everything with chemicals that are often harmful. Nevermind the poor souls that are scent sensitive and get itchy, nauseous or headaches/migraines. I'm so glad I don't have to go to the laundromat any more because that was a guaranteed 3 day migraine every time.

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#60

Cooking with Teflon pans.

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Xenon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you know their limitations they can have a place. Never and I mean never, use on high heat or preheat empty!

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#61

Giving your kids melatonin every night as a part of their bedtime routine.

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#62

Breakfast Cereal.

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The Scout
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cereal is not bad as such. The problem ist that it usually has much too much sugar. You get unsweetend cereal ocasionally.

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#63

Highly processed white flour.

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#64

Smoking marijuana in large amounts daily.

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#65

Canola oil

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Deb M.F.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't eat it at all. Makes me deathly sick with stomach & intestinal issues. My body can't digest it. I would be immensely happy if they stop using it in every food item, Seriously makes my eating choices low

#67

Orange juice- the amount of sugar they put in smoothies and orange juice is insane. It's almost the same amount as a can of coke.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really curious who exactly are these mysterious people putting sugar into oranges 🤔

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Drinking milk

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Sue Bradley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have a look a scientific research, it is one of societies biggest cons that we need milk, believed to be so heavily pushed by governments to keep farmers in business. Also - if you can, look at the intensive methods used to produce milk, very few live a happy life on a farm.

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#69

making two week’s worth of boiled unseasoned chicken and broccoli at once and eating it for 14 days straight

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#70

“What’s Something Most People Think Is Healthy Today That Future People Will Shake Their Heads At?” (45 Answers) Chemo in the future is going to be the same as how we look at medieval cures and practices.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody considers chemo to be healthy though...it's just a necessary evil to treat cancer.

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