How many licks would it take? Can the iron in bars even be processed by the body? Can you do this for other minerals?

  • Ech
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    2 years ago

    I’m not sure why you’re putting those words in quotes as if they’re incorrect.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      put the ‘‘words’’ in quotes because in context it’s definitely ‘‘absurd bullshit’’ and this is how i know that key on my keyboard doesn’t work i have to use a different key so thanks

      • Urist
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        22 years ago

        Grammar is just “rules” and “rules” were invented by “humans”. You can put “quotations” around whatever you “want”, nobody can “stop” you.

        Be the “absurd bullshit” you want to see in the world! Breakfast cereal “is” a scam!

      • Ech
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        2 years ago

        How is it “absurd bullshit”? Do you think it’s somehow a different element? At worst, it’s as bullshit as any other vitamin supplement, in that it’s technically helpful, but just far more than your body can make use of.

          • Ace
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            12 years ago

            the video in question

            There’s not just one video of this. It’s a pretty common and accessible experiment. Anyone with a magnet and cereal can try it themselves.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 years ago

        Tiny amounts of iron distributed throughout a piece of cereal don’t have enough of a magnetic charge to lift the weight of a piece of cereal. Pieces of cereal dust with higher concentrations of iron very much could. Those results aren’t especially surprising

    • Davel23
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      82 years ago

      I put them in quotes as the word has no objective meaning as applied to a breakfast cereal, it’s simply a marketing term. I did not intend to imply that ingested iron particles are not a valid source of iron for human biology.

      • Ech
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        12 years ago

        Fair enough. Personally I don’t think the words are an issue. It’s not medically applicable, but it’s just cereal, so *shrug*