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Porridge and crumpets among list of breakfast food in anti-obesity ban (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 2 years ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

#NotAllPorridge

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You forgot to backslash the hash

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

That's not the first time someone has said that to me.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

PORRIDGE IS FOR BEARS

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

That's why I eat mine whilst naked.

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

why does everyone have headlines leaving people thinking straight porridge is banned when it is absolutely not?

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Let me introduce you to the term Ragebait.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

Proper clickbait.

"it leaves room for healthy versions of products to continue to be advertised, such as porridge oats, but not those such as porridge products that have had sugar, salt or fat added to them."

Reading the news today leaves me feeling "used". You just know the headline will be deceiving.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why does everyone have headlines leaving people thinking straight porridge is banned when it is absolutely not?

Is it just that gay porridge they've banned then?

[–] OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

This is ridiculous, it's not OK to advertise crumpets but Carling and Paddy Power is fine?

[–] florge@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Gonna have to wait til after the watershed to watch next year's M&S Christmas ad.

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago

when an M&S Christmas ad is just as risqué an S&M Christmas ad

[–] GoodShowSir@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Get yourself on the dark web to watch the latest crunchie advert.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this is really silly and inefficient. Instead of having to figure out whether every single product is unhealthy just ban food adverts altogether. Cooking from scratch is way better for you but isn't advertised. Level the playing field.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Speak for yourself

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Can brands still be advertised?

Energy drinks are banned but these days Red Bull is a brand covering F1, extreme sports etc etc so can they just have generic "Red Bull gives you wings" ads that simply don't mention the drink?

Same for kellogs, presumably most of their products are junk but I imagine they can still just advertise the brand?