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Well, they aren't the only ones who've said that. http://www.mayoclinic.org/d...http://www.diabetes.org/dia...

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Is your diabetic father a doctor? Because the Joslin Diabetes Foundation is academically affiliated with Harvard Med.

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I'm just hoping like hell I don't get it. I love potatoes, but they're so carby. And hummus with bread. And rice and pasta. And basically everything that doesn't really involve sugar, but turns into glucose when you eat it.

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Welcome home:-)

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I broke my leg last week at Snowbird and the CNA made a point of telling "...that's why I don't ski..." with a smirk. Uh, thanks?

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The smirk is what makes it inappropriate, imo. Generally speaking, I think medical professionals can and should speak up if a patient is doing something they think is unhealthy or dangerous, but doing it in a holier-than-thou way is not genuine concern.

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I wasn't mainlining China White for chrissakes. And to tell me AFTERWARD? WTF

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IDK, my brother is an orthopedic surgeon, and he sees a lot of people coming into the hospital for doing the same things over and over again. I know he's given a lot of lectures to a lot of patients about motorcycles and skis. I can certainly understand the frustration of medical professionals who deal with the same kinds of injuries from the same people all the time.

(And you know, dealing with those injuries IS why he doesn't ride a motorcycle or ski.)

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It's a web order ticket. The name listed on there comes from the person who placed the order, not the barista.

Oh I just love the outrage of 'journalists' who cannot even do basic research. Their laziness feeds me with delicious hatred.

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Interesting.

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Shane Nokes • said 3 hours agoIt's a web order ticket. The name listed on there comes from the person who placed the order, not the barista.

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Hi, this is your Friendly Neighborhood Comments Moderator. Please cut it out with the flame wars and telling other people to get off the website. If we think anyone needs to leave, we'll let them know.

Yeesh, this whole thread.

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Wait, what?

I don't think the barista had any right and if that's what you've taken from my statements then I can't even.

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Gelatin, actually - the mallow plant produces the gelatinous substance that makes marshmallows able to hold air and be fluffy. You'd need sugar whether using the plant or the refined animal hoof.

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Thank you for clearing that up! I knew it had something to do with the Marsh Mallow something something marshmallows.

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NO, it isn't. At least here in NY Starbucks changed their way and instead of writing down your name with a sharpie they print out those tickets.

I JUST LOVE people stuck up so high up their ass they assume shit runs the way it did in 1967.

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