Former president Donald Trump told attendees at an outdoor rally that he would bring Fruitopia vending machines back to public schools within the first 100 days of his presidency if elected.

Until this moment I completely forgot about those things

    • ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish
      542·
      2 months ago

      The problem with Dementia Donnie is that this kind of rant is plausible. You didn’t eat the onion, the onion is becoming a real news journal.

    • zephorah@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      2 months ago

      Same. The problem is all manor of oniony posts sound like a “normal” Trump Tuesday.

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Same. But there actually are movements to get rid of sugary drink vending machines. It has been done in some places, thought he could be referring to that.

      • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        They removed sodas from our school vending machines and replaced them with yoohoo and other non-carbonated drinks with the same sugar. Carbonation is not the problem! Now they’ve put sodas back, but only diet ones, so I’m not sure that’s better.

        • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Too early to say for sure, but artificial sweeteners might be bad for kids.

          Their bodies are still calibrating on how sweetness translates to calories.

          Diet sodas are very sweet but provide no calories.

          So their bodies might take it as a general rule either that very sweet things are safe to consume in excess, or that their expected intake always falls short of their actual intake so they should overeat across the board.

          Again, it’s too early to say for sure, but there are enough plausible concerns that I wouldn’t automatically assume it’s fine.

  • MeatPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 months ago

    I just recall having a soda vending machine in highschool and being told students weren’t allowed to use it. This was placed in the lunch room next to where we all sat, not a teacher’s lounge.

    We had a designated smoking area if you were 18 though.

      • MeatPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Was the 90s, before the nationwide ban on smoking in public places and restaurants. Which I think happen very shortly after I graduated… I recall a protest about allowing smoking on campus at college.

        Anyhow the highschool I went to wasn’t exactly with it. Basically was in the boonies and under the radar of national regulations. I kind of feel like they just let the seniors use the space to avoid conflicts with the aggressively redneck families that populated the area. Same went for all the lifted trucks waving confederate flags, no one was about to start that fight.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Wow, that brings back memories. Discontinued in 2003? I guess we were among the last classes to enjoy its sugary goodness at lunch.

  • dephyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Finally, he floats a policy I can get behind! Add dunkaroos and Sobe and I’m in.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They rebooted dunkaroos, and you can get them on Amazon. Prepare to be disappointed tho. The cookies were not as good, and more importantly not shaped like kangaroos. I’m also guessing OG dunkaroos had a bunch of hydrogenated oil or something in the dip bc the frosting sucked too compared to what I remember. I’ve thought about getting the chocolate one, but I don’t want to be let down again.

      Dunkaroos Vanilla Cookies and Vanilla Frosting with Rainbow Sprinkles, 6 ct https://a.co/d/dRh98tf

  • Tiltinyall@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    With that emulsifier that was just banned in Mountain Dew and other fruit drinks I find it hard to believe Fruitopia will ever come back. My first temp job ever, way back in the late 90’s, was literally shaking bottles of Fruitopia to make them look homogeneous.