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Junk Food Ban

December 9, 2024
The United Kingdom is implementing a crackdown on junk food advertisements, restricting those high in fat or sugar from being aired on television before 9pm.
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The UK government just issued a new policy,
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restricting TV ads for less healthy foods and drinks before nine pm
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The new rules on food advertising have been unveiled by the
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government in an attempt to crack down on Britain's obesity rates.
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Products include porridge, crumpets and croissants and porridge catching strays.
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I only the three little bears porridge.
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I haven't heard porridge in a minute,
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so I thought it was oatmeal.
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I don't know. But you know,
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damn well, they wouldn't be able to do that shit here
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in the US. We get blasted with fast food ads every
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five minutes. Too much money left on the table for them
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to be like, you know what?
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Because you Mexico did it.
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Oh, Mexico did it with the Little Hexagons and they got
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rid of the mascots.
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That's the thing. Yeah,
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the characters because it attracts little kids.
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I mean, I don't know if this will work,
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but I can absolutely confirm that.
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Watching an ad for an unhealthy food just reminds me of how
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delicious fast food is and encourages me to buy it.
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That's their game, bro.
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Like you see with the sauce dripping juicy,
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sweaty drink on the fire,
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the freaking fire char broiled on the grill.
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Like there are literal times when I watch an ad and I
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think, yeah, I could go for some fries right now
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Next thing you know,
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I'm on Uber eats priority or even the apps.
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I think it was Domino's for the longest time.
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It always remind me like,
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hey, I worked 13 and be like,
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hey, you wanna start planning for dinner like they know they
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know, like when I had the wiener Schnitzel text messages,
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stop. Don't judge me,
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dude. Yeah, that's big back energy.
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Add the wiener Schnitzel,
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Texas and be like,
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oh, it's Wiener Wednesday.
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Buy one hot dog and get two for free.
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What the hell ever heard to buy two?
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Get one free but buy one,
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get two free. Jesus.
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Why are they putting those hot dogs?
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I don't know. Yeah.
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I mean, it's cool that they're doing that and again,
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Mexico already does it too with the mascot.
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So it's interesting to see if the US would ever do that
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I don't think so.