Blueberries, Strawberries Again on The โDirty Dozenโ List
โ By Sandee LaMotte | Wednesday March 20, 2024
CNN โ Approximately 95% of Nonorganic Strawberries, Leafy Greens such as Spinach and Kale, Collard and Mustard Greens, Grapes, Peaches and Pears tested by the United States government Contained Detectable Levels of Pesticides, according to the 2024 Shopperโs Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
Nectarines, Apples, Bell Peppers and Hot Peppers, Cherries, Blueberries and Green Beans rounded out the list of the 12 Most Contaminated samples of produce. Itโs dubbed the โDirty Dozenโ by the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, an Environmental and Health Advocacy Organization that has produced the annual report since 2004.
Pesticides have been linked in studies to preterm births, congenital malformations such as neural tube defects, spontaneous abortions and an increase in genetic damage in humans. Exposure to pesticides has also been associated with lower sperm concentrations, heart disease, cancer and other disorders.
Farmworkers who use or are exposed to pesticides are at highest risk, according to studies. A 2022 meta-analysis found workers exposed to pesticides were nearly five times as likely to have DNA damage while a February study found children exposed at an early age showed poorer neurodevelopment from infancy to adolescence.
Itโs not all bad news. Avocados, Sweet Corn, Pineapples, Onions and Papayas led the โClean Fifteenโ list of conventionally grown produce with the least amount of trace pesticides โ nearly 65% of the fruits and veggies in that grouping had no detectable pesticide residues, according to the report released Wednesday.
Rounding out the โClean Fifteenโ were Frozen Sweet Peas, Asparagus, Honeydew Melons, Kiwis, Cabbage, Watermelons, Mushrooms, Mangoes, Sweet Potatoes and Carrots.
Crops which grow close to the ground, such as Strawberries, Spinach and Other Leafy Greens are Particularly Subject to Pests. Ekaterina Goncharova/Moment RF/Getty Images
Washed, Peeled and Scrubbed
Each year, a rotating list of domestic and imported produce is tested by US Department of Agriculture and US Food and Drug Administration. Staffers at the USDA Pesticide Data Program wash, peel and scrub fruits and vegetables as consumers would, while workers at the FDA only brush dirt off the produce. Then the fruits and vegetables are tested for more than 250 different pesticides and the results are posted online.
For 2024, EWG researchers examined testing data on 47,510 samples of 46 nonorganic fruits and vegetables, with the majority of testing from the USDA. An analysis of that data found traces of 254 pesticides in all fruits and vegetables analyzed, with 209 of those chemicals on produce in the โDirty Dozenโ list.
โWe find that what ends up on one list versus the other reflects how those fruits and vegetables are grown,โ said Alexis Temkin, EWGโs senior toxicologist. โAvocados, for example, arenโt pesticide intensive, while strawberries grow very close to the ground and have a lot of pests.โ
Report Is Unfair To Farmers, Critics Say
About 70% of nonorganic produce tested by the USDA and FDA have pesticide levels within the legal limits allowed by the US Environmental Protection Agency, according to the EWG report. That fact makes the report misleading, said Carl Winter, emeritus professor of cooperative extension at the University of California, Davis.
โThe dose makes the poison, not its presence or its absence, and that dose determines the potential for harm. In many cases youโd have to be exposed to a million times more than what weโre exposed to before youโd even see any effects,โ said Winter, speaking on behalf of the Alliance on Food and Farming, which represents organic and conventional farmers.
However, โlegal levels do not mean safe levels,โ Temkin said in response. She pointed to times when regulators allowed potentially dangerous chemicals, such as the pesticide DCPA, to remain on the market long after scientific research had raised concerns. The herbicide was linked to thyroid concerns for years before the EPA told the public the chemical posed โsignificant risks to human healthโ in 2023.
Another example: chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in children and fetuses. The American Academy of Pediatrics joined EWG in 2017 protesting the EPAโs continued approval of the chemical.
โNo Washing Method Is 100% Effective For Removing All Pesticide Residues!โ
In addition, pesticides banned by the government continue to show up on crops sold in the US, according to the EWG report.
โGreen beans for example, continue to show traces of acephate, a toxic pesticide the EPA banned for use on green beans more than 10 years ago,โ Temkin said. โA lot of pesticides found on the โDirty Dozenโ have also been banned in the European Union because of their harmful effects on human health.โ
Another concern from critics is that the โDirty Dozenโ list is insulting to multigenerational farmers who struggle to grow food for the nation and feed those same products to their own children, said Steve Clement, CEO of Pacific Northwest Tree Fruit
โWhen this report comes out itโs like getting stabbed a little bit because weโre working so hard to put out a nice healthy product, and the implication of the โDirty Dozenโ list is that it is unhealthy,โ Clement said. โItโs like doing something kind for somebody and then having them turn around and call you some sort of monster.โ
The report may scare people away from eating the fruits and vegetables they need, said Neil Nagata, whose family has grown organic and conventional strawberries in Oceanside, California, for decades.
โEvery time the report comes out, or thereโs a scare on imported strawberries, we see our sales drop off,โ Nagata said. โItโs not as if weโre doing something that is wrong or incorrect, weโre actually producing very healthy, safe food. In fact, we actually live in the strawberry field and my father is 100 and my mom is 97, and they still eat strawberries.โ
Some farmers feel the term "Dirty Dozen" is insulting, according to the Alliance on Food and Farming. Kcline/iStockphoto/Getty Images
It is important that people eat lots of fruits and vegetables, even conventionally grown, said EWGโs Temkin.
โWe always emphasize that,โ she said. โWe want to enable consumers who wish to avoid as many pesticides as possible by opting for organic versions of the โDirty Dozen,โ where pesticide levels will be lower, and then, if they wish, choose less expensive conventionally grown produce from the โClean Fifteen.โโ
Organic produce is not more nutritious, but studies have found that levels of pesticides in the urine of adults and children can drop up to 95% after a switch to an organic diet.
Fungicide Levels Were High
For the first time, EWG analysts looked at reported levels of fungicides, one form of pesticide used to kill fungal diseases such as powdery mildew.
โFour out of five of the most frequently found pesticides on the โDirty Dozenโ list were fungicides, and they were also found in particularly high concentrations,โ Temkin said.
Two fungicides โ fludioxonil and pyrimethanil โ had the highest concentration on the โDirty Dozenโ list of any other pesticide, according to the report. Fludioxonil was found on 90% of peaches and nearly 30% of all โDirty Dozenโ samples, according to the report. Pyrimethanil was found on 65% of pear, 30% of apple, 27% of grape, 26% of strawberry and 24% of nectarine samples.
โFungicides are often applied after harvest to keep produce mold-free on its way to market. Thatโs likely why the concentrations were so high on some samples โ higher than other pesticides applied earlier in the growing season,โ Temkin said. โThe application of the fungicide is also closer to the time the produce is put on store shelves and consumers are eating them.โ
Fludioxonil creates a waxy coating on the fruit or vegetable that studies find is difficult to wash away. While the EPA finds fludioxonil safe at regulated levels, some studies have raised concerns that it might disrupt hormone and neurological systems. Exposing breast cancer cells to fludioxonil in a petri dish found the fungicide increased cell production by 1.5%.
Pyrimethanil was classified as a โpossible human carcinogenโ by the EPA in 2004, but the agency determined in 2015 the chemical was โnot likely to be carcinogenic to humansโ at low doses. Studies have shown it to be toxic to tree frogs and aquatic life, and it may disrupt thyroid levels in pregnant women living in agricultural areas. In lab tests, pyrimethanil and fludioxonil were show to impact androgen activity โ hormones that contribute to growth and reproduction in both men and women.
Ways To Reduce Pesticides In Your Food
Cleaning fruits and vegetables before eating does reduce pesticide levels, but โNo Washing Method is 100% Effective For Removing All Pesticide Residues,โ according to the National Pesticide Information Center.
Starting with clean hands, wash and rub produce under running water instead of soaking to remove the most pesticide, the center recommends on its website.
Donโt use soap, detergent or a commercial soak or scrub, however, as they have not been proven to be any more effective, according to the FDA. Dry the produce with a clean cloth or paper towel to further reduce bacteria that may be present.
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Pra comeรงar vou fazer 18h de nf todos os dias
Vou ser a viciada em exercรญcio, todos os dias terei q fazer alguma coisa que mexa o corpo e gaste kcals
Acordar as 7h dias de semana e as 8h aos finais de semana
Pelo menos uma vez na semana fazer uma caminhada atรฉ a praia
Cortar o carbo refinado
Pรฃo ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฏ๐๐ญ๐ฅช๐ฅจ
Biscoito (nem tipo "fit")
Macarrรฃo ๐๐๐ฅก
doce๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ง
O pรฃo sรณ trรกs inchaรงo, gordura e culpa! Se for usado, deve ser de forma estratรฉgica combinado com proteรญna e sem gordura.
O biscoito รฉ traiรงoeiro, parece inofensivo umas bolachas de รกgua e sal nรฉ?! Pois em apenas 4 unidades tem 160 funking calorias!!! E a coisa so triplica quando e aquela recheada, seja do formato q for! Aquela fantasiada de fitness, cara e cheia de frufru n fica de fora, pelo contrรกrio, se for pra comer biscoito de aveia, magic toast, torrada 7 grรฃos e o caralho a quatro, melhor comer a porcaria de 4 trakinas e ser feliz de uma vez!!
Macarrรฃo caseiro e uma bomba calorias nojenta e o miojo n vale a pena, aquela massa frita com o pacotinho de puro sรณdio acaba com a limpeza interna do corpo e ainda deixa inchada.
AGORA O MAIS DIFรCIL DE LARGAR... O DOCINHO โ ๏ธ
Comeca com o chiclete zero aรงรบcar, dps uma pastilha de menta n mata ngm, em seguida um drops azedinha n vai me engordar, e talvez essa balinha de chocolate n seja tรฃo maligna afinal...
Depois disso ate um balde de Nutella eu considero passavel e vira um novo ciclo de r.e de semanas a fio comendo de tudo e engordando os 3/4 kg que lutei o mes inteiro pra perder em menos de 10 dias!! ๐คฌ๐ค๐น
Entรฃo รฉ por isso q devo passar pelo processo de abstinรชncia para ficar limpa do aรงรบcar. O doce da mais vontade de doce, e quando vc percebe aquele docinho depois do almoรงo passa a ser encaixado em vรกrias refeiรงรตes do dia
Alguns alimentos estรฃo totalmente liberado e outros deverรก ser tomado mais cautela...
Liberadissimo
Frutas de baixa kcals
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Vegetais e legumes a vontade
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Proteรญna sem gordura no preparo, na Air fryer ou cozido mesmo, como:
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O importante รฉ inovar nos preparos e evitar a gordura, seja vegetal, natural, animal ou industrial!!
Chรก, suco zero, refri zero, cafรฉ, agua saborizada deve ser consumido com EXAGERO!! Estรก com sede? Bebe รกgua. Esta com fome? Bebe suco. Esta louca por doce? Bebe refri. Estรก sem energia? Bebe cafรฉ. Esta entediada? Faz um chรก doido e toma. Quer algo gelado, refrescante e aesthetic? Faz um suco verde, posta, e bebe tudo. N faz ๐ฉ pq n estรก comendo? Faz chรก de sene e boa sorte!!
O importante desse ponto รฉ nรฃo ser vencida pelo cรฉrebro, se estiver prestes a destruir tudo, bebe algum lรญquido ate n aguentar mais e esquecer a vontade.
Extremo cuidado
Frutas favorite, porรฉm calรณrica e engordativa
๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅ tentar usar em receitas em dias de refeiรงรฃo livre รฉ a melhor opรงรฃo. Usar a banana em panqueca, bolinho ou shake. O coco deve ser consumido em tips cru ou assado para melhor controle de quantidade. O abacate, manga, jaca, temoia e semelhantes deve ser um evento!!
E considerado saldavel e inofensivo por muitos nutricionista, mas uma porรงรฃo รฉ tรฃo pequena para quantidade de kcals que n vale a pena. Sรฃo os grรฃos, oleaginosas e os cereais.
Arroz, feijรฃo e grรฃo de bico รฉ saldavel, mas o preparo desses alimentos aqui no Brasil e cheios de adiรงรตes desnecessรกria e extremamente caloricas. No arroz coloca รณleo e sal. No feijรฃo soca carne, embutidos, gordura vegetal, animal e artificial, e muuuuito sal. Uma porรงรฃo pequena para agradar a vรณ ou a mรฃe uma vez na vida n vai estragar progresso, mas n deve ser frequente essas escapadas.
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Bebida alcoรณlica somente em ocasiรตes especiais e que n tenha outra opรงรฃo menos calorica. O รกlcool so faz inchar, desidratar, jogar sais minerais no ralo, ressaca e barriga de shop, entรฃo cuidado com a quantidade pois tbm tem muita caloria para pouca quantidade.
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Sobre a gordura que รฉ usada no preparo de alimentos cozidos ou fritos: A opรงรฃo mais aceitรกvel รฉ a banha e o รณleo de coco. Para refolgar uma carne, 5 a 10 gramas jรก รฉ mais que suficiente. Para omelete e panqueca, pincelar a gordura bem espalhado na frigideira รฉ o ideal. Ovo frito sem comentรกrios pq estรก banido.
O senhor sรญnico, o sal ๐ง
O sal causa retenรงรฃo de lรญquido, o que engorda visualmente e na balanรงa principalmente. Existem milhares de temperos para ser descoberto e apreciado no mundo. Vai de omelete? Coloca orรฉgano, cuminho e curry e uma pintadinha de sal, n tem erro!
O cigarro โ ๏ธ๐ฌ
Esse vai ser o verdadeiro castigo do monstro, a guerra entre eu e EU, o que vai ser decisivo em 2023.
Para adaptaรงรฃo serรก feita uma diminuiรงรฃo de dose. Serรก estabelecido horรกrios para fumar. Serรก 5 ๐ฌ por dia
Manhรฃ. Ao acordar ou depois de realizar as primeiras tarefas do dia
Intervalo/almoรงo. Depois de realizar alguma tarefa mais exaustiva e que mereรงa ser recompensada, pode fumar. Assim como depois da quebra do nf no almoรงo, รฉ uma boa hora pra um cigarrinho.
Tarde entediante ou tarde produtiva, esse horรกrio do dia pede um cigarrinho.
Fim da tarde inรญcio de noite, fechando o ciclo alimentar, depois do Exercรญcio ou do banho, agora รฉ a hora do cigarettes.
O รบltimo. A chave que fecha o dia, o cigarro antes de escovar os dentes e fechar as portas.
Essa serรก a fase inicial e ate mesmo flexรญvel do processo. Quando essa parte difรญcil passar e virar uma rotina de fumante, estรก na hora de introduzir uma distribuiรงรฃo de cigarro menor em momentos mais relachados.
Tres a dois cigarros, vc vai decidir o momento de fumar. No 2 semestre do ano ja serรก a hora de comeรงar esse .
Uma clean girl ๐ง
Uma garota bonita e magra n e o suficiente, para ser perfeita รฉ preciso rosto e corpo limpo, cheiroso e bem cuidado!
Rosto de dar inveja
A รกgua ja e figurinha repetida entรฃo sem muita delongas, BEBA รGUA E SUA PELE VAI AGRADECER, SรRIO!
Invista antes de tudo em um protetor solar fp 50. O uso deve ser diรกrio, logo apรณs escovar os dentes de manhรฃ, seja sol ou chuva.
รgua micellar para remover impurezas do dia a dia e a maquiagem que venha a ser usada.
Um kit basico de skin care รฉ o ideal para comeรงar, para quem n tem costume nem noรงรฃo de produtos e funรงรตes รฉ a opรงรฃo mai sensata.
Quem tem Braรงo e perna peluda รฉ aranha cargueira
Depilaรงรฃo deve ser como culto de domingo, religiosamente feito toda semana.
Pe de ๐ธ??? Nunca mais!! Usar sandรกlia รฉ essencial, se vc quer mudar seu corpo, pare de ser moleca e passe a andar calcada para ter pรฉs de princesa. Assim como a pele e o cabelo os pรฉs tambรฉm precisa de cuidados. Faรงa a pedicure semanalmente, no banho esfregue cada dobrinha e cantinho e lixe a sola para deixar lisinho e limpo.
Produtos para pele: esfoliante corporal(1X na semana); รณleo de banho(1X no dia); creme hidratante com cheiro Mach com perfume(apรณs o banho)
Perfume e a marca registrada de uma garota. Pesquise o cheiro que deseja ter e qual sensaรงรฃo causar nas pessoas com ele, se arrisque e compre alguns, uma hora vc vai escolher um. Tenha um baratinho pra usar em casa pra ir dormir e um principal para o dia a dia.
Cabelo รฉ foda, pra quem treina diariamente pior ainda. Existem duas opรงรตes, cortar deixando bem curtinho ou Pixel. E a mais chata, lavar o cabelo religiosamente todos os dias apรณs o treino e manter um cronograma semanal de hidrataรงรฃo e crescimento capilar ๐ฅฒ. ร uma grande decisรฃo...
Roupa transmite sua essรชncia ๐โจ
Para uma pessoa indecisa como sou, essa vai ser complicado:
Escolha um estilo propio!! Gosta de roupas folgadas, despojada, cool e desfem, mas tbm gosta de calรงa de alfaiataria, blusas femininas e salto alto...
Combine os seus gostos!! Pรตe um vestido com um tรชnis branco e uma bolsa cool ๐
Mude seu guarda roupas de dentro casa. Use roupas mais simples e baratas para o dia a dia e para ir na padaria, mas que imprimam sua personalidade com elas
2023 serรก o seu ano, chega de deixar a depressรฃo tomar sua vida! Entรฃo vc vai fazer cursos e procurar um novo emprego, entรฃo faca pastas no Pinterest com as inspos de roupas e looks q vc vai usar.
Tenha pecas coringas!!
Parte de cima > blusa baby look clean, de cor neutra para base de looks; camisas oversize com estampas descolada e cool para math com parte de baixo mais simples; body clean e com pouca estampas para parte de baixo que merecem mais destaque; tops cropped para cintura alta.
Parte de baixo > calรงa jeans mom e wide serรก a predominรขncia; calรงa de alfaiataria, seja as mais estruturadas e mais carinhas e ate as mais soltinhas. Tenha uma de cada cor; shorts e saias nรฃo vai ser usado com constรขncia, mas e bom ter alguns jeans, alfaiataria e soltinhos para usar no verรฃo.
Calรงa e shorts legging para treinar, de preferรชncia cores escuras e tecido de qualidade.
Vestidos, muitos vestidos!!! Curto, longo, molinho, estruturado, clean, estampado, de festa, de casa... Use e abuse de vestidos, eles sao perfeitos para dias de preguicinha, รฉ so por e ir.
Calรงados > compre rasterinhas, elas sรฃo baratinhas e ate uma ida a padaria fica mais arrumada com uma. Tenha umas mais trabalhadas para rolรชs que pede algo a mais sem deixar de ser casual, e varias mais simples para o informal do dia a dia; tรชnis sera seu best: um alstar branco e outro preto, um lv branco pra o rolรช descolado, um basiquinho adidas, um tรชnis novo para treinar e outros dois mais decorado; saltinhos baixos tanto plataforma quanto bico fino, mas toda mulher, seja a casual a paty, tem q ter bons saltos.
Gym skinny girl๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Para ser uma verdadeira it girl em 2023 vc precisa se manter magra e torneada, isso sera alcanรงado com musculaรงรฃo.
Treinar pesado, intenso, fofo, cardio, ou 10 min de hit, fodasse!! Treine msm quando sentir q foi mt ativa no dia. Fodasse tbm a motivaรงรฃo, o foco รฉ na disciplina!!!
Fazer musculaรงรฃo seria muito bom msm, entรฃo tenha como meta primordial do inรญcio do ano de entrar na academia
ร importante tornar o Exercรญcio um hรกbito tal qual escovar os dentes de manhรฃ
Caminhada รฉ bom pra pensar na vida, organizar as ideias, e principalmente gastar kcals e tempo. Tente fazer ao menos 1X na semana. Caminhar bem cedinho ate a praia, por os pรฉs na รกgua e correr na areia vai tornar o seu dia 5 vezes melhor!
Paty pobre ๐๐
Uma garota marcante usa e abusa de acessรณrios sofisticados e harmรดnicos. E uma garota cool e de personalidade usa prata!! A shoppe vai te ajudar nessa missรฃo
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Pandora reflexions
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Anel Pandora coraรงรฃo
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Hermes bracelet
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Os charms n devem ser esses baratinhos nem banhado, dรช total preferรชncia a comprar um a cada 1/2 meses, mas q seja totalmente prata 925 e da loja tanfa
Por enquanto รฉ isso, qualquer coisa vou atualizando dps
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3000-1000 bc dash simulator:
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another day another ship to build
#amenmose speaks
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who up burying their porcelain to confuse future archeologists and force them to admit that legendary history is real?
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in light of the whole "gay representation in the epic of gilgamesh" thing here's a friendly reminder that gilgamesh isn't good representation because he's a literal war criminal
#tw epic of gilgamesh
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new nsfw achilles/patroclus wip fresco guys......... ๐ซฃ
Keep reading
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AAAAAAAAA EUMELIA THIS IS SO GOOD!!!
#mutual art #nsfw #i demand everyone follow eumelia NOW
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#dude my stomach hurts so bad rn #i'm in a new area and the vegetation is different here and ugh #idk why my band expects me to try new shit for them every time like #and i feel guilty saying no but i also don't know how to assert myself and i #fully acknowledge that. but like idk i'm just tired and there's no sources of water here #sorry if this is rambly i'm just frustrated #mine #d0n't r3b-log
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gilkidu moodboard
#gilkidu #eog
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"home alone 2: lost in mohenjo-daro" who tf gets lost in mohenjo-daro it's a grid system motherfucker
#my post
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ok the lack of critical thinking skills on this website is fucking off the tablets like. the epic of gilgamesh is like 100 years old. you can't view it through a modern lens of "representation." like some of you guys are like 25 whole years old aren't you supposed to be dead
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anyway stream ir-nanna's epic of gilgamesh lecture/analysis made for the 80th anniversary of the release of its first tablet
#epic of gilgamesh #save
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call me the indus valley the way i'm fertile and moist
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come on now
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this is why i'm anti-agriculture
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i was hanging out with my cousin ea-nasir today and i made him some barley stew and he tried to send it back like it was a tavern???
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wait.... THE ea-nasir??
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holy shit is your cousin ea-nasir
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how the fuck do you guys know my cousin
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oh i see. me and nanni should unionize.
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ok wait wtf do they do when they like subtract 5 from 5 for example in greece if there's no zero in their number system??
#original #hashtag just bathing thoughts
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