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Not all that glitters....

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This is just a quick heads up. The topic is:  Which we have adapted into EVERYTHING lately. Cups, shoes, plates, bowls, makeup, hair gels, body paint, toys, even we started eating it - its on cakes, in drinks, on top of muffins and cupcakes... But despite the label "safe to eat" it isn't really. It is supposed to pass through our digestive system without any harm, however it is only passed the FSA test if it says "food contact glitter" - this product is usually just coloured sugar. The actual glitter that are on top of food can be "non-toxic" which is literally just won't kill you nor harm you in any serious way, however is not advised that you eat vast amounts of it, and can be "for removable decorations" which you should avoid eating for the reason that it is just for decorating purposes - you won't eat the candles either. It is probably just my discomfort with this topic, because I am a kind of person who is baffled...

What is this Wine Overhype?

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I cannot be the only one that thinks social media overhypes wine consumption. I am an adult, in the age that I can legally drink, and wine IS my to go to drink if I decide I want to have something with a little bit of alcohol in it. So I do appreciate wine, but there is just so many memes about drinking it that I feel like we are promoting alcoholism. Because opening a bottle of wine and consuming the whole thing alone at 2 p.m. is kind of a sign of alcoholism in my opinion. There is nothing wrong with having a glass or two at dinner, especially if you have something to celebrate. Just reading these   kind of made me think of the whole thing. And of course Buzzfeed is the biggest advocate of the movement by posting memes , tweets , comparisons  (which are the only appropriate articles in the matter in my opinion), " cheat sheets "(this one is actually useful), wine facts , wine tests , wine " exercises " (featuring the biggest wine fan who has influential voic...