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rhymeswithpoolverine
Is that kid sized. I.e. the cup holds a ideally liquified 4yr old.
grammaticallycorrectstannis
"Child size" - Pawnee, probably
buthowdoyoueven
Child size - 512 ounce.
DarbSmada
We need Leslie Knope
KharnApproves
Why is this called child sized?
timmyisinthewell
"How is this a child-sized soda?" "Well it's roughly the size of a 2 year old child, if the child were liquefied"
humanaction
"it is roughly the size of a small child..."
Putrek
As someone with diabetes type 1. It really isn't that bad. I feel like I just got healthier lifestyle. Also, Diabetes type 1 has (1/2)
Putrek
nothing to do with being unhealthy so KFC donating money is awesome in my opinion. (69/2)
Noonies
To be fair, the Mega Jug was intended to be something you took home and split with others. Just like you don't eat the whole bucket yourself
Mitchfl
That thing is probably so packed with ice its no bigger than a regular drink
BrisketandBeans
Right, no one does that...
Thatusernamehasalreadybeen
...maybe YOU don't eat the bucket by yourself, but this is 'Murica. I'll eat the bucket by myself if I damn well please!
daimomusic
I would get that mega jug and just fill it with Ice Cold water
Flyndaran
There is such a thing as diet soda. I'm diabetic and would safely drink a jug of diet Pepsi.
tehPhreakmang
yeap. when my daughter manifested type 1, all we did with soda was tell her diet only, she's totally ok with it too.
tehPhreakmang
why downvote, this is common with diabetics. Rule of thumb - you don't drink your carbs/sugars
BrisketandBeans
Kfc is there for you then
jocelen
I worked at KFC before people would come in get the jugs and stick a straw in it smh
cwagrant
Had a friend one time go to a KFC and he asked for the largest drink they had. The guy behind the counter went all dear-in-the-headlights
cwagrant
and just whispered back... "You want the mega jug?" I guess they didn't get to sell it very often, lol.
BrisketandBeans
Reminds me of a Simpsons gag where homer got a movie theatre soda the size of a large popcorn & the popcorn was proportionately larger
D3V3TRON
This can't be real
marcobear
Gotta have diabetes to get rid of diabetes...
3toedsloth
GAAAH. As the parent and brother of a Type 1 diabetic, this makes me want rip my hair out. I'm all for funny ironic situations but 1/?
Bhelios
Smart/calculated ad. "What can we do to get people talking about this?" Lots of people learned something today. Best health wishes to child.
3toedsloth
This just completely propagates the damn stigma that diabetes is caused by being fat. Please, please, please, if you want to know more 2/?
3toedsloth
About diabetes, specifically the differences between Juvenile Diabetes (type 1), and type 2 diabetes ask me or any of the many diabetics 3/?
3toedsloth
I have seen posting around here. The JDRF is a very worthwhile charity that is trying to get rid of the horrible disease kids are having 4/?
3toedsloth
To live and die with. I'm not mad, just upset. I still love you all and all I want to do is educate.
Itsnotdapopo
How much can a mega jug hold?
SqueezeTheDay
Drink this. If you get diabetes we'll give you a dollar.
Theunimaginativeone
Is that an actual bucket?
clutchthepearls
Well Juvenile diabetes is so far incurable and unrelated to diet. Type 2 is easily cured by not being fat.
rando84
So the juvenile diabetes patients are profiting off the slow death of their Type 2 brethren? That's pretty metal.
courtneyabwy
Not everyone who buys a mega jug will fill it with regular soda. It is very possible many people will order diet sodas or possibly water
rando84
Probably a few will, but diet sodas are just as bad for diabetes & putting a water in a mega jug is just an insult to the mega jug concept.
therealgiraffe
You're right about Type 1 being incurable and unrelated to diet, but type 2 is more complicated than that.
clutchthepearls
Well its a generalization for the sake of the point. It is more complicated than that, but not -that- much more complicated.
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clutchthepearls
...all that being said, being fat is almost always a contributing factor and getting less fat with healthier dieting will lessen or cure it
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therealgiraffe
Yeah, you're right. Sorry, got my argument threads mixed up. Oops!
Beelsebooob
To be fair, you could stick sugar free soda in it.
daimomusic
Aspertame is so much worse though sadly.
Beelsebooob
No, just like vaccination, aspertame has been character assassinated by idiots who think they know better than scientists. It's pretty 1/
Beelsebooob
much the single most tested food substance on the planet, and has been found to be safe over and over and over again. 2/2
daimomusic
Then I was wrong and I apologize
Beelsebooob
+1 for being willing to change your mind when presented with facts :)
daimomusic
If wrong, I will freely admit in being wrong and I will change my opinion
night780
There are different types of diabetes.
mainmoon
Feed an African child a cheeseburger by Quadra-sizing your mega taco.
SpidermansStupidButtcrack
type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) =/= type 2 diabetes (fat people)
BrisketandBeans
Yes, so many people have pointed that out
tehPhreakmang
type 2 isn't "fat people" I know several healthy thin-ish type 2's
SpidermansStupidButtcrack
I know it happens, but it's still super frustrating as a type 1 that my insurance is still like, "just control your diet!" that does nothing
tehPhreakmang
Well it does allow you to keep a more stable bg level. But in the real world that's not really an easy thing to do, restaurants report 1/
tehPhreakmang
carb count on their foods but the portions are never exact, so while it says that salad and fish platter is 80 carbs, it could be 70 or 105
tehPhreakmang
It sucks trying to keep a pre-puberty kid on a even keel even if you control the intake exactly, damn hormones fuck it up no matter what
brockleskank
I don't want a large farva! I want a god damn literacola!
itsimpossibletofindausernamethatisnttaken
Litre is French.... for gimme some fuckin' cola!
Idunnowut
before I break vous fuckin lips!
spookymormonhelldream
Literacola? Do we make Literacola?
justorderalargefarva
I'm relevant! I love these little moments.. :)
shimmernshine
This is just shy of a double farva, actually.
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brockleskank
It's for a cop
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brockleskank
No. I mean I'm quoting super troopers. And I won't stop. BACK OFF ANTONIO! THAT'S MY DICK!
SenatorHillaryIAmStillInTheRaceClinton
I understand meow
BrisketandBeans
You had me at literacola...
CyranoDeBurlapSack
Help us find a cure, by increasing the sample size!
footfoe
Children develop Juvenile diabetes because of their genes. It has nothing to do with being overweight.
CyranoDeBurlapSack
I'm aware of my mistake, I can't promise I won't make it again.
ZachPutland
Perpetuating the scapegoating of the obesity epidemic on large sized foods is idiotic. It's a parenting issue, not a soda issue
BrisketandBeans
True, but somethings wrong with how kfc has no problem enabling
tehPhreakmang
It's a parenting and overeating issue, the high carb fructose corn syrup soda's just exasperates the issue.
KirbyChris
2 points, 1 comment, front page? Interdasting.
huffmanxd
Front page of reddit gets posted on imgur
Sprinkleton
God damnit it's from Reddit. You've been a member here for almost 4 years you have no excuse for not knowing this by now
madetheaccountjustforyou
JDRF is for the type of diabetes that isn't deserved.
tehPhreakmang
type 2 can affect ANYONE. Big, small, medium... it doesn't care!! overweight/obese =/= type 2. You can have a perfect BMI and get type 2
ladygundam
As someone with t1d, the autoimmune type, *NO* diabetes is deserved and you are an asshole
madetheaccountjustforyou
I thought you type 1 guys hated the type 2 guys?
ParsleySage
No? I don't hate them. Personally I nothing them.
therealgiraffe
I think we hate having to explain to a million people what type 1 is. Hopefully we don't hate people with type 2.
givemeyourpointsplease
Omg, he mixed up type 1 and type 2 diabetus what a moron. But come on folks the irony here is let's find a cure for type 1 by getting 2.
Bhelios
Gotta crack some eggs if you wanna make an omelette :p People learned things today on reddit. OP must be crazy..... like a fox.
robbyrobot
KFC serves in family sizes. Not sure this is meant to be drank by 1 person. Not saying it won't happen though.
BrisketandBeans
Oh come on, a 2 liter is to share, are they gonna pass that around & drink from the straw? Pouring it into smaller cups would be a mess
robbyrobot
I haven't personally ordered it, but i do remember as a kid kfc had something like this and it came with a lid that was made for pouring.
AssSoFatIToldHerLookBackAtIt
Honestly, all charities should get their money from ironic circumstances, it just makes sense
notme222
Well then as soon as someone has a fundraiser to stop child abuse, sign me up. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Averagesize
Dark!
MrMaRzZ
And dollars
ClassicRockRubberDuck
Excuse me, you meant to say , "It just makes cents"
SatansLeftNipple
Give yourself diabetes to save a child from it
BloviatingBurnsBrainCells
Maybe it's not ironic. Maybe it's like diabetic make a wish foundation. One day you can drink this too
RheaButt
Welfare funds are changed to be given to charities to help the impoverished
IAmTheBadW01f
Lottery proceeds go to math education
SarahTree
Always thought the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness for people who have lost nerve function was ironic ....
alwaysupvoteyellingbird
It was invented because it kinda feels like the illness for a moment, or so I've read
ConspiceyStories
A jewish foundation recieves royalties for Mien Kampf, take that adolf
Wittedchimp
Any way of getting money makes cents.
hstein3
How should Make a Wish earn their money?
dexterdroid
I'd donate 1$ every time I see a girl in yoga pants
iSatan
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtvZgkW8TWq_1c-raYp1wghZQjaYHaw4kzdeQfAciQg2qN64pim1kOJqcqGA aww thanks!
RevolutionOnHerLips
Life insurance companies?
twofishtails
Dark. So.Very.Very.Dark.
twinklelilstar
my browser refuses to look into the link :(
boom1chaching
Add $1 on your vaccination purchase
efemral
A raffle to help gambling addicts?
MrsAprilLudgateDwyer
A sorority on my campus would always sell candy to raise money for their philanthropy which was JDRF...my diabetic roommate hated it.
ShadowStorm197498
This is the exact same top comment from when it was on reddit
alwaysupvoteyellingbird
There are beer brands donating to help ppl with alcoholism, which makes a lot of sense
JohnnyCashedOut
It has electrolytes.
ANursierNurse
Is this the buzzword now for high sodium content?
JohnnyCashedOut
It's what plants crave
McKenzieCartwright
The Humane Society would make money off of dog fight winnings.
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
My sister told me she was doing a "Run for child obesity." My response was "Are the fat kids at least running with you?"
ularg
If she doesn't laugh just tell her she has an "Autohumor deficiency"
Cynistera
Would that be inhumane treatment? I really don't know anymore..
OverlyCynicalImgurian
If they're obese enough they could damage their knees from doing it.
JoshuaSteinke
It's a walk not a run, if they're obese enough that they cannot stand the charity isn't going to be able to help anyways
Cousinkyle
They can buy them those little scooters and tell them it's not their fault they're a drain on society. :-)
OverlyCynicalImgurian
They totally could, swimming is a good start. Doesn't put so much pressure on the skeleton
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
If they ran to help their own cause? While simultaneously helping the same cause they're running for? It's a win win!! (1)
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
It's like walking for cancer if walking was also the cure for cancer!!
Cynistera
I think exercise is the answer but would it be considered inhumane treatment?
Cynistera
I meant a parent forcing a kid to run.
CMcAwesomeville
It's kinda inhumane letting your child be morbide obese. I'm not skinny at all but there's no way my kids won't do any sports or exercise...
RevolutionOnHerLips
Criminal, possibly. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/22/stepmom-grandmother-charged-in-girls-running-death.html
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
Oh I didn't say anything about forcing. Encouraging sure, but I think it's up to the parents on eating habits in the first place.
NipplesOfTheNorth
Microwave companies donating for testicular cancer research sounds awesome
LongoloidFartExplosion
I still don't have one.
leontheprofessional
I was thinking tanning saloons donating to skin cancer research
thegreenknight7
Yea, the donation is a tax from the FDA Or some other gov entity. Like how they tax cigs for causing cancer
leontheprofessional
Well high tax on cigs can be guised for whatever reason, but it's probably just high because they know people will pay it.
thegreenknight7
True enough.
HaniiPuppy
I think you're using your microwave wrong.
IronicUsername
As a man with a microwave: wait, what?
NipplesOfTheNorth
"just gettin a little cancer Stan, nothing to worry about
DickChaney2
Dont microwave your balls above 1000 watts
footfoe
Um... Juvenile Diabetes doesn't come from being overweight. It's a autoimmune disease you're born with.
copingcabana
there you go using facts and logic
induren
Killjoy! And, thanks for imparting knowledge.
tehPhreakmang
My lovely spawnling is type 1, We need so much more type 1 research, 6-12 sticks a day, no child should have to endure that. breaks my heart
DianNaoChong
Everyone knows you get type 1 through bites from other type 1's.
scottygrayskull
Upvoted for being accurate! :D
mydailydoseofantidepressantsisyourbooty
Born with or develop. A small population of people develop it after a serious illness or something.
canibFrank
Type 1 here - Thank you!
JoonasD6
Also, juvenile =/= DM type I. It's common for youngsters, but the autoimmune reaction destroying pancreas's beta cells can start any age.
Arkanrais
or your immune system goes nuts from an unrelated illness, like my sister in law. Got the flu when she was like 5, suddenly dead pancreas.
PuppyLuv
Thank you! I came here to say this. I wish I could give you more than +1
QuietScreaming
Thank you! My dad is diabetic and it always annoys me when people don't understand the difference between the types
Jerrant
As a Type 1, I still find this ironic. Unfortunately, diabetes has to be a shared name. :(
youenteredthesecuritycodewrong
Most people don't associate juvenile diabetes with type 1. They're going to assume diabetic. It's just ironic they're promoting it along
youenteredthesecuritycodewrong
side soda. Good PR move.
SaeedNassar
Let's get type 2 diabetes and fund type 1 diabetes research !
mansadamngoblin
Dont try to mess up our assumptions with facts!
foxfire1112
i think it's saying that i've you have jd you should drink a jug of soda
AutumnPumpkin
Diet soda doesn't do much though. I'd be afraid for anyone who drank that much regular soda.
Grudgebearingmidget
-But that makes it okay to gulp down a bucket of corn-syrup, sugar and caffeine? My mum's a type 2 diabetic. This makes no sense to me.
holyguacamonica
Sadly they are seeing a higher incidence of juveniles with type 2, so it's not completely wrong. It is better to go by type 1 and type 2.
therealgiraffe
Nowadays we do say Type 1 and Type 2. JDRF is focused on Type 1, but they haven't changed the name because it's well-established already.
Flyndaran
My "adult onset diabetes" aka type 2 didn't come from my weight either.
therealgiraffe
Yeah, Halle Berry has Type 2, as well.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
No Halle Berry has type 1. Type 1 can appear at any age, and is autoimmune. Type 2 is a separate disease from eating too much sugar.
therealgiraffe
I know, and she WAS misdiagnosed as Type 1 at first. But she stopped taking insulin and isn't dead, so it's definitely Type 2.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Looking into it no on knows. It's speculation. Without her labs and antibody panel its impossible to say. But DM2 is from sugar bombardment.
therealgiraffe
Here's an article: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesResource/story?id=3822870
Paiithan
I'm sorry. Did you get lost in imgur. Go back to tumblr.
damanism
Hello logic, my old friend. I'm reading your comment yet again. The interwebs can be mis-leading. As ignorance softly seeps in. 1/?
damanism
And the ignorance, figuratively caused me to be insane, in the membrane. Deflected. By the sound... of your logic 2/?
Alex1514
Who said the JDRF only deals with one type of diabetes?
brickonator
When I teach about diabetes in my bio class, I always tell people to effectively think of them as completely separate disorders. (1/2)
brickonator
Type 1 is when you're thirsty but the sink doesn't work. Type 2 is when you're thirsty but water doesn't quench it anymore.
therealgiraffe
That's a good metaphor! Haha...
ParsleySage
Also if you have untreated type 1 DM you're going to be thirsty all the time. Even *while* you're drinking.
givemeyourpointsplease
So basically what is happening here is help us find the cure for type 1 by giving people type 2 ? And that makes it OK ?
robbyrobot
KFC serves in family sizes. Not sure this is meant to be drank by 1 person. Not saying it won't happen though.
AxelSss
They know what they're doing.
notaballoon
Honestly? Yes. I would trade type 2 for type 1 in a goddamned heartbeat.
thewarinvietfuckingnam
And how does this promotion accomplish that?
notaballoon
Apparently it helps find a cure for type 1 by giving people type 2, which seems about equivalent
tehPhreakmang
...no
AgentWienerDog
Until you have to pay $763/bottle of Novolog. Ridiculous.
3toedsloth
Type 1s use novolog, too...
AgentWienerDog
I was implying his "I'd take type one over 2 etc etc"
T1Diabeeta
As another person with type one, thank you too. I've never been overwrite and I was 5 when diagnosed...
TK421isAFK
You may not be overwrite, but I'm underwriting you right now.
T1Diabeeta
Aw shit....I didn't notice that...
Flyndaran
I have type 2 and had a very healthy lifestyle. Obesity is an increased risk factor not the only factor.
AgentWienerDog
It overall is based on weight. Too much muscle can give t2 as well. Just not enough insulin for the body having too much of a need.
bluefootedbooby
May I ask what other factors cause it? I've always been told it's just obesity so I'm curious
HollowedAshes
It's more the body and how much insulin the pancreas makes. Type 2, it doesn't make enough or it makes it badly
T1Diabeeta
Genetics.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Yeah but you will still go into DKA from just looking at that much soda
ddpv
Oh, so I can only fund charities for causes I suffer from. The poor are kinda screwed then.
tehPhreakmang
No, Diet soda is carb neutral and sugary soda is corrected easily. It's when it isn't corrected and insulin levels drop DKA begins to occur
AgentWienerDog
Thanks for getting that out there for them. Sugar is so easily corrected... It's hard stuff like carbs that kill us!
tehPhreakmang
yeap, sugars metabolize quickly but some carbs take forever
hugebattleaxe
is DKA donkey kong anal?
BabysPinkSock
Yes. Yes it is. And yes, it IS amazing
AtlasUnbound
Is he Bigger, Faster, and Stronger too?
zeethenomad
what else could it stand for?
clopez1077
Type 2 Juvenile Diabetes is becoming more and more prevalent. Which is from eating excessive high carbohydrate meals
AgentWienerDog
You can have a high carb meal.... and be fine. It's the unhealthy carbs and artificial factors added in with carbs that are bad.
clopez1077
Of course you can, which is why I said "excessive". I agree with your statement.
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uaedaien
I don't.
jeffyd23
no, we don't
therealgiraffe
I have Type 1. It IS an autoimmune disease, but most people aren't born with it. You generally get it as a kid, though.
professorsquid
Yeah, my boyfriend's dad got diagnosed with Type 1 at 20 after a really bad flu. His body just started attacking itself.
therealgiraffe
That sucks. I think the trigger for me was a really bad Strep infection which I couldn't shake for months.
notaballoon
Well, you're born with the condition, it's just a matter of time (and luck) if it ever manifests
TheMayorOfTittyCity
We actually do not believe that is true, as least as of now. There is a stronger genetic predisposition to DM2 than DM1.
therealgiraffe
Yeah, I think it's unclear. There may be some genetic factors we haven't found yet, but so far, researchers can't be sure of all the factors
provenzer0
My daughter was diagnosed at 10. No history in family. Dr. Thinks a rare virus attacked her pancreas. Not sure what to think. Its been 5 yrs
therealgiraffe
Hmm, I'm not sure I agree. You may be born with risk factors, but you definitely aren't born with the disease.
notaballoon
Yes you're not born without islets, but it's triggered by an infection. People WITHOUT those genetic factors WON'T get it.
therealgiraffe
That's my understanding, anyway.
therealgiraffe
I think that's not 100% true. Some people with the genetic risk factors don't get T1, and some people without the risk factors still get it.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
It is actually much less genetically determined than DM2, surprisingly enough. Its primarily environmental as far as we currently understand
kittypixplz
The first type of diabetes I ever learned about was juvenile. I was confused for years about how you get it from being overweight.
AgentWienerDog
It's because your pancreas can't supply the mass amount of body with enough insulin. Why losing weight &edited/exercise are recommended.
kittypixplz
Well, type I vs type II. I was 7 when I learned about type I, in my teens when I learned about type II.
AgentWienerDog
That's pretty shitty. I had type one @ 5, and knew about all three types by the end of my hospital stay
kittypixplz
The only reason I knew about it at all was because my teacher's kid had it. I really had no inclination to learn the types in 1992.
ibbaman11
You don't. Overweight people just tend to eat excessive amounts of sugar.
therealgiraffe
Eating excessive amount of sugar OR being overweight have nothing to do with Type 1 diabetes
AustinBernard
due to inflammation. which sugar helps trigger.
therealgiraffe
Not even remotely accurate.
AustinBernard
do you have an autoimmune disease? I do and I've done tons of research on them. autoimmunity is, in essence, an allergic response to one's
AustinBernard
own body. when inflammatory substances, aka sugar, are ingested, the response increases. alcohol has a similar effect. so please
AustinBernard
use that big ol internet and do some research next time.
therealgiraffe
I'm guessing you may have jumped to some conclusions based on your disease, but please don't assume that you understand mine.
AustinBernard
dude they're literally all based around the same type of response. but whatever you can be as ignorant as you seem to think I am.
therealgiraffe
Yeah, buddy. I have type 1 diabetes. I guess you haven't researched that one, but researchers believe that genetics & viruses play a role.
AustinBernard
exactly.. play a role. not everything is black and white.