Comments on: Sugar pills http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 23:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: tiamat_the_red http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1563691 tiamat_the_red Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1563691 No,  a lawyer decided he could get money this way and now Christmas bakers can't get their favorite decorations anymore.  See http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/06/cakewalk-silver-dragee-strikes-again.html for more details. No,  a lawyer decided he could get money this way and now Christmas bakers can’t get their favorite decorations anymore.  See http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/06/cakewalk-silver-dragee-strikes-again.html for more details.

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562656 An Infinitude of Tortoises Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562656 I'll make a point of insisting on only <i>fake</i> fake placebos in that case. I’ll make a point of insisting on only fake fake placebos in that case.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562548 kmoser Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562548 Looks like the old <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpI2Rv-vYAs" rel="nofollow">Contac</a> capsules. Looks like the old Contac capsules.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562506 Deidzoeb Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562506 The capsules have little or no flavor. So unless you wait for them to dissolve in your mouth, you'd get all the bad effects of eating sugar without tasting it. The capsules have little or no flavor. So unless you wait for them to dissolve in your mouth, you’d get all the bad effects of eating sugar without tasting it.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562408 Boundegar Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562408 Girl, you have no faith in medicine. Girl, you have no faith in medicine.

]]> By: Mitch Calvert http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562236 Mitch Calvert Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562236 hermano? hermano?

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562199 blueelm Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562199 You know the funny thing is that they used to use dragées to administer medicines. You know the funny thing is that they used to use dragées to administer medicines.

]]> By: ZikZak http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562166 ZikZak Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562166 Sugar pills are incredibly dangerous!  You've all seen the studies - sugar pills can cause practically any symptom known to medical science.  Headache, arthritis, high blood pressure, drowsiness, low blood pressure, insomnia...you name it!  How can these things be available without a prescription? Sugar pills are incredibly dangerous!  You’ve all seen the studies – sugar pills can cause practically any symptom known to medical science.  Headache, arthritis, high blood pressure, drowsiness, low blood pressure, insomnia…you name it!  How can these things be available without a prescription?

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562137 chris coreline Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562137 so given that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down and given that this medicine is actually sugar does a spoonful of this medicine go down infinity well? i think i just scienced. so given that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
and given that this medicine is actually sugar
does a spoonful of this medicine go down infinity well?

i think i just scienced.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562133 Halloween_Jack Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562133  Someone in California suffered trauma due to glitter in their poop?  Someone in California suffered trauma due to glitter in their poop?

]]> By: gyffes http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562126 gyffes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562126  .. brother..?  .. brother..?

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562117 That_Anonymous_Coward Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562117 Only when they are searching your bags and find your kids candy stash and arrest you for smuggling... Only when they are searching your bags and find your kids candy stash and arrest you for smuggling…

]]> By: Abel Undercity http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562107 Abel Undercity Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562107 This will surely end well. This will surely end well.

]]> By: xlbao http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562105 xlbao Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562105 Referring to medicine as candy is never a good idea. Kids overdose on adult meds because they think it is candy. Pls help to stop this! Even the American Association of Poison Control Centers makes this a regular alert message to the public! http://twitter.com/AAPCC/status/249886476723159040 Referring to medicine as candy is never a good idea. Kids overdose on adult meds because they think it is candy. Pls help to stop this! Even the American Association of Poison Control Centers makes this a regular alert message to the public!
http://twitter.com/AAPCC/status/249886476723159040

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562104 Florian Bösch Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562104 What about bacon pills? What about bacon pills?

]]> By: Ashen Victor http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562102 Ashen Victor Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562102  Also more expensive than fake ones!  Also more expensive than fake ones!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562100 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562100 Sugar pills or Dextroamphetamine Extended Release caps?  This is going to be the best fifth birthday party ever! Sugar pills or Dextroamphetamine Extended Release caps?  This is going to be the best fifth birthday party ever!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562097 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562097 Makers can make their own using tiny sugar pills, gum arabic and silver leaf. Makers can make their own using tiny sugar pills, gum arabic and silver leaf.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562085 Ladyfingers Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562085 Take enough and they'll cure that predictable pancreatic function of yours. Take enough and they’ll cure that predictable pancreatic function of yours.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562084 Wreckrob8 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562084  Only the sugar-coated ones, for palatability.  Only the sugar-coated ones, for palatability.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562080 Daemonworks Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562080 The best thing about placebos is that they work even if you know they're placebos. The best thing about placebos is that they work even if you know they’re placebos.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562075 Mark Dow Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562075 Yes, but real fake placebos are just so much snake oil. Yes, but real fake placebos are just so much snake oil.

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562073 An Infinitude of Tortoises Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562073 Do fake placebos still work...? Do fake placebos still work…?

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562074 Mark Dow Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562074 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%A9e"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers the metallic-finish dragées to be inedible, and they are sold with a notice that they are for decorative purposes only. Early in the 20th century, the silver finish may have contained mercury (it does not now). The sale of these dragées was banned for some time. Although the metallic-finish dragées can be purchased in 49 U.S. states, they are no longer sold in California due to a 2003 lawsuit against several sellers." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%A9e“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers the metallic-finish dragées to be inedible, and they are sold with a notice that they are for decorative purposes only. Early in the 20th century, the silver finish may have contained mercury (it does not now). The sale of these dragées was banned for some time. Although the metallic-finish dragées can be purchased in 49 U.S. states, they are no longer sold in California due to a 2003 lawsuit against several sellers.”

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/10/21/sugar-pills.html#comment-1562072 semiotix Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188836#comment-1562072 Finally, a way for kids to eat those weird little silver cake-decorating BBs that were, at many times in my childhood, the only remotely candy-like thing in the house, without the agonizing teeth-cracking that goes with it. Finally, a way for kids to eat those weird little silver cake-decorating BBs that were, at many times in my childhood, the only remotely candy-like thing in the house, without the agonizing teeth-cracking that goes with it.

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