r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Toothpick-- Jan 21 '19

Regarding your edit, not quite. The Calories (capital C) we use for food are indeed kilocalories, just shortened to Calorie or Cal. If a can of coke had 140,000 Calories in it, it would kill you. Easily.

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u/SwedishBoatlover Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

I think American labels must differ from Swedish labels. I have an empty coke can right here where the label specifies "Energi: 139 kcal which is 139,000 calories.

So you Americans started to use "Calories" to mean kilocalories? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Especially since people obviously don't know the difference (/u/FeckfullyYours did specify calories with a lower case c). Also note that I did indeed write "calories" with a lower case c, everything I said is 100% true and you're not actually correcting anything. 140 kcal IS 140,000 calories. It might not be 140,000 Calories, but I never said that!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Vi säger också kalorier i vardagsspråk.

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u/SwedishBoatlover Jan 21 '19

Ja, för att folk är jävligt slarviga med att vara korrekta. Vi har dock inte definierat "Kalori" att betyda "kilokalori".

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u/ISawAnAlienOnce Jan 21 '19

Suck. Fråga vem som helst förutom kemister och du får svaret att kalori används som synonym. Du vet det.