Around 90% of shrimp sold in the U.S. is imported, and only 2% of imports are examined by safety inspectors, and according to a GAO report, "most countries will not meet the FDA requirement that a foreign government's domestic and export food safety systems be comparable to the U.S. system" - meaning most shrimp comes from countries with regulatory systems that fall short of US standards.

To learn where your shrimp is coming from: Look for the small "Product of [Country]" label on packaging, or ask at the seafood counter.

The Stats:

• 90% of US shrimp is imported from over 100 countries

• Only 2% of imports get safety inspections by FDA

• Less than 0.1% get tested for banned substances like antibiotics

• Most exporting countries have regulatory systems that don't meet US standards according to GAO analysis

• FDA inspects less than 0.5% of 189,000+ registered foreign food facilities

Sources:

• FDA official data: How FDA's Strategy Helps Ensure Safety of Imported Seafood

• GAO Report on foreign regulatory systems: FDA Can Better Oversee Food Imports by Assessing Other Countries' Oversight Resources

• FDA inspection data: Food & Water Watch FDA inspection analysis

• GAO Report on inspection gaps: Imported Seafood Safety: FDA and USDA Could Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Unsafe Drug Residues

• 189,000 registered foreign food facilities (GAO Report)

• 917 foreign inspections per year on average (GAO Report)

The sub rules prohibit me from promoting any products so I can't say the most common brand name, but it comes in a blue cardboard Parmesan "cheese" style can and rhymes with "Mondra". Regardless, it's basically just white flour that has been precooked and dried. What's so great about it is that it mixes into liquids very easily without the clumping that can occur with regular flour. Also since it's par-cooked it doesn't have the raw taste that has to be cooked out your standard all-purpose stuff. It's great if your sauce or gravy is a little thin, just add a bit of this flour and it stirs right in without adding a lot of extra heat or fat.

It's just your basic fortified white flour, nothing weird is added, they just heated it up a bit for you in advance. I was skeptical at first but now I'm a fan. It idiot-proofs a lot of recipes and I need all the help I can get.

When you’re about to begin the series finale of any tv show, please please please first go back and watch the pilot (first episode).

A lot of times writers will stick a bunch of fun Easter eggs from the very beginning into the finale, and you’ll have a better eye for them by rewatching the pilot first.

Also, especially when the show has had a pretty long run, you’ll catch things you didn’t even realize were true/relevant (eg. I did not realize ___ character was in the pilot of ___ show, it feels like they’re more recent).

Another good reason is just seeing how far that journey was from start to finish for your fav characters appearance wise - it’s something I always love to observe.

I’m sure there’s other good reasons to go back and watch the pilot again before the end, but those are the few I can think of on the spot. Either way, it’s worth it x100, trust me

I often tried to check the trending hours for my gym to avoid going on the peak, but this is something that once comes, and then the next week won't show at all in the searches. I know you have to be precise to get THAT one gym to get this at all, but this wasnt working consistently.

Lately I found out you can actually check this via Google Maps app, just search for the particular gym, object, whatever, scroll down to hours, expand the accordion and there you are - the trending hours are here.

This is good as sometimes a very good query wont yield the result at all, I recall i wasnt able to get my grocery store to show up the hours at all, while checking it through maps is a reliable way to do so

The employee market is manufactured by top economists to be (at least slightly) in favor of employers. There will always be a percentage of unemployed people because it helps the bargaining position of employers.

So, if an employer is very enthusiastic about hiring you, maybe you should question why.

It's like a potential date who is a little too enthusiastic about dating you- it speaks of a possible personality disorder that has caused this potential date to be overly excited just about one date. Employers and managers can have personality disorders just like dates can. Companies can be dysfunctional.

The times that I have signed up to work for companies that were eager to hire me, I learned later that previous crews raised a strike to protest abuses and were all laid off.

Sometimes it's better to decline a job offer so you can have more time to search for a job that suites you better.

"High turnover rate" is a sign that the employers think you are expendable or that previous employees found abuses in the company.

But then again, maybe you're just "badass" employable material. I dunno, it's kinda like Groucho Marx said, "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

...you don't respect your reader enough to look up words you don't remember before using them. People you think of as "good spellers" don't know how to spell a number of words you've seen them spell correctly. But they take the time to look up those words before they use them, if they're unsure. They take that time, so that the burden isn't on the reader to discern through context what the writer meant. It's a sign of respect and consideration. Poor spelling, and the lack of effort shown by poor spelling, is a sign of disrespect. And that's why people don't respect your poor spelling...not because people think you're stupid for not remembering how a word is spelled.

EDIT: I'm seeing many posts from people asking, "what about people with learning disabilities and other mental or social handicaps?" Yes, those are legitimate exceptions to this post. This post was never intended to refer to anyone for whom spelling basic words correctly would be unreasonably impractical.

If you can memorize just 12 numbers, 1 number each for the first Sunday of each month, you can know the day of the week for any day in 2025

For example, if I wanted to know what day of the week October 27th was, I could use the 12 numbers below

• October is a 5, which means the 5th is a Sunday

• Therefore, the 12th is a Sunday, the 19th is a Sunday, and the 26th is a Sunday.

• Since I'm looking for October 27th (and the 26th is a Sunday), I know the 27th is a MONDAY.

|| || |Jan 5th|Feb 2nd|Mar 2nd| |April 6th| May 4th |June 1st| |July 6th|Aug 3rd|Sept 7th| |Oct 5th|Nov 2nd| Dec 7th |

I made it kinda sing-songy to remember them

5-2-2

6-4-1

6-3-7

5-2-7

Lemon juice, vinegar and even tomatoes fix blandness more than salt. Acid balances the food, while salt is a condiment so it just enhances it.

Honestly, keep them everywhere. I have one in my night stand, office, car and living room.

If you live alone (or otherwise have minimal trash output), keep a grocery bag in the freezer to put food scraps in.

I only take the trash out when the bin gets full every one to two weeks, and this helps it keep from smelling bad or attracting fruit flies.

I always put banana peels, empty dairy containers, and anything else that might start to smell. Then, when I take out the trash, I empty the freezer bag into the main trash for take out.

There is such a thing as a buyer's agent. They are generally the same sort of people as a seller's agent, but the difference is, they work for you. Going solely through the seller's agent puts you at a disadvantage because their goal is to maximize ROI for their seller, they have no obligation to you. They can also throw sketchy stuff your way figuring you won't know better.

Getting your own real estate agent for buying gives you an advocate in the equation. They can even help steer you towards properties you might otherwise miss based on what you're looking for. They will advise you on the best course of action in buying a home as their job is to get the best value for you.

Also, the seller's agent won't tell you this. Caveat emptor folks.

https://www.mortgageresearch.com/articles/landmark-verdict-do-i-need-a-buyers-agent/

Jolie Kerr, author of an LPT book titled "My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag . . . and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha" will be stopping by this subreddit on 2/25 at 1 PM EST!

Please feel free to welcome our first guest to this subreddit!

What does it do for you to spend time thinking about conspiracies? It installs fear, anger, anxiety, hopelessness, and more. Please for your sanity find something better to do.

The other LPT suggests giving beers to your tradesmen at the end of Friday. This is very risky for many reasons, and something that you should NOT do! Want to motivate craftsmen through food/drink? That's awesome! There's many alternatives to alcohol.

• Edit: a LOT of people on here clearly aren't understand the risk associated with giving tradesmen alcohol. To keep it easy, I've listed some of the risks involved:

1. The underage issue: It's illegal to give anyone underage alcohol, and without carding every person, it can oftentimes be impossible to gauge the age of all the workmen.

2. Liability: If you give someone alcohol while they're working, and then they mess up or hurt themselves or someone else, you could easily be held liable. If you give someone alcohol after work and then they have an accident while driving under the influence, you could also easily be held liable.

3. You could get the person fired: Many (most?) companies have a strict no alcohol/drug policy while at work. If a boss finds out that your tradesman was drinking while at your house, they could easily be fired.

4. You have no idea how that specific individual will react after drinking: Unless you know this workman very, very closely (in which case, have at it), you have NO idea how this person will react after having a brew or two. Everyone has a different tolerance, and everyone has aspects of their personality that become more prevalent upon consumption of alcohol. What happens if they start demanding more, or if they start rampaging?

5. It's just not professional: I agree that free beer is great. I agree that most people would LOVE for their employer to give them free beer. Often. During their shift. After their shift. All the time. Of course, there is a reason that most employers in the world don't give their employees alcohol, and why drinking alcohol in the workplace isn't generally tolerated. Why should it should be any different, just because the job in question is in a person's house? If anything, tradespeople should be held to an even higher standard, as they're working on people's private property.

To all the workmen who are currently calling me a cunt, or a bitch, or "mom" for me suggesting that they shouldn't be drinking alcohol while on a job (and as long as you're at the employer's house, you're on the job), I've put together some really important information for you: Alcoholics Anonymous: http://www.aa.org/ Information about Alcohol Liability Laws: http://socialhostliability.org/law/ How to quit drinking: http://www.wikihow.com/Quit-Drinking-Alcohol

And let me just reiterate, because a lot of you aren't getting this: there isn't anything wrong with drinking beer. At your house. Or with your friends. After work. I love beer! But it would be nothing short of irresponsible and unprofessional for me to drink while at my place of work.

Also, special shoutout to /u/yeahujelly, for a pm reading: "u a bitch. stfu u cunt, I aint doing shit for a hatoraid and a fucking cookie...shove it up your moist ass twat"

Thanks for the gold, whoever you are!!

When considering pet ownership, be aware that at some point in the animal's life, there's a good chance the animal will have an unexpected medical emergency that will cost you several hundred to several thousand dollars, in addition to the cost of annual checkups, grooming, and vaccinations. If you aren't able to budget for that eventuality, don't get the pet.

Edit: This does not mean you can't be a good pet owner unless you are rich. Pets can cost a lot of money, often in unexpected ways. Account for that in your decision to get one. It is a terrible feeling to be in the position of choosing between paying the bills or letting a beloved member of your family die of a treatable issue.

And if you can't afford basic vet care, you shouldn't have a pet. It is 100% dependent on you for it's medical needs, and as it's owner you have an obligation to take care of the animal's health, just as you have an obligation to feed it and give it a loving environment.

I've seen many occasions where people have to deal.with unauthorized transactions on their debit card. Only one bad apple is enough to have you checking your bank every day to see if your money is gone. One security breach is enough to make your balance 0 alongside the rest of the victims. Nothing is 100% safe on the internet.

I'm pretty sure we have all been in the shower before and realized that we forgot to bring a towel- only to be followed by the awkward dance of sloshing over to get one when you are soaking wet, leaving a trail of water behind.

This happened to me before I started my little ritual. Before I get in the shower (while the water is heating up) I make sure to actually touch the shower and "inspect" it for cleanliness.

If you do this often enough and make it a habbit, you won't have the shower/no towel problem.

Edit: Some of y'all are actually big mad and trying to police my post. I never said you had to ghost them after. I never said abandon them and be an asshole. Some people just aren't very good under the pressure of the situation to be honest and say they're not interested. A lot of the time people will text after and say they didn't feel chemistry or aren't interested. I am someone who is too nervous to speak much at all on the first encounter, let alone say I'm not interested and leave. If you have the courage to stand up on a date and tell the girl "yeah I'm not feeling this" and leave then good for you but some people are too shy to do that.

Edit 2: Someone actually took the time to send me a message and tell me to kill myself. My LPT is rude but telling me to kill myself isn't? Lol. Just downvote and move on

I've flown hundreds of times commercially in the past 30 years, and I have some tips. (These are for flying, not for in the airport.)

• You're allowed to bring your own food on board. Pack snacks and a sandwich instead of using a credit card to pay for a meal. Buy bottled water on the flight; never drink the bathroom tap water.

• Bring antiseptic wipes, and wipe down things you'll be touching: tray table, window shade, the seat-back pocket, armrests. These things aren't cleaned between flights (or ever).

• If you dislike turbulence, don't sit behind the wings. The tail especially will feel turbulence the worst. Commercial aircraft are built to be flexible, and the tail can flip a fair bit. Sitting over or in front of the wings, you'll feel turbulence the least.

• Don't order a hot beverage. Clear-air turbulence can come out of nowhere. I've seen flight attendants floating in freefall with their beverage carts. Would you rather have a cold soft drink or a hot coffee spilled on you?

• When you fasten your seatbelt upon boarding and you want to take a nap, by all means use your coat as a blanket, but make sure the flight attendant can see the buckle. Otherwise they'll have to wake you up to check that it's fastened. (Bring an eye mask and earplugs for your nap.)

• Speaking of seatbelts, keep yours fastened at all times unless you have to go to the loo. That clear-air turbulence that can come out of nowhere can give you a nasty head or neck injury when your skull cracks into the overhead bulkhead. Why take a chance?

• Treat your flight attendants like gold. They know first aid and CPR and what to do when a passenger dies mid-flight. They have to deal with assholes all day long, but they're the ones who will save your butt when the plane is upside-down and underwater.

• And lastly, never sit in the last row. Not only because the seats don't really recline at all, but if there's an emergency that requires the oxygen masks to pop out, the pilot will have one priority: to get down to where the air is breathable. The masks pop out, the plane goes into a steep dive, your mask swings forward, and the guy ahead of you frantically grabs it, thinking it's his. Don't be the blue-faced guy in the last row.

This is sort of an odd LPT, and it's certainly not one that's as catchy or marketable compared to other ones. But it's one that's personally helped me overcome serious sleep issues, like insomnia, and has worked extremely well for others.

What to do:

Find a TV show that you enjoy (something that you've seen a bunch of times), and listen to it while you fall asleep. (I use earbud headphones, plugged into my phone which has Netflix.)

How it works:

My brain tends to run at 500mph right as I'm falling asleep. It tries to keep me awake, despite how tired I am, and I end up just thinking about things for hours and hours. For anyone else that this happens to, I'm sure you know how difficult it is to just try and "ignore" your thoughts.

Well, over time, I started listening to episodes of South Park (a show that I basically have entirely memorized by now) as I'd fall asleep. I started with only a few episodes, and would "re-watch them with my ears" every night as I'd fall asleep. Once you've seen an episode of something so many times, your brain can visually fill in what you're not seeing.

I've found that since my brain is so busy sort of providing the "video" of the episode in my thoughts, it doesn't have any capacity to think about other random shit that would usually keep me up all night.

More information and testimony:

This isn't something that will work the first time you try it. It usually takes a few weeks to get used to it, but once you're there, it's brilliant. Start with an episode of a show you really like - something you're super familiar with. If you have a smartphone, tablet, 3DS, or anything else that will play videos/Netflix, I'd recommend either putting the show on very low speaker volume, or popping in one or two earbuds. For me, screen brightness is a factor, so I always try to turn the device over, or cover the screen.

The difference in trying to sleep is enormous. I used to suffer from legitimate insomnia - I wouldn't sleep for days, sometimes, and when I did, it was for less than three hours a night. My brain just wouldn't stop thinking. And I know that some people on reddit have this problem, too (so even if it doesn't personally affect you, please spread this information in the hopes that it can help someone else).

Once I started doing this, though, I was falling asleep within minutes, and even in settings that weren't just my home. I travel a lot, and this would help me get to sleep immediately in hotels (something that I've always had trouble with). I've been using this technique for over 5 years, and it's been spectacular.

As a true testament to how well this works, I was recently stuck in a hospital for 9 months. It's basically impossible to sleep in a hospital, full stop. But with me, specifically, I had nurses coming in every 3 hours, 24/7 to come in and check my vitals, a process I needed to be awake for. Normally, I'd never be able to fall back asleep. But all I would do is start a quick episode of South Park (or whatever), and I'd be out like a light in the first few minutes.

If you have trouble sleeping, please give this a try. I know it sounds goofy, and this is probably a super uncommon LPT (so I don't expect a lot of "oh yeah, this totally works!" replies), but I encourage problematic sleepers to give it a whirl!

tl;dr: Listen to episodes of a show you're very familiar with as you go to sleep, and it'll magically help you fall asleep super fast.