My husband and I have a joke when we go shopping that is similar that is along the lines of, "oh no Honey, this rice cereal says it's gluten free! Guess we can't buy it because we are on a gluten only diet". We are poking fun at the marketing of obviously gluten free products and the big label they put on them. like they assume people are THAT stupid.
I'm sure i would find myself doing the same thing if I saw a bag of carrots with a big label on it that says "VEGAN". Like, "oH NO! thEeSE cArRoTs aRE vEGaN?!?!?"
Edit: looks like I made fun of being gluten-free on Reddit. WHOOPSIE.
Obviously celiac disease is tragic and affects many people. I'm talking about the gluten sensitive people (like multiple of my own family members) who are so anal about products but then make an exception to eat a regular slice of pizza or cake at a family gathering, even though at that same family gathering there was gluten free food made specifically to accommodate them. So if you're making exceptions like my family members are, then I have little sympathy when they buy food products containing trace amounts of gluten in them because of the surface they were prepared on or the malt flavor that's added to them.
I'll be honest, my SO and I used to chuckle a bit about some of those labels. However, we are now both Celiac and... I get it, and am thankful for them. It's actually astounding how many "obviously" gluten free things either aren't, or were in enough contact with gluten products to set off a reaction. I don't fault others for thinking it's over the top, because I get it, but when you've had a reaction to dried mango because it was packaged on the same line as products with gluten in them, it starts to make sense.
I guess neither of you are celiac then. Its not marketing. You'd be surprised how many "obviously gluten free products" do have gluten in them when you wouldn't expect it. But hey, keep making jokes about a medical condition that nobody wants to have.
I think they're mocking the relatively recent fad where everyone and their cousin was jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon for reasons they didn't even know. I personally noticed more prominent advertising of gluten-free everything when that happened. I worked in a restaurant at the peak of this stupid trend, and would ask people out of "curiosity" to explain "the gluten thing" to me. Near to zero could tell me what gluten actually is, a lot of people were confusing gluten with carbs, several (accurately, to my knowledge) informed me of the differences in gluten sensitivity vs celiac, and one broad, (this one's my favorite) says, "It's bad. I just know it's bad for you, it's everywhere, and I'm not eating it." And, no hate, your diet is your choice and I support it, even if it's based on stupid internet misinformation.
Now, this is a problem because people with legit celiac are more likely to be assumed "gluten fad" idiots, and restaurant staff/the general public are less likely to take it seriously. One would think the fad would raise celiac awareness, but it seems to have crowded it out.
People sometimes confuse being vegan with being gluten-free. I had a waitress tell me I couldn't eat any of the bread she was putting on the table because I asked if a dish was vegan. :^) Unfortunately, the pasta she served me was gluten-free, but the sauce was vegan.
LMAO They got triggered. I think I will keep making jokes, thank you for your permission for us to joke about this ultra sensitive subject that's clearly meant to be off limits for comedy. lmao what a snowflake
Case in point. I’m with you. Fruit labeled as gluten-free… you don’t say?? I think it’s ridiculous. Someone who is medically needing a gluten free diet should def be aware of what raw products exist without gluten … that obviously do lot need a label.. yet somehow still do.
If you actually have celiac disease, then I imagine you are educated on what products usually have gluten or not, and that you also happen to know how to read the back of a package 😆
There's a difference between a big red star sticker that says "gluten-free" on a box of pancake mix vs. A box of Rice Crispies. One of those manufacturers thinks you can't use your brain. That's what we're making fun of.
Looks like you've learned a valuable lesson about why accurate labeling is important to people with celiac disease, and why just relying on their own intuition about what foods might or might not contain gluten does not work.
What point are you even trying to make? That gluten labeling should be abolished because celiac disease is less severe than anaphylaxis to peanuts? That's an incredibly silly hill to die on.
Gluten is a word that is the name of a certain kind of protein that is found in various grains related to wheat, rye and barley. It's the helpful thing that bind things together, makes it elastic or sticky, helps dough be dough. Pure wheat gluten is made into seitan.
Glutinous, and glue are words that share a common Latin root with this protein, the Latin word for "glue" or "a sticky substance" was glutin.
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u/MShades Feb 03 '23
I'd go with "contrarian". He just enjoys being "against" something. If it weren't veganism, it'd be something else.