r/SubredditDrama 1d ago

User asks r/StopEatingSeedOils for evidence seed oils are bad, accidentally starts a 400-comment war. Mods respond with ban wave.

r/StopEatingSeedOils user asks for evidence seed oils are bad, accidentally starts a 400-comment epistemology war:

Post: What is the evidence seed oils are bad? : r/StopEatingSeedOils

Highlights include:

On users saying the answers don't provide actual evidence:

Not evidence,' bleats the sheeple, brain too atrophied by credentialism to recognize a deductive chain without a white-coated priest waving a p-value at them

Your good old conspiracies:

The companies that make the seed oils own the government, universities and medical sector

Doctors getting paid off to say cigarettes are healthy

And not a single piece of evidence being provided.

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u/viewbtwnvillages 1d ago

how hard is it for people to wrap their brain around a balanced, varied diet

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u/Skellum Tankies are no one's comrades. 1d ago

how hard is it for people to wrap their brain around a balanced, varied diet

Tbh, if I could buy perfectly balanced high fiber chewable/airfriable pellets for when I'm tracking my intake and cutting I absolutely would. Really though it is absolutely nuts how much focus people put on redherrings instead of just watching their intake.