From Pink Slime to Ugg Boots: What Is the Weirdest Ban of 2012?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/12/29 15:00:00

Related Topics: Fois Gras, California, Food, Ugg Boots, Low-riders, Super-sized Sodas

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	Foie gras	99 votes	7%
	Pink slime	128 votes	9%
	Super-sized sodas	418 votes	28%
	Ugg boots	183 votes	12%
	Hugs	577 votes	39%
	Low-riders	84 votes	6%

It used to be that Nancy Reagan was trying to get folks to “just say no” to drugs. But these days it seems like every time you turn a corner there’s a boycott being waged on some food product, item of clothing or seemingly innocent activity. From pink slime to Ugg boots there has been a run on restrictions in 2012.

Few foodies were really have been impacted California’s decision to prevent restaurants from serving foie gras. But McDonald’s announcement that they’d no longer use “pink slime” in their burgers touched millions. Mayor Michael Bloomberg won his war against super-sized sodas in New York City, while the USDA expelled whole milk from schools.

A Pennsylvania school principal went after Ugg boots because students were using them to smuggle cellphones into class. While kids were told they could no longer hug in a New Jersey middle school due to reports of “unsuitable physical interactions.” And the entire town of Cocoa, Florida, saw an ordinance enforced that stopped them from wearing low-riding, underwear revealing pants. While some of these choices seem for the ultimate good, others just seem odd. What do you think: What is the weirdest ban of 2012?

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chronic.colonic 2012/12/29 04:49:31

Super-sized sodas

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Funny thing...I was using my Ugg boots to smuggle 32oz sodas.
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lunatic 2013/01/10 03:48:18

Hugs

hugs are nice D:

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Rebecca Louise 2013/01/07 03:05:46

Hugs

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that's dumb. aren't we all supposed to be getting along? as long as no ones grab-assing while hugging in public I don't see the big deal

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Dave 007 2013/01/06 12:50:37

Super-sized sodas

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And in 2013, obama will ban all of our freedom.

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nichola... to Dave 007 2013/01/08 22:22:30 (edited)

Douchebag .

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Sophia to Dave 007 2013/01/14 15:27:20

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It just seems that way to azzwipes who would ban intelligence.

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Abbie707 2013/01/06 05:26:39

Hugs

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I love hugs!!!! Who the hell would ban a hug? Hugs are nice not bad. Some people are just retarted.

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AngelLuvsDogs 2013/01/04 16:50:42

Hugs

+1
I missed story of the ban on hugs, unimaginable! The more hugs you give/receive, the healthier and happier you are!

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the fuze 2013/01/04 12:36:13

Super-sized sodas

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And it's only going to get worse.

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macy 2013/01/04 02:21:55

Hugs

+1
Yeah, hugs were banned in my middle school, it was BS.

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♥Nicole Nataliah♥ 2013/01/04 02:18:16

Super-sized sodas

+1
People will just buy multiple sodas

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☆stillthe12c☆ 2013/01/04 01:19:42

Super-sized sodas

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But we have a weird government that has no concern for your constitution right to choice unless it's an abortion.

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Sunny 2013/01/03 22:35:48

Hugs

+2
Hugs really? But I love hello or goodbye hugs they're the only exuse I got to hug a girl at school

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caius madison 2013/01/03 21:04:13

Hugs

+1
Just ridiculous.

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Imperial Cultist 2013/01/03 20:41:56

Hugs

the "pressing issues" that the modern-day politician is willing to deal with on a daily basis instead of real problems...

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hannah 2013/01/03 20:01:47

Hugs

of all things i have to say that was the STUPIDEST ban EVER. i mean come ON i would always ALWAYS hug my friends in the morning back in high school. what is wrong with hugging your friends? just another way to staunch people's happiness and turn them into unhappy android-robot-type people. how annoying. -________-

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fuzzy Ken "In G-d We Trust" 2013/01/03 14:48:39

Low-riders

WHO BANNED LOW RIDERS????? They're so COOL!!!

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I Piss ... to fuzzy K... 2013/01/03 19:35:56

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They meant DTF pants. (Wearing pants that reveal your underwear.)

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fuzzy K... to I Piss ... 2013/01/03 19:43:35

I know. I was just havin' me some fun.

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I Piss ... to fuzzy K... 2013/01/03 19:45:31

Oh, I see.

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Lauri 2013/01/03 12:57:40

Hugs

+1
This is so weird to ban . Make love not war we need hugs!

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fuzzy K... to Lauri 2013/01/03 14:49:50

+1

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Kevin Miller 2013/01/03 11:57:42

Super-sized sodas

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Banning Sodas is just one of the things that shows Bloomberg for what he Truly is,a Marxist
Dictator!

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MsDianna 2013/01/03 06:27:12

Pink slime

people are just flat out crazy! they have to keep their names in the papers about something. I dont' know why they don't just shut their mouths!

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FlyGalsMom 2013/01/03 04:25:59 (edited)

Super-sized sodas

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Needed an ALL OF THE ABOVE Vote~~but because of the tyrant of NYC I voted on the sodas

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bonnie.mutchler 2013/01/03 03:50:13

Hugs

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You really need an "all of the above", though foie gras is animal abuse. I think there are already too many laws. The problem is how many politicians are you willing to pay for if they don't do something? Therefore they keep passing laws and further encroaching on our rights. I think it's time to start paying them to take laws off the books.

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Merlin 2013/01/03 03:38:51

Hugs

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Every where I look, people are getting ridiculous.
I smuggled my phone into class from my bra, what, are they going to ban bras?
Geez.
And hugging, really?

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nicesteve 2013/01/03 01:43:02

Hugs

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Hugs should be encouraged. Never banned. That's so wrong!

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hannah to nicesteve 2013/01/03 20:03:49

i know right? they should create a petition or something. -__-

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flowercivic 2013/01/03 01:24:10

Hugs

+3
ban hugs... WTF?!?

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Hannie 2013/01/03 00:30:39

Hugs

+2
Foie gras os disgusting though.

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Adamantine 2013/01/02 23:45:22

Hugs

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I'm actually in agreement with JYCOO1 "all the freaking above". Pink slime I wish they'd ban, but the rest? Making them "illegal"? There is something really wrong with out society when you can't even hug someone. My sister sat in on her son's elementary school class one time and a little boy was crying, sitting in his seat. The teacher ignored him, because she can't touch him. He couldn't understand English well enough to do his work and he was upset. My sister said "the heck with this, I'm a parent" and hugged him, which stopped his crying. What kind of world is this?

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S123 to Adamantine 2013/01/03 05:11:43

Good for your sister!

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MsDianna to Adamantine 2013/01/03 06:30:44

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it's wonderful that she had the mothering instinct in her and she wasn't afraid to comfort a crying child! God forgive us for not protecting our young!

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RyokuSonic to Adamantine 2013/01/03 12:58:17

I admit that was a nice gesture but a dangerous move. What if the child's parents came in and saw that? That would lead to even bigger legal problems, which isn't worth stopping a child crying to avoid. I'd best advise her not to do that again

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Tangerine Sky 2013/01/02 23:04:19

Super-sized sodas

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all of the above......laws laws and more laws /shakes head. When will u people ever learn?

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pennie 2013/01/02 22:32:36

Ugg boots

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I see them on others ,but they just fit me like, I see them on others,but on me ugh not my style.

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Ryan Keeton 2013/01/02 22:13:26 (edited)

Super-sized sodas

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Pink Slime was the weirdest thing, but it's not weird that it would be banned, even though it isn't. McDonalds and many other companies aren't using it, that's all. It's still legal in the U.S. To the uninformed, pink slime is ground up cow waste product that usually gets put in pet food.

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pennie to Ryan Ke... 2013/01/02 22:35:29

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Thanks for the info, that was just nasty.

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kat to pennie 2013/01/03 18:52:19

I have to agree with you, but as bad as Pink Slime is, have you heard about 'Meat glue' which is also legal, and in wide spread use? (meat glue = spun blood product used to extract coagulant which is sprinkled on unground pink slime scraps and shaped and refridgerated and sliced into 'fake steak' and other meat types.) The problem with meat glue is that you like your steak rare, you may be eating uncooked ecoli-contaminated meat scrapes. God only knows if this coagulatant thickens our blood too. Our government hasn't bothered with a study.

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pennie to kat 2013/01/03 23:19:32

OMG... this is so important to me, now I have to really make sure the pink is brown now , no more red meats. so happy and thankful you told me that...WOW

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