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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by Gordonjcp on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:21AM (#32066969)
> In pre-publicity for Shift, Arnell reveals that his habit of eating up to 50 oranges a day has left his hands bright orange in color.

Bullshit. You'd be in a permanent sugar rush until your pancreas went on fire.

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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by oboes on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:28AM (#32067876)
I don't know about Arnell's case, but it's actually possible to turn orange by eating orange things. Although I think it's more common with carrots and young children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotenosis

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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by doctor_eval on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:10AM (#32068693)
I’ve eaten heaps of young children and I haven’t turned orange. /JK
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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by astrange on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:39AM (#32067954)
That’s how flamingos turn pink.

Humans occasionally turn permanently blue by being pranked into eating colloidal silver.

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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by soco on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:14AM (#32068233)
No problem they'll just drink bleach to correct it.
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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by robocat on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:38AM (#32067949)
Not even that difficult.

My ex had a few excessive habits when she was 21, but one was eating lots of carrots (like a bag a day?) and her palms turned a distinct orange.

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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] by plaff on Friday July 15, 2022 @08:17AM (#32107303)
There's no such thing as a "sugar rush".
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