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Re:Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US by sokoloff on Friday June 27, 2025 @07:09AM (#44395795)
Annual sales of Pepto Bismol look to be well under $0.50 per person, so while the American diet and food quality is appallingly worse than Europe, I suspect your one week of stomach upset is not be a great source from which to extrapolate.
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Re:Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US by greybox on Friday June 27, 2025 @07:25AM (#44395896)
Fair enough, maybe it was just the amount and variety of peptobismol products that I noticed were for sale everywhere. For example just in the Hotel where I was staying, they had a bunch chewable peptobismol gummy bears + the ordinary bottles for sale.
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Re:Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US by 1659447091 on Friday June 27, 2025 @11:36PM (#44402152)
> maybe it was just the amount and variety of peptobismol products that I noticed were for sale everywhere.

Just wait until you see the breakfast cereal aisle

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Re:Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US by sokoloff on Saturday June 28, 2025 @07:23AM (#44403879)
Or the chips/pretzels aisle which is often different from the cookies aisle which is often different from the candy and chocolate aisle…
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