I often hear, “You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc…” but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

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Be careful with cheap spices, some of them (like turmeric) can be laced with lead and other nasty stuff to make them more attractive.

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How does lead make them more attractive? The weight?

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It makes them sexy. Stupid, sexy lead-additives.

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Color.

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Nestlé

Say no more you have aldready conviced me.

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I buy them exclusively so I slowly become leader.

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I’d hope this isn’t a concern in any country with even a small account of regulation on what you’re allowed to sell or on whether you’re allowed to murder people

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Well, most of these spices are imported (in western countries), and it’s hard to tell how often they’re tested. There are some tests you can do at home (for example, turmeric should apparently not dissolve in water, so if you drop a spoonful in a glass and look at it after 20min, the water should still be relatively clear, or it means there are other additives).

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Uhh, yes they do. This does not take much googling to find out. Capitalist companies produce spices in the east too.

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