{"id":20713,"date":"2016-10-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20713"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:41:13","slug":"weekend-reading-10152016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/15\/weekend-reading-10152016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/15\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/4461379247\/in\/photolist-7NeJBR\" title=\"Frankenberry\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/5\/4030\/4461379247_9e2e304b9e.jpg?resize=393%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"393\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Frankenberry\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-1970s-monster-cereal-that-caused-a-pink-poop-panic>The 1970s Monster Cereal That Caused a Pink Poop Panic<\/a> <em>(via Atlas Obscura)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/154519\/why-is-the-green-mandm-so-sexy-a-look-back-at-the-chocolates-sexist-history#.aoJADEOTI>Why is the green M&#038;M so seductive?<\/a> <em>(via Food.Mic)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/qz.com\/807723\/inside-the-secret-backroom-deals-big-brands-make-to-vie-for-control-over-grocery-stores><\/a>Inside the secret, backroom deals big brands make to vie for control over grocery stores <em>(via Quartz)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/87385\/enduring-mystery-oreo-cookie-design>The Enduring Mystery of the Oreo Cookie Design<\/a> <em>(via Mental Floss)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.spin.com\/featured\/cheetos-chicken-fries-are-americas-bland-corporate-future><\/a>Cheetos Chicken Fries Are America\u2019s Bland, Corporate Future <em>(via Spin)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. The 1970s Monster Cereal That Caused a Pink Poop Panic (via Atlas Obscura) Why is the green M&#038;M so seductive? (via Food.Mic) Inside the secret, backroom deals big brands make to vie for control over grocery stores (via Quartz) The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20689,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/08\/weekend-reading-1082016\/","url_meta":{"origin":20713,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/8\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"October 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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