Editing 1265: Juicer

{{comic
| number    = 1265
| date      = September 16, 2013
| title     = Juicer
| image     = juicer.png
| titletext = But the rind is where all the vitamins are!
}}

==Explanation==
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;Juicing Gushers
Juicers are typically used to crush fruits and/or vegetables, thereby extracting the liquid juice and eliminating the task of chewing the solids. However, in this case, instead of actual fruits or vegetables, someone is making juice from {{w|Fruit_Gushers|fruit gushers}}, a chewy fruit-flavored candy, thereby extracting a nearly nutritionless juice out of a candy casing which was formulated specifically for human consumption.  The unspoken humor here is that a juicer could get "juice" (regardless of the unnatural color) from the candy, which would be impossible for in-home juicers (like the one shown), due to the gummy consistency of the candy.

The title text asserts that the rind is where all the {{w|Vitamin|vitamins}} in the fruit reside. This is untrue and just a {{w|Urban legend|urban legend}}, even fruits like apples do not contain most of the {{w|fiber}} and many {{w|Antioxidant|antioxidants}} at the skin itself, but it's just direct below. When you peeling an apple you remove more than just the skin, loosing also that area with high fiber and antioxidants content. There is a simple rule: If your thumbnail can reach the flesh of a fruit don't remove the skin. It is absolutely absurd as in this case, though, as the "rind" of a Fruit Gusher consists mainly of sugar. This text mocks the usual sentiment that the less desirable part of a food is the part that is "better" for you.

The comic is thus also a parody of the notion that buying juicers (and other things like exercise equipment) will make people healthier.

An alternative reading that expands on that theme is that the comic shows a juicer with three full bottles of real juice, indicating that the owner of the juice machine is making regular juice with the intention of drinking it, but not consuming juice at the rate it is produced. The comic also shows a Fruit Gusher snack, indicating the unhealthy option that the juicer owner just can't stop eating.  But the color of the juices makes the first explanation more likely.

;Linguistic note on Hard '''g''' vs soft '''g''' and ways of pronouncing '''c'''
Some native English speakers may think that some non-native English speakers may think that "Gushers" /ˈgʌʃərz/ should be pronounced as "juicers" /ˈdʒusərz/. I.e., if you know enough to be dangerous about English spelling you could think that both words are pronounced /ˈdʒuʃərz/, but that's non-sense. Never the less...
*The plain-English word "gush" (meaning to flow rapidly) is pronounced with a hard 'g' and a 'u' as in 'flush' or 'gut.'
*The American television commercials for this product make it absolutely clear that "Gushers" is also pronounced with a hard 'g' and the 'u' as above.
*A 'g' can signify a soft-g sound (/dʒ/ as in 'gin'). However, natives know that the soft-g sound never appears in the combination "gu".
*A 'u' can signify a {{w|Close_back_rounded_vowel|close back rounded vowel}}, /u/ as in 'flute,' but that is exceedingly rare when the 'u' follows a hard 'g' (gun, gull, gut, gum, Gus). 
*The letter 'c' can be pronounced /ʃ/ as in  'ocean' /ˈoʊʃən/. The pronunciation of 'cer' as /ʃər/ is not common, except in dialectical words like "[http://dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q_36.html grocery"].

==Transcript==
:[We see a shelf. On it, from left to right, are: a bag of fruit gushers; a juicer; a bottle of bright red liquid; a bottle of bright blue liquid; and another bottle of bright red liquid.]
:"Oh yeah, juicers are great! I use mine all the time."

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