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๐ฅฃ๐ฅฃ๐ฅฃ brainstew
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I'm making chicken broth.
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Actually, chicken stock. Since it's bones and unseasoned.
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IN CASE I NEED TO GIVE SOME TO THE KITTIES.
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And I find it's more flexible.
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I'm watching episode 7 of Arcane season 2.
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Jayce goes to hell while Ekko gets to have a good life.
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FUNNY HOW VI DYING MAKES EKKO AND POWDER'S LIFE BETTER.
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have i become a vi hater or do i just like jinx more
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I saw a call for another reproductive horror anthology, and it states "no rape" as a rule.
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I AM NOT SAYING A REPRODUCTIVE HORROR STORY NEEDS RAPE BUT EXCLUDING SA IS KINDA WILD
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consensual freak pregnancies ONLY
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immaculate conception or nothin
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: The editor said she excluded SA from the call as a form of "self care."
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Maybe you shouldn't be editing an anthology that is supposed to be about horrific pregnancies then.
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I really wish we spent less time on fash Cait and more on Viktor and Mel.
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vi sucks.
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cait sucks.
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jayce is better now.
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how did this show make me like the het ships more???
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ONTO THE LAST EPISODE
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vi's dad friend died.
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love that ambessa has robots and a werewolf on her side and...crackheads.
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HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK RIOT WILL CHARGE FOR THAT VIKTOR SKIN?
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WHAT
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NO
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LOL SINGED GOT A HAPPY ENDING. OH MY FUCK.
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Cait lost an eye but doesn't get any kind of like...accountability for committing state violence against Zaunites.
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amount i cared about Vi, who is just a shitty person, and her facist gf: zero
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MORE MEL!!!!
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her facist gf who CONVINCED HER TO BE A COP AS WELL LMAO
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: CAIT GETTING AWAY WITH SHIT SADLY FEELS REAL SINCE SHE CAME FROM A SUPER RICH FAMILY.
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YEAH LIKE... IT TRACKS LOL
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Alan pointed out that Cait doesn't even get accountability for cheating.
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Since Maddie turned traitor.
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yeah vi just instantly forgives her (so she doesn't have to deal with it emotionally lol)
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When I watched the ending, I just went, "The wrong sister died."
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TEARS IN MY EYES, "THE WRONG SISTER DIED."
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Isha dying hurts more since Warwick was still used as a weapon and Jinx (might of?) died.
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I want more Mel.
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i think mel is going to be in the next series?? maybe???
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IHOPE SO
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SHE HAS MAIN CHARACTER VIBES AT THE END.
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i made chicken again tonight. drumsticks, stuffing, and asparagus. i made a dijon mustard sauce for the chicken.
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LOL
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: each time i get back into cooking, i get shocked by my own skill.
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I saw a woman call THE SUBSTANCE gyno-cynicism and that the movie tries to make people feel bad for choosing to be women.
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wh
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are people like. not watching the movie
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are they just watching clips
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She is trans, which confuses me even more because society's standards for feminine perfection are even crueler to trans ladies.
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????????????????????????????
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A TRANS WOMAN HAS THAT OPINION?????
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YEAH. SHE WAS LIKE I WON'T BE MADE FEEL GUILTY FOR CHOOSING WOMANHOOD!!
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OK SO DONT THATS NOT THE POINT OF THE MOVIE AT ALL
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YEAH
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IT'S LIKE LADY
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THE POINT OF THE MOVIE IS THAT WOMEN ARE JUST COOKED PRAWNS BEING LATHERED IN SAUCE, SLOPPILY EATEN AND DISCARDED
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THEY ARENT CHOOSING THAT. EVEN VOLUNTARILY JUMPING INTO THE POT DOESNT SAVE YOU. THIS IS THE POINT.
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YEAH.
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THE POINT IS YOU ARE TURNED INTO A CONSUMABLE PRODUCT AGAINST YOUR WILL... AND EVEN IF YOU CHOOSE IT... YOU'RE STILL PUNISHED!!!!!
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ITS AN ENRAGED SCREAM
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ELISABETH CHOSE TO BE CONSUMED BEFORE AND THEN WHEN SHE WAS SPAT OUT, KILLED HERSELF TO GO RIGHT BACK!!!
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this woman is also super passing. so like. girl. i hate to say gretchen felker-martin was right, but she pegged dolls like this in manhunt.
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HEARTBREAKING: WORST PERSON YOU KNOW HAS A POINT
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fran was passing and used that privilege to its fullest. while beth got called a brick and was forced to detransition for the enjoyment of cis women at one point.
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the movie has nothing to do with 'choosing to be a woman' it is instead 'being a woman is to be held to an insane, destructive standard that renders you disposable'
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EVEN IF YOU TRY TO CHECK OUT, YOU ARE STILL STUCK.
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this lady also said if you hate being a woman, you can stop being a woman. be another gender.
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even if you refuse to participate, too bad, you're still disposable just by existing!!! conforming or not!!!
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girl lol
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which made eli, a nonbinary femme, hiss in disgust.
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GENDER, YOU JUST CHANGE IT. i blinked. like...ma'am?
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ma'am i don't think thats true lmfao
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ma'am are you not teetering towards a self own here
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ma'am, i get gender euphoria but also
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you're saying a conservative talking point but in a cute way to get points
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with the dingbats who hate horror
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'a horror movie made me uncomfortable!!' YEAH THATS THE IDEA
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ohhh it makes u a bad person if u like it tho!!!
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she also insisted that the ending was a menstruation scene.
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oh my god lol
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come on
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i remember back on tumblr a poster insisted the end of the last jedi was a symbolic reylo sex scene.
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this lady is giving me those vibes.
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idk, my nonbinary dyke creature self just... i get the cost of not being desirable in society's mind.
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nonbinary dyke creatures fully understand what is happening in this movie
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how do you, a woman, not get it lol
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i've seen this before with some white trans femmes. they refuse to see anything negative to womanhood.
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oof that is kind of a bummer
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women can be rancid too lol. ANYONE CAN BE.
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when american womanhood is very White.
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like the american ideal of womanhood. it's skinny and white.
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and excludes cis and trans women who don't fit it.
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like cis white women love to ignore how birth control came to be at the cost of latin and black woman's lives
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living in a rural mining town its crazy how narrowly defined being a woman is. like bro aren't you tired lol why are you maintaining this insane ideal not even you can fit into. bcuz no one can. bcuz its insane
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and that is what the substance really nails!
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the fucking INSANITY.
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YEAH
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ITS LITERALLY NUTS.
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like my neighbor lady friend who has had three children, all three pregnancies hard & births traumatising
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is probably killing herself with ozempic
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and also spends money on nails, and makeup, and lashes, and her brows, and is talking about surgery to 'fix' herself etc etc
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and i'm like??? but what if you had a hobby you were engaged in instead?? like you're on this crazy treadmill that just spits in your face, what are you getting out of this
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white cis woman who is very comfortable financially
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but she's still in a constant panic to Keep Up
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girl what do you mean lol just don't do all that. who cares. real winners quit
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my mother won't stop fat shaming other women. SHE'S FAT HERSELF.
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oughgh god this woman does that too
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its so bonkers to me!!!
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she's 60 and is constantly dieting.
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she is on ozempic to 'get healthy' btw nevermind that she is NOT working out as well
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so basically its going to eat her muscles
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it's going to give her a deep depression.
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and she already has IBS so who knows when her GI tract is going to shut down
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AND YOU CANT BE ON IT FOREVER SO
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AS SOON AS SHE'S OFF IT
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THE WEIGHT WILL COME BACK
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i read that some people quit ozempic because it removed all joy in eating.
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BODIES ADJUST.
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i lost a ton of weight when i started my diabetes med. then my body adjusted and i regained weight.
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and i was like...fine?
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my a1c and cholesterol are in acceptable range now.
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yeah she isn't going to be fine she's going to absolutely lose it. when i met her she could not go a single convo without mentioning her weight or doing a cleanse or a diet
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meanwhile, my mom, who is dieting to hell, has fucked up both.
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oof :/ yeah that's the thing... this is the most i've weighed but also the healthiest i've ever been in my life
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and i'm super happy with it. its so nice
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a lil cuddly, a lil strong, i'm feelin it
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ALAN WAS HORRIBLY UNDERWEIGHT WHEN HE MOVED IN WITH ME.
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like bones showing.
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i live in & WITH my body instead of being enemies with it
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oh god!!
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thats so dangerous
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he's gained normal weight.
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good!!
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and his parents won't fucking stop shaming him over it when he visits.
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ffs
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'you gonna lose weight soon?'
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bones showing means you're SO fragile lol HUMANS ARE MEANT TO STORE SOME FAT. OUR BODIES ACTUALLY NEED IT.
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i was a bone creature and constantly sick
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CERTAIN BODY FUNCTIONS WEREN'T WORKING FOR HIM.
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i got some meats now & i have energy & almost never get ill now!!
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fuck!!
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thats so scary his family want him to go back to that
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so fucking weird
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but skinny!!!
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he said the one downside to gaining weight was he had a period again.
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and i stared at him like...your periods stopped because of your weight? not...t?
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oh my god
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HE WASN'T ON T THEN.
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bro was he like. on the brink of fucking death
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holy shit
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IF YOU'RE SO MALNOURISHED YOUR UTERUS STOPS MAKING BLOOD THATS HORRIFYING DUDE
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THAT MEANS ITS EATING YOU
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HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS, TOO.
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thats so fucked up
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poor alan wtf
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yeah. he's happy now.
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he was like lol, now my period is gone because i'm on t!
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IM GLAD
IM GLAD
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not because i'm dying!
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his blood pressure is still super low.
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a much better reason to no longer menstruate
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well i wonder if thats permanent bcuz his body was eating itself :/
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yeah.
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ppl seem to miss the fact that your body EATS ITSELF IF YOU DONT FEED IT. INCLUDING YOUR ORGANS. ESPECIALLY THEM
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the doctor did go over how t might increase blood pressure! then oh. um. yours is low...
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well no problem here lol
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his parents joke about how he seems to try foods when i make them.
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and i'm like because i offer him some without yelling at him if he doesn't like them!!!
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imagine that!!
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or sneaking shit into foods he does like.
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he loves lasagna. he doesn't like bacon. his dad made lasagna and snuck bacon into it.
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thats so fucking weird, why even do that
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if he doesn't like bacon so what!!!!
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i know italian families can be like hispanic families where being a picky eater isn't allowed.
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yeah its that Catholicsm lol
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PREFERENCES AREN'T ALLOWED FOR KIDS.
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don't be UNGRATEFUL i am FEEDING YOU
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children are STARVING in AFRICA
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you HAVE to eat
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i get it probably also comes from like limited incomes here in america.
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like many of the popular dishes on my mom's side of the family come from using the worst parts of the cow cleaned and seasoned to hell and served with chilis and garlic
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don't like tongue? fuck it, we can't afford steak.
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EAT THOSE FUCKING GLANDS.
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and now hilariously thats like. a michelin star chef ingredient
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EAT THOSE GLANDS, THAT'LL BE 500$
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DON'T GET ME STARTED
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i can't get sweetbreads up here at all.
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without paying a stupid amount.
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love how much stuff is like OH YOU CAN EAT ON 10$ JUST USE OFFCUTS ETC like no not possible anymore actually. OH JUST EAT BEANZ AND RICE
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like yes you CAN stay alive doing that but it kinda blows dude
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we are built to like. have a varied & engaging diet
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it is very demoralizing to always eat stuff you don't like
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KINDA MAKES YOU NOT WANNA
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AND YOU BECOME A SKELETON THAT IS EATING ITS ORGANS
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Y E A H
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this discussion made me think of the acid chemical peel where a facemask scab comes off your face & also it could kill you 
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: apply too much at once, you fuck up your heart!!
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all to look younger.
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or less scarred.
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and it doesn't work on poc.
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oh my god i didn't know that
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IT FUCKS UP THE MELANIN IN YOUR SKIN.
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YIKKKES
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its just like... bro. this isn't even medically beneficial to you
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its all downside
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the 'upside' is that temporarily your skin is smoother... AFTER AN INSANE AMOUTN OF PAIN AND LENGTHY RECOVERY
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electrolysis also fucks up melanin.
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white women just want everyone to suffer the amount they have voluntarily decided to suffer i guess lmfao. THE SUBSTANCE IS GYNOCENTRIC!!!
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WAIT. IT'S LASER HAIR REMOVAL.
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lmfao i sometimes go into town with neighbor lady when she gets her laser hair removal (just go and get a fancy overpriced juice while she's busy and then we go to fish store) and it RLY IS JUST ALL WHITE LADIES IN THERE. I FIGURED IT WAS AN AREA DEMOGRAPHIC THING LMAO
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i do sometimes like to sit in the waiting room with my chewbacca legs just to put out the vibes that having body hair is fine
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yeah. some lasers have trouble picking up the hair vs the skin.
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yeeeek
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these sessions are like 200$ EACH and i guess you have to do it forever basically???
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or will cause skin damage and hyperpigmentation.
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like i have hyperpigmentation issues.
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AND I'M FUCKING PALE.
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but the paleness comes from like avoiding the sun.
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when i was a kid, i was darker.
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i avoid the sun as an adult now that we are more societally aware of cancer lmfao. BUT EVEN AS A KID I WAS JUST RED. NEGATIVE MELANIN OVER HERE
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FRECKLY THO
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I HAVE FRECKLES BY DEFAULT
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mom says that's the irish in me
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faded feckles and now a lotta moles, very irish crone of me
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HAHA
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YAY. MORE IRISH.
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alan doesn't like potatoes or pork and i keep asking him how he survived being an irish/italian household.
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from NYC.
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jesus christ no wonder he was starving
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he will eat french fries but they must be crispy. and chips.
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HE NEEDS HIS TATERS TO HAVE CRISP.
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A TEXTURE ISSUE
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YEAH
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like when ppl love ketchup but don't like tomatos
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though, he was very ick about man 'n' cheese until he tried my baked mac.
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i can relate to that, i didn't think i liked most food until i made it for myself the way i liked it (and also seasoned it)
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'oh food is good actually!!'