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1 hour ago, Lidig8r said:

Four years ago, I would have gone ballistic at the eating disorder jokes. I would have railed about how eating disorders have the 2nd highest mortality rate among all mental illnesses, that death is always an abstract concept ... until it happens to you... etc. etc blah blah blah

But now? It's don't be a Keyboard Warrior ...  This is Surly, where the deer and the antelope play, were EVERYONE at one time or another is a target and you better have elephant hide thick skin.

Oh.. and the term I use for Tess Holliday and people who follow her is ... "Militant Fat Activist -- Keyboard Division."

Awesome. Now write it for transgenderism and we will have a party going on in here

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3 hours ago, Lidig8r said:

Four years ago, I would have gone ballistic at the eating disorder jokes. I would have railed about how eating disorders have the 2nd highest mortality rate among all mental illnesses, that death is always an abstract concept ... until it happens to you... etc. etc blah blah blah

But now? It's don't be a Keyboard Warrior ...  This is Surly, where the deer and the antelope play, were EVERYONE at one time or another is a target and you better have elephant hide thick skin.

Oh.. and the term I use for Tess Holliday and people who follow her is ... "Militant Fat Activist -- Keyboard Division."

I remember your personal tragedy, and there is no way I’d intentionally open that wound. I’ve had close family members who have dealt with eating disorders, suicide, and severe mental illness. Jokes can seem okay - almost like we’re in some sort of club - regardless of the fact that one’s audience may have an entirely different set of struggles or misfortunes. Fortunately, I don’t have much personal experience with those who suffer from serious addictions or violent crime, so I’m reluctant to make light of anything in that realm. For some perverse reason that I can’t explain, I’m able to separate jokes about suicide or cancer from my reality. I forget that not everyone can do that. Your experience has to be much more difficult because it was your child, and you saw it unfold before your eyes at an agonizing pace. Anyway, thanks for not knocking my teeth out even though it may have felt justified.

- Surly Asshole

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