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Beth's avatar

Great post, Joelle! I just got my first vaccine this morning and bought myself a donut to celebrate. So if it was free? Even better. People who leave nasty comments are a mystery to me. Don't they have something better to do??

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Joelle's avatar

Thanks love. Mystery to me too! And YAY for getting the vaccine -- that's great news. 🎉

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Veronica's avatar

I find a lot of diet culture is performative — people want to feel virtuous and superior to other people. I have a Facebook friend who’s part of a diet culture pyramid scheme (a conversation for another time haha) and she’s always losing her sh*t when the Shamrock shake is in season or some fast food place introduces a new ridiculous menu item. I’m always like....so...don’t buy it? Thanks for writing this. And enjoy that donut 😊

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Joelle's avatar

Exactly -- just don't buy it if it bugs you so much! And I want to hear more about this pyramid scheme, please.

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Veronica's avatar

Oh, god...it's one of those ones that sells the meals and then you become a "coach" and you recruit other "coaches" into your downline. Like literally every single MLM, its coaches insist it's "not an MLM" and it's a lifestyle blah blah blah. All the posts I see are fat-shaming before and afters, demonization of things like sugar, a whole buttload of misinformation and outright lies (like saying sugar is as addictive as heroin, or that eating past 8pm will make you fat)...ugh. I don't read the posts because they're too triggering.

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Nancy's avatar

I love this!! And, all through my reading, I am dreaming of In-N-Out animal style... 😁

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Joelle's avatar

Yum!

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Kristin Sepulveda's avatar

The measuring tape incident reminds me of this episode of Miss Maisel where they are doing aerobics and taking their measurements. It seems so old school! I have not gotten my free donut yet but I appreciate the businesses that are doing promotions. I am 100 percent in support of any fried food that will encourage people to get the vaccine. Let’s get this done people!

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Valerie Parry's avatar

I had a doughnut yesterday, and it was amazing! 🍩 🍩 🍩

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Joelle's avatar

Yum!! That photo above is from that doughnut shop we went to in SF, by the way. 💛

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