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   Kay Elúvian (kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:00:34 JST Kay Elúvian

   I still find it shocking that while the UK handwrings about puberty blockers (used for over 30 years), Ozempic and others are touted as panaceas. No long-term research, never mind they just make you slightly nauseous all the time, who cares they're expensive and so what they completely undermine what little body positivity we have going on. None of that shit matters because THEY MAKE YOU THIN AND OMFG FAT IS BAD. Being fat is not the worst thing that can happen to you.

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     Kay Elúvian (kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:00:31 JST Kay Elúvian

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     If running, exercise and ketogenic woo-woo makes you happy, then do that. If eating well and enjoying your food makes you happy, then do that. Accept everyone as they are on their journey through life. Fuck off with BE THIN, OBEY, CONSUME bullshit. Thin people are great, fat people are great, tall people are great and short people are great. We're great the way we are and don't need drugs to "shed a few pounds". Rant concludes.

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     Kay Elúvian (kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:00:32 JST Kay Elúvian

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     But no, thank FUCK Capitalism came along and shot that in the head. Now pay £250 a month for an injection. I tried it, it was ruinously expensive, destroyed my appetite and made me sick all the time. It was impossible to derive any pleasure from any food or food-adjacent gathering (like dinner or a meal out). Sticking needles of medicine nicked from diabetics isn't the answer, accepting your body, your age and your mortality and choosing what's best for you is the answer.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Kay Elúvian (kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:00:33 JST Kay Elúvian

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     Every day a new study pops up saying weight-loss drugs cut your risks of cancer, or risk of heart disease or or fucking or. These studies are breathlessly reported, no questions about whether they are *repeatable* or *long term* or even WHO IS SPONSORING THEM. Nope, just see here fatties take your injections and jus be NORMAL like the rest of us you ugly, horrible, lazy people!

     We were close to accepting people at different sizes and seeing the innate beauty in everyone.