colonelp4nic

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on Vegans at the gym · c/lemmyshitpost · 3 pts · 248d

I'll try, and for the record, I'm neutral/meh on this meme and not a vegan.

My thinking is that jokes often rely on something unexpected as the source of humor, and while the skinny arms were unexpected (and funny to me), the captions feel like a miss. If there was a widespread understanding that vegans were emaciated and skinny, this could have been funny because it was unexpectedly accurate. My personal experience with vegans doesn't match that idea. Alternatively, if the idea of putting down vegans was unexpected, it could have been funny from that angle, but alas, I hear plenty of complaining whenever veganism comes up in rhetoric. I don't personally think it's offensive, it's just a meh/10 joke

I'm trying to say this in the most genuine and gentle way possible: to answer your direct question, yes, this would be classified as paranoia. I hope you continue addressing this, since you've already taken the hardest first step of noticing it. There are many different things that can cause paranoia and many of them are curable, with the remainder being very treatable. Please go see a doctor about these feelings.

I understand your sentiment and frustration, and I'm also in so much pain from the political situation in the US. I think this congressperson should be commended for showing support for Ukraine in an incredibly overt and tangible way. I don't think it helps us to shun all republicans, though I can understand those who do. If people like him can use their power to lead people back to goodness, I think we'll more quickly go back to truly being great again