Pet Peeves v. u mad?

[ebola?]

no, not at all. Starbucks is THEIRS.
/except they don't sweep, pay the bills, or help out.

Regardless, aren't they a bit too passe to be hipsters-proper?

ebola

 

[bronson]

Random question. Are there gluten free hipsters? If so, I'm sure they would be just a rare treat to be around.

 

[alasdairm]

there, their, they're.

pet peeve

alasdair

 

[bronson]

I blame auto correct. 8)

 

[AmorRoark]

Totally. I mean, Celiac Disease -- really? More like Get-Real-iac Disease, amirite?

Totally. I bet they removed half of my step-mom's colon for the lulz!

 

[Jabberwocky]

^they removed half her colon because of gluten allergy?
/am confuse



Peeve: Unfair craigslist flaggers

 

[addictivepersona]

^ Read up on Celiac's. In certain cases, it is necessary to remove parts of the large (sometimes even the small) intestine due to malabsorption and the whole shabang. Gluten "allergies" and "intolerances" are two different things--It's along the lines of milk: Someone with a milk sugar ("lactose") intolerance may get severe diarrhea from ingesting something that had milk in it, whereas someone with a milk protein allergy could die from ingesting the same thing.

Yes, some people are taking it too far and self diagnosing themselves as gluten intolerant, yada yada... But it's not hurting you, so live and let live?

 

[Samadhi]

Yeah, lactose and gluten allergies are total conspiracy theories, just like people with peanut allergies that need to carry epi pens so they don't DIE. OH, and forget about people who die when their throats swell up after being stung by a bee or a wasp... totally psychosomatic (addict insane). Some people with actual allergies to lactose and gluten get REALLY sick if they ingest it.

I've had digestive problems for most of my adult life, and have actually had a colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy to test for coeliac disease, ulcers, etc, as well as lactose, glucose & fructose allergy/malabsorption tests. They all came back negative, but my issue has been put down to other reasons. I get horrid heartburn when i eat certain things, but it doesn't mean i have coeliac disease or am lactose intolerant - it just means that when i sometimes eat wheat and dairy, i feel like crap. I'm in agreement with addictive persona, live and let live... which leads to my pet peeve...

Judgemental people.

 

[tackyspiral]

let me just say in my defense this is a pet peeve thread ... meaning my peeves dont necessarily need justification and also i understand if the reason is when people dont react well when they eat gluten and that is why they choose not to indulge ( i had to stop eating raw jalapenos as it became uncomfortable for my tummy) and i dont fault them for that

my peeve is with people who are doing it because its the new "fad" diet and as bagochina stated " the holier than thou attittude" that often goes along with it
i am sorry for being unclear... and also my poor grammer

 

[Jabberwocky]

 

[Samadhi]

let me just say in my defense this is a pet peeve thread ... meaning my peeves dont necessarily need justification and also i understand if the reason is when people dont react well when they eat gluten and that is why they choose not to indulge ( i had to stop eating raw jalapenos as it became uncomfortable for my tummy) and i dont fault them for that

my peeve is with people who are doing it because its the new "fad" diet and as bagochina stated " the holier than thou attittude" that often goes along with it
i am sorry for being unclear... and also my poor grammer

I wasn't directing my (now that i re-read it, slightly over the top ) tirade at you, unless it was simply a case of your post being closest to mine, if so, carry on. My peeve is people who seem to have this overarching denial that such allergies exist. I do understand that for people who have true allergies to gluten (i actually know 2 people who have serious allergies - one woman can't use the toasted sandwich maker at work in case someone has used normal bread in it ) it might grind their gears a little to hear people who simply avoid gluten due to some idea that it means they'll lose weight or something, but attributing it to being gluten intolerant. For people with true allergies to these things, life can really suck at times and eating well can become a really expensive venture, especially if they DO want to have bread or milk in their lives.

I've also seen the new trend of going sugar free bring about an advent of people who have read "Sweet Poison" and have taken a fanatical view on going sugar-free - a girl at my work spent a good couple of minutes berating me for eating a peach about 3 months ago, because I was 'poisoning myself with fructose'. I just nodded and smiled, whilst enjoying the juice of the peach running down my chin

Anyway, a pet peeve of mine is thoughtless people - a friend recently told me about speaking with a friend of hers about having trouble trying to conceive a child, and the friend banged on for about 10 minutes about how fertile she was, and how 'she only had to look at her husband to fall pregnant'. Said friend said something to her about how it may not be entirely appropriate to say such things to someone who had just finished talking about how much trouble they were having trying to conceive. This can apply to many situations, but people just seriously need to ensure that their brains are in gear before engaging their mouths...

 

[Miss_vanilla]

I've also seen the new trend of going sugar free bring about an advent of people who have read "Sweet Poison" and have taken a fanatical view on going sugar-free - a girl at my work spent a good couple of minutes berating me for eating a peach about 3 months ago, because I was 'poisoning myself with fructose'. I just nodded and smiled, whilst enjoying the juice of the peach running down my chin

God I can't stand this sugar paranoia going on right now, I can hardly wait until it dies down (as fad diets tend to do because the majority of people can't continue them long term). I'm all for cutting out refined sugar from unnatural sources but come on. Fruit is healthy and tastes great and signals the start of seasons like nothing else. Imagine Christmas without cherries or strawberries?

And who is she to berate you anyway? I can't stand people scolding me like a 5 year old because of my food choices, particularly since I'm health conscious most of the time.

I actually really related to the rest of your post as well but didn't want to sound like I was going on a rant :D

 

[alasdairm]

let me just say in my defense this is a pet peeve thread ... meaning my peeves dont necessarily need justification and also i understand if the reason is when people dont react well when they eat gluten and that is why they choose not to indulge ( i had to stop eating raw jalapenos as it became uncomfortable for my tummy) and i dont fault them for that

my peeve is with people who are doing it because its the new "fad" diet and as bagochina stated " the holier than thou attittude" that often goes along with it
i am sorry for being unclear... and also my poor grammer

you absolutely do not need to justify a peeve but it's surely ok to want to discuss the feelings behind them?

you said that (some) people who are on gluten-free diets "are trying to say they are better than" you. don't you see that says so much more about you than it does about them? i think it's not them you're angry at, but (some aspect of) yourself...

alasdair

 

[Jabberwocky]

when someone acknowledges that people act self-righteous and conceded, it doesn't inherently say more about the person acknowledging it than the people acting that way.
/it *can*
//i don't read tacky's post that way, though you clearly do ;P

 

[alasdairm]

i'd argue that a statement from the subject can only really say anything about the subject and absolutely nothing about the object, but perhaps that's a discussion for p&s...

alasdair

 

[Jabberwocky]

and i'd argue that's absurd. start a p&s thread and i'll show you why.

 

[phenethylo J]

People who post always post all these retarded illuminate comments on youtube music videos.

 

[Jabberwocky]

peeves: youtube comments in general, and illuminati folk in general ;]

the "random" functions of most media players (and windows photo-screensaver app)


synchronized dancing of any sort

 

[alasdairm]

and i'd argue that's absurd. start a p&s thread and i'll show you why.

there are 100 objective reality threads in there already. go nuts.

alasdair

 

[Jabberwocky]

i went nuts long ago chief ;P