Ab Worth

Same. I don’t think a single adult “You’ll agree with me when you’re older” or “You’ll know better when you’re older” or “You’ll understand when you’re older” ever happened. All those adults were either wrong or attempting to manipulate or harm me in some way.

A part of that is due to where and when I grew up. It was probably better in other areas. But most adults at any time aren’t particularly wise nor particularly knowledgeable, so their advice and what is “obvious” to them is typically absolute crap and worthless.

FA’s Last Hurrah

We're finally learning the true side-effects of weight-loss drugs.

This is probably part of a front in the Fat Acceptance/Early Death backlash to GLP-1s. It was inevitable. That camp hates that these drugs exist. And this is why:

The vast majority of FA types are women and that someone can get so massively hotter in such a short time triggers their big (pun very much intended) intrasexual competition feelings. And that leads to real-world attempted actions.

Don’t let them get away with it.

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