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missing her tonight

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Wig

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pokemon

[inquisitivemobius]

Penisaur and Clitaurus!

[professorevilbadpaingiver]

[pangur-and-grim]

it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the 'culture war'. because it's literally just a medical thing.... I get super anemic unless I cut a certain protein out of my diet, because it bulldozes the villi in my intestines. but if I post about it, right-wingers send me gore images. I guess you can't expect shitty people to be logical, but I've even heard lefty people make fun of gluten stuff, and it's like why are you mad about this??? why are you pissed off that I'm eating bread that doesn't taste as good so that I can have blood in my body? it's so morally neutral.

[ms-demeanor]

I'm sorry, I know you weren't actually looking for an explanation but I always have a rant about this locked and loaded.

As far as I can tell the reasons that this happens are:

The interpretation of disability accommodation as wokeness - a lot of the same people who are shitty about food limitations are also shitty about sign language interpreters and ramp requirements (also building regulations relating to the latter) because they view any accommodation as capitulation to a group they think should "suck it up and deal with it" (quietly exist without named or obvious accommodations). The conversations around peanut-free or milk-free classrooms to accommodate children with allergies are similarly unhinged and possibly more horrifying.

Conflating specialty diets as a result of proximity in the popular consciousness - you're a lot more likely to see something described as "vegan + gluten free" or to see vegan/vegetarian/g-free options grouped on menus than you are to see keto/vegan/gfree options so the "lefty" animal-free diets get grouped with gluten-free (it's also interesting that there are right-wing diets, and I wonder how many of these people remember when you used to be able to find "atkins-friendly" symbols on casual dining restaurant menus)

Gluten free diets became a fad fifteen years ago; tons of people read "Wheat Belly" and stopped eating wheat as a weight loss hack and when they went back to eating wheat because it's actually pretty difficult to get around a major staple grain they didn't experience any negative consequences; people saw this and basically think that it's a trend, that people are faking medically necessary diets as part of a fad. When questioned about this they always go "but, I mean, it's okay if you REALLY need to skip the wheat because you have a condition but most people are doing it because it's popular" when g-free diets haven't been a major trend for quite a while now. TO BE QUITE FAIR, I think that things like "Gluten Aware" cookies and beer and such, which contain a little gluten but not NO gluten contribute to this perception (these have annoyed me forever for two reasons: 1. They make people without celiac think that a little gluten is fine for people with celiac, which it is not; 2. fucking commit, companies. *I* want the cookies and beer and it's deeply annoying that these business will go to the lengths to create products with minimal gluten but won't actually make g-free foods - this is often because of the risk of cross contamination, they won't claim to make g-free things because they won't work with a dedicated g-free facility)

Anyway, in conclusion: it sucks, I'm sorry.

The fun flipside of this is that I've seen people who are more right wing become aggressively pro regulation and pro accommodation when they or their family members have to suddenly take on the individual burden of making up for a society that doesn't include them by default.

[ms-demeanor]

US specific:

Is your ham made with vinegar? Does your ham have the generic word "spices" on the ingredient list? Does your ham include "smoke flavoring"? Does your ham include caramel coloring?

Because malt vinegar has gluten in it. "Spices" may include wheat products in a mix. Smoke flavoring may be made with barley flour. Caramel coloring may be made with wheat or barley syrup.

If the label says "gluten free" that means that the "spices," caramel coloring, vinegar, and smoke flavor are certified to contain 20ppm or less of gluten.

If the ham is cured in any way, it may include gluten. If the ham was marinated, it probably includes gluten. If the ham was prepared in a facility that processes wheat in any way, it might be cross contaminated with gluten.

There's a company out there called "Gluten Free Water" that makes water in plastic bottles, poking fun at the idea that too many things have a gluten free label. I fucking hate that company. Because that company is functionally saying "lol, people are so sensitive and over the top about this, let's be a little silly and laugh about how crazy people can be with their 'gluten free' nonsense."

Did you know that there are sustainable food containers and straws that contain wheat? And that you don't have to label them? There are definitely people with celiac who have been sickened by biodegradable plastic straws in their "obviously water is gluten free there's no risk here" water.

"It's over-labeled so it looks trendy" just means you don't know how foods are made or what foods contain gluten. Gluten is ridiculously common in foods in general, and also in packaged meats.

Your ham has to say gluten free because it distinguishes it from the hams that do contain gluten, which is a fucking lot of them. And you're annoyed that your ham has to say gluten free and I'm annoyed that I'm standing in the grocery store calling a ham company to figure out where they source their caramel coloring so I can figure out if the damned ham is safe to eat.

"lol, oats don't have wheat in them, are people so stupid that they have to be told what is and isn't wheat? why does this oatmeal have a gluten free label?" Cross contamination; gluten free oats are not grown near wheat and are not processed in facilities that process wheat.

"lol, rice doesn't have wheat in it, why is this rice labeled gluten free, all rice is gluten free" Cross contamination; the rice isn't processed on equipment that processes wheat.

"lol why does this turkey breast say gluten free, it's just fucking turkey" read the ingredients on your "just" turkey, lots of packaged meat is packed in broth, some of which contains modified food starch, which may contain wheat.

"lol why are these strawberries labeled gluten free? they're fucking strawberries" WAX, BUDDY. SOME FRUITS ARE COATED IN PRESERVATIVE WAX FILMS BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SOME OF THOSE FUCKING FILMS CONTAIN GLUTEN.

I think that part of the reason that people are so irritated by g-free labels is because it exposes them to just how vast and alienating their food systems are.

"Ham should just be meat from a pig, maybe with sugar and salt; what on earth is happening that there might be wheat in that process? Nothing in that process should involve wheat." And then you might have to think about it for a second, might have to wonder what "sugar" and "salt" mean when someone is producing a million hams to be delivered thousands of miles away. It's not just sugar and salt; it's preservatives and nitrates and batch cooking and getting corn syrup instead of sugar and getting smoke flavoring instead of smoking the ham and turning your "whole food" into all the ingredients that make up the ingredients that make up the ingredients.

A "gluten free" label says "you can eat this" to somebody with celiac disease, who has already pounded their skull against the shittiness of the medical system and the food system.

But to someone who doesn't have to worry that their food is going to disable them, a "gluten free" sticker on ham takes a known quantity and turns their sandwich into a hyperobject that contains animal agriculture and industrial additive production and shipping pollution and the ongoing assault on regulation.

If it doesn't have the label, you can just eat your lunch. If it does have the label, you are haunted by the specter of RFK junior imploding the FDA.

Turns out that everyone in the US with celiac is already constantly haunted by the possible implosion of the FDA because food regulation is an up-close and personal part of our daily lives that most people would rather not think about.

[ms-demeanor]

Hey, people with actual celiac who are seeing this in the notes, this is a great way to make yourself incredibly sick. There are no enzyme treatments currently on the market that will make it safe for you to eat gluten. There are a couple of treatments that are in trials but the otc jar of glutimase in the drugstore is not like taking lactase for lactose intolerance, and consuming gluten while taking otc enzyme treatments will increase your risk of malnutrition and intestinal damage and will add to your long-term colon cancer risk.

This isn't like lactose intolerance where your body gets mad at you because it can't break down and process a protein or sugar so you get gassy, this is an autoimmune condition that is triggered by tiny trace amounts of gluten and can cause vomiting, diarrhea, anemia, malnutrition, and intestinal damage that takes literal years to recover from and permanently increases your cancer risk.

Do not trust *your ability to absorb vitamin c* to an otc enzyme.

[thebibliosphere]

Also for folks with mast cell diseases, you might not test positive for celiac in the same way, but the mechanism by which gluten makes us ill is the same, it just manifests differently.

It can also be an anaphylaxis risk depending on the severity of your mast cell symptoms.

Which is also why having cosmetics labeled as gluten free is helpful because some of us react to skin exposure to gluten, even if we test negative for wheat allergies because mast cell diseases are a fucking nightmare.

Gluten free labels aren’t marketing scams to raise the price on things, they are a vital necessity for people with complex medical needs.

Also because not everyone knows this, gluten can stick to things like cast iron and non-stick surfaces so just in case you’re wondering why you don’t feel better after cutting out gluten, it could be your utensils. We had to replace Everything in our kitchen when I got my MCAS diagnosis to avoid remnant contamination. It sucks.

[thatsouthernanthem]

Ok so since my main got flagged we are moving over here. gonna friend people and get this baby moving i guess.

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[thatsouthernanthem]

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[thatsouthernanthem]

Ok so since my main got flagged we are moving over here. gonna friend people and get this baby moving i guess.

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[otherthingsonhold]

I would like to think that when garrus is confused about something he would go to joker, and ask him about the weird things shepard does as a human, and then joker would be like yeah nah that's just the commander she's fucking insane

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[stonerfae]

reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a little pumpkin 🧡

[yasha-grecha]

i finally finished the book series! i love these guys sfm they make me feel things

[drizzlingtears]

“You’re so quiet, what’s wrong?” I’m creating my own fantasy world to escape from reality so shut up.

[southernanthemarchive]

I always think I’m not a fan of modern AUs but god sometimes I eat them up. And I’m a huge fan of “rich girl New Englander Galadriel Noldor” as a genre. So have some sketches of Instagram posts you’d find her tagged in

Also a big fan of Lúthien being the “idgaf” cousin. She’ll laugh at the “bad kid” Halbrand’s jokes just to piss off the family and make Galadriel a tiny bit jealous 😤

[southernanthemarchive]

If that damn koko bot doesn’t stop messaging me I’m gonna flip.

Also I have like six half finished coffee shop au/bakery shop owner galadriel from nossë-verse pics I’m working on bc even though I can’t get my tumblr unflagged, I persevere 🥲

[unexplained-events]

Faces carved into the walls of the Paris Catacombs

[m3n4c3v35537]

Frenchmen be like “this pitch black cave full of skeletons is not scary enough, I must make it worse”

[der-ewige-retard]

[keldrikakand]

Discovering my characters backstory by listening to music

[godblesskurt]

Here's a tv show pitch.

In this idea there is no sex, drugs, violence, or high stakes because I'm tired of it.

Ian McKellan, Liam Neeson, Sean Bean, and Ewan Mcgregor are all widowers and live in four houses in a row in suburban UK. The main drama is them vying to be the Favorite Uncle/Grandfather figure for the local schoolchildren. Otherwise it's slice of life. They're extremely petty about their gardens. Occasionally they'll combine forces against another widower. They all understand technology but are purposely asses about using it. They each support a different sports team and consider their own to be the best. Each actor's popular roles are alluded to, such as Ian McKellan always seems to be managing twelve unruly dwarves children; Liam Neeson is extremely protective and occasionally uses black ops skills to solve small problems but won't admit to military service of any kind - he brushes off whatever outrageous thing he just did as "picked that up in [small English town] when a cow got out"; Sean Bean is at high risk for heart attacks and cancer so his death is always being foreshadowed but he never dies; Ewan McGregor has a different shaggy haired emo teenage boy each season to mentor through life's ups and downs. The four of them are all always bickering to the extent that the non-widower neighbors try to set them up with wives.

It's called.

Widower Row

[godblesskurt]

This brought to you by my desire to no longer see these men in Situations looking Tired but instead Sean Bean having tea with three 11 year old girls after school and teaching them about beekeeping, and Ian Mckellan chasing a horde of boys out of his kitchen while pretending to be mad because they did actually break dishes while washing up, and Liam Neeson woodcarving on his front porch teaching a 14 year old how to make something special for the girl he likes, and Ewan Mcgregor being visited by the first teenager he mentored and he's married with twin toddlers and Ewan has them climbing all over him during the visits.

[godblesskurt]

There's a vacant house in the row that keeps going through owners and each new owner is supposed to be a different special guest star but it's just Henry Cavill in various fake mustaches and glasses. The original Widower Row occupants are always getting rid of him by "finding him a wife". But he's back in a different mustache or glasses only a few episodes later.

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