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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

"Let's use a tiny minority as a reason not to do something intended to benefit the overwhelming majority." I'm so sick of this tactic. We can't address obesity because muh anorexics and we can't cut funding here because it will affect this tiny minority there. When did the idea that you could please everyone suddenly become plausible? Not everything is about the 0.1%

Furthermore, anorexics love calorie counts. What they hate is having food and no idea of how many calories are in it. They find themselves either massively overestimating the content to be sure or avoiding it entirely in fear. What they hate is morbidly obese people being paraded around as healthy and normal. The fact that no one says anything about how fat people are makes anorexics think that recovery means being actually fat. A normal person doesn't want to be overweight, never mind someone with AN, and so they deny attempts at recovery because of course you would. Fuck CNN and their perpetual stream of subversive cancer.

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[–] Canada_is_gay [S] 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

It's such a bullshit cop out to hide behind anorexics. No, it doesn't hurt anorexics to hear "eat the appropriate amount of calories for you." Anorexics need to hear that too. And you're exactly right that they struggle with recovery because they fear that eating normally will turn them fat. A campaign about healthy foods and appropriate serving sizes if anything would alleviate that fear by saying, "No, these land whales didn't get that way by eating normally, they got that way by pure and disgusting gluttony."

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[–] CowboyDancer 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Furthermore, anorexics love calorie counts. What they hate is having food and no idea of how many calories are in it. They find themselves either massively overestimating the content to be sure or avoiding it entirely in fear.

Thanks for breaking this down a little, I know 2 girls and 1 guy that have legit EDs (not attention seeking). Helps to understand the situation.

Fuck CNN and their perpetual stream of subversive cancer.

Glad to know people outside of burgerland realize how much of a toxic cancer CNN reporting is. It's the most toxic SJW garbage reporting imaginable.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

There is an interesting phenomenon in the AN community where a lot of them only eat junk food. You would think they would stick to apples and celery, but a bag of chips comes with a very black and white weight and calorie count and many of them find that reassuring. It's more about the control of knowing exactly how much you ate, and so a plate of stir fried vegetables or something with an undefined calorie count can induce more stress than a cheeseburger that comes with a count of "exactly" 364 calories or whatever.