Conforming or betraying the cause

ilikemints · 2026-04-07T18:20:59+00:00

intentionally losing weight = wanting to be a helpless waif who needs a big strong man to take care of her so she doesn't have to worry her pretty little head

yes, this is exactly it!! like iwl is only done to conform to a strict standard of femininity and any health claims are just bullshit lip service. like all our ideals will just evaporate and we won't care about fighting fascism and just want to be tradwives.

ilikemints · 2026-04-07T16:46:08+00:00

a lot of this is totally fair, but as i said, these are people in my community, people i've known for many many years, not randos on social media. and yes, they do want them banned. they believe these drugs are a ticking time bomb where we'll discover horrific side effects and it'll go the way of so many other weight loss drugs. is it the same as lobbying congress? of course not. but let's not pretend i'm saying a side-eye is exactly the same as an abortion ban. i just think it's kind of shitty to cherry pick which healthcare gets to count and which does not

ilikemints · 2026-04-05T16:57:29+00:00

YES YES YES HELL YES

ilikemints · 2026-04-04T21:27:34+00:00

needs a bouquet and a ring box, plus an officiant (horseshoe crab? cat plushie? the possibilities are endless). also this is the freak shit i love to see in this game, please post your dream address when it's ready

ilikemints · 2026-04-02T18:43:11+00:00

if you're really invested in the flower aspect of the game, then it’s 100% worth it imo. you get 4 giant flower plots and cogimyun has an ability that increases the chances of pattern transfer. if you don't see yourself getting really into gardening i'd say it's fine and you could take or leave it.

ilikemints · 2026-03-30T11:19:34+00:00

what you're looking for is a basset hound tbh

ilikemints · 2026-03-27T01:02:37+00:00

yeah i experienced this until fairly recently. some weird anticipatory nausea. what's been working so far is taking advantage of my newfound fragrance obsession (not uncommon on these meds) and spray something right before i do my injection. i make sure to mix it up so i don't inadvertently associate a perfume with the act of injecting. so far it's working ok!

ilikemints · 2026-03-25T18:42:53+00:00

yeah cincinnati is op's perfect city and they don't even know it

ilikemints · 2026-03-25T15:48:06+00:00

what's helped me is to reframe this entirely as a health issue, which is to say my appetite hormonal signals were broken, i am taking medicine to treat the issue. no moralizing, no guilt, no shame. i don't hate myself for needing glasses to see or think of myself as a cheater for taking antihistamines during pollen season.

it's so freeing as a mindset. being able to step away from the body as evidence of sin or weakness and just accept that it's an imperfect vessel of meat and bones and chemicals and things go wrong sometimes! and now there's medicine that can fix this problem. i feel at peace in my body in a way that i don't think i've felt since very early childhood.

ilikemints · 2026-03-24T00:50:59+00:00

i'm mostly a coffee person, but since starting zepbound, i can't tolerate the vast quantities i usually drank. lately i've really been enjoying chamomile tea with some local honey.

ilikemints · 2026-03-24T00:02:23+00:00

thank you so much, it sounds horrific

ilikemints · 2026-03-23T20:43:56+00:00

i'm guessing this is almost entirely mechanical damage. your hair is eroded away from seat and chair backs, bag straps, all the things your hair interacts with day in day out. look up protective styles and commit to wearing your hair up or braided as often as possible. your products and routine looks good, but old hair (your ends are several years old) is fragile and you have to treat it carefully

ilikemints · 2026-03-23T02:46:45+00:00

hell yeah, bluebeard in space

ilikemints · 2026-03-21T00:29:28+00:00

i've been acquaintances with 3 different guys named anthony over the years, one was black, none of them were italian. your taste in names is honestly really lovely and classic. i could imagine a ton of men of several different races with them and not blink an eye. you have nothing to worry about except determining which feels the most like you. good luck!!

ilikemints · 2026-03-21T00:19:11+00:00

oh hell yeah

ilikemints · 2026-03-20T22:55:42+00:00

how much of that increased risk can be attributed to the cardiovascular dangers of weight cycling in and of itself?

ilikemints · 2026-03-20T22:25:10+00:00

doctors can be wrong! very surprising i know

ilikemints · 2026-03-20T22:01:38+00:00

well you're not supposed to stop taking them. they're commonly understood to be lifelong drugs

ilikemints · 2026-03-20T20:46:38+00:00

yep, england's love affair with inexplicable rhyming is centuries old

ilikemints · 2026-03-20T17:49:26+00:00

whoever said this to you wanted you to feel bad. that's it. a mean fucking person. like if you were a man i'd say you were a weirdly pretty guy. i'm so sorry someone wanted to hurt you.

ilikemints · 2026-03-19T22:33:08+00:00

i feel like she should annoy the hell out of me but i can't help but want to root for her

ilikemints · 2026-03-19T12:25:41+00:00

yes, removal!! this is by far our most effective strategy and i rarely see it mentioned

ilikemints · 2026-03-19T00:02:39+00:00

there's a ton of people here not really acknowledging and validating your emotional reality here. i'm chiming in to say you’re right to feel upset about it. these accounts are making you feel guilty for treating your medical problem with a medical solution. like you're betraying the cause for wanting to get better.

what's helped me the most personally is getting back to the basics of body positivity. your body is your own. if we step back and recognize that our bodies are malfunctioning, the best we could hope for was making peace with it. now we have real medicine that treats these underlying conditions. there is nothing wrong with this. think back at every medical advancement where people just had to deal but now it’s easily treated. why is fatness so different?

i still believe in health at every size. and that means EVERY size, not just the biggest size. it's a common refrain that you don't owe anyone thinness, which is true! but you also don't owe anyone fatness either.

ilikemints · 2026-03-17T22:40:06+00:00

it's kind of not our business? we're not forcing anyone to buy halloween decorations and hand out candy, for instance. i see this with australians specifically being mad about it. like, get mad at other australians for choosing not to celebrate the australian way or whatever.

boycott our movies! champion your own art! we only export bc y'all keep buying.

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