alt Hacker NewsI’m diabetic and found this strange for a few reasons. There’s a postscript in the blog post wishing death from diabetes on any diabetic who tries to point any of it out—so I’ll leave it at that.
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I wish you life from diabetes to cancel out her curse
> If you were even thinking of emailing me to criticize me about what I did, I hope you die. Of diabetes.
Found your comment strange, did you read this incorrectly?
I empathize with the author. I have severe panic attacks and getting advice from someone who has maybe had a little anxiety once is infuriating.
The postscript in the blog post specifically wishes death on any diabetic who tries to point this out "from the perspective of Perfect, Unerring Care" via email: that's the "some percent crazy assholes" from https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-04-07. I think it's fair to post more appropriate commentary in a public forum, where it's aimed at audiences who don't already know everything the author does.
The author isn't talking about you.
The author is talking about the people who will inevitably email with explanations about how she's doing something wrong or things are not as bad as they seem or any number of other options.
I have asthma in a particular form, and when people hear that I get triggered by extensive exercise and hill climbs and that I have to take things slow (it's gotten progressively worse in the last two years after COVID) I will inevitably be told "well you need to exercise more."
Exercise can't fix scar tissue, bob.
Because that's what I'm fighting. I don't have a full pair of adult lungs. I have two lungs that got the shit beaten out of them when I was 3. Could I use some more exercise? Certainly. Will it magically fix my asthma? no.