Someone Finally Found The Perfect Way To Make Fun Of The Gluten-Free Movement - Washington Post (Blog)

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[nvsmom]

Yeah...No.  Not perfect.  Why the heck do they need to poke fun in the first place?  Yes some people are stupid about strictness and expect the world to cater to their whims, but why not make fun of egocentric narcissists? Those people are the problem, and not the gluten-free food.

 

I dunno.  Go make fun of how school lunches need to be peanut free instead.  If they still feel good about making fun of dietary restrictions, then maybe I am wrong.

 

To be honest, I make fun of the peanut restrictions of the school my boys attend once a week (we homeschool).  There are no peanuts allowed but the only person in our small school with an allergy is my son, and it is to tree nuts.... which are allowed.  We have 6 kids who are celiacs or NCGS and nothing is said.  Oh, and then there was the child with the anaphalactic milk allergy, but no peanuts.... Ooh, I'm off topic. LOL

[nvsmom]

And WHY do we need the perfect way to MAKE FUN of gluten-free food?

[nvsmom]

... Just don't eat it if you don't like it (and you are not a celiac or have NCGS)!

[nvsmom]

This is what happens when I post BEFORE coffee.   

[notme]

lolz, nicole - i agree with you (and no amount of coffee is going to make that stuff 'funny', sorry)  we should all make fun of the people with, say, heart conditions or diabetes..?   a-holes...  i would sure like to know what makes us such a target.  i mean, seriously, i don't give a flying f*ck what other people are eating.  mind your own damb business....  

[notme]

show of hands:  how many of us are offended by pictures that include bread???  geez...  

[nvsmom]

show of hands:  how many of us are offended by pictures that include bread???  geez...  

 

LOL I know!  Right?

[StephanieL]

 

To be honest, I make fun of the peanut restrictions of the school my boys attend once a week (we homeschool).  There are no peanuts allowed but the only person in our small school with an allergy is my son, and it is to tree nuts.... which are allowed.  We have 6 kids who are celiacs or NCGS and nothing is said.  Oh, and then there was the child with the anaphalactic milk allergy, but no peanuts.... Ooh, I'm off topic. LOL

 

Do you know 100% there isn't a peanut allergy at the school?  That information isn't suppose to be shared so there is the potential that there is one unless you know the medical history of every child there.  It may also be something the school wants as a way to entice parents to the school (there are those who do feel more comfortable with a ban).  I am not for bans but I also understand that contact ingestion is a danger, esp. to small children in lower grades.  They can die within minutes. So if you are comfortable making fun of that, by all means, any condition is fair game.   

[kareng]

I guess I don't understand? I thought all the bread, etc in those paintings was gluten free? Lol

[StephanieL]

I guess I don't understand? I thought all the bread, etc in those paintings was gluten free? Lol

lol  No way to tell is there.  Maybe it was removed for testing?

[nvsmom]

Do you know 100% there isn't a peanut allergy at the school?  That information isn't suppose to be shared so there is the potential that there is one unless you know the medical history of every child there.  It may also be something the school wants as a way to entice parents to the school (there are those who do feel more comfortable with a ban).  I am not for bans but I also understand that contact ingestion is a danger, esp. to small children in lower grades.  They can die within minutes. So if you are comfortable making fun of that, by all means, any condition is fair game.   

 

Yes I know, 100%, that there are no peanut allergies at this school unless the parents did not tell the school about it.  I volunteered to run the lunch room and the administration disclosed that there were no peanut allergies this year.  It's a board policy to have no peanuts, and may well be a way to entice parents to join.

 

It's more that I make fun of the board's policy than the life threatening disease.  I know allergies are not a laughing matter. We have epi-pens for my son's tree nut allergies, but tree nuts are allowed into the school... this is where I see irony.

[BlessedMommy]

Imagine the public outcry if this was an article making fun of a diabetic diet.

And there's LOTS of people who follow a low sugar diet who aren't diabetic....so maybe they're all following a fad diet?