Lean cuisine with a side of bulimia

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  • Frogourt
    Frogourt Posts: 3
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.
    if you've never suffered from bulimia, or another type of eating disorder, you shouldn't be joking about it. it's not going to improve anyone's life drastically cracking jokes about what's slowly killing them.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.

    This is called self-deprecation.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I think the joke was that OP was punished for being good... Not about being bulimic.

    (Bulimia comments may have been in bad taste, however some of us get it)


    Thank god someone got it! Yes bulimia is a serious affliction affecting many people I'm also sorry I sounded flip about it but seriously have a sense of humor... At leas a small one

    For reals. If you'd ever had an eating disorder, or watched someone suffer with it, you wouldn't think it was funny.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    Yeah. Which is why I never EVER EVER EVER EVER told a leper joke to a leper. They'd laugh their head off. AND THAT'S NOT FUNNY :angry:

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  • Tessyloowhoo
    Tessyloowhoo Posts: 504
    What not to do on MFP:
    1.Make eating disorder jokes
    2.Say lifting will make women bulky
    3. Endorse eating under 1200 calories (OH WAIT SEE NUMBER 1)
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    I laughed. That sucks...
  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    I took this with a pinch of salt tbh! But may have taken it differently in a different mood, and depending on past history...

    I saw it as OP meant, but can see it was potentially insensitive... unintentionally.

    Lighten up guys... I know bulimia isn't funny, at all; but am sure OP didn't intend to be so frivolous and will think twice next time.

    Hope you feel better soon too OP.
  • CEThornton
    CEThornton Posts: 45
    People really need to lighten up... It was a simple story about work and some co-workers. Not a jab at pre/current/post bulimics.

    Cripes.

    Funny story and yes, puking at work in a public bathroom sucks. Like throwing up isn't bad enough, you have to go face first into a "foreign" commode.

    I really will say being I a public bathroom really was the worst part
  • Misiaxcore
    Misiaxcore Posts: 659 Member
    I can understand the OPs post.... a friend of mine jokes I'm anorexic all the time even though I am far from it. It's really more annoying than funny.
  • tworthen79
    tworthen79 Posts: 1,173 Member
    I was bulimic in high school, I'm not anymore, I'm not offended.
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.

    This is called self-deprecation.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.
    if you've never suffered from bulimia, or another type of eating disorder, you shouldn't be joking about it. it's not going to improve anyone's life drastically cracking jokes about what's slowly killing them.

    If you have never been X you cannot comment on Y.

    That's always a fail argument when someone states it. I always giggle.
  • jetlag
    jetlag Posts: 800 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.

    In for backup.
  • Brutmar
    Brutmar Posts: 85
    People really need to lighten up... It was a simple story about work and some co-workers. Not a jab at pre/current/post bulimics.

    Cripes.

    Funny story and yes, puking at work in a public bathroom sucks. Like throwing up isn't bad enough, you have to go face first into a "foreign" commode.

    I agree...people are wound way too tight here at times....I don't believe the OP meant any harm...agree to disagree :ohwell:
  • kmbweber2014
    kmbweber2014 Posts: 680 Member
    People really need to lighten up... It was a simple story about work and some co-workers. Not a jab at pre/current/post bulimics.

    Cripes.

    Funny story and yes, puking at work in a public bathroom sucks. Like throwing up isn't bad enough, you have to go face first into a "foreign" commode.

    I really will say being I a public bathroom really was the worst part

    When I was pregnant with my son I was always sick and I traveled a lot for work. I puked many times in public bathrooms and it was awful.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I do not find this amusing.

    Me neither. *SMH*
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    I was bulimic in high school, I'm not anymore, I'm not offended.

    yeah pretty much. I think it was supposed to be ironic but I don't really find it offensive. people are weird.
  • Headingforhealthier
    Headingforhealthier Posts: 85
    Joking about a serious disorder that kills people is really not funny.

    Yeah. Which is why I never EVER EVER EVER EVER told a leper joke to a leper. They'd laugh their head off. AND THAT'S NOT FUNNY :angry:


    LOVE it. Get off the high horses people.
  • Frogourt
    Frogourt Posts: 3
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.
    if you've never suffered from bulimia, or another type of eating disorder, you shouldn't be joking about it. it's not going to improve anyone's life drastically cracking jokes about what's slowly killing them.

    If you have never been X you cannot comment on Y.

    That's always a fail argument when someone states it. I always giggle.

    i never said comment, i said joking. :ohwell: i just don't think it's funny, coming from someone with an eating disorder, and don't think it should be joked about.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    I think the joke was that OP was punished for being good... Not about being bulimic.

    (Bulimia comments may have been in bad taste, however some of us get it)

    We don't need an explanation. It is however still NOTHING to laugh about and make a thread!:angry:

    Ok, boss!

    Good girl!
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.
    if you've never suffered from bulimia, or another type of eating disorder, you shouldn't be joking about it. it's not going to improve anyone's life drastically cracking jokes about what's slowly killing them.

    If you have never been X you cannot comment on Y.

    That's always a fail argument when someone states it. I always giggle.

    i never said comment, i said joking. :ohwell: i just don't think it's funny, coming from someone with an eating disorder, and don't think it should be joked about.

    I see where you're coming from but one of the things that helped me heal was being able to laugh about it.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    What not to do on MFP:
    1.Make eating disorder jokes
    2.Say lifting will make women bulky
    3. Endorse eating under 1200 calories (OH WAIT SEE NUMBER 1)

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  • JellyButter
    JellyButter Posts: 160 Member
    I think the joke was that OP was punished for being good... Not about being bulimic.

    (Bulimia comments may have been in bad taste, however some of us get it)


    Thank god someone got it! Yes bulimia is a serious affliction affecting many people I'm also sorry I sounded flip about it but seriously have a sense of humor... At leas a small one

    For reals. If you'd ever had an eating disorder, or watched someone suffer with it, you wouldn't think it was funny.

    I suffer from an ED....

    and I still don't see what the huge problem is. ive probably gotten so numb about eating disorder jokes
  • suziepoo1984
    suziepoo1984 Posts: 915 Member
    OP, there are many people on this site who have suffered from (or are still suffering from) eating disorders. I know you meant this to be lighthearted and funny, but it's a sensitive topic here.

    It is kind of funny that you were ill because of trying to "be good", but joking about eating disorders here won't be well received.

    Best response on this thread
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    um
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I will say that puking in public toilets is awful. The worst are the ones with auto-flush that just keep on flushing, over and over.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    People really need to lighten up... It was a simple story about work and some co-workers. Not a jab at pre/current/post bulimics.

    Cripes.

    Funny story and yes, puking at work in a public bathroom sucks. Like throwing up isn't bad enough, you have to go face first into a "foreign" commode.

    Lean cuisine with a side of puke would have been fine.

    it really ISNT funny
  • CEThornton
    CEThornton Posts: 45
    I will say that puking in public toilets is awful. The worst are the ones with auto-flush that just keep on flushing, over and over.

    Very glad that wasn't the case!
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    Former bulimic here. Sorry to burst your bubble, but this isn't funny.

    +1 on this sentiment. Unless having your electrolytes drop so low that you collapse and have a seizure-like episode in front of your mother is funny to you......yes, that happened to me when I was bulimic and not replenishing my electrolytes. Very scary.
  • Zangpakto
    Zangpakto Posts: 336 Member
    Some people need to lighten up. I joke about being fat all the time. I joke about depression. I joke about a lot of things that are serious and 'wrong' in my life often. Sometimes that's a good way to cope, and not being too serious about stuff will improve your life drastically.
    if you've never suffered from bulimia, or another type of eating disorder, you shouldn't be joking about it. it's not going to improve anyone's life drastically cracking jokes about what's slowly killing them.

    In that case, I think the joke was funny and I would have laughed also.... Now what you gna say about that?

    I've been recommended for inpatient because my psychiatrist thinks it best for me so does doctor and psychologist. So yea...

    And btw, joking and being lighthearted about these things can actually help! Being serious and being viewed as a complete looney by others occasionally yes... you need to view things in a lighthearted and not take peoples comments too seriously!

    If you have a problem or different view then I doubt you been in same place. I doubt you been cast out, I doubt you been viewed and talked at behind your back or made fun of and jokes being thrown at constantly.

    Point is, it would do everyone in this world a lot of good to ease up and rather not take jokes or comments too seriously... I mean you should take your medical advice seriously but other stuff... nah it shouldnt get to ya :)
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