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		paulcole on Jan 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008) Back then we just called it anorexia. Really shows what marketing can do.

MarsAscendant on Jan 13, 2019 [–]

It's deeply unfair to compare a wilful, meaningful calorie intake reduction with a pathological anxiety over any sort of consumption of food.

If you didn't know the difference "back then", it was due to ignorance, not a marketing image.

paulcole on Jan 14, 2019 | [–]

I am quite stupid.

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