And then I cry.

I am totally with you on that.

I think some people make up food allergies because I know people who make up food allergies. It's not insensitive; it's a logical conclusion. Ex.: No, co-worker guy, you are not gluten intolerant. Know how I know? The burrito you slam down your face Every Single Day with absolutely no ill effects, that's how.

I esp. like Baudelaire's phrase, "un botaniste du trottoir." And I always think it's for the better, never the worse.

Thank you. Hearted.

And I just voted for it, along with "body fascism" and "talentless hack writer." Thanks for pointing out the tags!

M in Portuguese. Wow. That is...creative?

Steven Bratman describes the obsession with food and "healthy" eating as orthorexia. Look it up, it's really interesting.

Hearted.

Exactly! Which is why I joke about the meat-eating vegetarians. I'm sorry, eating fish and a little chicken makes you actually NOT a vegetarian, even if you DO put nutritional yeast on everything.

I had a friend whom I just stopped inviting over, because she would change what she was "allergic" or "sensitive" to each time to include something I was serving, so that I would either have to make her something different or she would just "suffer." I have no idea what kind of attention she was seeking, but I knew…

I cannot imagine not being able to eat toast whenever I damn well please. I have my own handicap, but I have no food allergies, sensitivities, whatever. Reading the comments on this article makes me feel lucky.

That must be so incredibly frustrating. Do you have to cook everything from scratch, then? And what about restaurant food? Do you ever get to eat out, or is it too risky? The people I know with gluten intolerance really just have to cook for themselves entirely.

I live in a town where I am constantly (I mean daily) having to listen to all the orthorexics with fluctuating food issues tell me that they are allergic this week to foods I personally observed them merrily eating last week. These experiences have made me, yes, very insensitive about actual allergies. I try to be…

You have now explained in the clearest terms why I do not want to be French.

My cat acts like she's NEVER HAD LOVE BEFORE and RUNS to get petted when I come home. Or, at least, about half the time she does. The rest of the time she just says hi and sits up on her hind end when I hold my hand over her head. This can happen if I've been gone for 15 minutes or for a week. I think she might…

What if it's a perceptual illusion, FROM YOUR MIND? The one that has been squatting in your skull, not paying rent, eating your chips. I hate that bastard.

Sorry for the delay; I was out of town. But I want you to know that I saw this and then lauled. Or snortled. Thank you!

I swear, Tolkien's overuse of the phrase "ever and anon" in the third book makes me feel a little murder-y. But, indeed, if you tell people you think LOTR isn't that great, they act like you just killed their bunny.

Does climate change make your trifecta, oh science?