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Go vegan. You have no idea how hard you are coping with the injustice you are committing until you can finally stop.
E: Hits different when it's your injustice, doesn't it. That feeling you have? It's not me causing you to feel that way. That's the coping I just mentioned.
Good observation. And the reactions kind of prove your point.
4 downvotes, no upvotes. This strikes nerves. I think you are right.
Nah, another ADHD trait is oppositional defiance. We don't like to be told what to do.
Thats not true /s
no, it's just that you're being ableist and classist about it.
Bad advice.
Eat the rich instead.