A friend of mine recently had a doctor tell him that his life was in serious peril because of his size. So like all good geeks he posted a form of “Please help me” on Google Buzz. To be honest the first couple of posts were helpful and encouraging to this individual. Not coddling but giving firm advice and good sound opinions but it didn’t take long before some neurotic academic wind bag turned it into a thread all about them with no regard for the topic at hand which was “a friend in trouble”. Seriously there were three more following threads talking about PIE for Christ sake. Yes pie is going to help this poor man start on the road to a healthier lifestyle. It’s not going to make him crave unhealthy foods or start thinking about all the things he will be giving up, NOT AT ALL! Idiots. This made me so mad I tried to change the course of the conversation back to a more productive train of thought by offering my help and quietly trying to tell these idiots to stop talking about pie and other shit that a person in this kind of trouble can’t eat. Like seven layer dip and heavy non digestible carbs. They were having none of this though one dough-head posted a recipe for Pie right after I suggested that this thread may not be the place to post all your love of the Taste of Edmonton or the foods that this man should avoid like the plague.
I guess I went too far in my ire however, my response to the pie recipe was I’ll admit a bit scathing and not too friendly but I just couldn’t believe that these people could not see that they were not helping the situation AT ALL. All I said was “they sounded like Amy Winehouse’s publicity team. A friend’s in trouble with he’s weight and we throw pie?”
This quieted the pie conversation and I think cooled more than a few personalities’ that don’t really care for me as it is. I guess I could have let it go, they weren’t talking about me but I just couldn’t. The poor bastard stopped responding to the thread after about 2 posts. It really amazes me that some of the brightest minds can come up with the most stupid behavior
