Choice.

It definitely matters that they chose to start.

Sex toys? Blasphemy! Killing yourself with prescriptions? Perfectly fine!

Did they choose to start gambling? Or did someone force them?

Because it literally IS the solution.

Ugh… this just makes me feel all sorts of awful. I struggle to find the exact words.

Yes, there would be a reason for the creepy.

Yup. People WANT to work. And some people cannot afford to get jobs. Yes, I’m serious. Work clothes, a place to sleep, a permanent address, identification can all be barriers to employment.

Playing devil’s advocate is important for understanding both nuance and thinking dialetically.

You could be great at managing money and still poor because of the systems in place to benefit the wealthy and punish the poor.

Again, being good with money will not dismantle the way it is against us.

This. My city is doing a “poverty simulation” local event to "see what it’s like to be poor in (insert my city here) when the MAJORITY of us in this city ARE poor. There are homeless camps everywhere, too.

List making and sticky note apps!

This isn’t the eighties, man!

My point was, I don’t think a lot of folk realize just how many people have disordered eating, not just eating disorders that can be diagnosed.

That’s awesome!

Well, shit.

Jesus man how old are you?

You can almost hear the country kids crying about how early they wake up.

The stomach shrinks, yes? Has that been proven as well? I’m interested in this if you eat less you’ll require less thing.

To be fair, that’s not really food my guy