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Styleite writer attempts gluten free joke and fails miserably

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Guys, I tend to think of myself as a relatively open-minded Celiac. I tend to think I have a pretty good sense of humor. I hear a lot of jokes and I laugh.
But, now I feel as if I'm getting to the point where the jokes are just getting a little too old. The gluten free frenzy has been around for quite a few years now, and the jokes just aren't funny anymore. They are just tired, old, and stupid.

Yesterday, a Styleite writer decided to write an article called "5 Foods You'd Never Know Were Gluten Free."
My fellow Celiacs may be interested in knowing what this "Einstein" put in her article:
  1. Sandstone (since we're not capable of having pasta)
  2. Leaves (since we don't deserve anything else)
  3. Air (because we deserve to look stupid)
  4. Corn 
  5. The internal organs of Celiacs. Yeah, so if people want to go on a gluten free diet, she suggests that the public slip us something in our drink and go to town on our internal organs. Nice, right? So we Celiacs deserve a date rape drug because we got stuck with an inherited, life-long, auto-immune disease that we have to deal with for the rest of our life. After we get slipped the drug, people can go to town on our internal organs, because we're obviously not human. We get to be the sacrificial lamb for those who want perfect skin and a waif-life physique.
That last one is what inspired me to write this article. I almost NEVER respond publicly to jokes like this, but when Celiacs are targeted directly, the gloves will come off.
My other concern is this whole 'slipping us something in our drink' deal. Since when is slipping someone a 'roofie' funny? The sick part is, is a woman wrote the article.

If the woman who wrote the article reads this, I hope she understands that Celiac Disease is a serious illness. People have died from the illness. Would she make a Cancer parody too? Probably, because she obviously doesn't have a heart, or a soul.

If you want to read her article, check it out here.

I highly recommend that the woman who wrote the Styleite article educate herself on Celiac Disease. I can recommend a few books for her. If some of you are wondering about what this Celiac Disease is all about, click on the above picture. You will be transferred to my Amazon store Look to the right of your screen and click on books. Some of the books in there are books that helped me after my diagnosis.

Education is key, people. It is obvious that the Styleite woman is ignorant. As for the rest of the world, the gluten free joke craze is so over. Move on to something else. The jokes aren't funny anymore.

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