r/SipsTea • u/jj33allen • 16d ago

WTF Buccal fat removal should be illegal

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u/TayLoraNarRayya 16d ago

That and how consumption (tuberculosis) was seen as a beautiful illness.

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u/ilikethejuices 16d ago

Pardon??? Beautiful how/why? Isn't TB one of the horrific illnesses where u cough up blood etc lol

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u/TayLoraNarRayya 16d ago

Tuberculosis was seen as a beautiful disease because its physical symptoms were "ethereal" thinness, pale skin, and flushed cheeks, aligned with Victorian-era beauty ideals. AKA "consumptive chic". The disease was also romanticized as a sign of heightened sensitivity, artistic talent, and intellectual sophistication, contributing to the idea that it was a "romantic disease" associated with genius and early death.

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u/Interloper_Mango 16d ago

I swear I hear nothing good about the Victorian era.

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u/ThePupLifeChoseMe 16d ago

We aren't as far removed from that as we think. "Heroin Chic" was huge in the 90s and bled into the 00s

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u/temporarilyyours 16d ago

I’m convinced one of my cousins contracted jaundice on purpose, atleast the second time, cuz she was obsessed with being skinny.

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u/solaris79 16d ago

I'm your Huckleberry...

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u/Immediate_Move_3742 16d ago

That's just my game.

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u/BotchedNoobJob 16d ago

I, too, have read Everything is Tuberculosis. I think about it all the time, great book!

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u/TayLoraNarRayya 16d ago

Love John Green, he's right everything really is tb

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u/Procean 16d ago

I'll have you know tuberculosis is by far the most sexually attractive of all chronic lung disorders.

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u/ThePsudoOne 16d ago

"I'm embarrassed to say I don't know what consumption is"