olivesandpoppies
I don’t know if anyone is aware of what’s happening with the wrongful death suit against Disn3y, but I’ll summarize and maybe if S or any of her followers still think supporting this place/company/corporation is okay they’ll think twice.
To summarize, there was a woman who was at Disney, and she has severe allergies to dairy and nuts, and she informed the serving staff of her allergies, and they promised to accommodate her but she was still served those allergens. She died as a result of her anaphylactic reaction, and her husband was seeking legal action.
Because he subscribed to Disn3y+ on a trail basis for his PlayStation a few years ago, Disn3y is essentially claiming he cannot sue. I’m going to include some screenshots so you can go and look at these articles in the actual legal information its self as well as review your own Disn3y+ terms of service that people agree to.
So a person died due to negligence, even though they mentioned that they had severe allergies, and this family cannot seek any type of restitution due to evil legal loopholes, that this horrible company has sneakily included into a streaming service subscription. EFF Disn3y . Influencers are bought and paid for too, and if they don’t immediately see how evil this is and speak up, then they DO value money over lives. Do not support Disn3y.
I used to like neighbour (for the first few months?) but I blocked her when my cousin dmd her concerned for L, and neughbour said she will never blame parents who film and post their kids because it’s the gross people we should worry about, not that the kids get posted (she was defending S, and her “right” to post her minor kids). Respect from me was gone right when she told me and showed me the dm. Of course it’s the gross people that we have to worry about , but if kids are not posted online, then that won’t happen. And also neighbour has posted stuff with L. And she also always boasted to “stay off of my page if you don’t want to protect trans kids/don’t support abortion”, but S never says anything about protecting trans kids or abortion. She also in the past said, that people with platforms should be saying some thing and people who stay silent are in the wrong. But what about SNL? Would she have stayed friends with S if there was nothing to gain financially? Probably not. Money and “small fame” ruins everyone and skews our morals. I always HOPE that people in the circle and especially SNL will snap out if it because no kid deserves this- but neighbour and those around her should know better and advocate for the kid. Would they lose their hello fresh and whatever brand deals they push? Likely. But a kid would be safer. I did used to feel the same way that you did too about neighbour though, so I get it.
She lost 100LBS by starving herself and gained fame from it. It totally makes sense that now that she’s no longer on the cover of magazines revealing her “secrets to weight loss” that she becomes a charlatan peddling products to make $ off vulnerable people during an actually economic crisis. This is shameful behaviour.
DO NOT take health advice from people without medical degrees or a background in nutrition, especially when they profit from selling you something. Supplement and vitamin companies relying on (or reaching out to) influencers to sell their products are the worst kind of scum too.
She talks about having headaches, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, anxiety, bloating, PMDD, cankers, and she’s morphing from big to skinny all day long with hair that won’t grow? Oh yes, perfect partner for a vitamin brand 🙄.
And I’m not saying that healthy people don’t have health issues beyond their control, but expensive vitamins do not help you get these things under control. If your hair is breaking and won’t grow (always needing extensions to cover this fact), and you get cankers from stress, have anxiety, PMDD, bloating, headaches, etc, then you need to go see a DOCTOR! These are symptoms of quite a few things (possibly PCOS, type 2 diabetes, and even perimenopause to name a few) that might require medical intervention. Doctors can then refer you to specialists (all free in Canada by the way).
As someone with serious health problems and multiple surgeries in my past (all not caused by lifestyle, so beyond my control), I have never been healed by vitamins, but I have been saved by medical experts! And doctors aren’t immediately suggesting surgeries or prescriptions, but they are giving patients requisitions for blood work done and urinalysis, sometimes ultrasounds, and appointments with specialists. Food isn’t medicine (thank you Dr Joshua Wolrich) but often increasing dark leafy greens, whole grains, veggies, reducing or eliminating alcohol, cutting back on sugar, sleeping, getting outside, exercising (or movement if that’s the word you want to use) reducing allergens in the home, and reporting health changes TO YOUR DOCTOR is beneficial.
Not everyone has the privilege to be able to afford vacations to unwind, or buy nutritionally, dense foods, or work in an environment free of stress, or get adequate sleep (or in the United States even afford basic medical appointments) or even live in an area with clean air or access to medical assistance. Her act, that followers will benefit health wise from listening to her advice, is very dangerous, entitled and deplorable. Vitamins and supplements can of course be used for certain ailments : before iron infusions, often you’ll get on iron supplements for example, taking vitamin D can help with some health conditions and even magnesium is suggested by some pros. But diabetics cannot just “wing it” they need insulin. Babies that can’t get breast milk need formula to supplement what they will be missing. People with feeding tubes need a special concoction (created by experts) to survive. Depressed people on drugs can’t just drop it. Trans people depend on gender affirming care. People with kidney or liver disease cannot just take vitamins to heal themselves.
Giving health advice while selling a product is , as the kids would say , SUS. Nobody should be trusting a rando on the internet (who complains about feeling sh*tty on the regular) for health advice.
And no, I am not enough medical expert, which is why I would not give medical advice that would profit me. Read medical journals (and check sources and citations), talk to experts and if $ is involved, then it’s a scam.
While I’m here venting, go check out Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without borders) who actually help people in health crisis). If you have $ to give to a scam vitamin brand, spend it on helping people access actual medical care instead.
French Canadian here:
Canadian Tire is like a hardware store that also has an auto Body Shop section, small appliances like air fryers, toasters, seasonal stuff like hunting crap, yard furniture, a lot of really junky looking things, sprinkled with like as seen on tv type garbage, with super long lines, even longer customer service lines, impossible to find employees, jam packed narrow aisles and a few toy aisles. Then they have disgusting hot dog carts out front and always the worst gardening section filled with dead plants.
Think of a lame hardware store (minus the wood) mixed with a 90s Walmart meets a Biway meets a As seen on tv meets a creepy toy store meets a going out of business auto shop. That’s why we call it Crappy Tire in Canada. They used to give you specific Canadian tire dollars like dollar bills with the Canadian tire mascot on them for years and then they got rid of that. They went to this really awful points system that would give you like one penny for like every hundred dollars you spend. Most people stopped shopping there right after that.
It’s very random and all my friends from outside of Canada who have visited and been into one have all had the same reaction “what the eff is this place?” If you wanna meet all the red hats of your town 🤮, or pay way too much for stuff while you walk through claustrophobia inducing aisles, then go. If not, avoid the panic attacks and sticky floors and shop anywhere else.
I watched a momfluencer today in a big store make her two kids “play” with Halloween decor - she didn’t see me. She was coaching her kids and the little girl was fascinated with one thing - she kept telling them to hug the creepy statue thing - and was like “now hug it” “put your arm here” and she was super grumpy at them - then she was recording and the sweet voice came out. I purposely recorded her voice and the floor . And then I noisily moved behind her as she tried to capture her video - letting her know someone had seen AND heard her. Pieces of sh*t that abuse their kids for the internet must be called out. This woman pretended she was capturing a photo, then left and when I moved aisles she barked at her kids to leave the aisle. I HATE that this is accepted. She abuses her kid. Period.
Thanks J. I’m laughing at the replies to my comments on the art (from an account that is defending her art - an account started 2 days ago on lemmy who have only posted about this Polly pocket “art”😂).
As an artist myself with my art featured on albums, billboards, charities, products, restaurant walls, etc, I feel upset when I see really bad quality praised (because of B’s status, not talent). If I hired someone to collab on something and I saw the drips, gaps, rough surfaces I would not accept it. It should be a back and forth process for collabs so it’s on Polly pocket too for allowing this poor craftsmanship to happen. It’s okay if companies tell people they need to do some revisions- it’s part of the process. Not every first draft of my work is the “final product”, and I’d be mildly insulted if people just accepted my first drafts or prototypes. There should be no walking on eggshells when it comes to showing your artwork, and feedback about quality is important. Art is subjective, but quality is not.
If a friend was giving this to my child as a gift? Awesome! But a paid project? I think as artists we can say : there are others who would do a far better job, and if it weren’t B , it would get called out too. If there weren’t “influencers” showing up and covering this, it would be called out.