Post #3400450

2026-06-25 16:07 UTC

I didn't understand, but I was really upset. Hundreds of people were talking about me like I'd done something terribly wrong, and I internalised that. I traveling across the country by plane at the time, and I spent most of the flight crying.

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@BathysphereHat@mastodon.online 2026-06-25 16:10

When I asked people why they were angry, I was surprised by the ones who were willing to explain. Apparently their problem was with the core concept of deworming people. "You don't deworm a human, you deworm a dog." Except... you do deworm humans. The largest charity that treats parasitic worms in humans worldwide is called "Deworm the World". These people only associated the term with animals because they lived privileged enough lives not to have to worry about people being dewormed.

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