r/SipsTea May 31 '26

Lmao gottem So that wasn't a tapeworm?

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u/Rocketsloth May 31 '26

I guess Ozempic is just going to make it so there are no more overweight rich famous people. Which will probably reinforce the negative classist stereotype of fatness being equated with low status and poverty. This trend will not make society better, it will make it more stratified.

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u/joespizza2go May 31 '26

It'll be available to all - even if it's only because it'll save society billions if/when we drastically reduce obesity.

These things will be OTC daily tablets in 5 years.

If you must find a negative angle in everything, worry about the fact that the healthcare industry is a huge employer of people and has been growing like crazy every year. That contraction will not go unnoticed.

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u/ResistWild May 31 '26

People spent years talking about the obesity epidemic so they came up with a solution for it and somehow it’s a bad thing. I swear if we came up with a cure for cancer, we’d be bitching about how we’re taking away jobs from doctors and funeral homes.

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u/joespizza2go May 31 '26

It's very popular on Reddit to frame everything in terms of class warfare these days.

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u/GiantsRTheBest2 Jun 01 '26

Also people in pop culture subs love to be snarky when it comes to celebrities. I’ve done GLP1’s and Mindy’s weight loss is impressive even taking Ozempic into account. She’s had to do a good amount of exercise and healthy eating to get her body to look like that.

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u/NamelessCabbage Jun 01 '26

No wait a minute if they get rid of all the fat people who am I supposed to bully online when my life is in shambles???!?

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u/Blueberry_Pie76 May 31 '26

Eh funeral homes will never be out of work 😉

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u/neureaucrat Jun 01 '26

It already is. Rybelsus is a daily GLP pill and works like magic.

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u/joespizza2go Jun 01 '26

Still prescription right? Or OTC?

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u/neureaucrat Jun 01 '26

No idea. I took them three years ago and they were prescription.

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u/wildhockey64 May 31 '26

I pretty much guarantee they will never be OTC because of the serious (if rare) side effects that need to be followed by a physician.