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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I appreciate that. Personally, the photo kicks my sense of empathy into overdrive instead.

I don't see two targets of ridicule. I see two cases of metabolic syndrome,with type II and heart attacks waiting to destroy their bodies, and over 6000 calories of raw sugar in tow on wheels, because they're too weak to carry their snack around. And they likely got there from self-medicating with food for what's likely trauma, depression, and/or other mental illness. They need a rescue party.