For what it’s worth, weight loss and related topics are one of the things that I might describe as unconventionally political: not aligned with any of the standard Blue-Green axes, but nonetheless identity-entangled enough that getting useful information out of them is unusually difficult. (Also in this category: relationship advice, file sharing, hardcore vs. casual within gaming, romantic status of fictional characters, ponies.)
I have an acquaintance whose every third Facebook update is about types of food you should or shouldn’t eat for whatever reason. She’s not into fitness or dietary ethics (vegetarianism, sustainability, etc.), and the only possible reasons I can think of for her to opine over diet so much are (a) it gives her secret superpowers she’s not allowed to talk about, or (b) she has a really strong orthogonally-political affiliation based around food.
For what it’s worth, weight loss and related topics are one of the things that I might describe as unconventionally political: not aligned with any of the standard Blue-Green axes, but nonetheless identity-entangled enough that getting useful information out of them is unusually difficult. (Also in this category: relationship advice, file sharing, hardcore vs. casual within gaming, romantic status of fictional characters, ponies.)
I have an acquaintance whose every third Facebook update is about types of food you should or shouldn’t eat for whatever reason. She’s not into fitness or dietary ethics (vegetarianism, sustainability, etc.), and the only possible reasons I can think of for her to opine over diet so much are (a) it gives her secret superpowers she’s not allowed to talk about, or (b) she has a really strong orthogonally-political affiliation based around food.