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This is really reaching!
It’s not a fail, it’s just ironic.
/sarcasm
/parodyalol
It’s retard ios what it is! Just likey the typos I alwauys leave3!
Huh?
Agreed. I’m a diabetic (type 1), and diabetics (even type 2) *can* eat candy bars. It’s just because of stereotypes that everyone assumes we can’t.
Its fail because the first ones are cups
Yeah! More like Candy bars/cups!!!
Yeah… if they only sold stuff diabetic people eat, they wouldn’t make any money!
But diabetics can eat anything they want, including candy bars, so if they sold stuff that they ate they would make money. Learn your facts before you make comments.
Surplus from the diabetics
this is really lame. diabetics can eat candy bars, it would be prefectly fine selling this stuff. now if it was lets-end-obesity org. that would be hilarious.
… yeah, they’ve made a diabetic stereotype1 here.
♫ You want me to act like we’ve never chocolate kissed
You want me to forget, pretend we’ve never e’t
And I’ve tried and I’ve tried but I haven’t yet
I walk by, and you fail with Reese’s
the fail is not that they’re selling candy bars to diabetics. The sign says that the fundraiser itself is diabetic…and that’s just silly.
Thank you – I realize this is probably not the place where people are going to want to be educated about this sort of thing, but candy bars have nothing to do with diabetes. Diabetics CAN eat candy/sugar and too much candy/sugar is not why people get Diabetes. A poor diet can lead to Diabetes, but it is certainly not the only reason or even the dominant reason.
A poor diet can lead to type 2 diabetes, not type one.
I’m so with you, chaBANG! Gettin’ tired of people thinking we caused ourselves an autoimmune disorder because we lived on Twinkies. FAIL!
Indeed Chabang and syw. Another type 1 diabetic here
Sex Addicts’ Fundraiser.
Oyster cookies $1 ea.
Oh! Good idea! I’ll set up my Alcoholic’s Anonymous fundraiser next to yours and sell Jello shots for $1 each…
Hmmm… Is there a way to test them to see if they work?
Well, they work…or they’re a great placebo.
I’m going down the coast…I hear they have bromide cookies.
This is a very sweet notion! (Screw it, pun totally intended)
I’m just replying to this so I’m higher up
And I like your pun 
I worked for Wawa and we were raising money for Diabetes. We sold ice cream in small cups and asked for a dollar a cup. The point of this was to show kids and adults what people with Diabetes are missing out on: sweets. I read the above comments about the differences between the types of Diabetes and that some can actually have candy, but the point is the lesson we were trying to teach people when they bought ice cream.
Okie *poof*
Sweet!
Tweet!
peep!
I want a sandwich.
Then call your girlfriend in the kitchen.
there is 2 types of diabetics fat ones (type 2) who have to much blood sugar, and type 1 who don’t have enough blood sugar and have to take insulin or have candy to increase blood sugar levels.
Wrong, wrong, wrong! See Just_a_diabetic’s comments below.
oh no, you’ve said “to much”
Actually, you are wrong. Type 1 diabetes means that the person has a pancreas unable to produce insulin, that normally controls the amount of persons bloodsugar by lowering it, so he has to get the insulin other ways, normally by needle or insulin pump. Eating food raises persons bloodsugar for everyone, and insulin lowers it.
Type 2 diabetes is pretty much the same, but it is caused by obesity (in most cases) in adulthood and is not “absolute” like type 1, so you can get rid of it.
Just_a_diabetic said it actually better than I did, but anyways. I’m a type 1 diabetic, btw.
actually type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, type 2 diabetes has as many causes as it does people with it, and it is not always caused be obesity, however it is a disease where the pancreas no longer produces insulin, or the body has become tolerant to the insulin produced, either condition will wear the pancreas out, causing the diabetic to have to use insulin.
Well, I do not know all the detail, that is for sure, but I know how it is to live as one.
Yeah it sucks. I was getting tired of checking my bloodsugar all the time. I check it once or 2 times a day. I know it’s not good and my bloodsugar is too high, but I just want to live my life you know. I know all the horrible complications but I don’t really notice it when my bloodsugar is high so I became too casual with my illness. Anyone else familiar with this problem?
What the hell are you talking about? You obviously know nothing about diabetes.
Win!lol
I call this a win!
It inspires non-diabetics to help since they’re more likely to buy candy than something else they may not want. 
really really weak…
*gives David a shot*
FIRST FIRST !
Fail. Fail.
Nothing like selling a form of sugar as a fundraiser to help treat a condition caused by…a form of sugar. =O
That’s the point. They can’t eat them, why not sell them to those who can?
Wrong, sometimes diabetics (mainly type one) have to have sugar to put there blood sugar levels up. And Type one diabtes isn’t ’cause by sugar. It’s a autoimmune disease. Type two you generally do bring it on yourself by eating fat, high sugary foods.
Or by standing in the wrong line, hereditarily speaking.
Only when they take too much insulin, hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) isn’t caused by T1DM but by it’s treatment.
Some diabetics do eat candy
I understand the irony but still not a fail.
@DB9 Type 1 and 2 is not a question blood sugar, it’s a question of insulin in your body.
Type 1 has no naturally produced insulin (autoimmune disease), Type 2 has a insulin resistance, the body still produces it but it’s not as effective as for healthy people.
People with Type 1 must take insulin, with Type 2 you don’t have to in all cases.
Btw: insulin decreases the blood sugar.
Just_a…i shake my head, too, when I”m reminded what bad info and stereotyping is out there. What’d be funnier is if this was in an endo doc’s office ROFL.
This isn’t a fail at all. It in no way says it’s for diabetics and on top of that, there are times when a diabetic needs the quick sugar from a candy. Sorry, but the poster is the FAIL!
Amen to that.
…. There’s 2 types of diabetics ya know… The type which has too much insulin and too little sugar and too much sugar and little insulin.
With too much insulin, a diabetic would NEED to consume more sugar than the average person to stay healthy. Even if the diabetic had too much sugar, it would take a LOT to kill themselves ingesting sugar.
kthxbai
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Just to clarify, the 2 types of diabetics are as specified by Just_a_Diabetic, above.
Type 1: the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin, and insulin injections are required (the type I’ve had for 37 years).
Type 2: the pancreas produces insulin, but the body has insulin resistance, and is treated by some combination of diet, exercise, oral medication, and sometimes insulin.
If either type gave too much insulin for the combination of carbohydrates eaten and exercise level (or a Type 2 diabetic’s oral meds had the same effect), THEN they would be “the type which has too much insulin and too little sugar”. If this is what you meant, then I hope this clarifies things.
low blood sugar is hypoglycemia
“The type which has too much insulin” is a person with hypoglycemia, which John Elson pointed out. which is a totally different disorder.
Diabetics often need quick doses of sugar – such as what can be found in sodas or candy. This “fail” is misleading and based on misinformation.
I don’t come here to learn. Though thanks, all, for your efforts in explaining.
Oh man that’s so good. Classic.
LOL!
That’s a classic fail.
I don’t really find this funny at all. Not only is it based on a stereotype, it isn’t actually ironic at all without the mentioned stereotype. Also, type 1 diabetics don’t cause diabetes on themselves, it’s in their genes.
It’s not necessarily in the genes. I’m the only one in my family to ever have type one diabetes.
There’s alternatives to injections now, no?
I’d buy a chocky bar.
no, not really. for type 1 diabetes it’s sort of like you can go from about 3-5 injections a day to an insulin pump which is a needle stick every 2-3 days but has a catheter that stays in all the time. and that doesn’t include fingersticks (4-10 a day) and the shitty feelings you get when your blood glucose is high/low.
type 2 on the other hand, yes, it usually can be controlled with diet and exercise or pills.
Thanks. Appreciate the reply.
research says that there’s a genetic predisposition that is triggered by an environmental factor. still, it’s not their fault.
I have juvenile diabetes (Type 1) which I was diagnosed with when I was four. I am skinny as all hell. I have had to EAT CANDY in emergencies. A lot of you are really confused about what diabetes is and must have believed your mom when she told you too much sugar would give it to you. Diabetics can eat candy.
rofl
But there is impossible to be any fail in Reese’s peanut butter cups *drool*
the only fail i see with this picture is that it illustrates the lack of understanding of a disorder distressingly common disorder.
Even though some people clearly don’t understand diabetes, it gives me hope that some people on the internet really do. It’s so frustrating to go online and see people sticking to stereotypes and their ignorance, so I thank everyone on here who helps to inform people about what the two types of diabetes actually are.
Why did you link a site that doesn’t work?
My host was moving us to a different server and I wasn’t aware that the change was already taking place.
Well,
I’m Juvenile Diabetic (Type 1)
And really this isn’t a fail at all. I’m eating cookies right now ha. It’s just a matter of taking medicine (insulin) whenever you consume a certain amount of carbohydrates or when your glucose is high. And so basically you’re getting a shot with almost anytime you eat or in my case, pressing a button (yay for insulin pumps!)
And thanks to those of you who have clarified the difference between the two types. Because I didn’t get diabetes from poor diet or lack of exercise. I got it because my pancreas didn’t want to work (ha/jk) but it’s also a hormonal thing also. Insulin is a hormone. So Juvenile Diabetes is something you can’t prevent. Though poor control over type 2 can lead to type 1 diabetes.
well it doesn’t really change from type 2 to type 1, it always remains that in type two the pancreas does function while in type 1 the pancreas doesn’t function. it’s just that insulin is sometimes needed to control type 2 better.
thats not a faliure or even ironic at all. people eat candy whenever they have a diabetic attack, candy is entirely possible and even encouraged along with, say, orange juice or anything like that. the body can’t regulate blood sugar levels so you have to do it with candy. its entirely normal. this picture isn’t wrong
When my boss sees me with a candy bar he points to my insulin pump and says “better turn that thing up to 10″.
haha my friends say that when i’m eating dessert. or at a buffet they’re like is there button you can push for “stuffing the face?” haha
john u r sooo rite . iv had diabeties for 24 yrs and its sad to see just how little people no about it so thanks 4 giving the rite facts . and YAY for insuline pump (even if there arnt bloody funded in nz)
type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes really should have different names entirely because people just don’t understand the difference.
I saw the same thing today. I woman was set up outside the grocery store collecting for Juvenile Diabetes by selling chips, Doritos, Cheetos and soda….just the sort of diet that starts kids down the path that can lead to……you guessed it…DIABETES!!!
I made a donation and declined the “goodies” she was offering. When I metioned the incongruity of the senario she looked at me like I had two heads.
I saw the same thing in the last 20 posts. A person commenting on this “fail” doesn’t understand that type 1 and type 2 diabetes are completely different, in fact the fundaraiser was for juvenile diabetes (which is basically synonymous with type 1 diabetes), whereas it’s chips, Doritos and Soda which can lead to type 2 diabetes. Actually it’s wise for a diabetic to carry sugar with them in case of hypoglycemia (which is considered a medical emergency).
I made a post and discredited the “insight” the previous poster was offering. When I mentioned the incongruity, he realised he’d failed to read the 50 comments that would have explained it to him.
Diabeetus testing supply sales are going to go through the roof!
I’d buy one, all I would have to do is take some insulin :3
It’s like sending drug money to UNICEF…
FAIL Blog post FAIL. Diabetics eat candy bars to boost their blood sugar when needed in a pinch.
raisin’ money for your own treatment. an investment of “forward-looking” nature.
op ignorance fail.
Its like having an orgy at a no aids benefit party.
being diabetic, I approve.
the doctor told him/her that he/she has diabetic thats why they sell those chocolate bars >.>
Diabetics can eat candy!
It is a fail, actually. While diabetics can eat candy bars if they choose, it is a well known fact that eating a ridiculous amount of food like this can cause a person to become diabetic. So to be peddling candy bars to a population of which much is already heading in that direction is, even if in just a very small way, propagating additional potential cases of the disease.
patrick your an idiot you can eat as much stuff as you want yes i know there will be health risks but it is very hard to become a diabetic without it being in your family… trust me my dad is a diabetic he got it from his dad and his dad got it from his dad i didnt get diagnosed with it because of my mom my mom has low blood pressure and low blood sugar.
Don’t you see? They’re recruiting as well as fundraising…
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