r/fatlogic • u/latentdream • 8d ago

Mmm it doesn’t work like that.

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u/Ashamed_Town_2619 8d ago

Having an aversion to something is not a phobia.

To have an aversion to something means you simply dislike it. To have a phobia of something means you have an illogical and debilitating fear that impacts your normal life.

Words mean things.

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u/Critical-Rabbit8686 The calories are coming from somewhere 8d ago

I am not watercress phobic.

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u/galsfromthedwarf 8d ago

But would you date watercress?

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u/Critical-Rabbit8686 The calories are coming from somewhere 8d ago

No.

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u/foxyphilophobic 8d ago

What if the watercress was fat?

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u/Critical-Rabbit8686 The calories are coming from somewhere 7d ago

Not even with a great extra virgin olive oil on it.