Reply #33: "allergy" covers a lot of ground

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I think people use allergy to cover everything from "this will kill me quickly if I eat it" down to "I don't want to eat it but I don't want to hurt your feelings" to "I'm so special the world has to revolve around me". I understand the medical reasons, not only are there people with real life-threatening allergies but there are those who take medications that don't get along with some foods, or who have to limit certain foods. But there are also the people who claim to have X syndrome based solely on their self-diagnosis, or just want something nobody else has. These are the ones the OP is ranting about.