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You brought it up, it was literally the first thing you said in your post. Your somewhat out of nowhere defense of your allergies just make them seem more suspect.

These people are just trying to help you. Cannabis is a versatile plant in which many different compounds can be derived from. If you are allergic to one compound found in cannabis but another compound can be used to treat your condition, don't you think that is worth looking in to?

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No, they aren't being helpful, and neither are you. It is lurid interest, at best. I don't owe anyone additional details about it. It isn't relevant to the discussion and I am being down voted for not wanting to answer what are essentially intrusive personal questions. Plus you called me a troll in your other comment, which only emphasizes that your intent here is not positive and not respectful. I am feeling very much like this entire thing has a malicious element to it. None of the comments here are any kind of good faith engagement of my main point.

This is a place for discussion though, I understand people's need for privacy and keeping certain details private, in those cases it's probably best not to interject at all.

I'm allergic to face paint, I don't find it lurid to share that it's really the nickel that my skin finds irritating.

I imagine you would find it weird if you mentioned it in passing while commenting on a different topic and there was some pile on of people insisting you owed them more information about every face painting incident in your entire life because face painting is illegal in your country and also something done a lot by (insert salacious group description).

And even if you are totes cool with that, why do care so very much that I am not? Why do feel so compelled to insist that I owe people answers to personal questions merely because they asked?

Is that really a precedent you want to set? If so, I would like to know your net worth and the log in credentials for your bank account. Please and thank you.

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