“I Don’t Know What That Is”

character: NO

Do I miss some foods I can't eat anymore without getting sick? Sure, but that's not what really bothers me. What bothers me is being excluded from a huge portion of human social life of which food is a crucial component. What bothers me is the stress and social stigma of trying to figure out what I can safely eat. What bothers me is the amount of extra work and cost that is required of me to identify, obtain, and prepare safe foods. What bothers me is people treating my needs like a nuisance, as though I chose to be like this - as though their brief inconvenience to check an ingredients list is unreasonable, when I deal with this every day of my life forever.

I don't miss the food that much. I miss not having to worry about what I eat. I miss freedom. I miss when trying new foods and new restaurants was fun instead of a minefield. I miss not having to plan my entire life around the need for safe foods.

The situation with Muller is really interesting. I think if you’re an expansion team you have to wait to take her regardless (the order of which team can select players makes this risky). Unless you're Sparre and you talk to her and she wants to come I wonder if we'll see her selected and then traded back during the draft for a big package. I don't think you can not select her with how good she is knowing you could get a historic trade package in return for trading her back if she really really doesn't want to come.

Going back to not knowing the order teams would select contracted players it makes it really difficult to not try to sign as many free agents as possible. Because what if you don’t sign a puck moving defender because you want Gosling but she gets picked by the team who selects before you. Can’t not sign a top center because you want to pick Muller. I think you have to try to sign 3-4 players and then pick best available from your list. You can’t rely on picking certain players while you make your FPO signings.