User blog comment:Acebatonfan/The "D-word"/@comment-1687995-20140311054702

Changes always happen. Be it moving to a new house, living a different way, and coping with the loss of a loved one.

One thing is always different in the end; the way we think.

People I know in real life make fun of diabetes because it's apparently more common in those with obesity. So, they tie it to fat jokes.

But when these people find out that... say their girlfriend was diagnosed with diabetes (not you though) ... are they ever going to make those jokes again? Really, it depends on the person they are. Some people would dump their girlfriend, others would stay. What is consistent is that they are a bit affected and their opinions change a little bit, dumping or not.

I find that those that have gone through change have often did so as a result of tramua. Something traumatized them to the point where they actually had to change themselves. It may not go for everyone, but it happens to people, and it can happen quite fast.

It's okay to have change though. Some people need it. Others don't. But it, as a concept, will never leave. Of course, we can revert changes to pages on the wiki, but can we "revert" ourselves? Change is a great persistence and people have to get used to it.