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As his tweet demonstrates, it's often too pitiable to warrant a word as powerful as "toxic."

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“Fat people are either the punchline or we are this pitiable figure,” he said in a video conversation.

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Surely women aren’t so pitiable as to need a participation certificate every time we try.

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It’s a sign of independence and commitment to her vocation rather than a pitiable condition.

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They both have a lot riding on this journey, which they’ve come to believe is their last chance to wring some meaning out of lives other people see as pitiable.

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