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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 09:25 PM Aug 2017

A PSA about the horror of Publicity Deficit Disorder. Or PDD.

What inspired this was a recent post about Caitlyn Jenner and her conversion from ardent Trumpette to concerned citizen fighting for rights. I am in no way implying that she is not tremendously sincere in her newfound distaste for Trump and his position on LGBTQ issues, but it could be that she suffers from PDD.

PDD can strike at any time, anywhere, but for some reason denizens of reality TV universe seem to be particularly affected by the severest form of this devastating disorder. Symptoms include an unstoppable desire to be in front of a TV camera, an insatiable desire for publicity of any form, and a crippling feeling that without a camera nearby, one does not exist.


Previously undiagnosed sufferers include Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, and of course, Caitlyn Jenner and every member of the Kardashian clan.

So in the spirit of helping out, I am writing this post to ask you all to wish for the best for all of these sufferers of PDD.

And if you can think of anyone whom I have forgotten, please feel free to add some names.

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