Cake vs. pie: a March Madness showdown to make diabetics of us all
Since the NCAA’s reach doesn’t extend north of the border, we can’t fully bask in the madness that is the March college basketball tournament. Oh, sure, we can pick brackets along with everyone else, but it doesn’t feel personal. Luckily, the good people over at Jezebel have taken time out from Justin Bieber watching to create a tournament we can both follow and participate in, one that evokes strong feelings from everyone.
The March madness cake vs. pie tournament runs daily: members of the pie conference face off against each other, and the cake conference battles it out until the very end, when it’s cake vs. pie once and for all.
With no strong Canadian contingent in the tournament (sorry, tourtière), we aren’t sure what to vote for. We might have to trek over to Wanda’s for, uh, research.
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Since the NCAA’s reach doesn’t extend north of the border, we can’t fully bask in the madness that is the March college basketball tournament. Oh, sure, we can pick brackets along with everyone else, but it doesn’t feel personal. Luckily, the good people over at Jezebel have taken time out from Justin Bieber watching to create a tournament we can both follow and participate in, one that evokes strong feelings from everyone.
The March madness cake vs. pie tournament runs daily: members of the pie conference face off against each other, and the cake conference battles it out until the very end, when it’s cake vs. pie once and for all.
With no strong Canadian contingent in the tournament (sorry, tourtière), we aren’t sure what to vote for. We might have to trek over to Wanda’s for, uh, research.
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Seriously? That headline made it through your editorial process and no one thought it might be a bad idea? Shame on you, Toronto Life. Shame on you for a headline that is grossly inaccurate (eating dessert doesn’t give you diabetes), trivializes a serious disease that affects over 3 million Canadians, and perpetuates a stereotype that people living with diabetes have to fight against endlessly. My daughter has had type 1 diabetes since she was 3. She got it because her immune system attacked her pancreas — not because she ate too much pie as a baby. I love a good joke as much as the next person, but getting a laugh at the expense of people who live with a challenging disease is beneath you. Shame.