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** Alice feels ashamed of her diabetes and tries to hide it. Authority figures notice her sneakiness and get suspicious.

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** Alice feels ashamed of her diabetes and tries to hide it. Authority figures People notice her sneakiness and get suspicious.
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** Alice actually has a prescription for oxycotin due to severe and persistent pain. She gets mistaken for an addict often enough that she carries a copy of the prescription.

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** Alice is taking something that can be an addictive drug, but she actually has a prescription for oxycotin needs it due to severe pain or mental issues and persistent pain. She gets mistaken for an addict often enough that she carries has a copy of the prescription.
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** Alice actually has a prescription for oxycotin due to severe and persistent pain. She gets mistaken for an addict often enough that she carries a copy of the prescription.
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** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.

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** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic feels ashamed of her diabetes and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught tries to hide it. Authority figures notice her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.sneakiness and get suspicious.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some people recognise Alice's insulin as what it is, other people don't. Bob appears to have a selective memory.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Some people recognise recognize Alice's insulin as what it is, other people don't. Bob appears to have a selective memory.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
hospitalized.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours Rumors that Bob's TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse to get high on insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.

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[[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse to get high on insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.diabetics.
** Bob sees Alice injecting insulin and assumes she's a junkie. He sees her with a cigarette and assumes she's addicted to marijuana. Then he sees her with a bottle of root beer and assumes she's an alcoholic...
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob sees a lighter in Alice's purse and assumes she smokes (which he shrugs off, since smoking is of course legal and fairly common). She actually just likes having something to wave at concerts.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"People always leap to wild conclusions when they see me giving myself an injection. It's like they know more junkies than diabetics."



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Charlie takes a photo of Alice injecting insulin to blackmail her.
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* '''Straight''': Alice a diabetic is getting shaky from low blood sugar. She goes someplace private to give herself a dose of glucagon. Bob walks in and thinks she's a heroin addict.

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* '''Straight''': Alice Alice, a diabetic diabetic, is getting shaky from low blood sugar. She goes someplace private to give herself a dose of glucagon. Bob walks in and thinks she's a heroin addict.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse to get high on insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.
* '''Justified''': [[PsychicPowers Alice]] was investigating [[FantasticDrug Vision]], a telepathic drug when her mother found it in backpack. She then concludes that Alice's powers came from this in the first place.
** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse to get high on insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.
diabetics.
* '''Justified''': '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''':
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[[PsychicPowers Alice]] was investigating [[FantasticDrug Vision]], a telepathic drug when her mother found it in backpack. She then concludes that Alice's powers came from this in the first place.
place.
** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.



* '''Double Subverted''': However, she is also diabetic, and at the time was only using insulin.

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* '''Double Subverted''': However, she is also diabetic, and at the time was only using insulin.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.



We need talk about your addiction. Head back to MistakenForJunkie to get the help you need.
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We need talk about your addiction. Head back to MistakenForJunkie to get the help you need.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse [[YouFailBiologyForever to get high on insulin]] and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[PointyHairedBoss The principal of a school for children with severe medical issues, Bob]] ends up believing that diabetes is just an excuse [[YouFailBiologyForever to get high on insulin]] insulin and tries to ban it from the school. Despite one fourth of the students being diabetics.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's an AggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's an AggressiveDrugDealer TheAggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.

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* '''Deconstructed''':???
* '''Reconstructed''':???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''':???
'''Deconstructed''': Alice's insulin is taken away/destroyed by a well meaning Bob, causing her to end up hospitalised.
* '''Reconstructed''':???
'''Reconstructed''': Bob's "caught" with the syringes. Rumours that Bob's an AggressiveDrugDealer who caused Alice to overdose appear.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Some people recognise Alice's insulin as what it is, other people don't. Bob appears to have a selective memory.



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Bob claims that Alice's insulin is something else to get her in trouble and to allow him to escape.
* '''Defied''': ???Alice carries around a card/documentation and pamphlets to explain what the insulin is and why she needs to take it.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice's mads are marked "MEDS" in big red letters, yet Bob '''still''' thinks she's an addict.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice's mads medicine containers are clearly marked "MEDS" in big red letters, yet Bob '''still''' thinks she's an addict.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice's mads are marked "MEDS" in big red letters, yet Bob '''still''' thinks she's an addict.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets in severe trouble because her insulin was mistaken for heroine by an authority figure.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets in severe trouble because her insulin was mistaken for heroine heroin by an authority figure.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???However, she is also diabetic, and at the time was only using insulin.



* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Played For Drama''': ???Alice gets in severe trouble because her insulin was mistaken for heroine by an authority figure.
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* '''Played For Laughs''':???

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* '''Played For Laughs''':???Laughs''': Alice getting caught taking insulin and shouting "It's not heroin!" becomes a RunningGag.
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** The two aren't mutually exclusive, after all. So if Alice is diabetic and also is a drug addict, Bob has caught her doing drugs, but doesn't know about her medical issues, he would have good reason to mistake her for junkie. Although, that's more of a 'Mistaken for junkie' in one specific instance, in that she is a junkie, she's just not using at the time Bob chooses to walk in.

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