Mixed Messages

"At some point in all our lives, someone you love or know will be affected by diabetes."

.'all our lives, someone you know or love': pronoun agreement would seem to require 'we'.

.'someone you love or know': are the two, as this seems to imply, really mutually exclusive? The philosophical implications are staggering.

The poster for which this phrase is a cutline advertises a fundraising--wait for it--bake sale. Cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, brownies, the whole nine yards. Nice compacting of effects: help create the condition at the same time as you're raising funds for its cure. Me? I want to start a new career handling the bar concessions for Islamic fundraisers.