is he crazy? no. he’s just eccentric, with a ‘medical knowledge deficit’ and a vitamin deficiency.
Someone who declares someone lacks medical knowlege and has a vitamin deficiency with regards to their Tourette’s Syndrome, yet has the audacity to declare another person crazy (or not) strikes me as a person in dire need of a mirror.
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For some reason, people find Tourette’s Syndrome funny. Or at least alluding to it incorrectly as being funny. And I manage to find a lot of it.
Jason Kottke is among the unfunny and probably does “find [himself] at the movies alone (sobbing quietly, friendless).”
His alleged adoption of “Movie-going Rules” includes this nugget of intolerance:
If you [...]
The National Evil, the football hater’s guide to the 2008 NFL season, has some wit, maybe even some promise. Some one-sentence descriptions of football teams merit a look:
Atlanta: Inmate #77201C.
Baltimore: Because, as we learned from The Wire, nothing good happens in Baltimore.
Buffalo: Still haven’t finished stamping “Lose ten Superbowls and the next one you win!” [...]
It’s just hard to find humor in the making fun of those with Tourette’s, especially children. This article makes fun of coprolalia - that affects less than 1% of those with Tourette’s Syndrome and can be had without TS - while calling Obama a “camel-jockey.” Charming. While I did find humor in the use of [...]
Alas, the Urban Dictionary disappoints. Web 2.0 and all the social networking wherein “netizens” regulate themselves well, such as on CraigsList, also fails.
Today’s word on the Urban Dictionary:
Traffic Tourette’s
The uncontrollable urge to scream obscenities at other drivers who infringe on your space (whether real or imagined).
Jay: Man that guy just cut you off.
Mark: That @#$% [...]
Without getting too far off topic, the US needs health care for all, needs to take the profit out of health care, needs to pay for the education of doctors, needs to ensure that illnesses are not incorrectly classified as mental disorders, and stop incarcerating but hospitalizing those in medical need for mental illnesses.
That said, [...]
Despite my constant railing against anyone who automatically associates foul language with Tourette’s Syndrome, there are times when you just have to let it go.
This video, visually, is pretty much a bore. However the audio is hilarious if NSFW.
Two divers are as deep as 400 feet below the surface near Christmas Island, which, while being [...]
This all takes place in Texas, natch. Nacagdoches, actually.
My father grew up north of Dallas. I graduated from High School in Houston and went to The University of Texas. I worked in the oil fields to pay for college. I got to know Texas pretty well.
Now, I’ve got a lot of nice things to say [...]
Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know: having Tourette Syndrome can make you a spammer.
Yes, according to David E. Comings, author of Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior, and perhaps a member of the Flat Earth Society as well a good, old-fashioned atheist, you, too can become a spammer just by having Tourette Syndrome. Yes, folks, [...]
I keep trying to forgive moronic writers like Zack Whittaker who blogs for the highly respected ZDNet. I mean, they’re not journalists. Or are they? Well, when ZDNet allows them to spout off ignorance on their dime at the expense of others by perpetuating ignorance, it may not make them journalists but it does put [...]
This is priceless. I’ve never been to Rapid City, South Dakota and I certainly never will unless I’m heavily medicated and got plenty of back up.
Some poor 27 year-old, Nicholas Breining, had the good sense to go to the hospital in Rapid City to get treatment for a throat and sinus infection but didn’t have [...]
Like Tourette’s, this is going to be an ongoing battle for me. Just this past week I explained to two coworkers that I had Tourette Syndrome and they quickly shot back, funny - I never hear you use foul language. I calmly explained that coprolalia is not automatically part of Tourette’s and that it affects [...]
Disclaimer: I’m all for holistic approaches to ailments. I’m a big fan of Dr. Weil and his work. I’m an even bigger fan of Dr. Sacks, who may not be “holistic” in the conventional sense although he is wide open to anything neurological.
That said, let me get on with this idiot who - as a [...]
This character might have been conspicuously absent from my postings, but I didn’t want to give him the time of day. Now, however, it seems Danny, The Tourette’s Guy of YouTube fame, passed away very recently (the exact date hasn’t been released). We wish his family the best.
Danny and the producers of his pseudo-show managed [...]
Matthew S. Ricker, resident pervert and assistant basketball coach at Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, MN, sent sexually harassing cell phone text messages to three of his players. After being arrested, Ricker blamed his behavior on Tourette Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Right.
Help me out here: how do you go from sending premeditated messages to Tourette Syndrome? TS [...]
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