I read a news story about a guy who died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant. Although nobody was aware when he died, the donor of the kidney had contracted rabies after being scratched by a skunk several weeks before he died and his organs were harvested.
I got curious about how the donor got scratched by the skunk, but instead only found this article from August, which informed me that the U.S. has a rabies outbreak, and has more deaths from rabies in the last year than several previous years…
Not sure if people were already talking about this outbreak, and I just missed it? It’s been a bit of a weird year, and there’s been a lot of crazy shit to keep up with.
Anyway, this is also how I ended up reading the sentence informing me some people are worried dogs are getting autism from vaccines.
Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows
Why is my country so stupid?
Socioeconomic circumstances. And failures therein.
Who could have tought that saving on education to
get back to the good old timesraise your slave class, would have the unintended side-effect of dismembering the country they love so much.some people didn’t like anyone who knew more than they did … The way things were going, if [they] wanted to throw stones at anyone who knew more than them, they’d soon have to throw them at the pigs
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
Capitalism.
There times when I see obvious disinformation attacking America, and I will immediately stand up for my country and call out the bullshit.
Then I see something like this, and it leaves me feeling like I just stood up for a family member I felt was being unfairly picked on, who in response immediately decided to shit his pants and light a cigarette while filling up his car with gas.
I never thought I’d see the day where someone accurately described my outlook. Thanks, I hate it
I never thought I’d see the day where someone accurately described my outlook. Thanks, I hate it
I-can dogs even be autistic?
That’s a question that is very hard to answer. Dogs have a similar-ish brain structure but there’s a good chance you need a massive prefrontal cortex to have a chance of getting autism.
Dogs are great, but even if they were autistic would anyone even notice?
Yes, except just like human children, they are often just treated as difficult or badly behaved by adults who do not understand that they are autistic.
Uh, why not?
Of course, it’s a cognitive spectrum that probably effects all mammals at least, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s far more prevalent than that
Children from international adoptions sometimes have something like an acquired autism - life is completely regulated and food and water and needed items are delivered and removed on schedules and the child has no impact on their environment. I had a couple of greyhounds that were trained to race as pups. They had some AU tendencies. I bet some other pups develop those to.
Honestly I think my dog might be. Very particular. Likes routine. Has sensory related triggers. Always finds the dark secluded corner of things get noisy in the house.
That’s a normal dog thing
That’s the joke
Let me go ask my dog if they’re autistic. They’re right over here, screaming about how it’s already 5:31 and I haven’t given them their 5:30 treat yet.
37 percent of Americans are irredeemably stupid. I see that number over and over for the stupidest shit.
lol weird: 37% rule / optimal stopping problem
that doesn’t seem related but it sure is interesting that it’s the same number
yeah, you’re right. I just remembered the 37% thing and felt compelled to share.
37 is also a common number used by “magicians” to when they try to guess the “random number” you’re thinking of because for some reason related to psychology, we think it is “more random” than other numbers between 1 and 100, on average. I don’t have the energy to cite this one right now tho lol
Here’s a great exposition on 37.
it is a very random number. it’s also a very large small number.
I was just going to say that. I think in every country 36 or 37% will just believe random crazy shit and/or be fucking with the poll taker.
But not in every country are the majority of the lawmakers from that sample size.
As with any statistic, 25-35% of people are completely brain dead or horrible people.
I feel for the dogs, but we’re better off if those people died from preventable disease. so let them make their choices
Genuinely what the fuck do they think a dog being autistic would look like
I mean, dogs and cats can have mental illnesses or disorders, it’s just that they tend to be less impactful due to them being, well, pets. They have no responsibilities
From what I know, they can have traits reminiscent of human autism
Hell, with some dogs I’ve met, I would argue most dogs are autistic already😅
I imagine most golden retrievers I’ve just are a little autistic. It’s why they are so dopey.
Love me some capy blapies! Truly the coolest rodent of all time. Except for my friend’s pet rats, those guys are the coolest if not a little too pee happy.
I had a cat that was clearly autistic.
I think that might be the default mode for cats.
What, how? They are very loving and emotional. The autistic people ive met are very intellectual and not very emotional… Very much living in their heads. But I have only met like… 3…or something. :)
But yeah, with my experience, I wouldnt put autistic people in the deep compassionate loving category. Maybe im wrong.
We’re generally not “not very emotional” we just show it differently and less. But it could seem so if you can’t decipher the differentness.
Yeah another guy here said the same. Thank you!
Just cause we don’t show it outwardly as often, doesn’t mean we autists aren’t very emotional. I think more so than most non autistic people. Remember it is a spectrum. For example I’m like gigantic and fairly well built (think Jason Witten but shaved head) and I’ll surprise (scare) some dates because I’m not afraid to cry on occasion. But it also may be my upbringing more than my diagnosis.
I need to meet more of you guys in my life. :)
People that dumb should have neither dogs nor kids.
some people own dogs and cat as a prop or accesory to thier lifestyle, and when they get to a pet groomer, they get ratchety when they are told they arnt taking care of thier pets(something simple that can be done at home), often times its rich people and upper middle class
They can vote though…
Or instead of raising the voting question (also known as non-democracy, only-whites-can-vote etc), maybe better agree on the importance of accessible education. Such as, a well funded school system, free or cheap non-corporate universities etc.
Yeah that all would be great but people are uneducated -> regressive populists get voted in -> cut education because rhey want people dumb to vote for them -> repeat cycle.
but people are uneducated
So you’re not? OK, as you say.
I’m not subscribing to such statements, personally. I see varying levels of education around, and I see my job as educating when I can, learning when I can.
So you’re not? OK, as you say.
May to mischaracterise. I never claimed anything about myself. Bu I do know one thing. I would not vote for people who campaign on reducing education access.
My main point was the negative feedback loop. If you have enough people uneducated to get into power people who slash education budgets, it makes it very hard to restore those and make education more accessible.
Fully agree on this one 🤝
The feedback loop is real and powerful
I get his meaning. I don’t see how you don’t just because he forgot one word.
So pedantic.
Purposely misreading someone else’s comment is not the way to proclaim you’re among the educated…
I’m not. As I said, I think people have varying degrees of education. I’m not separating between “us” and “them” in terms of education. I don’t make generalised statements of what happens on a global scale without good research into the subject either.
But simple things such as “we need to make education a social priority” is within my reach.
That is part of the problem, yes.
Roughly corresponding to the bottom third of the IQ spectrum, with an assortment of “below average” folks thrown in for good measure.
I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother… Who cares about autism in that context… :)
Even though i know its about capitalism and people are probably stressed to death trying to survive in that shitty country.
I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother
It’s a healthy dose of 1:1 lead (Pb) and misinformation. We call it fight water™️
Fluoride
/S
I know you’re joking but I always gotta espouse the honors of that fucking element. In it’s purest form can rapidly oxidize fuck all anything! And yet helps form a crystalline structure in our enamel!
The reason we started putting fluoride in tap water is that dentists noticed people drinking well water had abnormally strong teeth because the rocks were leeching it into the water. This had the unfortunate side effect of turning their teeth brown. So some scientists and health experts found the lowest concentration that would super charge our enamel and not turn our teeth brown.
Fluoride is fucking awesome!
I havent used flouride toothpaste in 15 years and I have really good teeth. I know its sample of one and all that, but I stand by my decision to not use it. Works well for me.
Calm down, no one is going to steal your precious bodily fluids.
Facebook.
It’s Facebook in the water.
Also, watch a Fox News broadcast for a bit.
So if we destroy Meta data centers, we can remove the Facebook from the water?
Honestly, the mental health and cognition of America would significantly improve, yes.
I watch it when I want to really lose my hope in the future for humanity. That feeling of frustration watching those people… Very interesting.
I guess its better to feel sympathy. Because I know each person is on their own little journey here. But its just so primitive. :)
I picked up a pressure cleaner and green enamel sink on the Facebook marketplace. After moving the sink, which weighed every bit of 100 lbs.!, I was a little winded and he invited me inside for a cup of tea, I asked for water cause I’m caffeine sensitive. This dude had fox news playing on his TV in the living room. And the only thing I could think was “you watch this in your spare time? That’s a pretty fucking sick sad world vibe that I don’t understand.”
Of course I didn’t say anything at that moment cause I’m not suicidal, but these people seriously live in a separate reality where anger is desirable.
Side note, an ex from college reposted a pro trump picture the other day and it just fucking broke me cause I know she really is fucking smart! Maybe I’m just not cut out to be a human.
Its very frustrating to watch. :) I used to react with anger to all this but now im just thinking its where those people need to be to get the experiences they need.
It helps if you see life as some kind of school with a purpose for everybody. I dont know if it is. But it helps to see it that way.
That’s actually pretty wise, what if your then autistic dog outsmarts you now thanks to their autism? /s
Listen Doc, yesterday I tried to get my dog to drink some whiskey and get on the roof with an aluminum baseball bat during a lightening storm, so we could go Back to the Future, but he just kept running away. Clearly, whatever was in that vaccine you gave him has made him autistic.
“Stupidity is not a right…”
skunks actually have a higher rate outside of dogs of being infected by rabies, only thing that matches that is BATS and raccoons. possum has the lowest chances, due to them being a marsupial and a lower body temp, and different physiology
Didn’t foresee this as a consequence to the rise of the antivax conspiracy. Sure I knew we’d be in trouble to reach herd immunity for the next epidemic/pandemic, but now we have to worry about rabbies in pets too. And what’s next? Antivax farmers refusing to vaccinate their cattle?
Hopefully just survivors of the lead epidemic.
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My fellow Americans, your government has let you down. They’ve let us all down. So please allow me to address something they somehow repeatedly fail to address.
I understand your hesitation to trust the American healthcare system. God knows it would be an absolute lie to say your health is always being prioritized before profits. However, this is a fault of the system itself, not the science behind the medicine. The fact that we have a broken system, and the fact that your understandable mistrust has been misdirected towards science is the fault of our politicians and their greed.
Everyone deserves to be healthy and everyone deserves access to the medical care that they need. I can’t fix a broken system, but I can swear to you on a stack of bibles, vaccines will not give you, your children, or your dog autism. Please vaccinate and help stop the spread of preventable diseases. God bless you and God bless the United States of America. ❤️
