• Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Feb 23 19:58:45 2026
    Subject: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you
    know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Feb 23 16:00:47 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2/23/2026 2:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.

    Righteousness steeped in righteousness with a side of righteousness.

    My meta-analysis is that there shouldn't be words that make us faint.



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  • From super70s@3:633/10 to All on Mon Feb 23 16:59:15 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    Actually most on the left were understanding of his condition, many
    wondered why his words weren't bleeped out but it apparently wasn't
    practical when the two presenters were speaking at the same time.


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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Mon Feb 23 18:29:11 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2/23/2026 5:59 PM, super70s wrote:
    Actually most on the left were understanding of his condition, many
    wondered why his words weren't bleeped out but it apparently wasn't practical when the two presenters were speaking at the same time.

    We collectively agonize over such trivia. We must get off on it...



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  • From Ed Stasiak@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 06:08:36 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind


    super70s

    Actually most on the left were understanding of his condition, many
    wondered why his words weren't bleeped out but it apparently wasn't practical when the two presenters were speaking at the same time.

    I heard they had a 2 hour lead time on the actual awards show and
    during another part of the show, they bleeped out someone in the
    audience yelling "Free Palestine!"

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 08:27:46 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    The "progressives" have really beclowned themselves with this one....



    Aside: I can't believe how long that ad was! He just kept going and
    going; I thought it would never end.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 10:17:16 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of
    your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about
    it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 10:26:47 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-25 10:17 a.m., Rhino wrote:
    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words',
    you
    know have your answer. These are not serious people."ÿ --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)


    I just asked Google Gemini about that and got this answer, which I found
    very informative:

    =========================================================================

    While Tourette Syndrome (TS) is often portrayed in media as a "bizarre"
    or rare condition defined by swearing and dramatic movements, the
    reality is that it is far more common?and generally much milder?than
    most people realize.

    ### 1. What percentage of people have Tourette?s?

    Research estimates suggest that **roughly 1% of the world's population**
    has Tourette Syndrome.

    * **Children:** The prevalence is highest among school-aged children,
    where about **1 in 100** to **1 in 160** children are estimated to have
    the condition.
    * **Adults:** The percentage drops significantly in adulthood. About
    **80%** of children with TS see their tics decrease or disappear
    entirely by their late teens or early 20s.
    * **Gender:** It is notably more common in males, who are diagnosed at a
    rate **3 to 4 times higher** than females.

    **A Note on "Bizarre" Symptoms:** The symptom most associated with the "bizarre" stereotype?**Coprolalia** (involuntary swearing)?actually only affects about **10%** of people diagnosed with TS. Most tics are simple,
    like eye blinking, throat clearing, or shoulder shrugging.

    ---

    ### 2. What research has been done?

    Research into TS has shifted from viewing it as a psychological
    "nervous" habit to understanding it as a complex **neurodevelopmental disorder**. Key areas of study include:

    * **Genetics:** TS is highly heritable (about 52% of children with TS
    have a family history). Researchers have identified specific genes?such
    as *HDC*, *SLITRK1*, and *CNTNAP2*?that increase risk, though it is "polygenic," meaning many small genetic variations usually work together.
    * **Brain Circuitry:** Imaging studies (MRIs) show that TS involves the **basal ganglia** and the **thalamus**. These areas act like a "brake"
    for movements. In TS, the brake is "leaky," allowing involuntary signals
    to reach the muscles.
    * **Neurotransmitters:** Most research focuses on **Dopamine**. It is
    believed that an overabundance of dopamine (or oversensitive receptors)
    in the brain's movement centers triggers tics. This is why many TS
    medications are dopamine-blockers.
    * **New Fr
  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 11:08:38 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >> know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]


    It's definitely an odd one. There's a video I've caught a few times
    over on Twitter of this Uber driver who has tourettes and picks up a
    rider who also has the condition. It gets weird when one of them belts
    out something due to the condition and the other person reacts setting
    off a round of unwanted words.

    Ah, here it is
    https://x.com/ceciarmy/status/1730576343203491945

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of >your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about >it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 17:03:52 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    super70s

    Actually most on the left were understanding of his condition, many >>wondered why his words weren't bleeped out but it apparently wasn't >>practical when the two presenters were speaking at the same time.

    I heard they had a 2 hour lead time on the actual awards show and
    during another part of the show, they bleeped out someone in the
    audience yelling "Free Palestine!"

    There is even more stoopid!

    The producers feigned ignorance even though Delroy Lindo was obviously
    upset, which means something untoward had happened inappropriate to
    broadcast. There was no immediate apology to the two actors, the other
    was Michael B. Jordan.

    Best of all, BBC made an utterly condescending statement, apologizing if
    one was offended.

    We can understand the bizarre symptom of the condition and that no harm
    was intended, but there was no decency exhibited after it happened.
    Delroy Lindo is a fine character actor who almost never gets recognition
    and it was lousy that his moment was ruined. What should have happened
    was have the host come out on stage and shake Lindo's and Jordan's
    hands. The fact that this wasn't live television means it could have
    been fixed.

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 19:23:03 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Feb 25, 2026 at 5:27:46 AM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the >> issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >> now have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.

    The "progressives" have really beclowned themselves with this one....

    Aside: I can't believe how long that ad was! He just kept going and
    going; I thought it would never end.

    Oh, I'm on the "no ads" tier of YouTube, so I don't ever see any.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From EGK@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 12:21:49 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >> know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of >your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about >it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it. John Davidson even said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it. She understood why.

    Some blacks like Jaime Fox, Wendell Pierce and Jemele Hill who all commented think they and their race are special and should always be given
    preferential treatment, even over someone with a disability. They actually emphasized that.

    We all know they use that word among themselves all the time yet apparently none of them have dropped dead from it. Playing the race card for every
    real or imagined slight has gotten old and I think people are finally
    getting tired of it. When you even try to play the race card over a medical reality, you've lost the plot. Racism no longer has any meaning.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 12:58:28 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:21:49 -0500, EGK <memyself@null.net> wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> >wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the >>> issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >>> know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of >>your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just >>bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way >>and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast >>between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about >>it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it. John Davidson even >said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it. She >understood why.

    I can recommend this posting over on twitter. It points out how when a tourette's sufferer went viral on social media there was an increase
    in young kids who started to suffer from the condition and points out
    how this seems to happen every time some new condition goes viral. Not
    so much that the kids are faking it (which I'm sure some are) but that
    people glom on to the symptoms and think this explains what is wrong
    with them.

    https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/2015893450093109739

    This is the first part of the posting ---
    The Tale of Two Contagions

    In 2019, German psychiatrists observed a sudden surge of adolescent
    girls presenting to clinics with abrupt-onset Tourette-like tics. This immediately raised alarm bells. Tourette?s typically affects boys and
    begins in early childhood.

    This was an entirely new patient population.

    Researchers quickly identified the index case: Jan Zimmermann, a young
    Tourette sufferer, whose YouTube channel had recently exploded in
    popularity. The girls displayed the exact same symptoms as Jan: the
    same outbursts and catchphrases.

    The phenomenon soon migrated to TikTok, where it spread like wildfire.

    Researchers coined a new term for what they were observing: mass
    social media?induced illness ? a modern iteration of the
    long-recognized phenomenon of mass sociogenic illness.

    or the entire video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWmm6kKS-4

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 17:41:39 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-25 2:23 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 25, 2026 at 5:27:46 AM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the >>> issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you
    now have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker >>>
    The eternal victims. Pray for them.

    The "progressives" have really beclowned themselves with this one....

    Aside: I can't believe how long that ad was! He just kept going and
    going; I thought it would never end.

    Oh, I'm on the "no ads" tier of YouTube, so I don't ever see any.


    Even the ones where the presenter himself is doing the ad? Wow, I must
    get into that tier when I have more money....

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 17:45:12 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-26 12:58 p.m., shawn wrote:
    On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:21:49 -0500, EGK <memyself@null.net> wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the >>>> issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >>>> know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker >>>>
    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of >>> your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way >>> and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about
    it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it. John Davidson even >> said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it. She
    understood why.

    I can recommend this posting over on twitter. It points out how when a tourette's sufferer went viral on social media there was an increase
    in young kids who started to suffer from the condition and points out
    how this seems to happen every time some new condition goes viral. Not
    so much that the kids are faking it (which I'm sure some are) but that
    people glom on to the symptoms and think this explains what is wrong
    with them.

    https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/2015893450093109739

    This is the first part of the posting ---
    The Tale of Two Contagions

    In 2019, German psychiatrists observed a sudden surge of adolescent
    girls presenting to clinics with abrupt-onset Tourette-like tics. This immediately raised alarm bells. Tourette?s typically affects boys and
    begins in early childhood.

    This was an entirely new patient population.

    Researchers quickly identified the index case: Jan Zimmermann, a young Tourette sufferer, whose YouTube channel had recently exploded in
    popularity. The girls displayed the exact same symptoms as Jan: the
    same outbursts and catchphrases.

    The phenomenon soon migrated to TikTok, where it spread like wildfire.

    Researchers coined a new term for what they were observing: mass
    social media?induced illness ? a modern iteration of the
    long-recognized phenomenon of mass sociogenic illness.

    or the entire video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWmm6kKS-4

    There's a more obvious example of this when it comes to trans;
    apparently the number of young girls "identifying" as trans in some
    areas is as much as 25% of the population when you consider that real
    gender dysphoria is present in less than 1% of the population.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 17:45:50 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2026-02-26 12:21 p.m., EGK wrote:
    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the >>> issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you >>> know have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole idea of
    your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter,
    and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about
    it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it. John Davidson even said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it. She understood why.

    Some blacks like Jaime Fox, Wendell Pierce and Jemele Hill who all commented think they and their race are special and should always be given
    preferential treatment, even over someone with a disability. They actually emphasized that.

    We all know they use that word among themselves all the time yet apparently none of them have dropped dead from it. Playing the race card for every
    real or imagined slight has gotten old and I think people are finally
    getting tired of it. When you even try to play the race card over a medical reality, you've lost the plot. Racism no longer has any meaning.

    Agreed!!

    --
    Rhino

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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 18:04:59 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On 2/26/2026 5:45 PM, Rhino wrote:
    On 2026-02-26 12:58 p.m., shawn wrote:
    On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:21:49 -0500, EGK <memyself@null.net> wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down
    on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty
    words', you
    know have your answer. These are not serious people."ÿ --
    @GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole
    idea of
    your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just
    bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same
    way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her?
    What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter, >>>> and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast
    between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about >>>> it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?)

    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it.ÿ John
    Davidson even
    said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it.ÿ She
    understood why.

    I can recommend this posting over on twitter. It points out how when a
    tourette's sufferer went viral on social media there was an increase
    in young kids who started to suffer from the condition and points out
    how this seems to happen every time some new condition goes viral. Not
    so much that the kids are faking it (which I'm sure some are) but that
    people glom on to the symptoms and think this explains what is wrong
    with them.

    https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/2015893450093109739

    This is the first part of the posting ---
    The Tale of Two Contagions

    In 2019, German psychiatrists observed a sudden surge of adolescent
    girls presenting to clinics with abrupt-onset Tourette-like tics. This
    immediately raised alarm bells. Tourette?s typically affects boys and
    begins in early childhood.

    This was an entirely new patient population.

    Researchers quickly identified the index case: Jan Zimmermann, a young
    Tourette sufferer, whose YouTube channel had recently exploded in
    popularity. The girls displayed the exact same symptoms as Jan: the
    same outbursts and catchphrases.

    The phenomenon soon migrated to TikTok, where it spread like wildfire.

    Researchers coined a new term for what they were observing: mass
    social media?induced illness ? a modern iteration of the
    long-recognized phenomenon of mass sociogenic illness.

    or the entire video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWmm6kKS-4

    There's a more obvious example of this when it comes to trans;
    apparently the number of young girls "identifying" as trans in some
    areas is as much as 25% of the population when you consider that real
    gender dysphoria is present in less than 1% of the population.

    "*Real* gender dysphoria" is a somewhat presumptuous pronouncement ...a
    bit like telling someone they're not unhappy but only think they are.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 23:07:03 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Feb 26, 2026 at 2:41:39 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-02-25 2:23 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 25, 2026 at 5:27:46 AM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty words', you
    now have your answer. These are not serious people." --@GSpellchecker >>>>
    The eternal victims. Pray for them.

    The "progressives" have really beclowned themselves with this one....

    Aside: I can't believe how long that ad was! He just kept going and
    going; I thought it would never end.

    Oh, I'm on the "no ads" tier of YouTube, so I don't ever see any.


    Even the ones where the presenter himself is doing the ad? Wow, I must
    get into that tier when I have more money....

    No, but those are easily skippable. When I bring up the progress bar, there's
    a dot on it where the in-video ad ends and it's simple to just slide the
    cursor over to the dot and skip it in less than a second.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 26 18:58:14 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:04:59 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/26/2026 5:45 PM, Rhino wrote:
    On 2026-02-26 12:58 p.m., shawn wrote:
    On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:21:49 -0500, EGK <memyself@null.net> wrote:

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:17:16 -0500, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-02-23 2:58 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kl86kksRo

    "If you ever wondered how the intersectional loons would come down >>>>>> on the
    issue of 'life-ruining neurological condition' versus 'naughty
    words', you
    know have your answer. These are not serious people."ÿ --
    @GSpellchecker

    The eternal victims. Pray for them.


    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY [7 minutes]

    Tourette's has to be the weirdest condition I know of. The whole
    idea of
    your mouth saying the exact opposite of what you want to say is just >>>>> bizarre - and a bit frightening. What if your hands behaved the same >>>>> way
    and when you wanted to, say, stroke your cat you actually belted her? >>>>> What if you wanted to run away from something, like an active shooter, >>>>> and instead ran toward the problem? What could cause such a contrast >>>>> between intent and action? I wonder what researchers are learning about >>>>> it.... (Or is it so rare that no one can be bothered to research it?) >>>>
    I recommend the movie, I Swear, if you haven't seen it.ÿ John
    Davidson even
    said Fuck the Queen to her face but nobody went apes-shit over it.ÿ She >>>> understood why.

    I can recommend this posting over on twitter. It points out how when a
    tourette's sufferer went viral on social media there was an increase
    in young kids who started to suffer from the condition and points out
    how this seems to happen every time some new condition goes viral. Not
    so much that the kids are faking it (which I'm sure some are) but that
    people glom on to the symptoms and think this explains what is wrong
    with them.

    https://x.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/2015893450093109739

    This is the first part of the posting ---
    The Tale of Two Contagions

    In 2019, German psychiatrists observed a sudden surge of adolescent
    girls presenting to clinics with abrupt-onset Tourette-like tics. This
    immediately raised alarm bells. Tourette?s typically affects boys and
    begins in early childhood.

    This was an entirely new patient population.

    Researchers quickly identified the index case: Jan Zimmermann, a young
    Tourette sufferer, whose YouTube channel had recently exploded in
    popularity. The girls displayed the exact same symptoms as Jan: the
    same outbursts and catchphrases.

    The phenomenon soon migrated to TikTok, where it spread like wildfire.

    Researchers coined a new term for what they were observing: mass
    social media?induced illness ? a modern iteration of the
    long-recognized phenomenon of mass sociogenic illness.

    or the entire video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWmm6kKS-4

    There's a more obvious example of this when it comes to trans;
    apparently the number of young girls "identifying" as trans in some
    areas is as much as 25% of the population when you consider that real
    gender dysphoria is present in less than 1% of the population.

    "*Real* gender dysphoria" is a somewhat presumptuous pronouncement ...a
    bit like telling someone they're not unhappy but only think they are.


    The video goes into this subject a bit with the idea being that some
    kids are very unhappy but can't point to a particular reason. Then
    they see someone talking about their condition in a viral video and
    see some commonality between how they are feeling and what the person
    in the video describes and think this might be why they are unhappy
    such as being transgender.

    Though the video also points out that the number of young people
    claiming to be transgender seems to be dropping so perhaps it's just a
    trend that is losing popularity. Which will likely be replaced by
    something else in the future as there will always be kids that are
    unhappy and unsure of themselves so they want something to explain why
    they feel so unhappy.

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  • From Ed Stasiak@3:633/10 to All on Wed Mar 4 05:59:21 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind


    Rhino

    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY

    I prefer this video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw21UWEWRq8 [2.5 minutes]

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Mar 4 23:52:57 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Rhino

    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY

    I prefer this video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw21UWEWRq8 [2.5 minutes]


    There?s a really hot girl on the Facebook who does videos on what it?s like
    to have this. She had one today explaining how she usually doesn?t have the ticks when she?s in bed unless she?s not having a good time. If I see it
    again, I?ll post it

    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Thu Mar 5 02:14:04 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 23:52:57 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
    wrote:

    Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Rhino

    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY

    I prefer this video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw21UWEWRq8 [2.5 minutes]


    There?s a really hot girl on the Facebook who does videos on what it?s like >to have this. She had one today explaining how she usually doesn?t have the >ticks when she?s in bed unless she?s not having a good time. If I see it >again, I?ll post it

    Not active enough on Facebook to know who you are talking about but
    the one that comes to mind is Sweet Anita. She's been very popular
    lately and apparently even streams over on Twitch.

    https://x.com/korzawyd/status/2028886409193636139
    This is a funny video about how she's developed a new tick that causes
    her bum to contract so she rises up a bit while streaming.

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Thu Mar 5 07:24:58 2026
    Subject: Re: Man With Tourettes Shouts N-Word at BAFTAs - Left Loses Its Collective Mind

    On Mar 4, 2026 at 10:52:57 PM PST, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

    Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Rhino

    Leo Kearse also has a video on this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPH8uKnTKY

    I prefer this video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw21UWEWRq8 [2.5 minutes]

    There?s a really hot girl on the Facebook who does videos on what it?s like to have this. She had one today explaining how she usually doesn?t have the ticks when she?s in bed unless she?s not having a good time. If I see it again, I?ll post it

    Talk about a mood killer. No matter how much she's faking it for your benefit, if she starts having tics, you know you're not doing it for her.



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