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Wow, that's a particularly nasty clickbaity headline. He only dropped out because of the disease that caused him to be bedridden for those 11 years. Maybe "Stu
by bjpirt 7y ago
Wow, that's a particularly nasty clickbaity headline. He only dropped out because of the disease that caused him to be bedridden for those 11 years.
Maybe "Student was bedridden for 11 years..." would be more accurate.
- codingdave 7y agoIt also doesn't give a clear picture of the full story, which is years of personal study from medical textbooks, discussions with scientists, partnering with them over years of research to figure things out, and get to a diagnosis, and then, yes, design a new surgery. It is a good story. Just a bad headline.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 7y agoPiggybacking off of your comment, regarding click bait. In the news where I'm at, if a 19 year old does something good, they refer to him/her as a "Teenager." If this same 19 year old does something bad, "MAN ARRESTED FOR..." Never understood it.
- johnchristopher 7y agoThis itches me a bit tad as well. I immediately assume the author is trying to belittle or judge the person, it's a bias or some kind of semi-conscious compensation and revenge process.
- have_faith 7y agoIn our societies obsession with punishment as a means of dealing with wrongdoing it is easier to justify punishing a man than a teenager, so I think we subconciously prefer to frame it that way to justify wanting to enact punishment.
- Broken_Hippo 7y agoIt isn't always good, though. "Teenage Pregnancy", for example. Most folks picture someone young. 15-16, perhaps. Most folks don't stop to consider that a very sizable portion of "teenage pregnancy" happens to 18 and 19 year olds, which while young isn't that uncommon either.