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"I certainly don't want to engage in any apologetics for Terry's outright racism and conspiracy theories" Indeed, but one may consider this is often part of m
by Joel_Mckay 2y ago
"I certainly don't want to engage in any apologetics for Terry's outright racism and conspiracy theories"
Indeed, but one may consider this is often part of mental-health symptomatology in many cases.
I watched people I knew for decades slowly develop schizophrenic disorders, and they tended to fixate on visible appearances about 10 months before cycling into a full psychotic episode. It is not a permanent state, but rather they would later cycle back into lucid states where they were the same people they used to be for awhile. The modern medications are far more effective at tamping down the frequency and severity of the paranoia symptoms with fewer side-effects.
As you age, even without a psychopathology background one will learn people are delicate, madness is a gradient, and some people break in ways you won't understand.
The modern internet is hardly accommodating to anything unique or controversial, as the vitriol often flows far more easily than compassion.
Take care of yourselves, and remember to be kind to each other =3
- tombert 2y agoI completely agree. When Terry died a few years ago, I actually had some arguments here about people fully condemning him for the racist stuff, and I pushed back claiming that mental illness could happen to anyone and it's important to approach these things with a bit of sympathy [1]. I go back and forth, but I generally try hard to approach these things with some level of empathy. The human brain is a frustrating and annoying thing, it breaks in non-obvious ways for non-obvious reasons causing non-obvious effects. Dementia is something that will affect a lot (most?) of us at some point, and who the hell knows how any one of us are going to handle that? While I think it's totally fine to condemn the individual statements that Terry said, and maybe even ok to use the reductive-but-useful label of "asshole" to describe him, I also think it's important to remember that fundamentally, he was a human. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17913372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17913372
- Joel_Mckay 2y ago"Dementia is something that will affect a lot" Most with such a family history should be regularly eating a diet including Edamame, fresh eggs, fungi, and seaweed. The FDA will be clearing a new treatment this year which includes some of the same Edamame protective compounds if I recall, and should help many people slow degenerative symptoms by over 80%. Gene therapies are also outpacing projected models, and should be more viable in coming decades. Cheers =3
- 7thaccount 2y agoWhat if I'm allergic to soy?
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoeggs include many of the same beneficial compounds. If you are Vegan, than you'll have to wait for the pills to clear approval. =3 Note if you haven't been tested for allergies yet, than you should see your doctor. It is very common for guys taking Soy-Protein powder in sports drinks to have a bad experience with many (but not all) products.
- 7thaccount 2y agoAll good. I'm allergic to virtually everything haha.
- Llamamoe 2y agoDementia is heavily linked with both viral infections and with microbes, e.g. in your gut, mouth, urinary tract. Sure, diet can have a protective effect on two of those but you're naive if you think it'll actually reach 80% slowdown of progression for everyone eating them.
- Joel_Mckay 2y ago"you're naive" Indeed that might be the case, but I do trust the US FDA more than an Internet of recursive Google results from Lithuania. We will soon learn if the medication trials are repeatable in the general population, and whether it is effective for greatly slowing cognitive decline. The food intake tips are something people should look into if they want to stay healthy, but it is not some new-age recipe for replacing medication. This should be obvious, and have a great day =3