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Elmo has aspergers, a form of autism. RFK says people with autism can't use the bathroom by themselves.

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 19 points 16 hours ago

With his head that far up his ass, I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 44 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 12 points 18 hours ago

Yeah at first that's what I thought the headline was referring to

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rfk just hates autists since the only one he thinks hes met is musk.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago

Which from an ignorant perspective, leaning on your only experience being with musk, that... Kinda tracks actually.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

How do you get so fucking absorbed into the causes of autism and yet have never even met autistic people? Even kids who are level 3 can usually learn to potty train so long as they don't have physical impairments or learning disabilities that prevent it. It's hard as hell, I'm sure, when they are completely non-verbal/non-communicative, have sensory issues, and struggle with routine change, and maybe not every level 3 kid gets there. But that's certainly not the case for the majority of autistic people.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 21 points 1 day ago

he just self-diagnosed to excuse his POS behaviour, he probably doesnt have, it but a genuine narcisstic psychopath much like trump.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 108 points 1 day ago (29 children)

Elon was never diagnosed with autism, afaik. He just tells everyone he has it

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

He’s got narcissistic personality disorder not autism.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

because he can't use the bathroom unassisted.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

his peepee is mangled from a botched surgery, so he probably sits down.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I sit down, because I'm the one who has to clean it.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

You don't have people for that?

spoilerClip from the movie "Coming to America" a young bare breasted woman tells a male character, sitting in a large pool, that the royal penis is now clean
NSFW, but I can't mark a picture or comment NSFW

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

To give a spoiler the name "nsfw", do it like this:


nsfw _nsfw content_

This would show as

nsfwnsfw content

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I did wonder why my client put the word "spoiler" twice, but I already had the picture block and I didn't want to accidentally put boobs in the comment section, so I just rolled with it.

Good to know, thx

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago
[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago

I think you have the right idea to put the NSFW content in a spoiler tag, but so is the text that is warning users that it's NSFW.

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I clean it anyway, so the efficiency from standing is a free gain to me.

I think you mean you sit down so you don't have to clean it? (Or not as often)

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I like to pee while doing a handstand with my feet against the wall. It's reassuring to me that only 20% of the population does it this way.

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hmmm, how do you minimize the risk of peeing on your own face?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Its a risk, for sure but that's why you put your feet against the wall to get an angle.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 45 points 1 day ago (6 children)

"Asperger's" is not a thing anymore. It's all Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) now. And Hans Asperger was "a bit of a Nazi."

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