tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1718549948489623091..comments2024-03-18T15:08:44.116+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: There’s An App A Disorder For That!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65098439930872019162010-02-19T05:29:36.634+00:002010-02-19T05:29:36.634+00:00"Once something like 'sluggish cognitive ...<i>"Once something like 'sluggish cognitive disorder' gets into the official medical books, it's pretty likely it'll now count as a bone-fide disability..."</i> <br /><br />Oh, lord! Hadn't thought of that...<br /><br /><i>"Dear Doctor<br /><br />I have a disorder which makes me want to reach for my gun every time I read twaddle like this."</i> <br /><br />That's a pretty common malady.. ;)<br /><br /><i>"Hey, remember the "toothing" spoof of a few years ago?...I wonder how many psychologists developed new psycho-sexual theories based on that spoof?"</i> <br /><br />Reading this, I'm beginning to wonder about just how gullible our journalists and doctors really are!<br /><br /><i>"I reckon the 'problem' pages are made up too..."</i><br /><br />Didn't one ex-agony aunt admit just that a few years back?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81598364368734897322010-02-18T22:35:19.358+00:002010-02-18T22:35:19.358+00:00I wonder how many psychologists developed new psyc...I wonder how many psychologists developed new psycho-sexual theories based on that spoof?...<br />Quite a few. I reckon the 'problem' pages are made up too...<br />Dear 'Worried of Wembley',<br />That is perfectly normal for a teenage girl. <br />(Pity you are a 47 yr old man with builders bum a beer gut and hairy hands)blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65428838172061695532010-02-18T18:59:56.363+00:002010-02-18T18:59:56.363+00:00Ah, day has become too blinding for the cynic.
M...Ah, day has become too blinding for the cynic. <br /><br />Morlocks to the lot of you.MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32778828928431883592010-02-18T13:49:04.194+00:002010-02-18T13:49:04.194+00:00That intermittent explosive disorder is absolutely...That intermittent explosive disorder is absolutely genuine. I get it all the time, mainly from reading this kind of bullshit in the papers or nearly any story with Gordon Brown in it.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-20854042566641163112010-02-18T12:09:29.159+00:002010-02-18T12:09:29.159+00:00"I wonder how many psychologists developed ne..."I wonder how many psychologists developed new psycho-sexual theories based on that spoof?"<br /><br />Dr Dan, I think it is more likely that the theories are based on how many hours of therapy at $300 per hour psychologists can generate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47103158480884515452010-02-18T10:49:32.975+00:002010-02-18T10:49:32.975+00:00Hey, remember the "toothing" spoof of a ...Hey, remember the "toothing" spoof of a few years ago? The story was that bored commuters were using the Bluetooth short-range radio on their phones to send messages to each other, to arrange illicit sexual encounters. A forum on the web was apparently dedicated to discussions of these encounters and was predictably full of the usual pre-literate drivel you get on such forums.<br /><br />The catch was this: although the forum was apparently a couple of years old based on the postings, the domain had been there for only a month or so. What had in fact gone on was that the whole thing was a spoof, put together by a couple of bored programmers out to see how easily the media could be fooled. The forum had been largely constructed using a Perl script to auto-generate drivel, then the coders had spiced in a few dubious stories to add content.<br /><br />Then they waited for a journo to spot the thing (this being the mid-summer silly season), and the scam was on.<br /><br />I wonder how many psychologists developed new psycho-sexual theories based on that spoof?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31091688903581101322010-02-18T10:20:51.333+00:002010-02-18T10:20:51.333+00:00Dear Doctor
I have a disorder which makes me want...Dear Doctor<br /><br />I have a disorder which makes me want to reach for my gun every time I read twaddle like this.<br /><br />I believe it is fed-up-with-all-this-bullshititis but I have been told it may be just normal behaviour for a rational human whose patience has been pushed to the limits by over a decade of Political COrrectness gone bonkers.<br /><br />Who is right?Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-92087129065871775582010-02-18T09:58:31.240+00:002010-02-18T09:58:31.240+00:00It gets even madder Julia. Once something like ...It gets even madder Julia. Once something like 'sluggish cognitive disorder' gets into the official medical books, it's pretty likely it'll now count as a bone-fide disability, and become eligable for all sorts of legal/economic benefits. Someone really will be able to sign off permanantly sick on the grounds that they're just too lazy to work.Moriartynoreply@blogger.com