United States of Autism

Edit: This is obviously hilariously wrong.

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30 Comments

F04118F@feddit.nl · 92 pts · 331d (3 replies)

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 331d (2 replies)

This, but also isn't that how genetics works? You're not going to see a native Chihuahua thriving in the arctic.

(But it's probably something about what countries actually do testing, etc. )

ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 314d

countries will higher autism rates have better healthcare… aka higher rates of accurate diagnosis….
also, lower rates of autistic kids being killed due to inconvenience.

DeadDigger@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 330d

Well when you look at Europe you see that the countries that make up the majority of the countries that colonized America have the higher autism rates too

Zkuld@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 331d

This reminds me of how we beat covid by not testing for it anymore

vonxylofon@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Tell me you don't understand sample selection bias without saying you don't understand sample selection bias.

Nighed@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 331d

I think that's the point

flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 331d (2 replies)

It's time to introduce everyone to the concept of Culture bound syndrome

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 331d
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Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 331d

My favorite part:

Some culture-bound syndromes appear with similar features in several cultures, but with locally specific traits, such as penis panics.

ace_garp@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 331d (2 replies)

New Zealand very smart, just skip Autism altogether.

marcos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Many diseases seem to not exist in New Zealand.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 329d

They banned them. You want to fix a problem? ban it.

Denjin@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Obviously it's because people in Africa and south America don't have access to paracetamol.

The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 331d

Acet....achet....ackt.see.tomofin....better known as tylenol THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

mienshao@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 331d (6 replies)

Yeah if this instance is going to become a place to post disinformation, I’m out. I came here to escape reddit, not double down on its worst aspects.

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 33 pts · 331d
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 14 pts · 331d

Calm down, you're in a memes channel, and OP here posts science memes all the time. I'm very sure this is satirical

notsosure@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 331d (3 replies)

Just block the idiots.

AugustWest@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 331d

If you block OP, you have basically left the community, as OP is this community. Either way, I’m fairly certain OP is posting this as in “look at how dumb this is.” It’s a science memes community.

bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Like the idiots who don’t understand sarcasm?

notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 331d

Sarcasm no worky worky on internet. Therefore we invent emoji. 🔏

Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Let's play Pick the Cognitive Biases. Not just in the picture, but in the comments and the reasons people downvoted this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 331d

If you see this comment, it could be interesting to get an idea of how many people:

a) Thought OP posted this in like a "Look at how dumb this is" way, or,

b) Thought OP agreed with the idea presented in the image.

I think this might have to do with communication climates (I am so far from an expert in anything) and how a climate of disagreement with peers and prevalent media can affect how a message is received. In other words, if surrounded by stupid people with stupid ideas it's easy to assume the next stupid idea has come from a stupid person.

QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 331d (4 replies)

damn sorry for downvotes OP, I thought it was pretty funny

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 331d
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Manjushri@piefed.social · 4 pts · 330d (1 reply)

Poe's Law. Without a clear indicator, a lot of people took it as OP believing this.

QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 330d

OP added the description after like an hour, people have kept downvoting after it was added

Nighed@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 331d
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bonedaddy@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 331d

I for one upvoted this post because it is stupid.

Siethron@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 331d (1 reply)

Tylenol is just really popular in the US

very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d

The US should just switch to paracetamol. Problem solved!

InfiniteKrebs@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 331d

Dave Asprey moment

Zerush@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 331d

Anyway, fact is that the US ranks in the place 33 in the average IQ level, maybe saved by the chinese and corean scientifics working in the MIT, no need of an fake map.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country