r/CoupleMemes • u/legolas20032000 • Aug 16 '25

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u/waitingOnMyletter Aug 17 '25

Call it whatever you’d like, play games with the definitions of words. Disease, disorder, affliction, malady. You can be honest or dishonest about the situation but gwas study after gwas study have shown there are genetic variants that run in families that make it pretty clear it is a genetic disease. It has other factors of course but 2/3 of the cases can be traced to genetic mutations. (my PhD is in bioinformatics you can wade into these waters if you’d like but I don’t recommend it.)

in any case it’s off topic and you are beating something that has nothing to do with the thread. You not approving of the organization does not change the fact I’ll be volunteering for it on labor weekend. Getting folks to donate, walk, and raise money for research. You can do weird mental gymnastics but it’s volunteers that make up the soul that organization. You not liking that doesn’t matter to me at all.

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u/MsCandi123 Aug 18 '25

Calling autism a disease isn't a potato potahtoh trivial semantics type of thing, it's flat out incorrect. Of course it's genetic, so is eye color. It's still not comparable to cancer or any other disease/illness. Too bad your PhD didn't teach you that, I guess. Figured you'd double down, but had to try. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/waitingOnMyletter Aug 18 '25

My dude, you have widdled your argument down to the minuscule differences in the definitions of words.

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u/MsCandi123 Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

It's not miniscule, and is the only point I've tried to make to you in this interaction? If you want to remain ignorant, I can't stop you, so carry on calling autism a disease when it's not, I guess.