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SomeGuyNamedDave @lemm.ee

2d ago

RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted

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

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- All these jokes about guillotines is getting old. Either shit or get off the pot.
  
  We all have to shit at the same time, that's the trick.
  
  Push them hard every time. I didn't even consider this. Thank you for updating me. I will be borrowing this theme going forward.
  
  not a joke. be ready.
  
  We've been told we need an adult to go to the bathroom now though.
  
  No u
- https://generalstrikeus.com/
- okay, hear me out.. "Gillo-memes"
- Let's get some powerful people Luigi'd to restablish some democracy
- A song just for you: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TMHCw3RqulY
- I’m not sure vaccines are a class issue, it seems to cross the spectrum.
- Maybe chill just a bit...
  
  How many people have to go to the camps before you can unchill?
  
  This is the problem with your country right here.
  
  It's at the point where the president wants to deport citizens for not being white enough, it's about to to stop chilling.
  
  🖕
  
  First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
  Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
  Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
  Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
  —Martin Niemöller
  
  It’s way beyond being chill

Elon was never diagnosed with autism, afaik. He just tells everyone he has it
- because he can't use the bathroom unassisted.
  
  his peepee is mangled from a botched surgery, so he probably sits down.
- He’s got narcissistic personality disorder not autism.
- As much as I hate to say this in response to your comment, self diagnosis is valid.
  Mostly the context is for people without resources, however, so your point is fair. Taking away validity for marginalized groups’ experiences is at risk with that stance though.
  Thanks if you read this and I hope you have a great day otherwise. /gen
  
  Self diagnosis is not valid. Stop pretending it is
  
  self diagnosis is valid.
  I agree. And in my country, waiting lists for any professional diagnosis are extremely long, especially for adults.

Rfk just hates autists since the only one he thinks hes met is musk.
- Which from an ignorant perspective, leaning on your only experience being with musk, that... Kinda tracks actually.

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

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

"Asperger's" is not a thing anymore. It's all Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) now. And Hans Asperger was "a bit of a Nazi."
- It's still easier to tell people that you have Asperger's than trying to explain why their autist nephew and yourself are different but still on the spectrum.
  I mean.. Educating people is important and all that jazz but I'm just tired of it.
  
  "It's level 1 autism, what used to be called Asperger's," is normally enough for people to understand what I'm talking about. Of course, I'm not saying these things to every person passing by, but when a conversation goes there I try to be educational.
  
  It's almost as if an extremely ambiguous meaningless label is useless and contributes to nothing but confusion, isolation, and ruined lives due to unneeded "help".
  
  Tired of being better, congratulations!
- So is Elmo
- Maybe that's why musk also thinks he should be a Nazi, he's just trying to live up to the name.
  Really shouldn't use that anymore

I can't use the bathroom unassisted either. Big shout out to gravity for being the force that allows poop to come out of my butt, and not float around the house until you open a window, and it just happens to float outside.
But then outside there would be just a mess of poop and other debris just floating around the city all willynilly.
Boy I sure do love the combination of indoor plumbing and gravity. It's been at least 40 years since I held a human turd. If I ever did. I don't know. I would have been a toddler, and don't remember.
- Well that, uh
  That certainly was a comment
  Whew, yes sir
  Definitely a collection of words there, yup
  
  yeah, i don't believe them.
  everybody remembers the last time they held a turd.
- I did hold one and painted the walls with it, all happy and giggling - per account by my mother
  
  There's an episode of How I Met Your Mother where Marshal tells stories that happened to him. Then the rest of the gang try to guess if he was a kid or if he was an adult but drunk in that story.
  Your story would be great for that game. Maybe you were a toddler. Maybe this was how you ruined Thanksgiving 2024.

I wouldn't expect a person peddling snake oil to understand or care that autism is a spectrum

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

I'm obviously OOTL here- I've known people with Asperger's and they used the bathroom by themselves just fine. What's going on? I don't live in US
- RFK Jr has a long history of being wrong about everything. He doesn't want to break character now.
  
  Oh I see. So he said Aspergers can't use the toilet unassisted, not that Elon needs assistance
- Person with autism here: the truth is even if some people on the spectrum can't use the bathroom by themselves, it's either a comorbidity linked to a different disability or it's obscenely rare.
  The way autism expresses in different people is very complex and this is this is one of the worst mischaracterizations I've ever seen.
  That guy shouldn't be able to touch the US health department or any other health organization for that matter with a ten foot pole. He is explicitly and intentionally spreading lies on a variety of different topics and should have no authority.

Please don't call him Elmo as that's insulting to Elmo
- "El-mo"? More like "El-NO"! Amiright, guys?
  
  That sounds Mexican
  Let's deport him
  
  You magnificent bastard... 🤘
- Thank you.

could be the amount of cocaine he has taken that makes him incontinent.

Okay, I didn't know he had Aspergers, but that doesn't excuse his racism.
Elon Musk opens up on how Asperger's has impacted his life
- I have relatives with aspergers and none of them are facist assholes

I read this as RFK Jr said Elmo has asparagus and was not surprised in the slightest.
- 'T is the season.

That would explain why Musk is full of shit.

He said what?! Motherfucker I used the toilet 5 minutes ago!

He ALSO said he Doesn't pay TAXES so CHECKMATE!

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