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TV Really Might Cause Autism
Alien54 writes "Cornell University researchers are reporting what appears to be a statistically significant relationship between autism rates and television watching by children under the age of 3. The researchers studied autism incidence in California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington state. They found that as cable television became common in California and Pennsylvania beginning around 1980, childhood autism rose more in the counties that had cable than in the counties that did not. They further found that in all the Western states, the more time toddlers spent in front of the television, the more likely they were to exhibit symptoms of autism disorders. The Cornell study represents a potential bombshell in the autism debate."
I don't see how it's the TV's fault that the kid has ADD/autism symtoms. To me, it's the parents fault for not being actively involved in bring up their child. A kid isn't going to learn to speak or read by themselves. They aren't going to learn all life's lessons, exercise, grow healthy, etc alone. As you said, the parents treat this kid as an inconvience to their lives and it's shameful. Actually, it's more than that.
Assburgers is the new ADD. Suck at non-rote mathematics? Assburgers. Can't make friends? Assburgers. Can't make eye-contact because of anxiety stemming from being a beta male? Assburgers. Use language incorrectly? Assburgers.
Damn that Assburgers. I'm sure I'd fall into the ASD category, too, considering it's been broadened to such an extent that being introverted means that you have some higher-functioning form of Assbergers.
You of course use your Assbergers diagnoses to feel enlightened. How quaint, that you with Assbergers cannot understand the world with its wars and malcontents. Looking down upon it from your throne of rocking back and forth like a child, you flip the channels ultimately confusing fantasy for reality in a manner everyone suggests is absurd when some retard blames videogames and television for violent activities in reality. You'll never understand the real world by watching television, because it's carefully-crafted fantasy intended as a form of escapism for those trapped in that world full of wars and malcontents. It's the 20th century's opiate.