He claimed that his brain worm made him "mentally unfit" to avoid paying child support but don't worry he's cured now that he's offered a government position!
My AuDHD ass could do way better….mostly because I would ask experts in the field for guidance as much as possible instead of going by the comparatively minuscule knowledge I have in the field. Then again I guess that requires the ability to admit when you’re over your head and need assistance to serve the people in the best way possible instead of pushing my own ideals.
If we did that everyone would be eating way more nachos. /s
The idea they run off of is that every expert is secretly part of an org designed to ruin humanity. It's such a dumb concept but who knows maybe I'm the sucker.
This world has taught me to always trust someone who shows they aren't 100% sure of their skills and qualifications.
1) They're honest.
2) They will crowdsource information with other subject experts
3) If they still fuck up, they'll most likely own up to it just like they own up to their flaws.
Unfortunately, the world has turned to speculation in all sorts of ways. Tesla profits tanking yet the stock doesn't dip? I hate that what people believe is more valuable than the truth. these days.
But as for Bobby Wormbrain: If you're a skeptic of everything but the things you believe, you're not a skeptic, you're delusional.
Autism and ADHD are mutually exclusive. It's become sort of a copout diagnosis in recent history to pump drugs and handwave properly treating people. People hear the terms as common and just accept them at face value, but research into the characteristics, even at a surface level, reveals they're incompatible.
Had a friend who I had to give the same advice to. The doctor that gave her initial diagnosis came to be found that because of how she spoke, he didn't think she could be intelligent, so assumed her test scores were autism. She has ADHD and is just smart.
They are not mutually exclusive, I’m afraid you may be going off of some old science. However, not everyone who has one has the other. Also, not all countries follow the DSM.
I’ve lived in 7 different states over the past 9 years since my diagnosis due to my husband’s work. I’ve had to go through confirming my diagnosis with multiple psychiatric professionals because none of them seem to trust each other’s diagnosis or testing.
So with all due respect, I’m going to go with the last near decade of work I’ve done and enjoy the last few years of my 40s and beyond now that I have a better understanding of how my brain works.
I mean, you certainly do whatever makes your life easier. Using wrong math to get the right answer doesn't mean you don't have the right answer - whatever gets you through life best.
He's a Kennedy so that goes without saying. "The Kennedy Curse" isn't entirely that they die young, that seems to only be the neutral/positive ones, it's that those who survive to 50 or so are awful people by any metric. And because of the family name they will be handed some sort of political position, elected or otherwise.
No, they're just taking the piss on the right wing blaming everything on DEI.
Can you take DEI too far? Probably. However, the main idea behind DEI is that you still require fully qualified people, but you try to make sure long term built up institutional biases are minimised.
Yeah I mean, was Musk hired by merit? Or was it because he “donated” millions to get his position? So much for everyone being where they are because of what they know… they can’t even follow their own rules.
I am very far from being a Bobby Kennedy, Jr fan, but it’s a bad look for leftists to criticize him for having survived addiction. People keep bringing it up like it’s a reason he shouldn’t have a role in health administration - it echoes the kind of empty ad hominem attacks right wingers often make. He’s not unqualified because he’s a recovered addict; he’s unqualified because he has no experience in healthcare leadership and he proliferates dangerous ideas as alternatives to proven science.
He has brain damage from his addiction. He has brain damage from brain worms. He is going to be in charge of us. These are what ad hominem attacks are for. This. What are you trying to apply logical fallacies to? Who are you protecting from what?
I’ve never known one, so I’ll take your word for it. I suppose it’s also true that most of them would not describe their decision to use heroin as smart.
we would never be the people we are without that part of our stories. I kind of feel like I can face anything after that. Not much bothers me or seems like a big deal.
No, its obviously not the best youve got. Hasnt been since Obama.
sidenote: I think Biden was a good president that did a lot of good for your country but whenever we'd see footage of the guy we would all sigh with pity and wonder who made that old man go up there when he should be enjoying what's left of his life.
Well, he did argue in court that the brain worm had affected him so severely that he shouldn't have to pay as much alimony, and that his memory was severely affected and that he had brain fog. He also claimed to have mercury poisoning.
Those are reasons why he shouldn't be in charge of federal departments, if he's apparently been so compromised by his health.
He talks about his own cognitive impairments. Sorry, but there should be a field full of qualified candidates to choose from. We shouldn't have to settle for the guy who has riddled his own brain through bad habits and eating random animals he finds dead on the side of the fucking road.
What is your problem and why can you not use google?
Addiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences.
I use google. And nowhere can I find that any scientific conclusions you are talking about. There are some conclusions what can at most suggest some part of what you are talking about, but these are not isolated factors that confirm causality. Most addicts are poor, and contrary to popular opinion, they were poor before addiction too. Cases where middle and upper class people who become poor through drugs are rare. Drugs are very addictive, but not that addictive. Most of the causes of addiction are low living standards or other mental illnesses. That's why many studies when treating addiction say that the most important factor in reducing the chances of relapsing into addiction is their improved standard of living.
RFK is rich. Do I need to say more?
And my questions toward you, in fact, were not questions. They were baits to make you understand that your level of knowledge on the subject is minimal.
You absolutely 100% CAN blackmail someone for something that's widely known. Just tell them you want them to do X, or you'll claim you will post online you saw a needle in their suitcase. It's an incredible liability and even if you're innocent, after you're addicted, people will be much less inclined to trust your innocence
Even when only looking at people being clean for a staggering 15 years, a quarter will still relapse. 15 years is an extremely long time.
Also from the article, an important part in the conclusion:
These results suggest that drug abuse treatment programs should focus more on incremental improvements in the lives of heroin addicts, a more realistic goal than lifelong abstinence.
You absolutely 100% CAN blackmail someone for something that's widely known. Just tell them you want them to do X, or you'll claim you will post online you saw a needle in their suitcase.
It only works if the RFK continues to use drugs. Because a simple test can show that the person there is lying.
focus more on incremental improvements in the lives of heroin addicts
Yes, because most addicts are poor, usually extremely poor. RFK is not.
You could 100% blackmail him. By, I don't know, catching him doing the widely known bad thing he says he doesn't do anymore and threatening to tell everyone.
👏 We need to start calling out drug addicts more. There should be a registry so that we can avoid hiring them, I know once someone admits to having done drugs I would NEVER hire them. Addicts are disgusting, as you correctly point out.
I mean to a certain extent I think we should treat it with understanding and compassion. However, there should be consequences to being addicted, like not being able to care for children or hold office.
But we shouldn't make punishments too hard, or you'll just end up creating extra barriers on top of stigma and law enforcement to addicts coming clean and seeking help
You want the best and the brightest at the top. The most qualified. If he wasn’t a nepo baby privileged Kennedy, he would never be near any high level government position.
A worm was munching on his brain for god knows how long, the same brain that's now gonna decide on life or death policies. The anti vax stuff is probably the worm talking 🪱🪱🪱
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u/a-pilot Jan 31 '25
He was a heroin addict for 17 years and had a brain worm! This is the best we’ve got?!?!?