Vulnerable neurons linked to social dysfunction in autistic mice
www.riken.jp
RIKEN researchers have shown in a mouse model of autism that specific oxytocin-secreting neurons in the brain are disproportionately disrupted and that neurostimulation can restore social behaviors.

Initially I was all but I don’t want to be social. Then I was oh that’s what their talking about. I feel I am social enough though. And all science should be repeated for vapidity.

  • sp3ctr4lEnglish
    81·
    13 days ago

    Hey I mean, I am 99% on the side of ‘/s is way, way too overused’, but, much like with cursing or other kinds of emphasis and tone indicative formatting, there are cases where it makes sense to use, and be used sparingly.

    We’re in an autism community.

    This is the most likely place you’re going to get people interpreting possibly sarcastic statements literally, with no verbal intonation to go off of.

    With the statement you are criticizing for using the /s mark… that could very easily just be interpreted by people, especially autistic people, as completely serious, unironic, and not sarcastic…

    …because many people, again, especially autistic people, have heard people say basically exactly that statement entirely seriously and honestly.

    EDIT: Ironically, you being crude and dismissive while tone policing is arguably even more ‘reddit bullshit’ than using /s in an autism community, which almost certainly has more interaction from autistic people, who are well known to take things completely literally more often than others.

      • sp3ctr4lEnglish
        4·
        13 days ago

        =D

        EDIT: wow, ok.

        HawtTism appears to be a common troll.

        Account created about 2 months ago, basically every single comment they’ve made recently is massively downvoted or has been deleted by a moderator… or both.

        Thank god lemmy has a block feature.