Wild that we let a person cover their vehicle with signs that essentially say “I have severe untreated mental illness and no grip on reality”, and society at large says “sure, keep operating that heavy machinery in public”.
Kids and their computers these days.
Submitted 9 months ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 months ago
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
“I have severe untreated mental illness and no grip on reality”
(Emphasis mine)
That is a vast oversimplification of how people work. It is absolutely plausible to me that someone might believe obvious lies but is otherwise qualified to drive heavy machinery. Analyzing the society you live in is a totally different skill than driving.
For example, if I found out my bus driver literally believe that reptilians run the world, I would still trust them to drive my bus because driving a bus has nothing to do with lizard people. Conversely, I wouldn’t trust a bus driver who agrees with everything I believe in but is currently having a panic attack.
This is important to me because I am mentally ill (treated, but mentally ill nonetheless) and autistic (which is treated like a mental illness), and this is the kind of logic that tyrants use to manufacture popular consent to further marginalize mentally ill people.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Look, I understand the line you are trying to walk here, but encountering a vehicle like this and thinking “this guy just has different ideas than me, but is otherwise trustworthy” is not rational thinking.
There’s a difference between believing in conspiracy theories and covering your van with warnings about the nanochips on your body that give you computer generated diseases.
If I learned that someone suffering extreme paranoid delusions like this were in charge of operating a passenger vehicle, I would be extremely concerned with the safety of those passengers.
This isn’t some unreasonable thing. I have a lot of compassion for those who suffer from mental illness, but I also think that public safety should take precedent when it is clear that someone is mentally incapable of being trusted with things like heavy machinery.
It’s not the ideas expressed on this vehicle that concern me. It’s that every part of this indicates a serious and untreated mental health problem. The only way my opinion could be redeemed is if the owner of the van came forward and said it was a joke, or a prop for a movie or something, because nobody with a connection to reality is going to write those things all over a truck and parade around town trying to spread the word if they aren’t severely dissociated from reality.
And I cannot stress this enough, nothing about this story has anything to do with Autism. Paranoid delusions are not a typical issue for Autistic people.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 months ago
The guy driving this van is probably about as functional as someone in the middle of a panic attack. Very likely erratic and on meth I would not trust to drive.
Freefall@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I just blink my nictating membranes at them and carry on with my powerful government job.
Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So where I live if you have a disease, physical or mental, you go to a doctor and they decide if you’re ok to drive or if you need to pass an extra test first where you are judged if you’re able to drive safely with whatever disabilities you have. This is besides the standard driving test and written test. Also everybody has to take lessons with a professional.
It’s however not perfect because the government doesn’t have access to your medical records (which is good). But that means you have to be honest on a form about your disabilities. Plus the doctor visit is not covered by insurance and costs around 200 euros.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 9 months ago
There’s a big difference between a danger that is tangible and immediate, such as a collision with another vehicle, and something that cannot be seen or interacted with, like electricity or a virus.
There’s nothing about this that tells me this person can’t drive safely.
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If you’re a crazy enough that this makes sense, I don’t think you should be driving a vehicle even if you’re technically capable of doing so. At least not until you get diagnosed and treated.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
What’s the alternative? Locking up people who haven’t committed a crime if a doctor doesn’t like what they’re saying? This guy is probably schizophrenic but plenty of conspiracy theorists aren’t and people saying something true but unpopular sometimes sound like conspiracy theorists.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I said we shouldn’t let them drive a car, not lock them in prison. Calm down.
Ideally we would provide people like this with mental healthcare, and get them medicated so that they actually can operate a vehicle without being an inherent risk to everyone around them.
My point is that, in America, you can basically be screaming “I am extremely unwell to the point of being an elevated risk to myself and everyone around me”, and our usual response is to act like everything is normal and nothing should be done.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
take videos and photos of this truck and spread it on the Internet
This dude is giving mixed messages.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 9 months ago
toasteecup@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Time cube fuck yeah
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thanks. It all makes sense now!
Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
if you are addicted to cat and dog you have a nano chip on your body
so thats what’s causing it
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 months ago
I knew it. There was a friendly dog at a store yesterday that the owner let me pet, loved people! ❤️ Good day…
Technus@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Okay but the real question is, can these nano chips run DOOM? Where can I find out how to jailbreak these bad boys?
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Maybe. I’m more concerned if they’re better with sour cream and onion or guac.
Gork@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I like that this person ran out of space so decided to create more space by tacking more material on the top of the car.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Brevity continues to prove it is the soul of wit
Hikermick@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Plus brevity increases your gas milage due to less wind resistance
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why does this read like english is this persons 2nd language, but look like it was made by someone for whom english is infact their 1st language?
GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Not making light, but this person’s first language is likely schizophrenia.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
At my high school a noticable number of students could barely read. They got passed through from a combination of parents trying to fire people if their kid is held back and teachers who either didn’t care or couldn’t spend the one on one time to help the kid. There was no functional system in place at my school to help kids who were borderline illiterate
Depending where this is, between that and possible mental health stuff English could be their first language
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s tragic because a lot of these people aren’t just missing competent literacy but all the skills required to understand the world around them, and even worse often those ways of understanding have been replaced with religious nonsense by the people that raised them.
Imagine trying to make sense of the world when you think scientists work like preachers and prophets simply saying whatever feels right or suits the moment.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The B/V switch and a couple missing pluralizations make me think Spanish
abbadon420@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Imagine having to extend you car with plates at the top, because there is not enough room for you psychotic scribbles. Then leaving a shit ton of white space at the bottom.
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Probably the computers fault.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
You can’t write at or below the fuel fill line, are you psychotic?!
Mastershelf@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Software developer here; this is 100% true. Computers were a mistake.
blackluster117@possumpat.io 9 months ago
You know where you’re going to start your farm when you retire?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Someplace that’s cold and far above sea level (for now).
abcd@feddit.org 9 months ago
I don’t know if I should feel happy or sad because there seem to be other devs dreaming the same retirement dream.
dan1101@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I love computers, they are consistent and literal and logical. Can’t say the same for most people.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 9 months ago
He is right, I do indeed get incredibly irritated by computers
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 9 months ago
People like this think computers and electronics are magic.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
if you are addicted to cat and dog you have a nano chip on your body
Huh.
yemmly@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Those aren’t fleas. Fleas don’t exist.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I for one appreciate the illustration. Without it, I felt like I was reading gibberish
Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Looks like someone forgot his meds and found a sharpie!
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
By “forgot his meds” you mean “forgot to go to the doctor 30 years ago to get diagnosed so he could be prescribed them in the first place,” right?
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
And by “forgot” you mean "couldn’t affotrd,’ right?
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Not at all, people believe in magic sky faires and put stickers on their car about it… Hell lots of cop cars abs court rooms have nonsense about said sky fairy on it. In bobo we trust … Aside from scale, there’s no real difference.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The trifecta!
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
i really wish we had a more robust mental healthcare system that could help people like this before they get to this point.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s really hard to reliably treat schizophrenics since they often don’t want to be treated. I don’t expect that this guy would take any pills without being forced to.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“Everything that you think about who you are is in fact the result of a mental defect. But, if you take these pills we can make you a different person” is the toughest sell in the world. And the psychiatric community needs to wise up to that fact.
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fuck yeah I’m gonna install Arch Linux^btw on my microchip
gmtom@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Do these people think they’re convincing? Do they genuinely not see how crazy they look?
EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I’d bet money it’s scitsophrenia, so no this person has no idea how crazy they look. They’re just doing their part to fight back against whatever the hell they think is happening.
Djtecha@lemm.ee 9 months ago
No one tell them about the computer in their truck!
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Yet still slightly less crazy than “Vote Trump”.
Rayspekt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s why people still need huge cars. So that you can write all of your nutjob theories on it.
fluckx@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah yes. Aria 52. I’ve heard so much about it. The actual location of the aliens. Instead of area 52: the tourist attraction
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No no, it’s 62. It’s a conspiracy that’s 10 bigger.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That truck was created on a computer.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This would look better on a Cybertruck
Burninator05@lemmy.world 9 months ago
[Hey, kid. I’m a computer][gifdb.com/…/g-i-joe-stop-all-the-download-kaevt7b…)
pigup@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Who wants a body massage?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
He’s right about one thing: some posts on the internet can cause brain cancer.
pyre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
well at least it doesn’t look exactly like something that you would find in possession of a serial killer after they’re caught.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A smart serial killer wouldn’t draw that much attention to themselves. Or so I’ve heard
pyre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
yeah it’s usually in some basement or something instead, that’s why i said you find it after they’re caught.
although it would be really funny if this guy got on the news for doing something bad and his neighbor would give an interview like “wow, we had no idea…”
yemmly@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In this case it’s much more likely we’re dealing with a cereal killer.
Valmond@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Beneral diseases.
Bezier@suppo.fi 9 months ago
BENEREAL
dan1101@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That sounds worse than venereal. :O
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s like a Dr Bronners bottle on bath salts.
Hmmm… maybe they ate (smoked? Boofed?) bath salts in the bath while cleaning with Dr. Bronners.
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Aria 62 in C Major.
frickineh@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This truck is on to something. I asked my dog if she put a nano chip on my body and she said no, but it sounds like something the huskies next door would do.
maxinstuff@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Reading this gave me benereal disease in my computer parts.
cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I hate it when I get benereal disease on my benis.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You must be addicted to dog
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
I’m glad I’m only addicted to cat.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Benerial desease is baginal
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Only if you have a bussy tho
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Benis :DDD
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Fug :-DDDDD god benereal disease :-DDDDDD
t. FrostyGaveman :-DDDD
Mercury@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Benis = boy penis
MissJinx@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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