So, there's a new syndrome for being a paranoid crazy b*tch now...

[ColinJ]

Erm, what? So they're not just GP's on that show? They do things doctors can't do, like some kind of miracle workers? Hmmm.

Our @gb155 went on the show because his local NHS refused to pay for the surgery to remove the huge area of loose skin left after he lost over 25 stone in weight. He couldn't afford to pay for it himself so he got it paid for by the TV company.

 

[i hate hills]

The bloke wants to run before it's too late..........

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Did you even read my post? People can act like nutjobs, people can be peanuts, women can be nasty controlling bitches... if you want to think everything is a derogatory term relating to mental illness then let's just ban all words...

To a degree, yes we can sit here and be insulted by everything all day, if we choose to be.

The problem I have here though is that "behaving like a nutjob" is using mental illness as an insult, which is only acceptable if we also use phrases like "behaving like a Cancer patient" or "behaving like an aids victim". Having a mental illness is not bad or, shameful, nor should it be treated as such.

It's the same thing as using "that's gay" to mean "that's bad", which is also not on IMHO.

 

[MontyVeda]

I wonder if there's syndrome for not being very good at plumbing?

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Mario syndrome?

 

[XRHYSX]

I was doing a bit of dusting around the bedroom yesterday, my wife calleds me a paranoid mess.
She's just lucky I didn't find another man's fingerprints.

 

[sazzaa]

To a degree, yes we can sit here and be insulted by everything all day, if we choose to be.

The problem I have here though is that "behaving like a nutjob" is using mental illness as an insult, which is only acceptable if we also use phrases like "behaving like a Cancer patient" or "behaving like an aids victim". Having a mental illness is not bad or, shameful, nor should it be treated as such.

It's the same thing as using "that's gay" to mean "that's bad", which is also not on IMHO.

I think folk need to lighten up a bit if they find the word "nutjob" offensive. Since I wasn't referring to her as someone with a mental illness, a point which I had made clear, then I don't really see how it could be taken as a derogatory term. I also think we shouldn't compare physical illnesses to mental ones and fixable ones to terminal ones, but that's a whole new debate.

 

[glenn forger]

You're like the toffs who used to go to Bedlam and poke the patients with sticks. The article, and this thread, is laughing and jeering at people who are unwell.

 

[Hip Priest]

I think folk need to lighten up a bit if they find the word "nutjob" offensive.

I don't.

It's up there with spazz or cripple.

 

[Scoosh]

Ok, this thread has moved quite a way from the OP, so it's probably best to close it now.

It's the cafe, doncha know !