• @Chickenstalker
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    557 months ago

    They’ve done away with naming diseases after people. Most new diseases now have descriptive names. E.g., Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

    • @[email protected]
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      457 months ago

      And some diseases are renamed and actively encouraged to not use the old name. A prime example is granulomatosis with polyangitis, formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis. Wegener being a nazi might be a reason for this particular change…

      • @Donkter
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        387 months ago

        Idk. If we called a certain cancer “the Hitler disease” that would probably get across how dangerous it is.

      • @captainlezbian
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        47 months ago

        Same for Asperger’s. Fun fact: you shouldn’t name a condition after someone who tried to eugenics it away, especially in 1930s-1940s Germany, regardless of if they discovered it

    • iAmTheTot
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      127 months ago

      She didn’t say anything about naming it after him, she said he gets to name it.

    • @LemmyKnowsBest
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      47 months ago

      Ah they gave Lou Gehrig the boot in favor of more scientifically-accurate description.

  • @Red_October
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    437 months ago

    This is your chance to codify Ligma as a serious disease. Don’t mess it up.

  • @[email protected]
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    7 months ago

    The “Aaaaaaargh fuck that hurts” virus, causing the “That’s a lot of damage disease”. Deadly of course .

  • Jesus
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    97 months ago

    I choose “tulips.”

  • @WereCat
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    37 months ago

    Easy. I name it “Sparta”. So every time when someone asks me what disease I have I can then say “Disease Sparta!”.

  • @gmtom
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    17 months ago

    This would be a lot funier if the question were the other way around and the response was just about him naming it.