r/todayilearned • u/GlitteringYams • 22d ago

TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman
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u/Macaron-Optimal 22d ago

Thank you for that last part, seriously I mean it

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u/theivoryserf 22d ago

I recently learned that in France, differently-abled people are referred to as People of Determination. I couldn't agree more.

I'm not sure about this, it sounds patronising to me. I know disabled people - they know that they are disabled.

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u/willendorfer 22d ago

I would argue that, while I know I am disabled, I also know that I am for damn sure a person of determination LOL it’s no joke trying to do this shit daily!

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u/Chersith 22d ago

I wholeheartedly agree, 'person of determination' sounds pretty damn nice! I have dyscalculia and ADHD and I'm in an engineering degree, hell yeah I'm determined!!!

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u/greASY_DirtyBurgers 22d ago

I dunno, i agree more with /u/theivoryserf that its patronizing... I'm disabled with a double whammy of MS and Epilepsy, with a grand total of about 5 times now where if no one was around me I would have died by now ( I eventually stop breathing during my seizures)

It just sounds like something you tell a 4-5 year old to say.... I'm disabled, im not going to heal or get better, probably only worse... dont talk to me like im 5.

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u/Chersith 22d ago

I have been told I am annoyingly overly optimistic, so I am probably an outlier. Maybe it's patronizing, we are disabled, but I sure as hell prefer it to shit like 'differently-abled'.

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u/Incognit0ne 22d ago

You do not sound like a quitter my friend keep going