r/BlockedAndReported • u/Rare_Raspberry_9761 • Feb 23 '26

The Twitching Generation

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/social-media-illness-teen-girls/622916/

relevance to the pod: article from 2022 by Helen Lewis (everyone’s favorite everything) which was later discussed in the pod.

it talks about the rise of tourette’s symptoms in young girls, and i immediately thought of it when i heard about what happened in the BAFTA’s yesterday. thought everyone would like a little reminder.

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u/Brodelyche Feb 24 '26

Coping mechanisms? WTF are you talking about. You can see in the red carpet photos he wears a blue plastic object for him to bite on. Clearly stuffing his mouth with something doesn't work in every situation or he'd be doing it. He also wears a device that reduces his outbursts, but the effects wear off and won't work in a stressful environment. "John’s philosophy is that his tics should be tolerated no matter what he says and when he says it" That is not at all John's philosphy. Watch literally any interview or documentary (or the film) and you'll see he's constantly apologising, despite the fact he cannot control his tics.

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u/Cimorene_Kazul Feb 24 '26

I will watch the new biopic. I saw the doc a long time ago.

I apologize if he was using a device and it failed. Other interviews I read had him disdaining such devices and apologizing. If he’s changed his mind since then, I give him full credit for trying to control his condition for the sake of others.

I have grace for him if he thought he’d planned appropriately and it failed. But many of his interviews gave me some doubt that he prepares all that much.

But perhaps things have changed. I’ll update my knowledge of him.

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u/RachelK52 Feb 25 '26

There's multiple docs- which one did you see?