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Are you saying that you think all these girls, at 50-60 schools across the entire country, who are displaying these symptoms, all at the same time, are sufferin

Are you saying that you think all these girls, at 50-60 schools across the entire country, who are displaying these symptoms, all at the same time, are suffering from... hysteria? O...kay.

megous 4y ago
That's one option mentioned in the article itself. "Are you saying that there's some widespread campaign to poison girls, with incidenbts in 50-60 schools so far?" Doesn't sound much saner.
- consumer451 4y ago
  If this is a psychological effect, then what a truly interesting defense mechanism. Because it is getting the parents pretty worked up.
jackmott42 4y ago
Yes, things like this do actually happen. Across the country doesn't matter with worldwide news.
boomboomsubban 4y ago
I mean, it's happened before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morangos_com_A%C3%A7%C3%BAcar_Virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morangos_com_A%C3%A7%C3%BAcar_... Possibly multiple times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_student_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_student_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness#In_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness#In_sc...
psychphysic 4y ago
If it can happen to adults CIA employees why not Iranian girls?
tialaramex 4y ago
Psychosomatic illnesses spread very easily, through the same means other memetic changes spread. Unfortunately many people mistakenly believe a psychosomatic illness isn't "real" - when professionals tell them "These people have a psychosomatic illness" what they hear is "These people are lying" which is not what was said, and so when the same professionals tell them, "You have a psychosomatic illness" they hear "You are lying" and they're angry - how dare these professionals accuse them of lying! They know it's real!
bjourne 4y ago
That honestly sounds way more plausible than Islamist hardliners poisoning 50-60 girls' schools without leaving any trace. Poisonings usually leave some biological marker and if it is people from the same group poisoning the schools it is odd that no one has been caught.

Are you saying that you think all these girls, at 50-60 schools across the entire country, who are displaying these symptoms, all at the same time, are suffering from... hysteria? O...kay.

megous 4y ago

That's one option mentioned in the article itself. "Are you saying that there's some widespread campaign to poison girls, with incidenbts in 50-60 schools so far?" Doesn't sound much saner.

consumer451 4y ago
If this is a psychological effect, then what a truly interesting defense mechanism. Because it is getting the parents pretty worked up.

jackmott42 4y ago

Yes, things like this do actually happen. Across the country doesn't matter with worldwide news.

boomboomsubban 4y ago

I mean, it's happened before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morangos_com_A%C3%A7%C3%BAcar_Virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morangos_com_A%C3%A7%C3%BAcar_... Possibly multiple times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_student_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_student_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness#In_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness#In_sc...

psychphysic 4y ago

If it can happen to adults CIA employees why not Iranian girls?

tialaramex 4y ago

Psychosomatic illnesses spread very easily, through the same means other memetic changes spread. Unfortunately many people mistakenly believe a psychosomatic illness isn't "real" - when professionals tell them "These people have a psychosomatic illness" what they hear is "These people are lying" which is not what was said, and so when the same professionals tell them, "You have a psychosomatic illness" they hear "You are lying" and they're angry - how dare these professionals accuse them of lying! They know it's real!

bjourne 4y ago

That honestly sounds way more plausible than Islamist hardliners poisoning 50-60 girls' schools without leaving any trace. Poisonings usually leave some biological marker and if it is people from the same group poisoning the schools it is odd that no one has been caught.