I think about it a lot and how much of our cultural obsession is a result of it. Then again, people love other animals and none of them have a brain parasite, so it's probably nothing.
I mostly blame Trainspotting and eleventy billion crappy pop science articles that act like altered behavior in mice is at all meaningful when talking about humans. Or that mix up correlation with causation, in the case of severe mental illness.
Oh… If you have a cat that is your owner, simply exchange "garfii" for your pet's name to find out which toxoplasma makes you tolerate it. Mine is "antonii". 😛
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I got it prenatally. I’m partially blind and have a developmental disability from it.
I also don’t like cats.
I am just also kind of frustrated by the amount of BS about toxoplasmosis there is out there.
Thank you, OCD.