Sorry for being so TRIGGERED about it, I think I start my man period soon.
S'ok, mate. Didn't mean anything malicious with that.
I know. I mean I get the whole why it is a joke thing, and a major part of the reason is that the show House does such a poor job portraying what Lupus actually is and how it affects people. Main characters get affected by cancer and Huntington's so we get a better understanding of those things. They treat Lupus like a joke, and unfortunately a lot of people base their entire knowledge of medicine off House (better than Dr. Quinn I guess).
I used to be one of the people making the joke, hell so did Alley. We love House and when we got that fate in FFXIV where you fight the crab named Cancer and the fate is call It isn't Lupus or whatever we had our laughs.
I guess it is just one of those things like "this thread gave me cancer". It's funny til it isn't anymore. And then it really really *** isn't.