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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The brain worms always win.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One man that should use horse dewormer

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Nope. Not a horse.

[–] btbt@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ok I get that denial of science is a staple of RETVRN chud’s fear of anything invented past the year 1500 but it pisses me off that anyone can be against something as good at what they do as vaccines, no matter how or why they got to that position, like LOOK AT THIS SHIT

Vaccines are genuinely so fucking awesome, they represent both humanity’s incredible problem solving abilities and our innate desire to help other people, but they can’t be used to their fullest potential because dumbfucks who think freedom means they should be able to shit in the McDonalds ice cream machine without consequences are ruining it for everyone

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They gave the car with keys to a clown and now the wondering where all the clowns are crawling out of that friggin' car LOL

Top comedy if they would build a huge circus tent in front of the white house

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What's next? Flat earther as director of NASA? Oil baron as director of EPA?

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

Last time around he went with Scott Pruitt, the climate change denier and ally of the fossil fuel industry.

Don't give Dump any ideas...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

"Vaccine skeptic" is such ass-covering horseshit! Just like calling climate change deniers "climate change skeptics".

Call him what he is: a science denier/grifter/worm brained idiot.

[–] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

I am not from the US and I am ashamed of this shitshow. It's really sad.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

with any luck america with be completely destroyed within a decade

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

This is a win for brain worms in every still body of water in the US.

  1. Parasite finds host, alters host behaviour

  2. Host seeks positions of power and influence urging other potential hosts to embrace risky behaviours to the benefit of brain worms

  3. Host successfully gains power <-You are here

  4. Host mandates stale pond water for all citizens

Flawless brain worm victory.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They gonna dust off those iron lunges OMG this is so sad

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 days ago

Worse.

They're going to have to go to China to get the seals for those.

I mean it took a Chinese maker to get seals for one of the few remaining living people who needs an iron lung: https://www.wired.com/story/iron-lung-maker-community/

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

This is how the worms win.