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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 9 minutes ago

No shit. He literally doesn't believe in germ theory. He's a moron.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 hour ago

The guy who got brain worms by eating roadkill isn’t afraid of germs?!? No way.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 6 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

He isn't afraid of parasites either. Pretty sure putting the worm in control would be an improvement

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877736/

Who knew this was a documentary. .

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

I found it really weird that that show was cancelled, by the way. I remember a lot of people speculating that it seemed very strange that something seemingly popular was cancelled so quickly.

I don't remember a whole lot, but I seem to recall it had a fair bit of bothsiderist aspect. Even so, we know what snowflakes the rightwing can be.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

The term snowflake the way its used now was coined for them exclusively. The term predates the maga's but its the same people. Fake news is another term created for their types. Specifically the one for fox news which a lot of people started calling Faux News and finally just fake news. Fake news is fox news. The truth is the snowflakes hated being called snowflakes so they started calling everyone snowflakes. Same story with fake news. Its not like any of them have any originality.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I’m just imagining Bobby on his knees, snorting a rail off a shit smeared toilet seat, all while a perfectly clean countertop is literally right next to him. Kind of easy to imagine, considering what a fucking dumbass this guy is.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Also, whose got enough money for coke but not a small mirror, or a CD case, or a shiny book cover, or... Shit I'm telling in myself aren't I?

At least I never did it off a fucking toilet seat! Eww dude!

Bobby the type of mother fucker to not wash his hands after using the bathroom. Nasty bitch.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago

Even just the screen of a phone. Super stable geniuses, the lot of 'em!

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 3 points 59 minutes ago

After all this bullshit ends, I really hope that we get a few decades of peace and prosperity. This is so very tiresome.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Has someone accused him of being a germophobe? Was that ever in question? We already knew we swims in sewage and picks up roadkill for dinner.

[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Don't shit on roadkill as an easy protein and have eaten it many times when I've hit the animal myself or witnessed it get hit. Tastes fine. The vehicle truck side is usually inedible due to the heavy bruising.

With all that being said, I've never staged a dead animal to look a certain way ever.

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 21 points 2 hours ago

Glad the dude swimming in sewage run off, doing cocaine from toilet seats, and had a parasitic brain worm is in charge of our health

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 41 points 3 hours ago

I miss the days when satire was fake

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 49 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This guy does not believe in germ theory, he believes in TERRAIN Theory. So of coarse he is not scared of germs.

According to terrain theory, germs don’t cause disease – it’s your body’s failure to maintain internal purity. If you’re healthy enough, pathogens can’t hurt you.

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/your-terrain-your-fault-germ-theory-denial-2025/

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 45 minutes ago

Hey! As an aside - "of coarse" is incorrect, you're looking for "of course" :)

"Coarse" refers to the size of particulates like how big each piece of sand is. Coarse is larger bits of sand, making it rougher.

[–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 hours ago

Good thing I ate all that dirt as a child, got my body terrain boosted early!

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 37 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

He still does, but he used to too.

[–] muxika@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Mitch Hedberg has entered the chat

[–] inari@piefed.zip 27 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This dude's on auto-pilot. The brainworm took the helm.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Maybe the real brainworms was the cocaine we snorted along the way

[–] DigitalDidgeridoo@kbin.earth 17 points 2 hours ago

I really did think this was an onion headline at first. This is a better anti-drug PSA than anything DARE did, since this guy clearly has stimulant abuse-induced brain damage.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 26 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The thing about germs is that they can't smell your fear. They harm indiscriminately.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Fascists think germs harm the weak, who should die to purify the gene pool, and not the genetically superior and strong. And fascists always think they are among the superior, strong ones. Everything this administration does makes sense if you assume fascist eugenics are behind it.

[–] muxika@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Too bad most of them have to wear swim shirts at the beach.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 hours ago

Y'know, i feel like if anything it would be the other way around; the wealthy who live in bubbles don't get exposed to jack shit and die from a stiff breeze

[–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Some germs hate acid, some germs hate bleach. Blox kills indiscriminately! https://youtu.be/pJztwXaho00

[–] socsa@piefed.social 13 points 2 hours ago

Well at least he isn't a drag queen

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 hours ago
[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Toilet seats are pretty clean, though. Compared to door knobs or light switches. Butts are gross, sure, but also pretty regularly cleaned. And I'm sure these toilet seats didn't have urine or feces visibly all over them...the dude is depraved but even the most base of party girls like RFK have a limit.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 hours ago

That's not the flex you think it is, dude

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

Sigh... We don't need your wild party stories from the 70s... Were already sifting through the mess of other officials at other problomatic parties... Oh, you did coke off a toilet seat last week?

Thats explains a lot and not the flex you think it is anymore...

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Nothing to see here from the guy going "bone hunting" with Epstein and Maxwell. Perfect normal person.