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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 days ago

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

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RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 days ago
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WASHINGTON—Claiming the luminous potion would make the nation strong and vigorous, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an order Friday directing all Americans to drink a mysterious glowing liquid. “In order to end the chronic disease epidemic in this country, it is imperative that every man, woman, and child take a large […]
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    These are no fun anymore considering how plausible they are.

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      The word mysterious ruins it for me. They always know damn well what it is. They will chug pesticide knowing full well its pesticide because these clowns told them to do it

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        I mean if you swapped RFK Jr for Rick Perry you’d have a pretty accurate headline with no satire: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/rick-perry-drug-psychedelics-ibogaine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.cpUf.XotB3zHLKRkD&referringSource=articleShare (gift link)

        Mr. Perry’s hallucinations, induced by the powerful psychotropic drug ibogaine he had taken about 45 minutes before putting on his eye mask, continued for more than 12 hours. The experience was an ordeal. He vomited intermittently and lost much of his body coordination. It took all of Wednesday to recover.

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          And he was in charge of the nukes? No joking?

          Oh Mr bones, I would like off now

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        Pesticide can have no effect on humans. In fact, it’s generally a desirable attribute of pesticide to not affect humans, to be a poison that only affects the target.

        https://gizmodo.com/these-people-took-ddt-pills-in-the-1970s-to-prove-it-wa-1678385578

        These People Took DDT Pills In the 1970s to Prove it Was Safe

        In 1971 two people in North Hollywood started eating DDT pills every day. That’s right, they willingly swallowed 10mg of poison every single day for three months. In front of witnesses.

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          That’s great it still doesn’t cure cancer or whatever mr brain worm is saying that week.

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            Fair enough.

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          That doesn’t mean anything. You can swallow 10mg of cyanide and not feel anything. I still don’t want it sprayed everywhere.

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      For real. It’s much more strange that he hauled a whale head down the interstate until it fell off the vehicle…or the dumping of a bear in central park…or the very real brain worms.

      Mostly, though … his lack of knowledge opulent ambiguity towards medical science; considering his position.

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      I used to be able to spot Onion headlines on sight. Now I have to check, every time.

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