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Optional@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 years ago

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  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    Yeah see shit like this is why I raise a brow in suspicion at the claim that Florida doesn’t have crazier people it’s crazy people are just better publicized.

    You cannot deny that there is genuinely a unique sort of crazy that gets afoot specifically in the conditions that florida as an eco system promotes.

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      High heat, humidity, and bath salts. It’s a winning combination!

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        Bath salts are soooo 2010. We’re on meth and fentanyl now

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      It’s the Sunshine Laws!
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      And the lunatics.
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      Mostly the lunatics.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafe
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      I am pretty sure that poor public health education plays a part. I think many of us underestimate the raw value of “common sense” knowledge like “don’t eat random wild animals,” or “salmonella is a thing,” because we have never lived without it.

      We don’t often consider it, but someone has to communicate these health facts to people, and in a low-income state like this where the government actively scoffs at the idea of caring for its constituents, that probably just doesn’t happen as much as it should.

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    I’m sure by now there’s a movement to eat as many armadillos as possible to intentionally get leprosy to own the libs.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldBanned
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      Leprosy isn’t real. It’s a Democrat hoax to hurt trump.

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        Big Armadillo doesn’t want you to know!

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    https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2024/05/23/medical-mystery-why-does-central-florida-see-so-many-leprosy-cases/

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      deleted by creator

      • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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        Also

        Antibiotics can cure the ailment in a year or two

        Can you imagine the state of one’s colon after two years of antibiotics?

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          I generally don’t imagine the state of a colon even under the best of circumstances (healthy, high-fiber diet, etc.) but in this case, I’m genuinely curious. I guess two years of antibiotics would kill all your friendly gut bacteria?

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            It’s ok though, they have fecal transplants that can help.

            How often do you hear that sentence?
            (For anybody who’s never heard of it, it’s exactly what it sounds like)

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              There’s still so much research that still needs to be done on it and nowhere near enough test data. The transplants could in theory help quite a few people who just don’t even have a chance of getting access to it.

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                It’s also not something that is widely available.

        • Drusas@kbin.run
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          Or your vagina (antibiotics lower pH).

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    Cop: Ma’am, your BAC is .04, why were you driving so fast.

    Florida woman: I’m getting married to a ferris wheel and I was trying to shave my legs on the way.

    (This actually happened a long time ago)

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      Blood Armadillo Content?

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        Mann Shorts, so the story line is presented in d&d format…

        https://youtu.be/dEK5NVYsExI?si=cij599082CHTqclV

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          Mann Shorts

          Hour long video

          More like Mann Longs amirite

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            it’s like 20 short videos combined into one. The Florida saga is like a ten year long running joke at this point.

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    Leaves you wondering though.

    Are people eating armadillos because they’re poor and it’s available, or is this some secret delicacy that just hasn’t caught on yet? Yes, I’ve probably got some Florida blood hiding in the family tree somewhere…

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      People eat raccoons, rabbits, squirrel, and possum too. They’re all traditional small game in the Americas that have a history of being hunted for (probably) milenia. According to google (for what that’s worth nowadays) armadillo is rich and has a similar flavor to pork

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        We’re supposed to be discouraging the armadillo eating.

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          Yeah, and where do we get the armadillo bacon?

          You know, so we can not go there.

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    Crunchy on the outside

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