America voted for this.
Or Polio. Guess we should invest in iron lungs.
Submitted 9 months ago by merari42@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Skyline969@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Less than half voted for this.
As usual, the apathy party won, with 36% of voters not voting.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I still can’t believe that I know at least 5 ppl that have voluntarily stated they didn’t vote
Madison420@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes blame the voters not the system that leads to apathy.
PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world 9 months ago
Sorry, I was taking a shit that day.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m rooting for the Polio. Those cute hats and little sticks and you get to ride around at a full gallop and then drink gin & tonics afterward.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
That’s polo. Polio is that thing used for fishing. Not a net, the other one.
wjrii@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s a pole. Polio is porridge-like dish made from maize. Not grits, the other one.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You’ve never been to Alabama, have you?
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I hope reincarnation turns out to be real, just so RFK can end up as a child with polio.
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Smallpox was definitely one of the things that made America great.
Etterra@discuss.online 9 months ago
Good thing I’m vaccinated, have no kids, and have become a paranoid shut-in.
dan@upvote.au 9 months ago
a paranoid shut-in.
This is the way. All the bad things are outside.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I know, right?
droporain@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Make brain worms great again.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
We have a friend whose family recently all got cholera. Not joking, this literally happened this year. They caught it from swimming on the beach in Galveston.
wjrii@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve been to Galveston. This tracks.
fulcrummed@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s cool, I’ve got 4 x yokes and an axle; and I’ve got a good feeling about Odell Lake! Heard some ospreys have been seen about, but I’m not worried.
Sharpiemarker@startrek.website 9 months ago
Feel free to ford any rivers you come across. That never ends poorly.
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 9 months ago
Too glad I’m not an American lol
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
That’s part of the plan to get Pennsylvania votes. Going to be making steel lungs.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Tery did nothing wrong
db2@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Isn’t dysentery basically when you shit yourself to death?
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Too much of a good thing
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
One of several things that can make you shit yourself to death, yes.
Another fun one is cholera. Which may get a resurgence too, as regulatory capture means that raw or undercooked seafood from the Gulf of Mexico resulting in “very rare” cases might become “just a regular part of living in a modern kakistocracy”
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You mention the Gulf of Mexico. A friend of ours recently has his whole family catch cholera from swimming on the beach in Galveston. They’re fine and all made full recoveries, as it isn’t lethal if properly treated. But yes, in the Year of Our Lord 2024, you can catch literal cholera just by going to the beach in Texas.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 months ago
yeah it’s about as much fun as it sounds
marcos@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, and we know how to treat it (not cure, but we know how to make people not die) since, well, before the times depicted on the game. We have also knew how to avoid most of its infections since… hum, I don’t know that one, but Ancient Rome was full of structures made for that, and functional, so some time before them.
Still people didn’t use to be able to afford treatment (that is basically drinking large amounts of clean water with salt and sugar, and resting). And it takes a functional government to avoid it.