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[-] db2@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't dysentery basically when you shit yourself to death?

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago

Too much of a good thing

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks 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 4 points 2 weeks 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 points 2 weeks ago

yeah it's about as much fun as it sounds

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 weeks ago
[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

Less than half voted for this.

As usual, the apathy party won, with 36% of voters not voting.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I still can’t believe that I know at least 5 ppl that have voluntarily stated they didn’t vote. I’m convinced they just wouldn’t vote for a woman bc they’re all not (at least publicly) republicans. We’ve still got a long way to go

[-] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

you might be able to look them up on the state's voter rolls to find about about that last part

[-] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry, I was taking a shit that day.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Better get checked for dysentery. Or cholera. Or CDO (rearranged to be in alphabetical order because it HAS to be) 🤷

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yes blame the voters not the system that leads to apathy.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. I hold adults accountable for their choices.

[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks 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 15 points 2 weeks ago

That's polo. Polio is that thing used for fishing. Not a net, the other one.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's a pole. Polio is a porridge-like dish made from maize. Not grits, the other one.

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of polenta. Polio was a French mathematician from the late 1800s.

[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You've never been to Alabama, have you?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

True. You've never been to South Jutland, have you?

[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

No, but once a year they do that thing where they try to hit a suspended ring with a stick from horseback. Like the training montage of A Knight's Tale.

[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Seems like the sort of thing that would leave some people parallelized.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

It's not like they just let everyone have a tilt lol. Like polo, people with the proper training do it as a traditional entertaining of the masses 😄

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 1 points 1 week ago

They do, actually. The water variety. Don’t get any of it in your mouth, though. How may get the runs.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I hope reincarnation turns out to be real, just so RFK can end up as a child with polio.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Smallpox was definitely one of the things that made America great.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 13 points 2 weeks ago

Good thing I'm vaccinated, have no kids, and have become a paranoid shut-in.

[-] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 week ago

a paranoid shut-in.

This is the way. All the bad things are outside.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I know, right?

[-] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

Make brain worms great again.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks 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 5 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve been to Galveston. This tracks.

[-] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks 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 6 points 2 weeks ago

Feel free to ford any rivers you come across. That never ends poorly.

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 7 points 2 weeks ago

Too glad I'm not an American lol

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Iron lungs? That's a great way to keep Pennsylvania.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Tery did nothing wrong

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