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[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

There are too many threads in this thread I want some mindwipe for.........dammm this is one of the stories like that lady who had a plant growing in her wooha that makes you just go. Huh.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 127 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the second worm found in this guy...

For unexplained reasons, the [first] worm was not identified, and he was not treated with anti-parasitic drugs after the discovery.

I'm trying to imagine pulling a parasite out of a guy and not even wondering what kind it is.

[–] UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

Who’s your worm guy?

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 117 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was still alive, and slithered and squirmed on the surgical table.

Great.

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 78 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Google how do I delete someone else’s account

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

*how to delete my eyes

[–] Doom@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

If it's Instagram you can ask their AI to do it for you.

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Use a better search like Bing or duckduckgo. googol sucks and was never any good.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 86 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The man’s only recollection of a possible exposure was eating raw snake meat during military service 50 years prior.

Based

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Oh, it's just baby snakes

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Oh, thank god the snake meat I ate during military service 50 years ago was cooked! 🥴

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 54 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Imagine shooting a load and it crawls back up your dick for some reason.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 62 points 2 days ago (6 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

What the fuck is wrong with you.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It would probably be as scary to be a girl having her first sex.

Or ever. Unprotected sex meaning you have to fish out the little bugger, though it'd make avoiding unwanted pregnancy easier. You'd just need a little net, maybe a bait trap.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

You saw this and decided to share it.

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[–] Dolphinfreetuna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does it crawl back after i swallow

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Just watch baby

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Humans aren’t a definitive host for the worms, and they become destined to aimlessly wander through our meat sacks.

What a way with words!

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What are they surviving on? It ain't like I got a pantry of snacks hidden in my groin.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

tapeworms have no digestive system, so they absorb nutrients through thier integument, probably just living off of the body fluids. this is how intestinal tapeworms absorb food too.

You should try it. Makes first dates really interesting.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good point, I didn't think about that. I get how they survive in the intestines but in the crotchal region what are they nibbling on?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

tapeworms being parasitic have no digestive system, they absorb nutrients through thier cuticles.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Hey babe, I got ten inches in my pants..."

[–] Wildone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

... his wife was categorically against this surgery, and requested they reverse it immediately. Put it back!

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Probably not the type that you'd like tho."

[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm sure the worm was equally surprised to find the doctors

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, I'm glad I found you, doc, please fix this cat I've been living in, it's layout is all wrong, I think he's very sick! Please save him, he's very important to me!

[–] WingedObsidian@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 days ago

Fuck this so much

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Well when I had elective surgery they found a live anaconda in my groin

….

I’ll show myself out…

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[–] comador@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Quote: "Adding to the oddity, the man told the surgeons that this had actually happened to him before..."

Sounds like he drinks unboiled lake/river water. Gross.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago

Possibly. The article just mentions he ate a raw snake

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Nope. Nope nope nope.

[–] eaterofclowns@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In worm lore they're piloting this dude like an eva and their bravest keep getting taken by malevolent gods

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You must be watching the (very) wrong version of Ratatouille.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lifespan was 20-30 years. Least it could have done was pick up a case of beer.

[–] lavenderbreton@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good thing he got to worm his way out of this dilemma.

[–] fieldswork@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

I can’t tell if I’m more upset by the article or the fact that I laughed at this

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lovely. Encountered this post while eating and as I'm about to be full.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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