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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/40470051

The only reason I keep Facebook is for unhinged stuff like this

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[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 107 points 4 days ago (4 children)

It's irritating that ivermectin now carries the stink of weird alternative medicine people. Its really helpful for treating rosacea (for which it is approved by the fda as a topical prescription drug, under the name soolantra)

Like its a perfectly useful antiparasitic and antiinflammatory, but now it will always just be "that weird horse dewormer that dumbfucks take"

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Just about everything has been turned into a political issue in the last decade. Medicine (not Healthcare... modern medicines/drugs themselves), beer brands, avocados on toast, beef, eggs, children's films/books (that's not new, I guess, just hitting new levels recently), gas stoves, holidays, black pilots, etc.

[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I’m convinced that conservatives wake up in the morning and just choose something to be mad at. Green MnM losing her high heels, gas stoves, Starbucks, avocado toast, etc.

[–] expr@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago

It's not that far from the truth, it's just the thing they pick is what they saw on Fox News that morning.

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[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 24 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This is my friend's very most favorite internet article

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/08/11/mayonnaise-industry-millennials/

It is about how millennials are ungrateful, unpatriotic mayonnaise haters. It does not appear to a joke article. It fills her with so much joy lol.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Holy shit 🤣

My son Jake, who’s 25, eats mayo. He’s a practical young man who works in computers and adores macaroni salad. He’s a good son. I also have a daughter. She was a women’s and gender studies major in college. Naturally, she loathes mayonnaise.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think the tragedy is the mom not realizing that the mayo on the shelves today is for the most part only a distant relative of the "oil and egg yolk emulsion" she used to eat as a child.

That is, Millennials are justly rejecting a 100% chemical mix supposed to taste like a natural food, but whose ingredient list looks like a who's who of food processing science, while it makes her fondly remember something that spoiled quickly if not eaten after opening. You can't blame the young'uns for not having your memories.

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[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'll join your friend. This is allso my favorite article now.

Lmao i really loved this part

They’re also shunning their parents’ preferred restaurants — Applebee’s, Ruby Tuesday, TGI Fridays — to seek out more authentic fare. Old-school eateries, in turn, are diversifying in their search for new customers. Just this year, Red Lobster rolled out a waffles-and-lobster option, and Red Robin launched a vegan burger. You don’t put mayo on a vegan burger.

Other favorites are

I’m not part of the elderly mayo masses; I’m turkey and Swiss on ciabatta with tzatziki, chipotle spread and a little basil pesto. That’s who I am, dammit. My sandwich, my self.

This is bullshit. This attitude comes to you from young people who willingly slurp down eight kazillion kinds of yogurt, not to mention raw fish and pork belly and, yo, detergent pods, so don’t talk to me about mayonnaise.

I thought young people today were supposed to be all about inclusion — about kindness and compassion and making other people feel welcome. So how about you include a little mayo in your picnic fare?

Just because something is old and white doesn’t mean it’s obsolete. Look at Shakespeare. Look at me.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago

Yeah those things all just mysteriously "became" political.

We'll never be able to truly know who made "black pilots" political 🙄

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its really helpful for treating rosacea (for which it is approved by the fda as a topical prescription drug, under the name soolantra)

Interesting as fuck. Not something you'd expect as an outsider.

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

(Not the one who down voted you, I dunno why someone did that) what do you mean by as an outsider? Just that you don't have rosacea? :)

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I knew as I was writing it that the term was bad, but couldn't think of a good one. I meant layman, or something equivalent just for the field of medical science instead of law :-)

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There's nothing wrong with using the term outsider in that context, I just wanted to check if I was understanding you correctly :)

Yeah ivermectins effect on rosacea is interesting. Its believed that in some cases rosacea may be aggravated or caused by an over abundance of demodex mites (microscopic skin mites that are on everyone's skin), but the exact relationship isnt well understood. So the ivermectin is used for its antiparasitic effect, and also being a topical anti inflammatory is helpful since rosacea is an inflammatory skin condition

The weird part is that if I understand right in clinical trials another antiparasitic was just as effective at killing the demodex mites if not more, but wasnt effective at treating rosacea. Sulfur is also uses to treat rosacea for its similarly antiparasitic and mild antiinflammatory properties. Its really strange to me what sorts of treatments it has- like topical and oral antibiotics- you wouldn't think that would treat it but thats several of the medications approved for treating rosacea

Rosacea is one of those weird conditions thats highly personal and we don't fully understand what's going on with it. It can also manifest with much more variety than people realize, including ocular rosacea, where instead of people getting flushing and redness like you expect (vascular rosacea), you get grittyness and irritation of the eyes. It also comes in phymatous rosacea which can be dysfiguring (which kinda terrifies me a little bit, I don't want to dislike my face), and papular pustular rosacea which looks a little like acne with small red bumps.

Also weird is that the condition progresses and becomes more severe over time. So exposure to your triggers doesnt just mean that your skin doesnt look great for right now, it also means it will continues to get more sensitive and harder to calm down when flaring up

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It would hilarious, and sad, if it eventually becomes a controlled substance over abuse concerns.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 143 points 4 days ago

Please no emotions, I don't want to get my snowflake fee-fees hurt while suffering from the consequences of my moronic actions

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 96 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You know what they call alternative medicine that actually works? Medicine.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

When the heart started failing dostors became a good choice lol

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that's not actually alternative medicine. It's medicine, just misused.

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Find somebody who looks at you the way conservatives look at ivermectin.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

So my dog when I'm making steak for dinner.

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[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 81 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Maybe let a doctor decide on what your body really needs, not the price of the bottle?

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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Horrific, anyone have a good explanation for what I went through?

Well, it wasn’t a high quality educational system, that’s for sure.

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[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

There is no face in the picture ...

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 46 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think what this guy needs is more ivermectin.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It's got what horses crave

[–] foiledAgain@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Water? The stuff in the trough?!

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[–] massacre@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Probably just forgot about the bleach injection first...

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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"only objective understanding"

Too late. Should have started with that, dumbass.

[–] brianary@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Exactly this! They started from some emotional/political/vibes-based treatment that didn't work because obviously, then suddenly they want to be all facts-driven when they could face some criticism for gumming up our healthcare system with their nonsense.

[–] ReverendIrreverence@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As in all the other living being on this planet, stupidity in human being should also/usually be fatal and not coddled with ambulances and health care.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah this is a waste of healthcare services for sure.

You know they voted in a way that made that ride expensive and will just go ahead and vote to make it even worse

[–] fedikitty@piefed.social 20 points 3 days ago

The way I gasped when I read the word ivermectin.

[–] Bonus@mander.xyz 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I want to jump out of my highschool window after smoking angel dust sometimes. Anyone have a good explanation for what I went through?

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 days ago

Totally normal. Your body is just releasing all the toxins you've built up over a lifetime of not smoking angel dust.

[–] LilyVess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait. Can someone explain to me what just happened? I just googled those two meds and both are anti-parasites... What is happening here? Why are that expensive and why did they took them??

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

He is a parasite, obviously.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is why vets don't give heartgard to new patients unless you do a heartworm test first.

OOP probably has heartworms.

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Show the YouTube videos to the EMT to educate them!

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

They could be trying to get rid of worms or some other parasites, since that's the only prescribed use of ivermectin and mebendezol in humans. But it's given in careful doses, not DIY from a bottle from a "wellness company". So who knows what they're trying to do.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

lol. Ivermectin is still being ingested by humans in 2026...

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey, it's a perfectly reasonable solution for humans suffering from parasites. Just because some idiots take it for other things doesn't reduce its usefulness as a drug for humans under specific conditions.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My personal theory is that a not insignificant number of the people who took it and felt better outside of normal disease progression curves just had worms too.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago

Thoughts and prayers!

So close to a Darwin Award.

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