• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
    40·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      61·
      6 months ago

      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.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
    26·
    6 months ago

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

      • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
        32·
        6 months ago

        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?

        • magnetosphere@fedia.io
          15·
          6 months ago

          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?

          • OpticalMooseEnglish
            12·
            6 months ago

            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)

            • mynachmadarch@kbin.social
              6·
              6 months ago

              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.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    181·
    6 months ago

    i hate it here and desperately want to get back home to nyc

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      Why did you leave? NYC is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. Granted, I’ve only been to Manhattan, and Times Square, so I don’t know what the rest of the city is like.

      • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        I didn’t leave by choice. It was a confluence of personal events that led to me losing my apt, and the only help I could get was family who demanded I move to Florida to get it— then abandoned me as soon as I got here, the swines.

        Also, you didn’t really see NYC. You saw the shit part that New Yorkers avoid like the plague.

            • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              6 months ago

              You said

              You saw the shit part that New Yorkers avoid like the plague.

              After I told you that I only saw Manhattan and Times Square. So, what did you mean if not “Manhattan and Times Square are the shit parts of town”?

              • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
                21·
                6 months ago

                Intentionally pretending not to understand something that’s clearly stated and smugly acting like you didn’t do anything wrong isn’t clever, it’s trolling.

                Go ruin some else’s day.

                Blocked.

  • Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world
    17·
    6 months ago

    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)

  • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    6 months ago

    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…

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
      7·
      6 months ago

      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