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

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[–] 145 points 3 months ago

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

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  • [–] 109 points 3 months ago (17 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"

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago (9 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.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    That was hilarious.

    Do other condiments have pale imitators like Miracle Whip and Just Mayo and Vegenaise? I don’t think so!

    Author's never stepped foot into an Asian grocery, and it shows.

    That said, I feel reasonably certain it's meant to be tongue in cheek humour.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    There are simply too many quotable lines in this article. Amazing

    A movie called "The Mayo Conspiracy" won the Best Comedy Feature at the 2015 World’s Independent Film Festival.

    Im going to have to watch this film however

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    God I fucking hope not lol. Its available over the counter at a lower percentage as a lice cream which is actually what I use since my insurance doesnt want to cover soolantra and its ridiculously expensive (like a tube of topical cream is more than $150 with goodRX)

    I have no idea why the prescription is so expensive but its reputation for being unaffordable and hard to get insurance to pay for is pretty well known by people with rosacea. The lice cream from the Walmart store brand is like $25

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 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? :)

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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 :-)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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

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  • [–] 49 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    I think what this guy needs is more ivermectin.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    More like a rampantly-inbred bag of oops at the dog park when another furry fuckup is shitting out something delectable.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Two questions.

    One, What the fuck kind of furry conventions are you attending?

    And two, how can I join?

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  • [–] 98 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 82 points 3 months ago (17 children)

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

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  • [–] 49 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Ask your doctor if Zombocom is right for you!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    My voodoo doctor recommends it!

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  • [+] -26 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Taking the appropriate dose of ivermectin for your body weight should be fine, it's effective at getting rid of parasites. And doctors really aren't the thing for that, unlike vets they're not really checking if you have parasites since most people don't.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You can get tested for parasites wtf

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    No one does is the point, because it's typically not needed.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Why do you know whether or not doctors check for parasites? Are you a medical professional or otherwise associated with the profession?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I've had plenty of physicals, and a fecal sample was never part of them.

    In developed nations, testing for worms isn't needed unless the symptoms point towards worms.

    It's kinda like how they don't check you for polio or the bubonic plague as part of a regular visit either.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    So you're a lay person with no expertise or insight into the signs they look for to determine if checking for parasites are necessary?

    I've had a bunch of physicals too and I don't think that qualifies me, in any way, to comment on medical standard practices.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Show the YouTube videos to the EMT to educate them!

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months 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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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    "only objective understanding"

    Too late. Should have started with that, dumbass.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 months ago

    Sir, you are not a horse

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    The way I gasped when I read the word ivermectin.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Thoughts and prayers!

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    A failed Darwin award attempt.

    Take a larger dose next time.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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??

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    We don't do ivermectin but I did find a giant supply in the fridge behind the emergency beans. Is that of concern

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  • So close to a Darwin Award.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Flipflops with jeans is all you need to know.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It's really not. I wear flipflops with jeans with some frequency but still manage to believe in real medicine, and especially don't believe that pairing two antiparasitics (one not approved for human use) is a cure-all or even a vaguely rational treatment for anything other than being riddled with parasites.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Why not wear shorts if it's so hot? Glad you're sane otherwise ;⁠-⁠)

    Btw, I'm only joking about all this. I went to college when that look first took off. I'll never do it, but that's just me.

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