• henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    90·
    6 months ago

    I want to understand the bridge that takes you from not believing in medicine but believing pathogens exist.

    • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
      34·
      6 months ago

      Delusions are among my favorite aspects of humanity! Everyone has some, they’re universal. Some are just far crazier than others. In this person’s case, they’ve been group mentality’d into a health cult out of either fear, insecurity, or a superiority complex. Delusions are so fun.

      • saltesc@lemmy.world
        23·
        6 months ago

        I’m in my 30s but still think I can become an F1 driver some day! Just need to get a go-kart to learn how to race and pull all the sponsorships, then get my big break and call up from McLaren.

        Does anyone have Zak Brown’s number?

        • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
          31·
          6 months ago

          That you’re doing a good job at work and people don’t disparage you when you leave the room. That one keeps me sane, it’s a load bearing delusion.

          Joking aside, a simple feeling of control in situations you have little control over and the capacity to influence luck are both incredibly common and do little to no harm.

          • aiden@lemm.ee
            18·
            6 months ago

            I don’t have delusions that’s why I go through an existential crisis every day

                • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
                  6·
                  6 months ago

                  You feel like you’re being followed when in dim light, but believe that complete darkness affects your pursuer more than it does you. Enjoy the time cost of compulsive light bulb replacement or choose neglect and stubbed toes. Have fun choosing your dining experiences based on lumens.

              • Trae@lemmy.world
                2·
                6 months ago

                I’ve operated under the assumption that everyone’s polite to my face, but can’t stand being around me since high school.

                It’s always been easy to believe because I don’t think I’d be interested in being acquainted with someone like me if I was somebody else.

                Everything I’ve accomplished in life has just been exceedingly rare blind luck.

        • Breezy@lemmy.world
          5·
          6 months ago

          Met a dude during the first covid year, he was completely honest when he told me he smokes meth to kill anything in his lungs because theres no way covid could survive all the meth smoke.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
    792·
    6 months ago

    Wow… I didn’t know what “dry fasting” was. It just means not drinking any liquids for extended periods and in extreme cases not even touching water even to bathe! My question is if they are abstaining from any liquid intake, where are they getting the urine from 😰😰😰

    Also, do these people seriously just walk around all day long reeking like piss?

  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
    34·
    6 months ago

    Oh ok, so they mean they would die. They are saying they would die in that scenario. Got it.

  • ArtVandelay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    Steve Jobs famously believed he could remove mucus from his body, which caused him to stink. No mucus, no body odor. His entire life, when people told him he stinks, he would reply that wasn’t possible because he removed that which caused body odor.