I read a news story about a guy who died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant. Although nobody was aware when he died, the donor of the kidney had contracted rabies after being scratched by a skunk several weeks before he died and his organs were harvested.

I got curious about how the donor got scratched by the skunk, but instead only found this article from August, which informed me that the U.S. has a rabies outbreak, and has more deaths from rabies in the last year than several previous years…

Not sure if people were already talking about this outbreak, and I just missed it? It’s been a bit of a weird year, and there’s been a lot of crazy shit to keep up with.

Anyway, this is also how I ended up reading the sentence informing me some people are worried dogs are getting autism from vaccines.

Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows

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    I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother… Who cares about autism in that context… :)

    Even though i know its about capitalism and people are probably stressed to death trying to survive in that shitty country.

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      Facebook.

      It’s Facebook in the water.


      Also, watch a Fox News broadcast for a bit. Then you will understand.

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        I watch it when I want to really lose my hope in the future for humanity. That feeling of frustration watching those people… Very interesting.

        I guess its better to feel sympathy. Because I know each person is on their own little journey here. But its just so primitive. :)

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          I picked up a pressure cleaner and green enamel sink on the Facebook marketplace. After moving the sink, which weighed every bit of 100 lbs.!, I was a little winded and he invited me inside for a cup of tea, I asked for water cause I’m caffeine sensitive. This dude had fox news playing on his TV in the living room. And the only thing I could think was “you watch this in your spare time? That’s a pretty fucking sick sad world vibe that I don’t understand.”

          Of course I didn’t say anything at that moment cause I’m not suicidal, but these people seriously live in a separate reality where anger is desirable.

          Side note, an ex from college reposted a pro trump picture the other day and it just fucking broke me cause I know she really is fucking smart! Maybe I’m just not cut out to be a human.

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            Its very frustrating to watch. :) I used to react with anger to all this but now im just thinking its where those people need to be to get the experiences they need.

            It helps if you see life as some kind of school with a purpose for everybody. I dont know if it is. But it helps to see it that way.

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      I just want to know what they put in the water in America to make everyone fight eachother

      It’s a healthy dose of 1:1 lead (Pb) and misinformation. We call it fight water™️

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        I know you’re joking but I always gotta espouse the honors of that fucking element. In it’s purest form can rapidly oxidize fuck all anything! And yet helps form a crystalline structure in our enamel!

        The reason we started putting fluoride in tap water is that dentists noticed people drinking well water had abnormally strong teeth because the rocks were leeching it into the water. This had the unfortunate side effect of turning their teeth brown. So some scientists and health experts found the lowest concentration that would super charge our enamel and not turn our teeth brown.

        Fluoride is fucking awesome!

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          I havent used flouride toothpaste in 15 years and I have really good teeth. I know its sample of one and all that, but I stand by my decision to not use it. Works well for me.