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[–] Tezzerets_Tea_Time@lemmy.world 3 points 42 minutes ago

"Warrior Essentials" is exactly the name of a snake oil brand id expect moron maga alpha wannabes to ignorantly fall for. They're so fucking easy to grift.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Imagine believing that taking ANOTHER medicine that is definitely totally unproven (but the commercial has a guy in a lab coat reading a script, so you know they absolutely "did their homework"- even if this didn't phase them before- but it's ok when they already believe it), just so you can make sure you're more vulnerable to a disease.

These people have noticed no ill effects, yet they'd rather pretend to get rid of that and take on a new risk.

And when the pill is later proven to not do anything (if it hasn't already, hell if I know just from seeing this), they will claim the vaccine was pointless when they still don't get COVID.

I hope and wish this pill is super poisonous and they have a hellish vomit sickness that wrecks them for days. Some of them will claim they're proof to suffer to get the vaccine out, but it will give others pause for sure.

[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago

I am torn between wanting to understand the logic behind this and not wanting to engage with anyone stupid enough to believe this.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I looked and it's made of natto? And aspergillus? Isn't that what ferments sake? Maybe just go out to a Japanese restaurant. And the advert then says the only proven blah blah blah get the spike protein out is autophagy, which would imply that simply fasting would work, so even if you believe it you could just buy nothing and not eat for a few days, save money instead of spending it.

Sure, but does it have electrolytes?

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago

I’m getting World War Z vibes from this.

[–] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Sawdust pills? What's actually in it?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago

If anyone is calling you a warrior they're scamming you. It's bizarre to me how many people don't get that.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

Get ready for the scam economy to go into overdrive to take all that you have left.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The company logo doesn't look like a W, it looks like an electrical diagram icon for a lightbulb, or one of those energy-saving curly bulbs.

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I thought it was an intrauterine device.

[–] jve@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

it's the theory that vaccinated people "shed" their vaccinations to other people, which is complete bollocks.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

Sounds like something wearing a mask would help protect against...

[–] gibson@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Why are so many conservative conspiracies schizo sounding?

[–] pseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

UNO Reverse Card?

[–] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago

I wish it worked like that, at least then these headasses wouldn't be dragging everyone else down with them when they decide not to get a shot

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Vaccine shedding actually is a thing, but it's 1. only really linked to the oral polio vaccine (which itself is not common in most of the world) and 2. even then it's extremely rare.

It also requires an attenuated virus vaccine, which means it has a zero percent chance of happening due to mRNA vaccines. In other words, it's just more lying and fearmongering from bullshit scam artist grifters.

[–] NorthernDreams@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Looked at the site. It is vitamins, salt, food extracts, and Spermidine. Spermidine is a polyamine. I remember the first time I resuspended some in lab, it became clear from the smell why it is called SPERMidine. Wonder if the customers know there is a cheaper way to get a daily oral dose of Spermidine.

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, it's cheaper, but I'm on that 24/7 grind to make money for billionaires man, I ain't got time for the real deal! But just one of these pills gives me enough shame and self-hatred to last for the day!

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 4 points 8 hours ago

I respect the hustle man good on you for guzzling oligarchy cum on the clock like a baasuse or like Elon would say, I am become cum

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago

Trump's dreamteam got an infinite supply of it from sucking eachother off.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These people literally don't know what mRNA is, they believe it's the same thing as DNA because it sounds vaguely similar. It's good to see actual experts calling him out though! We really need more of this.

[–] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

These people literally don’t know what mRNA is, they believe it’s the same thing as DNA because it sounds vaguely similar. It’s good to see actual experts calling him out though! We really need more of this.

People being clueless about mRNA is an abject failure of the US education system.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I wish I could set aside my convictions and care for others to make money this easily.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 35 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

I feel like this is the key reason why the worst people are the most successful. I cannot count the number of opportunities I've passed over in life that would have just required me to lie to someone, to inflate my worth, to take something that I haven't earned, and so on. It's so natural for me to think in terms of morality and equity behind my decision making that I don't even consider alternatives.

And thus I'm over 40 and broke and will die working.

edit: just in retrospect, I figured I would mention my father. He was a man who was remarkably similar to our current president/king. Same hair and everything, the only difference was he drank like a fish. He had ZERO qualms about lying, he carried bizarre lies to his grave just to keep anyone the satisfaction of calling him out on even the smallest things. Lying came so easily to him that he built a multi-million dollar empire on lies, on borrowing money from one lender to pay another, of drug dealers and gangs and organized crime, of the very worst people in the world following him around like scavenger jackals hoping to catch a shred or crumb from the waste and excess my father surrounded himself with. I watched millions of dollars pass through his hands (and up his nose) and he never felt anything about it, he felt like it was never enough, that he deserved more and the people who suffered for it deserved their pain. I am telling this story because a lot of people think it's not real, that there are not truly dishonest people in the world, and everything we're all so contentious about is just misunderstandings and differences of perspective.

NO. There are lying liars who will look you in the face and tell complete falsehoods to you and smile as they do so, and they will delight in it. You are not aware of human darkness and you need to get it together. You NEED to understand how bad people can be, and how much people really LIE.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. It's not some cosmic battle or any of the other shit some people will use to grift, but some people are liars who more or less don't give half a shit who they hurt to get what they want (or maybe they do, some might, just not enough to not do it). And I'm not calling for cruelty or anything to them (many of them will be the first to advocate cruelty to "bad people"), just awareness, caution, and caring for your fellow humans.

There are other types of evil out there too. The banal variety has been made famous, but there's an evil made of fear, an evil made of self righteousness without reflection, an evil made of tribalism… I also think distance from the consequences of one's actions is a contributer. Power makes you a less moral person and all that.

Also, your father's life sounds miserable and exhausting. I bet he thought people who did things honest and built community were fools despite us often being happier than folks like him

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I bet he thought people who did things honest and built community were fools despite us often being happier than folks like him

I see you've met him (or his archetype) because yes, his favorite past-time was condemning the "sheep" for living their lives in suburbia, paycheck to paycheck, how useless education was, how worthless so many kinds of people are, how miserable life would be living like so, so many people in the world who are happy and loving with their families. He railed against the "spoils of babylon" while sipping champagne and brandy from his private restaurant booth.

He was crushingly miserable and blamed everyone and everything else for it and became physically violent at anyone who dared to challenge his assertions that he was the perpetual victim. He drank himself to death alone and broke because he had burned every bridge in his life and squandered a fortune.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

They aren't the most successful, they just have the most money.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 2 points 12 hours ago

I guess our compensation is being able to be content with what we already have, and not having to constantly worry about someone finding out.

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