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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The fact that there’s an outbreak pretty much sealed it.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Yea what a stupid fucking headline

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Measles is a disease of unvaccinated kids and we really had that licked but then came conspiracy and anti-vaxers.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 5 points 3 months ago

I miss the days where antivaxers were just the bud of the joke. But in the pandemic they learned how to weaponise stupidity. I remember talking to a guy way ahead of the pandemic who was raging that his kids shouldn't be forced to be vaccinated. I said that i don't get it, they should be vaccinated. He agreed, but because they were forced to, he doesn't want to do it.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And newborns that haven't gotten the full complete shots.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

There are always those who aren’t able to vaccinated or the vaccine doesn’t work for them which is why herd immunity is so important. The anti-vaxers blithely put themselves first and increase the risks for all those who can’t get immunity. Pretty antisocial.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

It will be the best outbreak! 🫲🍊🫱

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

they should have eliminated ignorance instead

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I already know much of the Plague Father, voice of the worms, he who cut off a whale's head with a chainsaw, strapped it to roof of his car, and drove it down the highway with rank whale fluid spilling into the car. His family sat with plastic bags over their heads. The Plague Father, who comes from a long dynasty of STDs and all other TDs, where they share their prostitutes and lobotomize their sisters.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like we could modify this slightly to fit rfk. Like instead of whale its bear.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He did the whale thing, too, didn't he?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Holy f. I thought this was some copy pasta from a game that close fit. Thanks for the education!

After learning a whale carcass had washed ashore on Squaw Island, her dad (RFK) excitedly bounded down to the beach, chainsaw in hand, and decapitated it right then and there before strapping the beast’s head to the family minivan with a bungee cord so he could study it at home later.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, was that the Plague Father's father?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Yes as Grandpa Nurgle is everyone's Grandpa once you accept him. He loves us all and blesses us the plagues as gifts and the cries of victims are gratitude for the strength to overcome the obstacles of a mortal life rather than agony. The chosen are fortunate beyond measure to receive his gifts.

decay is inescapable, but also glorious. If all things decay, each moment is a gift. Why not use these moments to shape what is to come and secure a place in it? Why sit idly by wallowing in pain and sorrow when there is so much to do and so little time in which to do. Truly a magnanimous chaos God of life and decay to be so involved in mortal lives and remind us of what really matters.