I feel like if he gets his way I’ll be prescribed sunshine, exercise, raw milk, and whatever drug a pharmaceutical bribed him to sell, instead of the immunomodulators I really need.

He’s like a mix of your uncle who thinks your chronic illness would go away if you “go outside and get some sunshine, stop being so negative, and eat more xyz” and your aunt who believes “acupuncture and supplements will cure you and all other medicines are a conspiracy”.

  • @Potatisen
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    Wasn’t there a crazy amount of Americans getting sick from raw milk when that mental illness had its 15min over there?

    • @MoonManKipper
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      Yes, pasteurisation is generally regarded as a massive breakthrough for a reason

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        Thev raw milk wackos are right that raw milk is much tastier than Supermarket milk, but that’s because of homogenization, not pasteurization.

        A local farm here has “unprocessed” milk that is still pasteurized, and it’s absolutely amazing, like drinking a desert. And best of all, it won’t kill you.

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          The only merit raw unpasteurized milk has is that you can make some damned good cheese and butter with it, but that’s controlled fermentation so the risk of getting sick is low.

          So I do wish raw milk was more available, just not on supermarket shelves(because idiots will drink that shit)

        • @FreakinSteve
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          Yes, that shit is AMAZING…I drink it like a fine brandy

    • @Mirshe
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      Even worse, farms that don’t use things like antiparasitics can allow for milk to transfer parasite eggs, and sometimes live parasites, in the milk. Behind the Bastards did a great episode on the beginnings of the Pure Food and Drug Act, and one of the incidents that was mentioned was that occasionally, before large-scale pasteurization, you would get milk that was literally writhing with worms.

      You’re welcome for that thought just before lunch.

      • @[email protected]
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        I may not have the whole picture, but a man previously brain-infected by worms is lowering the barriers and advocating for a vector for more brain worms?

        I’ve seen this movie.

        • @Mirshe
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          22 months ago

          …Goddammit, RFK has a Yeerk in his brain, doesn’t he.

      • Binette
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        12 months ago

        It’s just milk bundled with a special friend :)

    • @x00z
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      Yeah, raw milk being in this list is just weird.