• @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      It’s rare, but it can sometimes happen when you get water up your nose. This is one reasons why you should use boiled water or distilled water if using one of those nasal cleansers

      • @JTheDoc
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        I guess I’ll be boiling the whole lake then… Don’t wanna get amoebas up my bum.

        Edit: Bit weird several people need to correct this joke when it’s explained only above how they entered the brain. My comment indicates I wouldn’t be putting my head under water because of it.

        Damn.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Up your bum wouldn’t matter, it’s up your nose that does. Membrane there is thin and sometimes things can infect your brain via that route

          • @JTheDoc
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            11 year ago

            I wasn’t being too serious :)

            • @SheeEttin
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              51 year ago

              As far as I know, there is no brain in your butt.

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                People seem pretty keen and impressed with themselves telling me! xD At least you got it was a joke.

              • @JTheDoc
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                11 year ago

                If I’m walking in a lake waist high to avoid brain amoebas, you’ll get the joke.

    • @RememberTheApollo_
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      As mentioned, it’s rare. You played the odds every time you jumped in, and didn’t win the amoeba lottery. It’s a lousy lottery to win. I swam in my share of lakes and rivers and survived, too.