• @Zannsolo
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    The next time she checked the temperature it was 76F works really good!!

  • @BreadstickNinja
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    You really want to add some rosemary and sage to the sock as well so it’s a proper bouquet garni. Then braise in a slow oven until fork tender.

  • @scutiger
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    I’ve joked about onions in socks being a home remedy for stupid shit, but I never imagined that anyone would actually do it. I hope they didn’t get it from me.

    • @LovableSidekick
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      I’m a time traveller from the future. Your legendary home remedies and LPTs, or “scutigerisms” as they’re known, have become the basis for our entire culture!

  • @[email protected]
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    107 days ago

    I don’t see how it’s funny. This kid is definitely not getting the treatment that they need in the future.

    • @Jimmycakes
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      Just imagine the baby with a socks full of onions instead of imagining a dead baby.

  • Gort
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    A story that The Onion would be proud of. Could have been used as a form of self-advertising, too.

  • @fox2263
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    67 days ago

    Were they fresh out of the fridge?

    This would be similar to putting feet in cold water, temperature would lower slightly surely?

    So just so that instead of onions ya freak

    • @[email protected]
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      Onions are antibacterial and solve cough mucus, it’s not like it’s completely made up that they’re a natural remedy

      … but they don’t help with fever, so I’d go even further than you and say the temperature simply dropped because time passed.

      • @fox2263
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        27 days ago

        Ah so next time I have a cough, eat shit loads of onion?

        But yeah haha, time is the likely answer.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah… My wife does the “bowl of onions” thing when the kids have a flu/cold with congestion. It does help with that part so they can breathe a little easier. It also makes the room stink for up to a week, and I seriously doubt it does anything for temperature unless cleared sinuses somehow also help bring that down.

        You can also accomplish similar with a humidifier and some vaporub etc. I prefer the vaporub personally

        • @[email protected]
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          A friend mixes onions (cut into pieces obviously), ginger and honey and eats that. Doesn’t make the room stink, maybe propose that?

          …personally I’m a fan of hot tea with honey.

    • Steve Dice
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      37 days ago

      The child’s immune system probably just fought off the infection. After all, that’s what fever is for.

      • @fox2263
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        37 days ago

        The blessed fever. Simultaneously saving and killing us.

  • @SocialMediaRefugee
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    I just dance around with a rattle and call on the power of Lemmywinks and it works for me every time

  • Hossenfeffer
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    1128 days ago

    She’s an idiot. When I have a fever I tie an onion to my belt, which is still the style.

    • @psmgx
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      Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’d say.

    • Phoenixz
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      67 days ago

      Really? I always rub one over my penis, you know, the classy way

    • @ZeffSyde
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      And not one of those fancy white onions like you have now.