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thirdeyefish t1_j6koak2 wrote

This is also back in the days when someone with no medical knowledge could, I don't know, sell antifreeze labeled as cough syrup and kill a bunch of people.

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nobloodforstargates t1_j6l744a wrote

“There’s ghosts in your blood, you should do cocaine about it”

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Blue_Lust t1_j6lkhq3 wrote

I got ghosts in my blood all of the sudden Doctor. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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GladCareer315 t1_j6ld7ks wrote

Bruh I say this shit all the time and laugh my ass off and no one ever knows wtf I’m talking about😭

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prison_buttcheeks t1_j6mcj0k wrote

Hey, I got some snake oil if you are interested

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sweezsway t1_j6my5ja wrote

What's funny as shyte is the fact that I was watching a knife expo once n the guy used some shtuff he called "snake oil" and it made his blades sharp as phck after applying before sharpening it . Like the blades just ran through paper like nothing lol .

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Tyrosine_Lannister t1_j6omq8m wrote

Fun facts:

Snake oil actually works.

It's long been used in traditional Chinese medicine and gained popularity among miners and railroad workers back in the old West, where there were very few common dietary sources of essential fatty acids like EPA/DHA and vitamin E.

You need these nutrients for things like healing wounds, fighting infections, and making the body's natural anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant compounds.

The trouble—and the modern meaning of "snake oil"—arose when shysters came along selling mineral oil, which does nothing, as snake oil.

tl;dr: LADIES & GENTLEMEN, DON'T BE DECEIVED AND ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES, DOCTOR T.F. LANNISTER'S PATENTED NUTRI-OIL IS THE OOONLY INTERNAL LINIMENT guaranTEED TO CONTAIN 100% PURE COLD-PRESSED OIL OF THE CHINESE WATER SNAKE ENHYDRIS CHINENSIS.

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