• catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world
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    When my mom had cancer, I swear every relative and distant acquaintance came out of the woodwork trying to sell some kind of nonsense. It was already a devastating time, but on top of that it was insulting being forced to hear about all these delusional snake oil cures and conspiracy theories.

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    Oh hey, YouTube has a mechanism for that! Simply down-vote the video, and any future viewers will know that the video is likely ineffective because of the visible down-vote count that Google didn’t remove to make more money from advertisements. They didn’t remove it because they value the health of people suffering from cancer more than money. Good on them.

    • Neuron@lemm.ee
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      The former president? No wait he wanted to inject bleach. Or sunlight or something I dunno.

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        Nah, everyone gets that second part wrong. He didn’t want you to inject sunlight, he wanted you to breathe it. Somehow. Like, I dunno, inhale a string of UV lights and give your lungs a tan or something.

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    My mom was drinking diluted hydrogen peroxide daily for a while because some quack on YouTube claimed it prevents/cures cancer.

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      You should have her see a doctor. That stuff is not for drinking. Hell, the labels specifically tell you that.

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        It’s probably too risky at this point. She could start foaming at the mouth any minute now and get an incorrect diagnosis of rabies.

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      1 year ago

      If you tell her to wait a few years before drinking, the concentration will naturally go down as time passes. The longer you let this chemical sit in room temperature, the more oxygen and water you’ll have.

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    And some idiots will believe only more in it because it’s “forbidden knowledge” 🙈

    Not that the deletion is wrong though …

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      1 year ago

      When covid conspiracy loonies got kicked out, they landed in odysee and peertube. I guess the history will just repeat itself.

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    Only took them till now. Im surprised they even have people to do that job.

  • OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world
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    Awww man! Now where am I going to learn about back alley Italian doctors who’ve just learned about baking soda?