Lumidaub@feddit.org to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agoTobacco smoke enemafeddit.orgimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1imageTobacco smoke enemafeddit.orgLumidaub@feddit.org to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
With apologies to @PugJesus@piefed.social and https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2090825/when-i-said-that-euro-colonists-needed-to-listen-to-indigenous-folk-more-this-wasn-t-qu
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 days agoSmoke enemas were historically used in the 18th century as a resuscitation method for drowning victims. There were tobacco smoke enema devices placed along beaches in case of drowning. You think “How TF could people be that stupid? What circumstances lead to this?”, but then think about RFK Jr. and it makes sense.
minus-squareCanadian_anarchist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoAt least in the 18th we can recognize they were operating off of flawed, nonscientific theory (4 humours, miasma theory of disease). RFK Jr, however, does not have that excuse.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoMiasma theory was replaced with the small green elf theory.
minus-squareiknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoApparently RFK Jr. does not believe in germ theory. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIIRC neither does Pete Hegseth.
minus-squareiknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoPete Hegseth is so excited about murdering people; his views on anything else barely register to me.
Smoke enemas were historically used in the 18th century as a resuscitation method for drowning victims.
There were tobacco smoke enema devices placed along beaches in case of drowning.
You think “How TF could people be that stupid? What circumstances lead to this?”, but then think about RFK Jr. and it makes sense.
At least in the 18th we can recognize they were operating off of flawed, nonscientific theory (4 humours, miasma theory of disease). RFK Jr, however, does not have that excuse.
Miasma theory was replaced with the small green elf theory.
Apparently RFK Jr. does not believe in germ theory.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/
IIRC neither does Pete Hegseth.
Pete Hegseth is so excited about murdering people; his views on anything else barely register to me.