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Don’t feel so bad about yourself (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

the strychnine was intended as a performance enchancer

???????

[–] apric0t@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Based solely on the adage of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger".

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the blood thinner was supposed to help somehow?

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I looked it up and the reasoning seems to have been that strychnine poisoning causes lethal, uncontrollable muscle spasms, so a very small dose might increase the strength or speed of muscle contractions in a way that improves athletic performance. They got the idea because it was sometimes used medically for the same reason, to try to treat heart conditions prior to the development of more effective treatments.

Obviously it didn't really work.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

You'd think they would have tested it a couple times before trying it on race day