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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Let me guess, trump cut all funding to the program on his first day?

Has RFK gone out and explained why having fly worms under your skin is actually important for our health yet?

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Yesterday someone on another thread said that doge cut funding for a lot of it, if I recall.

But after reading today, I learned there are also a mexfly, and medfly, mexican and mediteranien flies that infect fruit and vegetables that are also moving north that they also use this sterile (irradiated in these cases,) male releases to control the populations of.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump is probably the carrier of the flesh-eating screwworms. I imagine they just flake off him like his orange dandruff.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's the queen worm wearing a flesh-suit and shleeming out little worm babies while Steven Miller takes them home and breastfeeds them.

He queefed out Miller btw.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 6 points 1 day ago

He did have that weird neck wound…

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

please bring back boring dystopia… I guess

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Stage three of the brain worm invasion started by RF Kennedy junior, prepare to bow down to your worm overlords murricans.

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I really wish BrainDead had gotten another season. My personal conspiracy theory is they got too close to the truth.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

"sO iF yOu Go rUn aRoUnD iN tHe fIeLd aNd eAt tHe sCrEwWoRm fIrSt, YoU bEcOme ImMuNe tO tHe sCrEwInG"

-RFK JR, probably

Edit: I see your downvote, Dr. Oz.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Fake news! Not one US scientist gave proof this is happening! ...... Oh wait ....

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yep, I remember people warning about this during his first term. Now our flies are coming home to roost.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Man I wonder how many people bet on those platforms about flesh eating insects in the US?