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Creepy Wikipedia

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope, I ain't gonna read anything medical from this sub. Nope, nope, nope...

I vaguely understand the title as brain lethargy and that's enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even worse, it used to be more common, but they still aren’t sure what causes it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they still aren’t sure what causes it.

One more reason to not read it. knowing the symptoms would make me paranoid.

Since i knew that you can literally get the botox producing botulinum from badly preserved food I am always scared to eat jam or anything pickled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like 100 years from now, people are going to laugh at us for COVID and (hopefully which implies a cure was discovered) cancer.