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Key thing here: he thought they were venomous water moccasins (even though they were not) and picked them up with his bare hands, which is how people get bitten. This kind of "I am immune to snakebite because of my religion" thing has a history of getting people killed.

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[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

The snake oil must flow!

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 19 points 2 days ago

The onion cannot keep up

[-] etherphon@piefed.world 15 points 2 days ago

This motherfucker can pick up snakes but we lose Steve Irwin to a stringray, the world is not so just. These "nothing bad ever happens to me" assholes keep get proven right and it's a little infuriating because they're all horrible people. I suppose there are some lessons to be learned there.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago

These “nothing bad ever happens to me” assholes keep get proven right

Only those that survive

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

But those cunts keep making the world miserable for everyone else

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I bothered to watch the video, and absolutely no one thinks they're water moccasins...

He says it as a joke because if that was true it would be very bad, so he immediately laughs and says what they actually are.

Like that's basic humor, if someone asks "what is that?" you say something dangerous first to tease them before laughing and saying its actually not dangerous.

This is honestly the closest to normal that RFK could be in a video. The weirdest thing about it is he's a Kennedy.

This is nothing compared the Central park bear, the raccoon penis, or even the Kid Rock workout video. Especially considering the actual horrible shit he's doing.

[-] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It’s worse, because the position he holds is one MANY people look to for advice on how to think about and seek health care for themselves. I mean, not me, and not anyone I’m willing to have in my life, but many millions of people. And now they think this kind of dumbassery is hilarious, and they think it owns the libs. That will lead to someone thinking they’re also clever and they will accidentally pick up a truly poisonous snake. Not to mention, picking up any snake stresses them out. It’s sick.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

And now they think this kind of dumbassery is hilarious, and they think it owns the libs.

Just because you see something the first time, doesn't mean it's the first time it happened

This joke is older than our country. You're just acting like trump when he says "no one knew about ____".

And trying to explain that in a way you can understand would likely be as productive as explaining it to trump.

[-] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Do what? I’m not acting like it’s the first time these people have seen snake handling, I’m telling you it’s the first time they’ve seen the secretary of health and human services, who they think is hilariously triggering the libs, doing such a fucking stupid thing. These idiots are impressionable when they see famous people in positions of power doing something on their phones and tvs. Don’t act like they aren’t and like previous knowledge or experience predicts future action for impressionable morons.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Starting? This guy is a nurgle cultist. Even has parasite in brain and nurgle only knows what else is going in the mass of growth and decay.

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Except the snakes

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 8 points 2 days ago

I'm just waiting for the day they tell their followers to drink the flavor-aid. We almost had it when the pedophile suggested injecting bleach his first disaster... almost!

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

A couple in Arizona actually did that. Don't think they died but got super sick.

[-] PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

This kind of "I am immune to snakebite because of my religion" thing has a history of getting people killed.

Was this a case of overreliance on faith? Seems to me more likely that its just that the idea that a snake could bite him and it will hurt that is too complex for him to understand.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

He's a eugenicist who thinks his "good genes" will protect him instead of God.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He 100% knew what snakes they were, that they would bite him, but that the bite wouldn't do anything.

The author just doesn't know how common of a joke saying a snake that you know is harmless is really deadly. Which is pretty hard to believe someone watched the video and didn't know it was a joke.

I've seen the same thing done with rat snakes by multiple people, and they were big enough to plausibly be moccasins.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago
[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

This attention whore should resign and become a zookeeper for lions. He may live. He doesn’t give a shit about anyone else.

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