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Honestly, if they insist on drinking their own piss, be my guest. That shit doesn't affect me in the slightest.
They do spread misinformation which can harm others around you. So an aunt can stop chemo and start drinking urine causing her to die, which will affect you.
Be careful with "I don't care because it doesn't affect me" because if society is harmed, we will all feel it in some form. Like vaccinations. If the percentage of vaccinated people go below a certain threshold, also vaccinated people are at risk of getting sick and die. And often piss drinkers do not vaccinate.
Drinking urine is just one effect of mass misinformation and poor education. If this becomes more popular, you can assume other harmful things are also becoming more popular, endangering the general public.
I have genuinely no empathy with people who believe this kind oft bullshit. Common sense tells you it's bullshit. If you still believe it, well ... Don't stop Darwin doing bis job I'd say.
Like I said. If the percentage of vaccinated people reaches below a certain threshold, everyone is at risk of getting sick and die.
It's this selfish thinking that is destroying society. If one part of the group does bad, the other part of the group will feel it too. If one idiot grabs a gun and starts shooting, others will suffer. Same with a drunk idiot getting behind the wheel.
It's in everyone's interest that the general knowledge, quality of life and proper health of everyone in society is of a decent level, to lower:
If people are dying because of Facebook knowledge, they won't be able to work, pay taxes, pay for pension fund, support their children, etc. so this will hurt society, including you.
Instead of laughing at them, maybe try to fight fake news so people with low intelligence won't fall for these harmful scams.
So when it comes to the Darwin awards and lack of common sense, you're nominated.
Which is completely different from someone drinking bis own piss.
I would argue people who drink their own piss shouldn't reproduce. Will strain the social system in the short term, but benefit long-term.
People who fall for these obvious lies aren't just falling for fake news. They are living in a world where "school medicine" wants to kill them so they resort to alternative medicine. Do you think RFK Jr is falling for fake news or is simply a complete and utter retard?
Well, you're clearly not properly informed either, so it's kind of hypocritical to condemn others who also don't know any better.
Always fun when people just shit their opinion under another comment without refuting anything, but still pretending to be morally or intellectually superior lmao.
Ah well, on the list for the other annoying lemmy-people you go.
I made several points in my previous comments, which clearly you don't understand anything of seeing your answers. I can't compensate your lack of comprehension.
So if you don't like me for pointing out and explaining why your way of thinking and comments are a major issue adding to the problems of the world we live in, then I understand why you have a large list of Lemmy people you don't like.
But at least you're not on Facebook, so that's something you can be proud of.
No, but it will affect someone you love who might be gullible enough to believe their bullshit. Public health education saves lives because it innoculates them against believing in stupid shit like thieves' oil, horse paste, and piss-drinking.
Humans have a genetic instinct to trust their in-group, and we have a bad habit of being slow to accept new information unless we've trained the habit. It's a really nasty combination for people who never really learned critical thinking skills.
If someone I love is drinking their own piss, I will roast the fucking shit out of them.
If someone I love believes drinking their own piss is a miracle cure, that's no longer someone I love.
We used to say the same thing about anti vaxxers
Only if herd immunity was not a known concept.
Yes, anti vaxxers didnt affect me either.
You are about to find out the hard way, that's bullshit.
It's not. It doesn't affect me. You can keep pretending it did, but my life kept going as usual.
If people like this were able to keep to themselves, we wouldn't even know it was happening.