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Consume 38 brain parasites (media.scored.co)

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– CaptainTrouble 15 points 14 hours ago +15 / -0

I'm not entirely convinced. I think you first need brain parasites to ever decide to take a trip to India.

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– ScallionPancake [S] 7 points 13 hours ago +7 / -0

how about being a wymxn

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– Antero 7 points 14 hours ago +7 / -0

The first time Lowri Denman knew something was wrong was when she made the horrifying discovery of a metre-long tapeworm after going to the toilet.

She is one of only a handful of people in the UK who are diagnosed with the brain infection each year, which is caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jrzemdyko

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– Devidose 7 points 12 hours ago +7 / -0

This was literally the pilot episode of House MD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_(House)

https://house.fandom.com/wiki/Pilot

House has realized that Rebecca may have neurocysticercosis (a tapeworm) from eating pork, something that would never have occurred to him if he still believed the patient was Jewish. That would explain why she reacted well to the steroids initially, but then got worse: tapeworms usually stay in the digestive system, but the eggs can pass into the bloodstream and then flourish anywhere, including in the brain.

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– theaustrianpainter 3 points 13 hours ago +3 / -0

Kinda surprised by that since jeets (despite hating Muslims) also dont eat pig.

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– Grumman 6 points 11 hours ago +6 / -0

According to Wikipedia there are two different infection vectors: eating undercooked pig meat infected with tapeworm larvae, or eating food or drinking water contaminated with human shit containing tapeworm eggs. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see how that might be an issue in India.

India does also farm some pigs, albeit far fewer than their population would suggest.

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– Belenus 1 point 6 hours ago +1 / -0

You can also get it from eating undercooked bear meat. Because the bears eat the pigs.

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– DocBrody 1 point 10 hours ago +1 / -0

pork is tasty but the pig's digestive system sucks. The meat's basically like chicken but it has a lot more fans from the parasite community.

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– ChippingToe 2 points 4 hours ago +2 / -0

i call sexual tourism shenanigans

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– realerfunction 2 points 10 hours ago +2 / -0

you have two in your nose there

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– deleted 1 point 12 hours ago +1 / -0

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– MargarineMongoose 1 point 9 hours ago +1 / -0

https://i.imgur.com/sZmjoCh.png

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– ParadigmShift2070 1 point 13 hours ago +1 / -0

but think of the cuisine!

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