c/historymemes · by Lumidaub@feddit.org · 114dTobacco smoke enema With apologies to @PugJesus@piefed.social and https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2090825/when-i-said-that-euro-colonists-needed-to-listen-to-indigenous-folk-more-this-wasn-t-qu 141 points · 16 comments · view on lemmy.world
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danekrae@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 114d
Smoke enemas were historically used in the 18th century as a resuscitation method for drowning victims.
There were tobacco smoke enema devices placed along beaches in case of drowning.
You think "How TF could people be that stupid? What circumstances lead to this?", but then think about RFK Jr. and it makes sense.
Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 114d
At least in the 18th we can recognize they were operating off of flawed, nonscientific theory (4 humours, miasma theory of disease). RFK Jr, however, does not have that excuse.
iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app · 9 pts · 114d
Apparently RFK Jr. does not believe in germ theory.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 114d
IIRC neither does Pete Hegseth.
iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 113d
Pete Hegseth is so excited about murdering people; his views on anything else barely register to me.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 112d
Miasma theory was replaced with the small green elf theory.
Godort@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 114d
Isn't this literally where the phrase "to blow smoke up someone's ass" comes from?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 12 pts · 114d
Sadly, it doesn't seem like it
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 114d
Well, it should have.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 12 pts · 114d
So one drowning victims wakes up after someone shoves a tube up their ass, and they decide it was definitely the smoke that did it...
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 114d
So we knew tobacco was toxic for 200 years. If we kept using it for enemas rather than smoking it, so many harms could have been prevented.
danekrae@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 114d
Sharing a joint wouldn't have been as nice though...
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 114d
If it’s got tobacco in it then it would be a spliff.
BrickEater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 114d
Or a blunt
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 114d
Motherfucker, do you want ass cancer?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 6 pts · 114d
Out of fashion for such a little thing! 😭