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[–] Schmoo 40 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I've never dissassociated more than when I heard my sweet grandmother tell me that Hillary was part of an evil cabal of witches who drink the blood of tortured babies for adrenochrome.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

What frustrates me is that it's not 100% insane, just 95%. There are Silicon Valley CEOs and others that regularly get transfusions of blood from younger, healthier people as a means of improving their own health. The New Yorker wrote about this and some other crazy life extension stuff happening in the Silicon Valley in 2017.

So no tortured babies or adrenochrome, but we do quite literally have people taking blood from the young in an attempt to extend their own lives.

[–] Schmoo 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I first heard about young blood transfusions in a podcast episode about Peter Thiel. He's the closest thing to a real world vampire.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best part about it is that it actually is detrimental to their health. More transfusions means a higher risk of transfusion reaction if you really need it.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 14 points 6 days ago

Oh so it actually is a good thing. Just not for them.

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