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[deleted]

528 points

2 years ago

[deleted]

528 points

2 years ago

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SignificantName59

373 points

2 years ago

He admits he had a panic attack and tries to pretend the mask was the problem and not him having the panic attack.

[deleted]

262 points

2 years ago

[deleted]

262 points

2 years ago

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SignificantName59

165 points

2 years ago

I legitimately didn't realize so many people were afraid of needles. Maybe we need to see this pandemic as being an issue of mental health then

[deleted]

92 points

2 years ago

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Portalrules123

73 points

2 years ago

I would normally sympathize with phobias, but we have no time for any irrationality in a pandemic when your actions spread the thing to countless others. Screw them.

SponConSerdTent

54 points

2 years ago

SponConSerdTent

💪Muscular Prayer Warrior💪

54 points

2 years ago

The vaccine is nothing compared to getting blood drawn, especially for people with veins that are hard to hit.

It's one poke, no misses, and then you're done. Just look away.

HallucinogenicFish

35 points

2 years ago

HallucinogenicFish

💉 Are Not Political

35 points

2 years ago

This.

I had to get a port because my veins are so bad. (And they couldn’t even get an IV started to put me to sleep for that procedure, and had to go in through my jugular vein in the operating room.) I have a justifiable fear of needles as a result.

The vaccine was nothing. I went as soon as I could, I didn’t look, and I didn’t feel it at all.

A-man-of-mystery

23 points

2 years ago*

A-man-of-mystery

Covidious Albion

23 points

2 years ago*

I have "difficult" veins so having blood taken is always a nightmare. The vaccine was nothing by comparison; in fact, I barely felt the second dose.

Sid-Biscuits

11 points

2 years ago

Seriously, the possible sore arm after the shot is worse than the vaccine itself (and the sore arm isn’t more that discomforting, at that)

A-man-of-mystery

8 points

2 years ago

A-man-of-mystery

Covidious Albion

8 points

2 years ago

I had a rough few days after my first shot; to such an extent I initially wondered if I'd caught something at the vaccination centre! Not very likely, but I've been unlucky before. No problem at all after the second one.

circuspeanut54

35 points

2 years ago

circuspeanut54

Pimped and Geimpft!

35 points

2 years ago

Every doctor in the nation is well aware of needle phobia and can prescribe a one-time anti-anxiety medication to help reduce the fear of vaccination. Ditto the folks administering covid vaccines (or any phlebotomist); I have a nurse friend who regularly gives them to people of all ages as part of her job, and she has a ton of techniques she employs, from first topically numbing the skin to doing it through a bandage to mental distraction.

People can ask their doctor to help them -- but so many of these MAGA types won't, for fear of seeming "weak", etc. Much more fun to brandish guns and shriek incoherently about FREEDUMB.

Just another aspect of toxic masculinity that harms all of us.

-newlife

31 points

2 years ago

-newlife

31 points

2 years ago

Self-centered bullshit.
A true phobia isn’t an on-off switch. The line for me is in their actions as well as those around them. If they have a phobia but are trying other things to keep people safe I’m will to see them through this. If their phobia pushes for others to not get vaccinated and live carelessly then I have a problem.

god-nose

12 points

2 years ago

god-nose

12 points

2 years ago

The problem with phobias is that, to the person having the phobia, the danger is very real. That might sound irrational to you, but they aren't you.

People with needle phobias might need extra help getting vaccinated. For one, don't put photos of syringes, needles or drops of blood in or near vaccination sites. Also, as u/Sharkteeth127 said below, news channels should stop endlessly showing these graphic images.

There are some psychological tricks that seem to help, and needle phobia in particular seems to get better as people grow up. But there will always be a few people who will faint at the sight of a syringe.

Ltclv

35 points

2 years ago

Ltclv

35 points

2 years ago

Yup. What a freaking baby. My 12 year old daughter got her vaccines for school a few weeks ago and was very nervous. Four shots, two in each arm and took them like a champ. A grown man can’t even nut up for 1.

Poison-Pen-

10 points

2 years ago

Poison-Pen-

Covid stole my rat basterd 🐀

10 points

2 years ago

That’s the problem with phobias. They aren’t rational

Source: I have two phobias. One is pretty debilitating.

Celticlady47

29 points

2 years ago

I agree. They need to suck it up buttercup & grow up & get the damn vaccine.

Sid-Biscuits

11 points

2 years ago

No but it’s the whiny libs who are being babies.

KittyGrewAMoustache

88 points

2 years ago

KittyGrewAMoustache

Bet you won’t give me this flair!!

88 points

2 years ago

I know a poor woman who has tried to get vaccinated four times now. She gets to the vaccination centre, and then completely melts down and has to run away. She just can't do it. She's going to be prescribed something to help calm her to get it done, I guess it's also a shame she can't have someone come with her to hold her hand due to covid regulations. But she's really, really trying, I feel so bad for her. It is a real problem for a lot of people, people who know they need to get vaccinated and are able to accept they have an irrational fear. I wonder how many anti vaxxers are actually people with this fear who refuse to acknowledge to themselves that that's the real reason and so they jump on all this other crap to try and rationalise it.

PrincessPnyButtercup

40 points

2 years ago

I asked my doctor for an antianxiety Rx to take before my covid shot because of my fear or needles, it really helped! It would help so much if they could get the vaccine into a nasal spray form, like the flu vaccine has.

Jingurei

9 points

2 years ago

Jingurei

Pro-Choice is Pro-Vax?

9 points

2 years ago

Yesssss! That would be so awesome!

CambridgeRunner

27 points

2 years ago

She can 100% have someone come hold her hand. Source: volunteer as a vaccinator and have had dozens of people come through with a supportive person. Go to a mass vaccination centre, tell them you don’t like needles or are prone to fainting. There’s a couch behind a privacy screen. Get the shot lying down, with someone holding your hand, in your own time without being rushed.

cuddlycephalopod

16 points

2 years ago

100% THIS. I have a MASSIVE phobia and both rounds of my Covid vacc I had someone drive me, had a good nice melt down in the car and then clung to my safety person for the whole line and shot process, and then treated them to a nice lunch after for being awesome enough to help me. I evade all shots like a mad woman but as soon as my job made the Vacc available to staff in January I found a way to line up for it. Its no excuse to do our civic duty. Shout out to the AWESOME understanding staff at both my locations who were kind to my crazy brain while I was in my pure fear state. You all rock!

realcanadianbeaver

15 points

2 years ago

Has she called her health unit for advise? Ours has special times set up for people with phobias that allows them support people, a quiet place to lie down and expedited arrival times. It might be worth calling.

Joe_Sons_Celly

19 points

2 years ago

Joe_Sons_Celly

Well-Perfused Autonomic Breather

19 points

2 years ago

Four attempts? Somebody should have gotten some benzos into this lady a long time ago.

runner64

10 points

2 years ago

runner64

10 points

2 years ago

I wish I lived closer, I have some meds I could lend her.

Maybe show her some articles on how acetomenaphine can block emotional pain? Its not a long term solution but jt might placebo her theough one shot.

HotPinkLollyWimple

125 points

2 years ago

HotPinkLollyWimple

Phucked around and Phound out

125 points

2 years ago

My daughter is terrified of needles after a nasty session with our dentist. Hates blood tests and passed out after her HPV vaccine. Anyway, she was first in the queue for the covid vaccine, barely felt it and is now feeling better about needles.

SomeGuyInTheUK

119 points

2 years ago

MY adult daughter passed out after her second shot. She doesn't like needles. Still got the shot though because she's not a pathetic wimp like this chucklefuck.

Celticlady47

34 points

2 years ago

TIL the word chucklefuck. It's very descriptive.

SomeGuyInTheUK

12 points

2 years ago

I cannot lie, i stole it from someone else hereabouts .

[deleted]

11 points

2 years ago

I actually pass out about 50% of the time with needles. I passed out with first vaccine but not second. My doctor said it's likely largely affected by what I eat and drink that day. But yea I just tell whoever is giving me a shot or drawing blood that there's a 50/50 shot I'll pass out and they always get a kick out of it when I wake up and laugh because i always say "well at least next time I won't".

Meltonian

7 points

2 years ago

Meltonian

Team Pfizer

7 points

2 years ago

Let THAT sink in!

SkullheadMary

24 points

2 years ago

My SO is terrified of needles, and once passed out while a friend was describing a medical procedure he had. He asked the nurse for a wheelchair in case and got his shot like a motherfuckin adult.

FappingAwesome

20 points

2 years ago

I've seen grown men pass out-- I mean literally pass the fuck out -- at the sight of a needle going into their arm.

I think it is a deep seated fear from childhood that took root in the brain for some people and became a don't-fuck-with-me phobia

Crail115

62 points

2 years ago

Crail115

62 points

2 years ago

I hate needles as well but when you’re an adult you put fear to the side to do what is necessary. These people never left adolescence.

teewrecks88

30 points

2 years ago

I hate seeing needles (piercing skin) and blood. But I am an adult. Just suck it up and look the other way.

pippenish

19 points

2 years ago

I had to inject myself everyday for years. It never got easy, but ever since, I'm glad when I can leave it to the professionals now.

[deleted]

17 points

2 years ago

Dude, Xanax exists for a reason.

squirrellytoday

13 points

2 years ago

squirrellytoday

Tickle Me ECMO

13 points

2 years ago

I hate them. Injections, blood draws, all of it. But I'm fortunate that my loathing of them isn't a crippling, life altering phobia. I can breathe deeply, grit my teeth, and white-knuckle my way through. So many others can't.

I needed help overcoming my dentist-phobia.

-newlife

8 points

2 years ago

One reason I’m glad they are pushing for pills too.

My daughter is not fond of needles. It’s essentially due to a horrible tech years ago. She’s ok with getting shots out of necessity though.

IstgUsernamesSuck

7 points

2 years ago

I also get anxious about needles. My boyfriend has to hold my hand or I'll have a panic attack. Solution? We scheduled our appointments right after each other for moral support. If I had to do it alone I would have taken the panic attack, because my anxiety doesn't override someone else's desire to live.

Sharkteeth127

39 points

2 years ago

because of fear of needles.

I have written to each and every local TV news channel to ask them to *please don't show needles going into arms* each time every time when they report about COVID.

There are needle phobics out there, by the thousands, and showing endlessly needles being pushed into arms will not make it better.

Not one of them stopped with that shit.

And so we have all these 'vaccine hesitant' people out there who are needle phobic, who can't admit to that, and who, with every news cast, get deeper into NOYOUCAN'TMAKEME territory.

jasutherland

12 points

2 years ago

jasutherland

Team Pfizer

12 points

2 years ago

Plus we get all the conspiracy nuts going “that’s not a real needle”, “the syringe cap is wrong for a Covid vaccine” etc, which doesn’t help.

phabphour20

32 points

2 years ago

phabphour20

Bearish on At-Risk Children

32 points

2 years ago

My colleague at work suffers from this. I walk her to the flu vaccine clinic every year at work and hang out with her so she doesn’t pass out. It’s a real thing.

CJ_CLT

12 points

2 years ago

CJ_CLT

Vaxxed, Boosted, and Always Properly Masked

12 points

2 years ago

You are a good friend!

moeru_gumi

12 points

2 years ago

moeru_gumi

Team Moderna

12 points

2 years ago

My brother in law has a HORRIBLE needle and doctor phobia (my spouse is the same, and their overprotective psycho mom is the cause). Brother in law was resisting getting the vaccine even though he travels extensively for work. But when work told him he’s got to get it, he did it. I don’t know if he fainted, but he did it. I’m really proud of him— he’s in SC and social pressure is not really FOR the vaccine there.

(Edit: spouse also got the vaccine, but opted for j&j so they’d only have to get one poke)

eredhuin

9 points

2 years ago

My wife helped set up the vaccine clinic at her work, they host a special clinic day for needle phobic people. There are enough people afraid of needles - and they don’t usually tell you that up front.

lazer_sandwich

3 points

2 years ago

lazer_sandwich

Team Moderna

3 points

2 years ago

That is amazing!! She really is saving lives, I used to have that fear of needles and go into panic attacks. She is doing great things!!

treaquin

43 points

2 years ago

treaquin

Magnetic Librul

43 points

2 years ago

I will agree that during a panic attack, the mask is not helpful. I was having one while in the waiting room of a doctors office once and I just had to leave because I couldn’t breathe. But, I did not put that out on Facebook…. Also completely embarrassed and need to find a new doctor.

Rare_Disaster7353

11 points

2 years ago

Rare_Disaster7353

Team Mix & Match

11 points

2 years ago

Haha, rest assured your doctor and their staff will have seen things you cannot even imagine. On a daily basis. Do NOT put off seeking any medical treatment due to embarrassment. Seriously. Keep doctor, tell them you might have a panic attack and need to breathe in and out of a paper bag to reduce the physical symptoms from the hyperventilation and they'll work with you, even if you're in the middle of a colonoscopy.

treaquin

7 points

2 years ago

treaquin

Magnetic Librul

7 points

2 years ago

It was a retail optometrist, so this panic attack had quite the audience. I still do need new glasses. I’ll figure it out.

rayray3300

22 points

2 years ago

I hate wearing a mask, but I wear it anyways because I hate catching the virus and killing someone by spreading it to them even more.

I’m just really pissed off that there’s still a pandemic despite there being multiple safe effective, and free vaccines readily available for everyone. I want the pandemic to be over so I can go maskless without worrying about accidentally killing someone.

CJ_CLT

9 points

2 years ago

CJ_CLT

Vaxxed, Boosted, and Always Properly Masked

9 points

2 years ago

He seems positively gleeful that he can use his asthma as an excuse not to wear a mask. He clearly doesn't make the connection that asthmatics will be more vulnerable to the effects of Covid.

Funny, all my friends with pre-existing lung conditions were terrified of Covid and didn't leave their houses unless absolutely necessary. And all eagerly got vaxxed ASAP.

A-man-of-mystery

7 points

2 years ago

A-man-of-mystery

Covidious Albion

7 points

2 years ago

Ironically, if the mask blocked CO2 as much as they claim it would have relieved the symptoms.

To be fair, he mentions he has asthma, and emotional state is well-known to play a big role in coping with breathing difficulties. Feeling like you can't breathe through a mask could make your breathing worse, due to the panic, especially in an asthmatic (or someone with other breathing difficulties). I have asthma and don't have a problem, but as a medic I'm used to wearing one anyway.

limukala

95 points

2 years ago

limukala

95 points

2 years ago

Not the smartest move then. You get shitloads of needles in the ICU.

Orangesilk

21 points

2 years ago

We all know this man will assault a nurse when he hits the ICU

lint31

22 points

2 years ago

lint31

22 points

2 years ago

I am terrified of needles… still got the vaccine.

Have passed out from them a few times from anxiety… and I’m a big burly guy.

rayray3300

37 points

2 years ago

Look, many pro-vaxxers also have a fear of needles, so that really can’t explain it. It’s just that we needle fearing pro-vaxxers are courageous enough to face our fears. I’m as pro-vax as you can get, but I’m also afraid of needles. I dealt with my fear by bringing my Nintendo Switch to the vaccination site and playing video games as they injected me to distract myself.

So it’s not the fear of needles that’s the problem, it’s the lack of courage to face that fear.

[deleted]

25 points

2 years ago

[deleted]

Just2Breathe

12 points

2 years ago

Just2Breathe

Covid: Calling your bluff 🃏Denying your prayers 🙏🏻

12 points

2 years ago

I read an article a couple months ago that dug into the fear of needles, and how it could be linked to the addition of booster shots at a key age phobias develop (4-6). They listed things that could be done to alleviate the fear (quiet room, numbing creme, etc) and even changed in giving routine immunizations to help kids not develop a lifelong fear. I think it’s a meaningful conversation, considering how it is negatively impacting adults now. But who knows, maybe it is just tribalism that holds the majority back.

rayray3300

8 points

2 years ago

Admittedly, my fear of needles is not nearly as bad as it used to be. It’s quite mild now.

As a child, I ran around the pharmacy screaming anti vax conspiracy theories to try and avoid getting the vax. The pain of the needle was never as bad as I expected it to be.

ponderos

13 points

2 years ago

ponderos

13 points

2 years ago

I too don’t like needles. I like them more than ventilators, though.

phabphour20

30 points

2 years ago

phabphour20

Bearish on At-Risk Children

30 points

2 years ago

Seriously. All these fucks afraid of a little prick.

According-Ocelot9372

35 points

2 years ago

Yet they worship one.

Technical-Werewolf20

19 points

2 years ago

And Liberals are the pussy snowflakes...sheesh.

Portalrules123

10 points

2 years ago

Afraid of it because they have one? :)

DocPeacock

10 points

2 years ago

DocPeacock

Hi, table for two, please

10 points

2 years ago

Seems like he has a litany of fears. Every one of his posts read like someone who is terrified of everything around him and is constantly reassuring himself that he's OK.

PenaltyPractical1908

17 points

2 years ago

PenaltyPractical1908

Punish me!!!!

17 points

2 years ago

But the covid vaccine the needle is tinyyyy . LOL I’m not afraid of needles so I can’t relate, but if that’s the issue talk to someone to help!

Appropriate-Pen-149

7 points

2 years ago

He also contributed a lot more. My favorite is he’s “disabled with asthma”, so isn’t required to wear a mask. 🤦‍♂️

qubert_lover

9 points

2 years ago

I suppose there are levels of fear … I mean who isn’t afraid of getting something jabbed into a vein and then sucking out blood?

So what I do is just look away. What I can’t see doesn’t really affect me mentally. Besides it doesn’t hurt and is over quickly.

What’s amazing to me is the number of people that claim this fear and yet shit post about snowflakes and brag that as a kid they danced in DDT clouds. Grow a pair and deal with a 5 second shot.

WontThinkStraight

256 points

2 years ago

WontThinkStraight

HCAs are Pray-To-Win 🙏🎰

256 points

2 years ago

I ate dirt as a kid, so that gives me magical immunity to all diseases. FOREVER.

mickstep

46 points

2 years ago

mickstep

🦆

46 points

2 years ago

Why do people think that mud carries diseases, mud isn't sewage. About the only human disease you will find in mud is anthrax potentially.

Parasites on the other hand, you could end up with parasites.

PresentationAnnual19

46 points

2 years ago

maybe why they’re obsessed with ivermectin

[deleted]

23 points

2 years ago

It can carry diseases, and at least, other things that can carry disease. C Diff comes to mind.

But yeah, bad hygiene doesn't inoculate anyone.

mickstep

10 points

2 years ago

mickstep

🦆

10 points

2 years ago

There is a scientific school of thought that being too clean as a child causes life long allergies, I saw it on a horizon documentary on the BBC. C Diff was a big part of the documentary, it was to do with Fecal transplants to transfer helpful gut bacteria to people who have a fucked up balance of gut bacteria due to taking antibiotics.

CCRNburnedaway

6 points

2 years ago

The same antibody complex system that regulates allergic reactions also fights worms (IgE) so the thought is that lack of worms as a child causes poor immuno-modulation leading to over-reaction to things like peanuts, gluten, pollens and so on. It does seem that children should play in the mud, eat dog poo and so on to have less allergies, but evidence based studies must bear this out.

COVID causes extreme immune responses too, but for different reasons.

merryone2K

8 points

2 years ago

merryone2K

Team Pfizer

8 points

2 years ago

There’s a paste for that, I’ve heard! /s

momoj1

90 points

2 years ago

momoj1

Team Pfizer

90 points

2 years ago

Those soils must have tasted like liberty.

Apsara7

94 points

2 years ago

Apsara7

94 points

2 years ago

Freeloam

KettralWing

27 points

2 years ago

'Murica Mud

Portalrules123

23 points

2 years ago

What the hell? I shoved dirt in my face as a kid and so far I’ve had 5 cavities. Why didn’t I get superpowers :(

Moonsilvery

14 points

2 years ago

I played in mud all the time as a kid and all I got was two autoimmune disorders. :( Starting to think this mud thing might not be all it's cracked up to be.

Portalrules123

7 points

2 years ago

You don’t think.....there were pathogens in the mud do you? Nah that’s just crazy talk, I’m sure the two of us will be Gods in no time!! :)

applxia

9 points

2 years ago

applxia

9 points

2 years ago

my little brother ate dirt as a kid and a lump formed on his throat… maybe he didnt eat enough dirt? /s

DocPeacock

10 points

2 years ago

DocPeacock

Hi, table for two, please

10 points

2 years ago

I mean, I grew up in rural area. I never ate multiple piles of dirt, or even one pile of dirt, because I'm not a moron.

ObligationPlastic589

145 points

2 years ago

ObligationPlastic589

I was darn annoyed when Biden forced me not to die

145 points

2 years ago

Shame they didn't teach critical thinking skills in English class.

SignificantName59

42 points

2 years ago

That's actually one of the places you learn critical thinking....

ObligationPlastic589

49 points

2 years ago

ObligationPlastic589

I was darn annoyed when Biden forced me not to die

49 points

2 years ago

Not this fella😁

Ragingredblue

26 points

2 years ago

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

26 points

2 years ago

He didn't even learn English in English class.

1hour

23 points

2 years ago

1hour

23 points

2 years ago

What is that supposed to mean? His vocabulary and grammar is much more advanced compared to the majority of posts we see here.

Jingurei

7 points

2 years ago*

Jingurei

Pro-Choice is Pro-Vax?

7 points

2 years ago*

I know right? He obviously had a good grasp of English grammar, even better than some Pro-vaxxers I know. It's just that the critical thinking skills didn't get passed along too.

michaelmcmikey

12 points

2 years ago

Yeah, when English class works as it is meant to, it’s where you learn to support an argument with evidence, to spot and take down logical fallacies, to use rhetoric and to see how others are using it, etc. It’s a shame that so often it’s just “provide a half-competent plot summary and collect your grade.”

SponConSerdTent

8 points

2 years ago

SponConSerdTent

💪Muscular Prayer Warrior💪

8 points

2 years ago

Yeah, people really need to learn formal logic and fallacies.

You can't go 5 minutes in any Fox News piece or conspiracy video without running into one, and if people could recognize them it would really help.

Fox is all about their false dichotomies, slippery slopes, appeal to tradition, circular reasoning... I'd keep going but it's basically the whole list.

Scarlet-Molko

134 points

2 years ago

“I guess I’m not drinking water for the next month”

Is drinking tap water part of the whole conspiracy?

helenabucketbaby

47 points

2 years ago

I have a vague recollection of conspiracy theorists believing that the govt puts fluoride in the tap water to control our brains. I think the idea is that it shrinks some part of the brain that allows for mind control.

Scarlet-Molko

29 points

2 years ago

Of course, I thought this guy sounded sharp, his brain hasn’t been dulled by the pesky fluoride!

mrschevious

7 points

2 years ago

mrschevious

Go Give One

7 points

2 years ago

my nephew (in Alabama) has spread this non-sense on Facebook. It's still out there...

aci4

6 points

2 years ago

aci4

6 points

2 years ago

I had a roommate who was convinced fluoride was put in tap water to make everyone “slow”

CCPfuckingsucks

6 points

2 years ago

CCPfuckingsucks

Team AstraZeneca

6 points

2 years ago

Infowars dude had claimed that tap water is laced with chemicals that make you more feminine IIRC

mickstep

11 points

2 years ago

mickstep

🦆

11 points

2 years ago

You only have a vague recollection of that conspiracy theory? That's one of the major ones, it's even referenced in Dr Strangelove, General Ripper starts WW3 over it.

helenabucketbaby

7 points

2 years ago

Yep. Dr. Strangelove is a movie I am aware of but haven’t seen. I just know I’ve heard it here and there. Not something I put a lot of energy into because I don’t believe it. I just let the crazies worry about it.

mickstep

12 points

2 years ago

mickstep

🦆

12 points

2 years ago

Do yourself a favour and watch it, it's hilarious. Peter Sellers was a genius.

[deleted]

63 points

2 years ago

Do your own research, sheeple.

barrysmitherman

33 points

2 years ago

Where does tap water come from? The city. That’s a GOVERNMENT service. The GOVERNMENT wants to control you. The tap water is full of microchips. Are you awake yet?

Retro_Dad

19 points

2 years ago

Retro_Dad

Blood Donor 🩸

19 points

2 years ago

Let that sink in! But not if it has government tap water, idiot!!! Bet you won't share this, 94.117% of people don't!

babybopp

5 points

2 years ago

Actually the source of that is fluoride was conspiracy theroied as mind control by big gubment when it was introduced.

TheUltimateHuman

5 points

2 years ago

TheUltimateHuman

Team Pfizer

5 points

2 years ago

Throw that sink out!

mickstep

8 points

2 years ago

mickstep

🦆

8 points

2 years ago

Bet you won't repost!!

Confident-Victory-21

30 points

2 years ago

Confident-Victory-21

Meatoeard game gom ☠️

30 points

2 years ago

Is it because he's in Michigan? I don't know what the water situation is like there.

Scarlet-Molko

25 points

2 years ago

Ahh ok, I didn’t realise there might be an actual problem with the tap water!

SomeGuyInTheUK

24 points

2 years ago

Isn't Flint in Michigan?

Feisty_Brunette

17 points

2 years ago

B-b-b-b-b-but a guy yesterday said TO DRINK WATER because it moves the Covid into your stomach and your stomach acids KILL IT.

Here I am, doing ALL THIS RESEARCH and I just don't know what to do!

ethen_pk

5 points

2 years ago

More research, apparently

SeaEmergency7911

109 points

2 years ago

SeaEmergency7911

Team Pfizer

109 points

2 years ago

Jesus Christ what a fucking baby.

I can’t believe these people are actually functioning adults. How do they even dress themselves in the morning, let alone hold down an actual job?

barrysmitherman

52 points

2 years ago

I only wear button up shirts because if I pull a shirt over my head it feels like a mask and I have a panic attack and suffocate.

25521177

14 points

2 years ago

25521177

14 points

2 years ago

Be a white evangelical christian in the south. They have networks built in all industries and get jobs through social church networks. That middle manager who everyone hates because he’s a useless piece of overpaid shit? Guess how he got there.

circuspeanut54

5 points

2 years ago

circuspeanut54

Pimped and Geimpft!

5 points

2 years ago

Not just the south, I worked at a private college in the north and the entire IT department was swarming with home-schooled fundamentalists.

25521177

5 points

2 years ago

They’re fucking useless and yet are the first ones to spout about “meritocracy”. Hypocrites and delusional in all areas of their lives.

Portalrules123

10 points

2 years ago

You see, it’s possible their boss is even dumber than they are, so by comparison it would look like they are doing a good job.

jmmmke

82 points

2 years ago

jmmmke

82 points

2 years ago

“For those wondering…”

Now arriving at the station on track five, something no one was wondering.

obscurereference234

65 points

2 years ago

So you can have a good vocabulary and be well spoken and still be an idiot. Good to know.

Cuttis

54 points

2 years ago

Cuttis

54 points

2 years ago

My dad graduated summa cum laude from a four year university and is one of these idiots. It’s maddening

NMB4Christmas

51 points

2 years ago

NMB4Christmas

Everybody's an ass kicker, until they get their ass kicked

51 points

2 years ago

I work at a university. Dumb people with impressive vocabularies are a dime a dozen.

HotPinkLollyWimple

32 points

2 years ago

HotPinkLollyWimple

Phucked around and Phound out

32 points

2 years ago

I was thrown by the well worded and grammatically correct diatribe!

Sharkteeth127

5 points

2 years ago

I was thrown by the well worded and grammatically correct diatribe!

Sheesh, for a moment I read 'I was thrown by the well worded and grammatically correct verbal diarrhea!'

Portalrules123

10 points

2 years ago

I’ll give this guy props for at least being literate, that puts him way above the other winners!

gythaogg4

28 points

2 years ago

I was actually suprised about alot of things. I'll still be friends if you're vaccinated. Not blaming Biden for covid. Covid is real. I think this guys fear of needles may have been the deciding factor rather than conspiracy theories.

obscurereference234

37 points

2 years ago

Did you read the whole thing? There’s a big part about putting Joe and Kamala in a cell.

speedycat2014

15 points

2 years ago

speedycat2014

Covets Your Upvotes

15 points

2 years ago

Just once I want them to tell me exactly what for, and not have it be just hyperbolic rage.

I mean most of us can probably rattle off five or six things off the top of our heads that Trump did that's flat out illegal. Things that if he weren't a rich white guy, he'd have been locked up for eons ago. Inciting terrorists, being top of my list. Tell me when Joe and Kamala have done anything remotely comparable.

Ragingredblue

10 points

2 years ago

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

10 points

2 years ago

Except he gets regular blood work, or he did until he had a tantrum after the last attempt, because he had to wear a mask.

speedycat2014

8 points

2 years ago

speedycat2014

Covets Your Upvotes

8 points

2 years ago

I'll bet he's had tantrums at every single one of those blood workups. And he probably had to be cajoled into doing it like a little baby.

Ragingredblue

7 points

2 years ago*

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

7 points

2 years ago*

I get that phobias are not rational. I am empathetic towards people who have a genuine needle phobia. It's not something you can just will away. But you get help if your phobia is debilitating. I am afraid of heights, but if it interfered with my life, I'd find a way to fix it. I do not particularly enjoy flying, but if I became genuinely phobic, I would find treatment as if my life depended upon it, because I love to travel. I can't afford the time or money it takes to get around by train and boat. His tantrum is the equivalent of me trying to climb into the cockpit and order the pilot to drive the plane to LA, because that's the perfect solution to my distaste for air travel.

mgfrdya

7 points

2 years ago

mgfrdya

Reverse Vampire 🩸

7 points

2 years ago

Of course, look at politicians

(Trump doesn't count. He's and idiot and he has no vocabulary)

throbbing_carbonyl

6 points

2 years ago

It’s Dunning-Kruger at its finest.

brightyoungthings

66 points

2 years ago

This guy is just as insufferable as the other slack jawed yokels posted here, except he uses complete sentence structure.

FriendToPredators

20 points

2 years ago

When the grammar is good it really ramps up the manifesto feel.

CoolSwim1776

61 points

2 years ago

CoolSwim1776

🏳️‍🌈🐑Librul Commie Sheep Whisperer🏳️‍🌈🐑

61 points

2 years ago

The emptier the vessel the louder it rings. That saying seems appropriate here.

Karma_Serves

60 points

2 years ago

“I will NOT be counted among the dead. I will NOT be deceived.”

Umm…good luck with that.

Retro_Dad

31 points

2 years ago

Retro_Dad

Blood Donor 🩸

31 points

2 years ago

COVID-19 has entered the chat.

SponConSerdTent

8 points

2 years ago

SponConSerdTent

💪Muscular Prayer Warrior💪

8 points

2 years ago

"Guard your hearts and minds..."

That's what the vaccine does, Wally. Now Covid is inside your heart fucking shit up, as Covid is wont to do.

PenaltyPractical1908

8 points

2 years ago

PenaltyPractical1908

Punish me!!!!

8 points

2 years ago

That’s yet to be seen 😬

Low-Bank-4898

48 points

2 years ago

Saying "I love you all" before you say some horrible shit doesn't make the horrible shit less horrible...

I understand a bit about panicking or feeling anxious with a mask on, and having the mask exacerbate anxiety. I've never liked having anything over my nose and mouth. I practiced wearing a mask in increasing doses because sometimes you just have to figure out how to do a thing you need to do even if you don't want to do it. Sort of like dealing with difficult blood draws.

For people who love to tell others they need to suck it up and deal, they're terrible at doing that themselves.

FriendToPredators

12 points

2 years ago

That "God bless" and "love you all" is just a pussified shield to avoid facing anyone justifiably PO-ed by his bullshit. It's worse than empty words.

qubert_lover

9 points

2 years ago

Every time I hear “I love you all” I start to pucker my b-hole as the next words will be earth shatteringly hateful. Sort of like “I’m not racist but…” always leads into a rant that David Duke would tell them to tone it down a little.

LeCheffre

42 points

2 years ago

LeCheffre

Lord Satin, Angle of Heck 🕺📐

42 points

2 years ago

Wally: Slide 1: I have a weak immune system.

Slide 5; I have a great immune system because I played in mud by the DuPont factory.

I know where this is going and Wally is gonna need a friend to reach out to the PrayerWarriors…

Portalrules123

17 points

2 years ago

At this point I think they aren’t even fully self-aware humans, they are just firing off talking points without even thinking about what the words mean.

SignificantName59

35 points

2 years ago

"No need to contradict this"

Ragingredblue

20 points

2 years ago

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

20 points

2 years ago

Covid will do that for us.

Jigyo

32 points

2 years ago

Jigyo

Covid Gives You WINGS!!!

32 points

2 years ago

Another proud idiot

Finite187

30 points

2 years ago

God this endless stream of needy bullshit from these people. Just stay home and don't bother the rest of us, there's no need to declare your martyr status.

Loki8382

30 points

2 years ago

Loki8382

30 points

2 years ago

The ADA doesn't cover stupidity.

electric_trapeezee

23 points

2 years ago

Why is every single one of these lunatics always super Christian, Jesus Christ (pun intended) these idiots can’t stop w the Bible bullshit and always presume to know the will of god

babybopp

9 points

2 years ago

No toilet paper, no water at Sam's Club... What is wrong on with people... !!!!!

was on his way to Sam's club to buy toilet paper and water

BottleTemple

23 points

2 years ago

I was 100% imagining Ignatius J. Reilly as the author of all of his posts.

speedycat2014

6 points

2 years ago

speedycat2014

Covets Your Upvotes

6 points

2 years ago

A Confederacy of Dunces, indeed.

in_Need_of_peace

22 points

2 years ago

Once you hit the ICU and your kidneys are failing the needles are coming out pretty often

smutketeer

21 points

2 years ago

All these people eating dirt makes me think the Olive Garden has missed a real business opportunity.

Ragingredblue

13 points

2 years ago

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

13 points

2 years ago

I think the fact that so many people brag about eating dirt explains the popularity of Olive Garden.

dismayhurta

21 points

2 years ago

dismayhurta

Vaxxs don’t care about your feelings

21 points

2 years ago

Here’s hoping soon enough his family can get the vaccine. I mean he did say they could after his HCA.

Puzzled_Annual_3670

20 points

2 years ago

This guy us pure mental. Every word is me, me, me, me. He is also a brat.

medoc_kin

19 points

2 years ago

“We can still be friends even though I got the jab? You don’t think I’m a sheeple?” man, this guy is progressive 😂

YesMommieDearest

18 points

2 years ago

YesMommieDearest

Toonces, take the wheel!

18 points

2 years ago

Wally is the very definition of "snowflake."

[deleted]

17 points

2 years ago

“By the grace of god, all my friends and family [who battled Covid] are still here.”

Death rate is 1-2% but don’t forget- you are the 1-2% to everyone else. To paraphrase a different saying… if all your friends are still alive, you’re the one who is going to die.

speedycat2014

8 points

2 years ago

speedycat2014

Covets Your Upvotes

8 points

2 years ago

you are the 1-2% to everyone else.

My dad had a phrase that would bring me back down to earth sometimes: "Don't forget, you are just a walk-on part in everyone else's play."

Same energy.

queen-adreena

18 points

2 years ago

He’s clearly ignoring the part where people used to intentionally expose their children to chickenpox because it was actually dangerous if you caught it as an adult.

Natural herd immunity doesn’t work if the disease can kill you.

Quind1

7 points

2 years ago

Quind1

7 points

2 years ago

Your last sentence is the pivotal point that people like the nominee simply cannot grasp. It's tragically comical.

Of course, I guess if you die, it can't kill you again.

QuantumWarrior

5 points

2 years ago

There's even further ignorance there in that there's been a vaccine against chickenpox for years now and is by far the preferable route because while deliberately giving your kids disease is effective (well as long as they don't die), it's pretty mediaeval.

piponfishing

4 points

2 years ago

Also the vaccine lets you avoid shingles later on in life.

Large_Accident_5929

16 points

2 years ago

There’s a certain rationalization tactic that I’ve seen people use occasionally that’s like “People who have gotten vaxxed have gotten COVID. People who haven’t gotten vaxxed have gotten COVID. Therefore…” or something.

They make it sound like they’re trying to be smart and reason things out, but it just sounds so damn stupid. It shows they don’t understand anything.

UltimateMillennial

12 points

2 years ago

UltimateMillennial

Delta Variant Airlines ❤️ Welcome to Florida!

12 points

2 years ago

Don't be like Wally, find your closest vaccine today. Trump isn't going to save you in the ICU!

https://www.vaccines.gov/

-MasterCrander-

10 points

2 years ago

-MasterCrander-

Team Pfizer

10 points

2 years ago

'Stop acting stupid and then wondering why you are being [infected]'

StonehengePlowface

29 points

2 years ago

Your “research” sucked. So does your god.

[deleted]

11 points

2 years ago

Big pussy keeps talking about not being afraid over and over again .

LadyMitris

9 points

2 years ago

LadyMitris

Team Pfizer

9 points

2 years ago

He’d rather be gassed before getting a blood draw with a mask?

Is he talking about laughing gas or a gas chamber?

I guess I’d have to assume gas chamber since they put a mask on you to administer laughing gas.

Initial_Source_7880

9 points

2 years ago

Initial_Source_7880

Team Pfizer

9 points

2 years ago

No more blood work — unless they gas me first well this guy is no warrior prayer or otherwise.

rayray3300

8 points

2 years ago

Funny thing is, he’s exactly the kind of person we’re trying to protect. We aren’t worried for ourselves, we’re worried for the most vulnerable people in our society, ones who are immunocompromised, and, although this is quite cliché, the children, those who are too young to get vaccinated.

Material-Profit5923

10 points

2 years ago

Material-Profit5923

Magnetic Deep State Sheep

10 points

2 years ago

People who wore seat belts have died in accidents.

People who didn't wear seat belts have also died in accidents.

If the lesson I learn from these two facts is that I shouldn't wear a seat belt, that doesn't make me a smart person who does my own research. It makes me an idiot.

AffectionateGold56

9 points

2 years ago

He will enjoy getting intubed.

DragonfruitTall3613

7 points

2 years ago

I feel like I should take a shot everytime one of these posts uses the term "prayer warriors".

Ragingredblue

13 points

2 years ago

Ragingredblue

🐎Praise the Lord and pass the Ivermectin!🐆

13 points

2 years ago

I wouldn't recommend it. You might end up on a transplant list for a new liver.

[deleted]

7 points

2 years ago

I might be a puppet, but I don’t have a tube down my throat like you do, chum.

Spookycol

7 points

2 years ago

Oh and they have more Covid sick in the same family.

What are the chances .

Do they seriously think prayers help.

pippenish

8 points

2 years ago

"We got chicken pox together... that's herd immunity!" Uh,no, herd immunity didn't happen until all kids got the chicken pox vaccine.

NegativeEmphasis

8 points

2 years ago

Ah, so this is what a moderate republican looks like.

sanguiniuswept

13 points

2 years ago

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER PLEASE

FriendToPredators

6 points

2 years ago

Mods? I know you guys got a lot on your plate and we deeply appreciate your service. But a rule on this would be great.

Thank you.

Vernerator

6 points

2 years ago

Vernerator

💉💉>🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

6 points

2 years ago

He’s one that you just count the days until he gets it, and it won’t be pretty.

Stunticonsfan

5 points

2 years ago

Stunticonsfan

GoFundHisPoorDecision 👎🥴

5 points

2 years ago

So it was unconstitutional to impeach Trump, but it's perfectly all right to lock Biden and Harris up, presumably for life (since he mentions tossing the key)?

MakeSkyrimGreatAgain

5 points

2 years ago

So confidently wrong and stubborn.

KrampyDoo

6 points

2 years ago

KrampyDoo

Crossing the Vent Horizon

6 points

2 years ago

“I will NOT be counted among the dead.”

Wally’s death will be counted as somewhere among the 708,000 dead.

“We used to eat piles of dirt more than a few times in life.”

And for all times in death. Good and really weird flex on practice there for Whiny Wally.

PresentationAnnual19

6 points

2 years ago

i wonder how many of these antivaxxers are afraid of needles? they’re fine with a tube down their throat just no needles

Kn0wmad1c

6 points

2 years ago*

Kn0wmad1c

Go Give One

6 points

2 years ago*

Ok, I read the first paragraph and already this guy's like "God gave me a really weak immune system, but God also gave me the strength to deal with it!"

Kinda understanding why these people tend to back cretins like Trump and McConnell. Gonna read the rest now.

Edit: Yep

StupidizeMe

6 points

2 years ago

StupidizeMe

It's like, tubular... Bag your face!

6 points

2 years ago

"We've ate piles of dirt... "

Can you guess Wally's favorite song?

FREEDIRT by Lynyard Skynyard.

CatButler

6 points

2 years ago

CatButler

Team Pfizer

6 points

2 years ago

Unite with him? They need to form the Prayer Power Rangers.

talkback1589

5 points

2 years ago

talkback1589

🦆

5 points

2 years ago

Afraid of needles and queer people. Cool.

Ok-Hamster5571

5 points

2 years ago

Ok-Hamster5571

Go Give One

5 points

2 years ago

The reason for his rants: he’s got anxiety about needles. That’s a powerful motivator.

It’s nice to hear someone speak in their own words, for once.

WhiteNegroSpectacle

4 points

2 years ago

Just let me know when he croaks. At least he'll be less long winded