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Mountain Dew rule. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Turns out the poison was a placebo.

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[โ€“] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess Dew and weed killer taste similar. ๐Ÿ˜ถ

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Mountain Dew was made to cover up the flavor of low quality moonshine.

I wouldn't be surprised if it could hide Round Up.

[โ€“] hOrni@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Didn't that one guy say, you can drink a quart of it and it won't hurt you?

[โ€“] SirDankbud@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But he very famously said he wasn't an idiot, and that's why he refused to drink any on camera when the interviewer told him they had some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWM_PgnoAtA

[โ€“] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

Roundup is not entirely safe for humans.

It's just the damages that it caused typically take several years to build up and accumulate, and the most likely things that will happen is it will cause endocrine disorders hormone disorders and greatly increase your risk for multiple types of cancer.

[โ€“] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

that's like trying to poison somebody by blowing cigarette smoke in their face. like yeah, eventually it will kill them but come on

[โ€“] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

With that color I think Mountain Dew is poisonous by itself

[โ€“] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You can always tell they're insane just by their eyes

[โ€“] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Shit, and my ex just divorced me!