You cannot choose your family and it’s all fine when you get along with them and there are loving relationships between the members. But it also can be kind of a problem as you are stuck with them at least until you can fully take care of yourself if you feel like you don’t belong there.
There could be numerous reasons why you wouldn’t get along with other family members. One of them could be radically different political views. It is difficult to communicate with a person who has totally opposite values as you do. A TikToker shared what it is like when one’s mom is a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory and the video went viral with 3.6 million views.
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TikToker mac1eann went viral with 3.6 million views for sharing some messages his mom, who is a QAnon believer, sends him
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If you don’t know what QAnon is, it’s a term that refers to conspiracy theories claiming that the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles. The followers of the conspiracy theory believe that this cabal includes politicians, Hollywood celebrities, even the pope and Dalai Lama.
If that doesn’t sound crazy enough, the QAnon believers think that people in power kill their victims and eat them to extract a life-extending chemical called adrenochrome. The believers consider Donald Trump to be their savior as according to them, he was elected president to fight the corrupt world rulers.
Image credits: mac1eann
The most recent incident that got the world confused was a gathering in Dallas, Texas where QAnon followers were expecting J. F. Kennedy to show up. The same J. F. Kennedy who was the 35th president of the USA and who was assassinated in 1963. They believed that the former president would come back and participate in the 2024 presidential run alongside Donald Trump.
She believes that masks grow dangerous bacteria in them and suggests that her son not wear them
Image credits: mac1eann
Image credits: mac1eann
Now imagine your mom is a follower and believes in those conspiracy theories, but you don’t. You would probably get similar text messages as the TikToker mac1eann does. He shared some of them so we can assume that he isn’t the happiest to receive them.
In one of them, the mom is telling her son to take off his mask immediately and in another screenshot we see a picture of a moldy specimen tray and find out the reason why. She fears that her son is ingesting very dangerous bacteria, so wearing masks isn’t worth it.
The image has been discussed among microbiologists and they say that it is misleading because judging from the photo, they are convinced that the dish has been incubating for a long time. The growth of fungi indicates that the specimen was contaminated by mold and shows other microbes, not just bacteria from a face mask.
She also doesn’t believe in the good of vaccines and warns her son not to do COVID tests through the nose as that is how people get secretly vaccinated
Image credits: mac1eann
Image credits: mac1eann
In another screenshot, his mom is asking him not to drink tap water, not to get vaccinated, and not to let anyone do a nose COVID test because the vaccine is in it. Another crazy conspiracy theory that the mom shares with the TikToker is that food companies use taste enhancers that have aborted baby fetus cells.
The company Senomyx actually exists and it uses those cells for research purposes, but they are not in any food or drinks or any products that are meant for consumers.
Image credits: mac1eann
Another conspiracy she believes is that food companies put aborted baby fetus cells in their products
Image credits: mac1eann
It seems that the amount of people who believe in QAnon conspiracy theories is growing and Facebook groups dedicated to it have hundreds of thousands of followers. People who saw the video were commenting that their parents too believed in it and it actually put a strain on their relationships, but others agreed that the mom who sent the messages made sense.
You can find the video with the mom’s messages below
@mac1eanndo not drink tap water. ##greenscreen ##NissanShowUp ##stitch ##TeamofTomorrow♬ slipping through my fingers – favsoundds
Video credits: mac1eann
What do you think of this situation and the QAnon beliefs? Do you have any experience with it and what is your conclusion learning more about it? Let us know in the comments!
Sadly, some people in the comments saw sense in the mom’s messages and others were sharing that their parents also believe in the crazy conspiracies
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There is a HUGE mental health crisis in the US, speaking as an American. I can't even with the crazy anymore. Or the stupid. Or both.
You can thank, in part, social media. No one wants facts, they want b.s. that supports a preconceived idea. So they take to Facebook, etc. for like thinking fools. Then it's a huge echo chamber getting ever louder.
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I absolutely agree. I know someone who believes all those things and thinks that those of us who are actually being proactive about getting vaccinated etc are "sheep". What I want to say to him is Really? You're the one blindly following what these supposed "experts" say, even though they have zero credentials and do zero actual research and don't actually know what they're talking about but love the attention and having people look up to them? And WE'RE the "sheep"?
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If you wonder why I, in medicine, am beyond the end of my rope? There you have it. FYI, it's all lies. Bias confirmation kills. I even check on my bias (is this science stuff for real?!) and do you know, it is.
Scary! I lost a partner to QAnon. Was always talking about the end of the world, lizard people and satanic rituals... Nothing else ever.
Sorry to hear that. Sadly my mom went down this rabbithole. This smart woman (2 phd's) is now moving to a tiny-home and goiing off grid. I love her, but my siblings and I are limiting the time we spend with her. Talking with her about anything is almost impossible
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You know, Q Anon bullshit aside, I really feel bad for the kid in this post, and any others like him. To live with a parent or loved one who seems to be constantly on the edge of anger and fear must be exhausting.
they are incurable, you have to block them on all platforms. I've done it to three people so far. No mercy.
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"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Isaac Asimov 1980. This is not new.
It has happened in other fascist type regimes other oppressive times. Nazi Germany, China during the Maoist revolution, Salem witch trials, the time of the inquisition, etc.
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I lost all of my smypathy and tolerance with that level of stupidity a long time ago
Did anyone else notice that the bacteria "sample" was literally photoshop, random pocket material, and actual broken seashells
also... you don't leave your mask on for like two weeks, you wash it daily... otherwise yes, like ANYTHING on EARTH it will get covered in dodgy stuff.
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Then you realized you severely underrated it, I’m guessing. Lots of us did that. That’s our punishment for giving people the benefit of the doubt.
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First of all, I feel incredibly bad for this kid. That's like being held prisoner. Second, I think it would be awesome if vaccines could come in nose swabs. Then maybe I wouldn't have had flu like symptoms after each shot. That part sucked.
Your immune system will react no matter how the vaccines is introduced, that's the point of the vaccine, so.... yeah, you'd still possibly feel like "ugh" for a day or two. We administer some up the nose as nasal sprays. You still can have the yuck. I'm sorry. I feel you. The Covid vax laid me out for a day.
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This is absolutely heart wrenching. I'm a mental health professional and if I had a client in front of me saying this BS, I'd mark 'paranoia' and 'delusional content' in my notes, without a doubt
https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/11/epistemic-injustice-clinical-mental-health-encounters/
Load More Replies... Wonder if she got there early at the grassy knoll in Dallas Texas to shake hands with JFK Junior and thank him agreeing to be Trumps running mate in 2024. LOLZ
Thank you for correcting that to be JFK JR, not his father. So very weird that they think JFK Jr faked his death and will be returning to run as VP to Trump. Um, I really do not think so.
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My uncle is just like his mom. These anti vaxxers need to be shipped off to a deserted island away from everyone else.
Throw the remaining smallpox vials onto the island too.
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I never thought I'd see the day where yellow press gets its own dedicated following of believers, but here we are.
This is so sad. If this is someone in your family, please intervene. Try to get them offline and off hyper-politicized TV. Encourage their critical thinking. Recognize their fears and emotions. A lot of people turn to this nonsense because they're scared. Help them find support other places.
It's harder than you think. My parents aren't full Q, but they got into Fox News and OANN. You can't break through the brainwashing. I am trying everything I can, and there has been some progress, but every so often one of them comes out with the sort of comment that would make one's hair stand on end. It's normal to them.
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I'm confused Do they think the companies use the aborted fetuses for...flavour?
There's a Wikipedia article on it. It sounds gross.
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To be fair, depending on where you live, the tap water one might be valid. I'm guessing this is the U.S. and in many states the tap water isn't healthy at all. Flint is the most well-known but a lot of states with shoddy environmental regulations have tap water with alarmingly high levels of toxins. My grandma lives in Texas and is so far-right she thinks Obama is the literal antichrist and even she won't drink the tap water.
I assume she's saying that because of fluoride.
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Please don't think all of us are like that. Please. I get my booster today, I'm so aghast at this stuff. I remember how people used to say that certain face creams and such ( pre internet) with collagen, came from aborted fetuses. I just don't know how people believe such stuff.
“All of us” who? All Q-Anon? They are all like that.
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The fact that so many support Trump is scary. If the voting numbers are a guide, look around the next time you are out. About 4:10 adults you are looking at think that a guy that grew up wealthy, that has an ego so large that he fires any that disagree with him and doesn't have an ounce of moral decency in him will relate to their problems. They somehow think that he has the best interests of the people he has been victimizing for decades at heart. I used to wonder how the Germans in the 1920s could ever want a guy who, from the get go, condoned hatred and violence toward a group of people. Sadly, now I know. About half of the people I know and/or work with would allow the same type of behavior as the Germans under Hitler did. The hard part is knowing when it will change from nutty talk to having to take action against these people.
They can support who they want, that’s how democracy works. If you believe otherwise, than that’s essentially like being not allowed to support Biden. Let them do their thing.
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Hard to believe people are so gullible and believe all the crapola in Facebook memes. Oh excuse me, Meta. No Meta what you call Facebook it sucks
I wish people could get vaccinated with a nasal swab! That would be awesome.
sadly yes. We know that approximately 150m people in north america believe this cr™apola.
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This is the dark side of freedom of speech... although in my opinion telling lies on purpose should be punished hard. Also the difficult part is to prove intention.
Sometimes I wonder how much freedom is too much freedom. We as a race, fought bloody revolutions just so we can be free to think and to learn. And then you see these people.
These people need immediate spayed and neutered. The gene pool is polluted enough as it is.
I just found out the owner of a service company I use thinks anyone who got the vax will be dead in two years...b/c the gov't wants to kill us all...for no reason that really makes any sense. She gave covid to half her family by not quarantining her daughter who had covid....I am no longer comfortable using them.
I want to scream at all of the anti QAnon responses: YES!! That is right! I totally agree with you!! For all the QAnon believers, the Covid vaccine does not cause infertility! My son and his wife,who are both vaccinated, got pregnant immediately after trying. Sooo there you go QAnon pin brains. FWI, it is a popular myth among the QAnons that the Covid vaccine makes you sterile.
Well, I agree with the bacteria and masks thing. On the other hand I don't wear the same mask for a month until it disintegrates.
That's why people wash masks every day, or throwing away disposable ones after one use.
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Lame your educational system US . That’s why these people exist
I feel for this young man. Maybe he could become am emancipated minor? His mother in so toxic. I hope his isn't conditioned to believe this way.
I don't believe a lot of what this lady is saying but The Business Insider wrote an article about conspiracy theories that have been proven true. And for the people who think she is crazy (which as Dave Chappell says is dismissive) never forget the government lied to black men and gave them syphilis without their knowledge. I believe it was called the Tuskegee experiment. So while I don't believe all of what she is saying; I do feel like it is not beyond the realm of possibility.
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. A conspiracy that the government committed some crime is very different to a conspiracy that all the world's scientists are lying about climate change to interfere with American politics, or that the queen is a reptilian alien, or whatever.
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This is why I keep feeling that the world today is full of fools. I know it's not true, but try keeping that idea with all the conspiracy nuts and dictator voters. The motto of conspiracy theories seens to be: everything is trying to kill you, do absolutely nothing
All right, if flavor enhancers in food are made from aborted fetus cells, then we should just start eating babies directly.
I have begun to wonder if there are "thought" viruses or bacteria. One day you are a functional, reasonably sensible, adult, the you get "infected" by this brain-damaging disease and it weakens your mind's immune system (rational thought and healthy skepticism). Once you are compromised, other opportunistic infections occur......WAIT! QAnon is HIV of the brain!!!!!
Crazy this mom. I have a family member Q too…can barely talk to them. To be fair to the mom in the OP, the bacteria thing is masks is true, tho not as exaggerated as she suggests. EDIT: of course I get downvoted lol. If I came across as an anti masker, apologies. To clarify, we have bacteria in us, when we exhale it gets in the mask. Same thing that happens with covid (like, the reason we wear them). To reiterate, the risk from this is far less than covid. But to think there’s no bacteria in masks is kinda silly. Here’s a left-leaning (read: anti-Q) publication: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/bacteria-is-growing-on-your-mask/ar-BB1bagFN
It's why they are disposable. Swab your kitchen counter and watch the culture grow.
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How did people like her reach a certain age? Don't you have to have half a brain cell to go through life?
Oh gosh, I have retirement center ads throughout this entire article.
The (falsely proven claim) about Senomyx is old and recycled by idiots. To the educated biologist this idea is so laughable.
Leave your mum alone ! Seriously she May have mental health issues and the world does not need to make fun of her For her beliefs be them unfounded or Not ! This is just cruel
Fck Q,but why don't you never post stories about extreme left nutjobs?There is the same amount of idiots on both sides
Let me bring you up to date then. Folks believe Volcanoes are fake because "rocks don't melt", the moon is a hologram, hills do not exist, and of course the earth is flat and we have never been to the moon, but that's old fashioned stuff.
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The amount of pharmaceuticals in our drinking water is tiny, and we have no idea what the risks are yet. We may never know because you're exposed to so many chemicals through the air you breathe, the products you use, etc. anyway and that same tap water is also used to water the plants you eat. If you're going to go out of your way to try to avoid chemicals in tap water, you might as well stop eating and breathing, too.
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You are entitled to believe in fairytales, but accept we don't take you seriously.
Load More Replies... There is a HUGE mental health crisis in the US, speaking as an American. I can't even with the crazy anymore. Or the stupid. Or both.
You can thank, in part, social media. No one wants facts, they want b.s. that supports a preconceived idea. So they take to Facebook, etc. for like thinking fools. Then it's a huge echo chamber getting ever louder.
Load More Replies... I absolutely agree. I know someone who believes all those things and thinks that those of us who are actually being proactive about getting vaccinated etc are "sheep". What I want to say to him is Really? You're the one blindly following what these supposed "experts" say, even though they have zero credentials and do zero actual research and don't actually know what they're talking about but love the attention and having people look up to them? And WE'RE the "sheep"?
Load More Replies... If you wonder why I, in medicine, am beyond the end of my rope? There you have it. FYI, it's all lies. Bias confirmation kills. I even check on my bias (is this science stuff for real?!) and do you know, it is.
Scary! I lost a partner to QAnon. Was always talking about the end of the world, lizard people and satanic rituals... Nothing else ever.
Sorry to hear that. Sadly my mom went down this rabbithole. This smart woman (2 phd's) is now moving to a tiny-home and goiing off grid. I love her, but my siblings and I are limiting the time we spend with her. Talking with her about anything is almost impossible
Load More Replies... You know, Q Anon bullshit aside, I really feel bad for the kid in this post, and any others like him. To live with a parent or loved one who seems to be constantly on the edge of anger and fear must be exhausting.
they are incurable, you have to block them on all platforms. I've done it to three people so far. No mercy.
Load More Replies... "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Isaac Asimov 1980. This is not new.
It has happened in other fascist type regimes other oppressive times. Nazi Germany, China during the Maoist revolution, Salem witch trials, the time of the inquisition, etc.
Load More Replies... I lost all of my smypathy and tolerance with that level of stupidity a long time ago
Did anyone else notice that the bacteria "sample" was literally photoshop, random pocket material, and actual broken seashells
also... you don't leave your mask on for like two weeks, you wash it daily... otherwise yes, like ANYTHING on EARTH it will get covered in dodgy stuff.
Load More Replies... Then you realized you severely underrated it, I’m guessing. Lots of us did that. That’s our punishment for giving people the benefit of the doubt.
Load More Replies... First of all, I feel incredibly bad for this kid. That's like being held prisoner. Second, I think it would be awesome if vaccines could come in nose swabs. Then maybe I wouldn't have had flu like symptoms after each shot. That part sucked.
Your immune system will react no matter how the vaccines is introduced, that's the point of the vaccine, so.... yeah, you'd still possibly feel like "ugh" for a day or two. We administer some up the nose as nasal sprays. You still can have the yuck. I'm sorry. I feel you. The Covid vax laid me out for a day.
Load More Replies... This is absolutely heart wrenching. I'm a mental health professional and if I had a client in front of me saying this BS, I'd mark 'paranoia' and 'delusional content' in my notes, without a doubt
https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/11/epistemic-injustice-clinical-mental-health-encounters/
Load More Replies... Wonder if she got there early at the grassy knoll in Dallas Texas to shake hands with JFK Junior and thank him agreeing to be Trumps running mate in 2024. LOLZ
Thank you for correcting that to be JFK JR, not his father. So very weird that they think JFK Jr faked his death and will be returning to run as VP to Trump. Um, I really do not think so.
Load More Replies... My uncle is just like his mom. These anti vaxxers need to be shipped off to a deserted island away from everyone else.
Throw the remaining smallpox vials onto the island too.
Load More Replies... I never thought I'd see the day where yellow press gets its own dedicated following of believers, but here we are.
This is so sad. If this is someone in your family, please intervene. Try to get them offline and off hyper-politicized TV. Encourage their critical thinking. Recognize their fears and emotions. A lot of people turn to this nonsense because they're scared. Help them find support other places.
It's harder than you think. My parents aren't full Q, but they got into Fox News and OANN. You can't break through the brainwashing. I am trying everything I can, and there has been some progress, but every so often one of them comes out with the sort of comment that would make one's hair stand on end. It's normal to them.
Load More Replies... I'm confused Do they think the companies use the aborted fetuses for...flavour?
There's a Wikipedia article on it. It sounds gross.
Load More Replies... To be fair, depending on where you live, the tap water one might be valid. I'm guessing this is the U.S. and in many states the tap water isn't healthy at all. Flint is the most well-known but a lot of states with shoddy environmental regulations have tap water with alarmingly high levels of toxins. My grandma lives in Texas and is so far-right she thinks Obama is the literal antichrist and even she won't drink the tap water.
I assume she's saying that because of fluoride.
Load More Replies... Please don't think all of us are like that. Please. I get my booster today, I'm so aghast at this stuff. I remember how people used to say that certain face creams and such ( pre internet) with collagen, came from aborted fetuses. I just don't know how people believe such stuff.
“All of us” who? All Q-Anon? They are all like that.
Load More Replies... The fact that so many support Trump is scary. If the voting numbers are a guide, look around the next time you are out. About 4:10 adults you are looking at think that a guy that grew up wealthy, that has an ego so large that he fires any that disagree with him and doesn't have an ounce of moral decency in him will relate to their problems. They somehow think that he has the best interests of the people he has been victimizing for decades at heart. I used to wonder how the Germans in the 1920s could ever want a guy who, from the get go, condoned hatred and violence toward a group of people. Sadly, now I know. About half of the people I know and/or work with would allow the same type of behavior as the Germans under Hitler did. The hard part is knowing when it will change from nutty talk to having to take action against these people.
They can support who they want, that’s how democracy works. If you believe otherwise, than that’s essentially like being not allowed to support Biden. Let them do their thing.
Load More Replies... Hard to believe people are so gullible and believe all the crapola in Facebook memes. Oh excuse me, Meta. No Meta what you call Facebook it sucks
I wish people could get vaccinated with a nasal swab! That would be awesome.
sadly yes. We know that approximately 150m people in north america believe this cr™apola.
Load More Replies... This is the dark side of freedom of speech... although in my opinion telling lies on purpose should be punished hard. Also the difficult part is to prove intention.
Sometimes I wonder how much freedom is too much freedom. We as a race, fought bloody revolutions just so we can be free to think and to learn. And then you see these people.
These people need immediate spayed and neutered. The gene pool is polluted enough as it is.
I just found out the owner of a service company I use thinks anyone who got the vax will be dead in two years...b/c the gov't wants to kill us all...for no reason that really makes any sense. She gave covid to half her family by not quarantining her daughter who had covid....I am no longer comfortable using them.
I want to scream at all of the anti QAnon responses: YES!! That is right! I totally agree with you!! For all the QAnon believers, the Covid vaccine does not cause infertility! My son and his wife,who are both vaccinated, got pregnant immediately after trying. Sooo there you go QAnon pin brains. FWI, it is a popular myth among the QAnons that the Covid vaccine makes you sterile.
Well, I agree with the bacteria and masks thing. On the other hand I don't wear the same mask for a month until it disintegrates.
That's why people wash masks every day, or throwing away disposable ones after one use.
Load More Replies... Lame your educational system US . That’s why these people exist
I feel for this young man. Maybe he could become am emancipated minor? His mother in so toxic. I hope his isn't conditioned to believe this way.
I don't believe a lot of what this lady is saying but The Business Insider wrote an article about conspiracy theories that have been proven true. And for the people who think she is crazy (which as Dave Chappell says is dismissive) never forget the government lied to black men and gave them syphilis without their knowledge. I believe it was called the Tuskegee experiment. So while I don't believe all of what she is saying; I do feel like it is not beyond the realm of possibility.
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. A conspiracy that the government committed some crime is very different to a conspiracy that all the world's scientists are lying about climate change to interfere with American politics, or that the queen is a reptilian alien, or whatever.
Load More Replies... This is why I keep feeling that the world today is full of fools. I know it's not true, but try keeping that idea with all the conspiracy nuts and dictator voters. The motto of conspiracy theories seens to be: everything is trying to kill you, do absolutely nothing
All right, if flavor enhancers in food are made from aborted fetus cells, then we should just start eating babies directly.
I have begun to wonder if there are "thought" viruses or bacteria. One day you are a functional, reasonably sensible, adult, the you get "infected" by this brain-damaging disease and it weakens your mind's immune system (rational thought and healthy skepticism). Once you are compromised, other opportunistic infections occur......WAIT! QAnon is HIV of the brain!!!!!
Crazy this mom. I have a family member Q too…can barely talk to them. To be fair to the mom in the OP, the bacteria thing is masks is true, tho not as exaggerated as she suggests. EDIT: of course I get downvoted lol. If I came across as an anti masker, apologies. To clarify, we have bacteria in us, when we exhale it gets in the mask. Same thing that happens with covid (like, the reason we wear them). To reiterate, the risk from this is far less than covid. But to think there’s no bacteria in masks is kinda silly. Here’s a left-leaning (read: anti-Q) publication: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/bacteria-is-growing-on-your-mask/ar-BB1bagFN
It's why they are disposable. Swab your kitchen counter and watch the culture grow.
Load More Replies... How did people like her reach a certain age? Don't you have to have half a brain cell to go through life?
Oh gosh, I have retirement center ads throughout this entire article.
The (falsely proven claim) about Senomyx is old and recycled by idiots. To the educated biologist this idea is so laughable.
Leave your mum alone ! Seriously she May have mental health issues and the world does not need to make fun of her For her beliefs be them unfounded or Not ! This is just cruel
Fck Q,but why don't you never post stories about extreme left nutjobs?There is the same amount of idiots on both sides
Let me bring you up to date then. Folks believe Volcanoes are fake because "rocks don't melt", the moon is a hologram, hills do not exist, and of course the earth is flat and we have never been to the moon, but that's old fashioned stuff.
Load More Replies... The amount of pharmaceuticals in our drinking water is tiny, and we have no idea what the risks are yet. We may never know because you're exposed to so many chemicals through the air you breathe, the products you use, etc. anyway and that same tap water is also used to water the plants you eat. If you're going to go out of your way to try to avoid chemicals in tap water, you might as well stop eating and breathing, too.
Load More Replies... You are entitled to believe in fairytales, but accept we don't take you seriously.
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