• Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Like most con men, RFK is using people’s ignorance of what odds mean. If the chance of getting sick from swimming in that water is only say one percent, he knows the odds are extremely good that he won’t individually get sick, and then he will palm this off as “evidence” that it’s all a big fuss over nothing. The park service might know maybe 100,000 people will swim in that water this season, so they’ll probably save about a thousand from getting sick by closing the place. Even if somebody who does get sick manages to get the attention of a news outlet, they can be scoffed at as an anomaly. “How do you even know the water was responsible? Where else have you been? You’re just looking for attention!”

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    3 hours ago

    Wow this is next level stupid, i really thought it was the onion. I’d say i’m even shocked at this demonstration of stupidity, but the fact his grand children are led into this is beyond sad.

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        4 hours ago

        Funny enough not even Steve Jobs level money can save you if you prefer alternative treatments over modern medicine. Of course despite your stupidity you end up stealing a liver that actually someone else deserves more because you are stinking rich but even that does not prevent the inevitable.

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    5 hours ago

    The fact that people have any thought that this guy is smart or a good person makes me hate humanity.

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    2 hours ago

    Don’t worry, he put a spiritual spin on it (probably) so it’s ok, it’s actually cleansing you see!

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    I love that we’re literally going back in time. They thought we’d have flying cars and end world hunger, but instead we have to watch our politicians swim in shit water.

    Edit: HE TOOK HIS GRANDCHILDREN!?

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    3 hours ago

    In my state if you swim in any body of water it’s almost always tainted somehow, maybe not with sewage but perhaps some other toxic pollutant. The only exception I can think of is the man-made reservoirs used for drinking water that people swim…

    and pee in.