“Medbeds” is a conspiracy that has spread extensively through far-right, QAnon circles. The idea is that the American government has access to futuristic medical pods that can cure any disease and even regrow limbs, but liberals have been hiding this information from the American public. One sect of QAnon believes the government is using a medbed to keep JFK alive.
Some companies have attempted to capitalize on the medbed conspiracy by promoting themselves as medbed-adjacent […] Tesla BioHealing sells a “MedBed Generator,” which is a metal canister that patients place under their actual bed, for $11,000.
In 2024, a Tesla BioHealing customer submitted a MAUDE Adverse Event Report to the FDA claiming the company’s MedBed Generator did nothing to heal his dying mother […]
I genuinely find it hard to understand how people who are this deeply stupid can even manage to keep themselves alive.
My roommate found a large dog on our front porch tonight. He turned his car around, aimed the headlights at it, then came up to the front of porch and took a picture of it to text me, BLOCKING ITS ONLY EXIT ROUTE.
I open the front door to see the shaking, scared dog ready to freak the fuck out and the roommate is getting out of his car to try and pet the cornered animal. I waved him off and kept the doors closed so it could feel safe and get away.
The more attention the dog got, the more violently it trembled. And my roommate just wants to pet the doggie.
My point is there are a lot of incredibly stupid people out there. Their stupidity will eventually kill them. It just hasn’t done so yet.
Not directly relevant, but: I live in a neighborhood that is not really great for walking since it has no sidewalks. It’s especially not great for walking at night since there are very few streetlights. Nevertheless many people walk here even after sunset, and the few people who carry flashlights have developed the strategy of shining the flashlight directly into the face of an approaching driver. It has apparently never occurred to them that blinding the driver of a two-ton vehicle heading straight at them is maybe not the wisest of ideas.
I suspect these are the same people that ride their bicycles against traffic, around blind turns, while wearing noise-canceling headphones.
Nor how they can scrape together $11,000. But then again, some of the dumbest people around are billionaires and their special skill is “being shitty to others” so maybe it’s believeable enough.
Many of the at least older ones are liquidating 401ks and the like… or debt. Lots of people will take out stupid loans from bank or friends and family for the next “sure thing” great idea.
Honestly, fear of death/aging/illness is an EXTREMELY powerful motivator. With a deep enough fear, you’ll override a lot of things like rationality. At some point, especially with a parent or loved one or yourself suffering from an incurable illness, especially a terminal illness, there’s a good chance you’ll try shotgunning solutions because it feels better than doing nothing.
Basically the medical fraudsters who have been praying on Desperate people for decades latched on to the conspiracy movement because it was a very large mass of very credulous people
I genuinely find it hard to understand how people who are this deeply stupid can even manage to keep themselves alive.
My roommate found a large dog on our front porch tonight. He turned his car around, aimed the headlights at it, then came up to the front of porch and took a picture of it to text me, BLOCKING ITS ONLY EXIT ROUTE.
I open the front door to see the shaking, scared dog ready to freak the fuck out and the roommate is getting out of his car to try and pet the cornered animal. I waved him off and kept the doors closed so it could feel safe and get away.
The more attention the dog got, the more violently it trembled. And my roommate just wants to pet the doggie.
My point is there are a lot of incredibly stupid people out there. Their stupidity will eventually kill them. It just hasn’t done so yet.
Yeah, roommate sounds like a proper muppet. But what happened with the dog?
I checked on it again later. Was still on the porch scared when I opened the front door to check but that scared it off.
Damn. Next time mate, just leave it a bowl of food outside.
Sorry, like dogs.
Not directly relevant, but: I live in a neighborhood that is not really great for walking since it has no sidewalks. It’s especially not great for walking at night since there are very few streetlights. Nevertheless many people walk here even after sunset, and the few people who carry flashlights have developed the strategy of shining the flashlight directly into the face of an approaching driver. It has apparently never occurred to them that blinding the driver of a two-ton vehicle heading straight at them is maybe not the wisest of ideas.
I suspect these are the same people that ride their bicycles against traffic, around blind turns, while wearing noise-canceling headphones.
Fair is fair for drivers blinding pedestrians with super brights.
Nor how they can scrape together $11,000. But then again, some of the dumbest people around are billionaires and their special skill is “being shitty to others” so maybe it’s believeable enough.
Many of the at least older ones are liquidating 401ks and the like… or debt. Lots of people will take out stupid loans from bank or friends and family for the next “sure thing” great idea.
I know a Trump cultist who never learned to chew and swallow steak. He’s almost died choking on it multiple times.
He still eats it regularly. Sometimes by himself.
I feel like he could capitalize on a Random Acts of Steak forum. And so could we, eventually.
Honestly, fear of death/aging/illness is an EXTREMELY powerful motivator. With a deep enough fear, you’ll override a lot of things like rationality. At some point, especially with a parent or loved one or yourself suffering from an incurable illness, especially a terminal illness, there’s a good chance you’ll try shotgunning solutions because it feels better than doing nothing.
The FDA were far from amused.
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/tesla-biohealing-inc-658010-08102023
Basically the medical fraudsters who have been praying on Desperate people for decades latched on to the conspiracy movement because it was a very large mass of very credulous people
*preying on