Tobacco smoke enema
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History MemesWith apologies to @PugJesus@piefed.social and https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2090825/when-i-said-that-euro-colonists-needed-to-listen-to-indigenous-folk-more-this-wasn-t-qu
Smoke enemas were historically used in the 18th century as a resuscitation method for drowning victims.
There were tobacco smoke enema devices placed along beaches in case of drowning.
You think "How TF could people be that stupid? What circumstances lead to this?", but then think about RFK Jr. and it makes sense.
At least in the 18th we can recognize they were operating off of flawed, nonscientific theory (4 humours, miasma theory of disease). RFK Jr, however, does not have that excuse.
Apparently RFK Jr. does not believe in germ theory.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/
IIRC neither does Pete Hegseth.
So one drowning victims wakes up after someone shoves a tube up their ass, and they decide it was definitely the smoke that did it...
Isn't this literally where the phrase "to blow smoke up someone's ass" comes from?
So we knew tobacco was toxic for 200 years. If we kept using it for enemas rather than smoking it, so many harms could have been prevented.
Sharing a joint wouldn't have been as nice though...
If it’s got tobacco in it then it would be a spliff.
Out of fashion for such a little thing! 😭
