• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
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    16 days ago

    I think last year I saw this story of someone going to an MRI with a buttplug which then “transformed into an anal railgun”

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    16 days ago

    I’d like to know more about the situation. Did he eat them all at once? Was it years of “I’ll bet you I can eat this nail”? Was it intended as some weird health thing?

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      16 days ago

      It’s almost certainly an extreme case of Pica, accumulated over an extended period of time.

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        16 days ago

        Either that or he was convinced he was some kind of magical guru godman, impressing people and gaining a following with ‘impossible’ feats that he can perform thanks to his spiritual enlightenment.

        That’s as common, if not more common than preachers in America that run prosperity gospel scams, or believe that they are modern day prophets, talking directly to or for God, or both.

        EDIT: Ah, schizophrenic.

        https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/west-bengal-man-swallows-nails-doctors-use-magnets-during-surgery-1078182-2017-11-01

        The man was suffering from schizophrenia and had swallowed the nails over a period of time.

        Anyone who claims they can talk to or for God, or believes they have magical superpowers is schizophrenic in my book, but if you’re able to make money doing it, well then that’s fine, because it doesn’t harm your ability to participate in society and thus isn’t a mental disorder.

        Hooray for basing mental health conditions and healthcare on how they impact your economic productivity!

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          16 days ago

          Obviously you commented a refutation without understanding what they said, and didn’t bother to type the word in Google, but I’m curious what you thought they said. Did you think they were saying they grew nails in their stomach or something? Obviously they ate them. How else would you think they could be there?

  • kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
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    15 days ago

    when I was a kid, I ate an L shaped nail.

    it came out straight.

    it had dissolved into a rusty spot the next day.

    am I a superhuman? no, because apparently gluten is worse for me than nails…

    • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Did it really dissolve into rust, or did your parents secretly throw away your poop nail in the middle of the night?