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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Needs to be the pepe Silvia meme of rfk trying to link autism to anything.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

The foreskins protect you from the Tylenol.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean... what the fuck?

But I can't fault finally considering an end to Male Genital Mutilation.

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[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 months ago

I'm uncircumcised and I was never diagnosed with autism!

Never mind that I would throw a fit as a child if my pancakes weren't cut into a grid AND THEN reassembled into their circular shape.

My mom (who doesn't like to go to restaurants because being waited on stresses her out) was also never diagnosed with autism!

Because diagnoses equal incidence rate, right?

I wonder what other correlations might go with circumcision...

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 30 points 2 months ago

I seriously thought this was the Onion WTF

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"There are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism," Kennedy said Oct. 9 at President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting. "It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol."

I fear dumbasses are still going to circumcise their baby boys and will just not give them any pain reliever

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So... the circumcision has NOTHING to do with it!

They are STILL claiming the pill taken orally is the problem.

They just added "circumcision" for click bait.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

They're trying to salvage their on and it's going badly

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That sounds like a whole lot of DISTRACTION FROM THE FACT HE RAPED CHILDREN.

Release the Epstein files!!

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago

Do you mean Donald j Trump, current president of the United States, raped children? Along with his, self admitted, best friend Jeffrey r Epstein?

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You heard him MAGAts.

Cut your dicks off.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Libs HATE it when strong MAGA men cut their own dicks off!

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

RFK is hyper focused on autisim. Wait a sec....you know who else gets hyper focused on things?

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Nah, dems da wurms

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[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the Christian God of the old testament caused autism by being infatuated with dick tips. Oh the Christian Nationalist are going to lose their shit over this.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a myth that circumcision is a Christian practice. Early Christians debated keeping the covenant, but since they were a proselytizing faith, cutting on your dick is a hard sell and they decided it wasn't necessary.

The actual origin is 19th Century lunatics who thought masturbation caused disease. These were more health nuts than arch conservatives. Most were vegan, and some even feminist. But they promoted circumcision among boys and girls to prevent masturbation. This is why the practice is American but not European.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So there’s zero women with autism huh

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

There's female "circumcision", although very rare in the west due to it usually happens without consent of the recipient, so it became a hot topic through alarmism that left out this little detail, which lead to some of the worst arguments against it being used against gender affirming surgeries.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

"There are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism," Kennedy said Oct. 9 at President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting. "It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol."

And of course this statistic couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that most boys in this country are circumcised at birth.

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Just ban circumcision already. Parents should not have the right to cut off your body parts

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

Its literally forced mutilation and pointless. Wash your junk.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There MUST be something really important in those Epstein files to make up stuff this stupid for a distraction.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

considering musk, rfk jr, and trump is in it, they need all the distraction they can get.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

US news are so embarrassing these days the websites actually block European IPs from accessing them.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago
[–] Greddan@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

To be fair, having a traumatic surgery done to you by insane cultists is likely not without consequence, but Autism?

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So tylenol makes your foreskin fall off which gives you autism? Where do the brain worms fit into all this?

I'm so confused.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

The brain worms fit into RFKs head

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How does the autism know which Tylenol was for the circumcision?

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[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Since US guys are like 68% circumcised, Jewish folks get circumcised for religious reasons, should be easy to determine that US guys and Jews are like 2x+ as autistic as guys are worldwide

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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not really the white hoods I'd like the federal government to be concerned about, to be honest…

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They probably circumcised his brain after birth...

[–] Siegehammer85@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The real (native) Americans circumcised a lot of invaders heads, just not enough unfortunately

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

It could be the bourbon, but this has me giggling. 😂

[–] sepi@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

bobby brainworms says the stupidest shit

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 6 points 2 months ago

How much of a payout do you suppose the drug manufacturers need to give donnie and the worm before a new study proves the old ones wrong?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, if this sets back the rates of circumcision and stops a second Stonetoss from manifesting (no seriously, he became far-right due to his botched circumcision, which he blames on the Jews), then it has at least some good effects, even if unintentionally.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait really? Like normally I'm very sympathetic to those with botched circumcisions, but in his case I'll make an exception to laugh

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[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Elon Musk 🤝 Stonetoss

going insane from a botched penis surgery

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We don't circumcise in the Netherlands. And we don't have Tylenol. We do have other brands though. So we don't have autism in the Netherlands, except for Jewish men. Guess I don't have autism anymore hahaha

[–] Lommy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are, unfortunantly, a lot of circumcisions performed in The Netherlands. But i agree, this is going make my life a lot easier! 😄

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When you are investigating autism but you're conservative: have we considered children's genitals?

What does this little boy's Ja Rule have to say about this?

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Drama, even though it's really happening,is a distraction from the long goal.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

HEY LOOK OVER HERE! WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING SILLY AGAIN! ~~Don't ask about the Epstein files~~

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Ease up on RFK! Physicists get that way too.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What kind of mental gymnastics is this?

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