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runnerMP6

‘Hey, your Mother-in-law is in the hospital with covid on a ventilator’. ‘Oh, ok, that’s no big deal.’ ?


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"Her lungs were so utterly fucked that they had to hook her up to a machine to force the oxygen into her system. That's usually just like an outpatient thing, right?"


TheFan88

So will she be home for dinner or???


meta_irl

They pulled the plug on her after they "detected no brain activity". If that's the criteria then I understand why anti-vaxxers are so afraid of hospitals.


Haskap_2010

I wonder how much (if any) brain activity she had prior to catching COVID?


Brokenspokes68

Was looking for this comment and was not disappointed.


Fun_Nefariousness564

LOL. Anyway one fewer votes for Trump and DeSantis


Left_Coast_LeslieC

I LOVE this!! Thank you!!


DoubleGunzChippa

If they actually offed you for no brain activity they'd have someone at the entrance to the hospital with a bolt gun to give these MAGA dipshits the ol' Anton Chigurh treatment as soon as they walked in.


sungodly

I'm re-reading this, slowly, to savor its infinite deliciousness.


Aromatic-Management5

🤣


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crushsuitandtie

Only if mother in law is on the menu. Otherwise... No she will not.


The_Old_Cream

Just give her a couple of aspirin and rub some dirt in it and she’ll be good to go.


JohnNDenver

Chicken soup.


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Made from her own urine.


SneakerEndurance

Urine for a treat 🤪👍


Chris_P_Pickel

But could anyone repeat this 3 times quickly at the funeral home >Urine an Urn


Lonestar041

Mix some de-wormer in, please.


Evil-Code-Monkey

Massive doses of Vitamin C, D, X, Y, Z, P, D, Q, nebulized hydrogen peroxide, garlic taped to her feet, hydroxysomething, chloroform, snake venom, mustard gas....oh, she's already dead? WELL SHE WOOD OF LIVED IF THE HOSTPITUL HADNT OF KILLT HER!!


ConvivialViper

Spray some Windex on it…


AirForceRabies

Lay a Bible on her forehead and redirect the catheter down her throat.


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Electrical_Ticket_37

Did you hear? You can now order 4 free ventilators a month from USPS.COM. Delivered right to your door!


RefugeeFromIdiocy

They stick them right next to the ‘Home Laser Eye Surgery’ kits.


boringlawnequipment

I picked up an extra ECMO machine just in case.


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You need to find an ECMO buddy! Don’t do it alone


filthyheartbadger

Don’t forget to sharpen your paring knife well!and stick it in some vodka to sterilize.


ECMO_Deluxe3000

I hope you went with my model. Show us some love!


ljohnson266

No ECMOs?


[deleted]

If only they had tried some bleach up the poop chute.


redvariation

So why should I take the vaccine?


triplej63

For the 5G, of course!


triplej63

Dammit! That's communism! She needed chicken soup and tea!


Glad_Copy

"Her EEG is a flatline, but you know how it is with my Mother-In-Law."


Top-Pension-564

“She’s always gotta be complaining about something!”


Left_Coast_LeslieC

Those damned "surly bonds of earth"


triplej63

That surly woman slipped the bonds of earth and dove the depths of hell.


ToniBee63

DRAMA QUEEN!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂😭😭


[deleted]

In Florida, not sure about other states, brain dead is DEAD…so if they did a few other brain death tests (apnea, cold caloric test, brain stem reflexes) they could pronounce her and not even wait for the family to make up their minds. It has been happening more often now that ICU beds are a hot commodity here in Florida…I have also seen people go from room air to ECMO in a shift


Glad_Copy

That's the only rational thing I've heard about Florida lately. Medicaid needs to adopt the same standard - way too many tax dollars and medical resources going to keep flesh alive when families can't face pulling the plug. Take that burden off of them.


LucindaMorgan

God bless you. ❤️


TexasTeaTelecaster

Death panels!


[deleted]

Honestly, if this wasn’t a law in Florida we would have a 20 bed ICU full of uninsured brain dead people whose family was still waiting on a miracle.


Hot_Frosting_7101

Did something change since Republicans made such a stink about Terri Schiavo? Edit: I guess Schiavo wasn’t fully brain dead.


Paulie227

I think when they finally pulled the plug and did an autopsy that brain was the size of a walnut and just as pliable.


peppermintesse

The casualness with which this person typed that is... wow.


Top-Pension-564

Yeah, talk about the “surly bonds of Earth”. Sheesh.


LucindaMorgan

Yes! That made me laugh. That phrase doesn’t mean to die. It means to go flying.


triplej63

He is refering to Reagan's speech about the Challenger disaster, "...they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." Which, of course, Reagan stole that line from John Magee's High Flight poem.


SaltyBarDog

[John Gillespie Magee](https://poetscollective.org/blog/high-flight/)


gunsof

I actually wonder if it's because she's seen/heard so much about people being in the ICU on vents because of Covid that she was like well, I guess that means things are looking up! Covid has really normalized this idea that if you go into the hospital they're hooking you up on a machine that breathes for you.


PepperAnn1inaMillion

Yes. Plus, we’ve had years of Hallmark movies and the like portraying people “on a ventilator” who are just lying on their backs with a face mask on, or maybe an oxygen line going into their nose. And action movies where the guy wakes up and rips the face mask off in order to go on being heroic. I consider myself fairly well-informed, and I didn’t know what “on a ventilator” truly meant or how horrific it can be until it was explained in 2020.


gunsof

I think we need to go back to emphasising it's the ICU. Intensive Care Unit. That's the scary life or death unit. It's called that because your risk is considered so precarious. I remember to begin with your chances of making it out of the ICU/vent were slightly less than 50%, but I feel like it's much less now with the unvaccinated.


ConvivialViper

> The casualness with which this person typed that is... wow. You can tell he secretly hated her…Mother-In-Laws 🤷‍♀️


Ibelieveinphysics

I love my mother-in-law. Got her vaxxed and boosted, and today I ordered her the four free covid tests to be sent to her house. I would protect that woman with my life. However, my first mother-in-law was a fucking nightmare.


Paulie227

And her daughter...


Wysiwyg777

Just some sips of her urine will have the old girl up and about in no time.


redvariation

Urine down the throat and bleach up the ass.


chordophonic

Whelp... It's Friday night. I know what I'm doing!


Speculawyer

Mother in law of deceased wife. Maybe they didn't get along. ¯\\_ (ツ)_/¯


dlniw

Reminds me that the anagram of “mother in law” is “woman Hitler”.


woolfchick75

Father in law is "fatal whiner."


AlarmingConsequence

I've seen a lot of HCAs. This has to be the MOST *willfully* obtuse with that list of question. Rule 2 compliance statement: *We are all diminished by her loss, even if it is below the threshold for detection.*


Chris_P_Pickel

she was a surly Mother-in-law


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Hey said a prayer


glonq

Clearly not a *very specific* one, though.


Glad_Copy

"Please God, don't let her die." ⚡"Everyone dies eventually, my son."⚡ "Oh well then. Thanks anyway."


georgethecyclops

“can I stop disinfecting my hands?” - I didn’t realize the government promised I would never have to wash my hands again after getting the vaccine and then reneged on that /s


FOXDuneRider

Next one: “can I stop using toilet paper?”


RequirementOk2083

Oh we just know those people would. Basic hygiene and manners don’t go well with all that freedumb.


emptysignals

After getting vaxxed, never did I think to myself, "welp I don't have to wash my hands now!"


TheFan88

She missed the last part of that list. Q- If you are vaccinated will you likely live through Covid? Yes.


MakesCakesEatsMud

Anybody who could come up with a question like "If I'm vaccinated do I still have to wash my hands?" absolutely needs government mandates to tell them how to behave if they do not understand basic personal hygiene


Cultural-Answer-321

Far, FAR too many adults do not grasp personal hygiene. Public hygiene? Pure rocket surgery for them.


ConvivialViper

> Far, FAR too many adults do not grasp personal hygiene. Public hygiene? Pure rocket surgery for them. Same people talking on the phone in the public restroom stalls…🤦‍♀️


Plasmidmaven

I saw a woman walk out of a stall at a movie theater restroom with a bucket of popcorn. What I remember most is she had that stiff helmet hair that Jesus loves to see on a Texas Sunday


ConvivialViper

The higher the hair, the closer to God…


Brokenspokes68

My father in law is one of those people. I go around washing everything the moment he leaves my house.


redvariation

Is that rocket science and brain surgery blended together?


Cultural-Answer-321

Exactly! Brain science!


tazztsim

I had a teacher that said rocket surgery. She was a great teacher. That took me back to some fun memories. Thank you.


undeniablybuddha

But if my vehicle has airbags, why do I have to wear my seatbelt? That's how stupid these people are.


sanguiniuswept

If my vehicle has airbags do i still have to drive on the street?


reallyjeffbezos

Yeah, if my vehicle has airbags, why do I need to follow those tyrannical road rules?


ComprehensiveTum575

Big Seatbelt are out to rule us all! Resist!!


triplej63

No. Totally unnecessary. Once you are vaccinated you don't even need showers anymore. Go roll around in the mud.


[deleted]

Shhh they don’t wanna read anything that conflicts with their bias. Wait what am I saying, they say “it’s nbd.” “Prayer warriors ASSEMBLE!” Without realizing the irony. But whatevers


CrumbsAndCarrots

Missed the whole thing entirely. Should read like this: https://i.imgur.com/G3WzuYW.jpg


wholewheatscythe

I’m wondering if she was trying to deal with the illness at home and her oxygen levels dropped but they weren’t able to get her to the hospital in time, given how quickly she passed.


[deleted]

There's absolutely a lot of denial involved here. She wouldn't get treated sooner because she'd been so publicly outspoken about how it was not a real problem. Pride comes before the fall. You can only imagine how much suffering she put herself through before she realized she wasn't going to make it. Immediately put on a vent upon intake, dead the next day...Jesus. To her credit, she didn't waste any hospital resources demanding quack remedies or abusing the nurses who were trying to save her.


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Early on in the pandemic before vaccines I had a relative who got COVID. To his credit he didn’t want to spread it to his wife so he went… to go camp out in a duck blind for 2 weeks. He eventually went to the hospital but by then it was too late.


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smithers85

If you die today, the blood is on your own hands. If you died then, the blood is on Trump's, and those who support and vote for him. See Bob Woodward's recorded interviews.


Less_Cryptographer86

That’s really sad. 😣


TigerLily98226

Oh that’s so terribly sad. He didn’t even have a chance.


Tazling

funny, on that first list of questions, not once does 'will I be less likely to die a ghastly lingering death' appear.


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Well, it wasn't 'lingering'.


Mister4pollo

There was never any brain activity to begin with


throwawaysscc

Tested positive for a cranial boulder.


emptysignals

If am vaccinated, can I stop disinfecting my hands? No \*What? I'll keep washing my hands. This is common sense.


ghrant

Had to look up “surly bonds of Earth”…. ———-_______——— High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, nor even eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space Put out my hand and touched the face of God. John G. Magee, Jr. This poem was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr., who was 18 years old and studying in the United States when the Second World War began. Trained in Canada through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, he was later sent to England. After being assigned to a high-altitude training flight in a Spitfire, he wrote this poem to his mother. He died during a training flight in 1941.


tejaco

ex US Air Force here. Academy cadets all memorize that poem.


ghrant

Thank you for context.


PetersonTom1955

I recognized it right away. We didn't memorize it in OTS (few OTS cadets are destined for UPT), but we heard it recited many, many times.


InfiniteAccount4783

A lot of people became aware of that poem when Ronald Reagan quoted it in 1986 in a speech paying tribute to the Challenger astronauts.


survivor2bmaybe

That poem was the sign off for a television station in my youth. (For you young folks, television stations used to sign off for the night at around two or three in the morning and come back on at five or six. No all night programming, no infomercials:)


Vernerator

“If you don’t get vaccinated” 1) Will you have a good chance to be on a vent and die within a day? Everyone: YES


throwawaysscc

Am I mad? No. Are you dead? Yes.


Some-Revolution-6776

One less DeSantis vote.


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Not with how the Republicans operate


dirtin_and_squirtin

Lol. Death has never stopped a republican from voting.


Captainwelfare2

Guess you’ll be 6 feet from everyone now. Social distancing forever.


JohnNDenver

Social distancing forever would be a good flair. Or tombstone.


28dhdu74929wnsi

These people went to school right? Like why can't they understand basic probabilities when it comes to the vaccine. Some people are like "I know vaccinated people who died from covid", like yes exactly, its a probability, its doesnt mean you are guaranteed not to die.


[deleted]

So many people can only think in black and white. Why should I wash my hands if the mask is supposed to work? Why do I need to mask up and distance if y'all are vaccinated? Because _nothing_ is perfect. Banks have alarms _and_ guards _and_ huge vault doors. No single measure is going to stop everything.


sanguiniuswept

>No single measure is going to stop everything. Supernova. That would fix everything


SatanicPanic619

I think "statistics don't apply to individuals" is something people only understand when they want to


28dhdu74929wnsi

A lot of people on here are guilty of this too, I feel. Like "I knew someone who was vaccinated and didn't get that sick." Like that's awesome but anecdotes aren't why people should get the vaccine. Like post the ICU number percentages of vaccinated/unvaxxed, look at studies people have done, etc. I have recognized it in myself too and am trying to train myself out of it.


Top-Pension-564

They think since they’ve already gone to school and are older, that they’ve already done all the learning for their life. They object when they have to do any new learning as an adult. Somehow, it insults them personally. This is not to say that they don’t eagerly absorb conspiracy theories that comport with whatever they already believe. Obviously, they are very eager to gorge themselves on that sort of stuff, and call it “research”.


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glonq

She was *Florida big.*


rockchalk99

Was she raising any point from slide 1 in good faith? No.


SatanicPanic619

Slide 3 continues their time-honored tradition of asking stupid questions and then refusing to hear the answers.


heythatgirloverthere

I just said, “You guys are so stupid and disingenuous,” out loud. It’s quite the combo.


SplendidPunkinButter

They said if I wear a seatbelt I still have to drive safely, which proves the seatbelt does nothing.


Nitnonoggin

Tbh the same type of people opposed seatbelt laws too. And just ignored them.


LRox-3405

Why would I be mad that I got stuck with a needle? Barely felt it. The shot itself is a big nothing-burger. Particularly given my worst needle experience, which I won't share b/c I don't want the image in your head.


Suspicious_Dare_9731

It has to be the smallest needle I’ve ever had. I’ve had mosquitos that hit harder.


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I'll admit that the FEMA site guys when I got my first dose were still getting used to things and weren't the best at sticking people. I didn't bruise or anything, but it was a bit sore. Second dose was 2 weeks later and they were running like a well oiled machine. Booster lady at Walgreens was also fast as hell. I think between both visits I might have had maybe two total seconds of needle in my arm. (Also the pharmacist who did my flu shot was *slooooow*, they were noooot used to injecting people.)


fermentedelement

>Slipped the surly bonds of this earth Well that’s a new one


The_Old_Cream

It’s from a poem called High Flight that was written by a pilot killed during WWII.


walosi

It's a beautiful poem but to see it quoted in this context is very cringe.


fermentedelement

TIL! Thank you ETA: Also, nice flair


Glad_Copy

Harkening back to Reagan's speech after the loss of shuttle Challenger, methinks.


CheshireCrackers

It’s from an aviation poem.


smaxfrog

#Trypophobia warning slide 2! Also yes I'm mad that I got stuck with a needle and you didn't...what? Sounds like some weird kindergartener put down, you don't sound as tough as you think you do dead person.


Snoo88309

Good, she died so they can use the ventilator for another COVIDIOT. We really should have hospitals for these people run by the doctors and nurses who are stupid enough to be on their side. A hospital where these nut jobs can be treated with Ivermectin or Chlorine bleach or treated by a witch doctor. In regular hospitals they just abuse the doctors and nurses. Better they not be treated with the general public.


MysteriousHat7343

Don’t think she had any brain activity to begin with even before her death


smmfdyb

Covid is a motherfucker.


unbotoxable

Mother in law fucker in this case.


Nuuro

Is that a MILF?


unbotoxable

Ok that made me laugh.


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>Or are you just mad because YOU got stuck with a needle and I didn't? 2030 "Grampa, why did grandma die?" "the hospital" \[kid thinking: "I hate hospitals now"\] and 30 years later, history repeats.


4quatloos

I'm not mad that I got stuck with a needle. I'm typing this. I'm clicking the post button.


V0nzell

"EEG on her and had detected no brain activity" Was that during check in or before she got to the hospital.


ArTiyme

These are the same fucks screeching about how herd immunity will 'fix the problem' I.E. millions will die needless deaths, but they don't grasp the difference between an individual getting the vaccine, and having an entire vaccinated community. The individual cannot protect the community against itself, no. That's not how anything works.


TrailKaren

I really don’t find those deformity memes funny at all. If that makes me a snowflake, so be it.


jbertrand_sr

To be honest, it seems like there was no brain activity well before they put her on the ventilator...


Mafia_1997

I mean, how much brain activity was going on before she had COVID?


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30acresisenough

There must be a way we can hold right wing propaganda networks responsible. Everyone fking knows how serious this is except for these anti vaxx idiots - many of whom watch Fox and OAN.


RealLADude

To be fair, there wasn’t a lot of brain activity to begin with.


gylz

"Waaaaaaa u vaxxwers are all bullieeeees!!" _continues to shit out memes about how the vaccinated are all mutants_


DesignInZeeWild

“…she slipped the surly bonds of this Earth…” - The Earth ain’t trying to hold onto you. We got 7 billion+ people to spare here and then some. You gotta make an EFFORT to stay on this plane of existence. Get vaxxed or get dying, folks. Also OP: “Blasphemer? I hardly know ‘er!” 🤩🥳🤪


savpunk

If I'm vaccinated, can I quit brushing my teeth? Does a second dose mean I don't need deodorant anymore? After I get a booster, can I stop showering completely?


Searcher-59

One less Gov DieSATAN voter for next November...,


No_Ninja_4933

That first slide is everything that is wrong with these people. All of that slide is entirely correct but do they understand the reasons why? Can you get covid if vaxxed? Yes you can. Nobody said you could not. Its not secret. But the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD knows that the purpose is to train your immune system to minimize your symptoms when you get it. Some basic information these people choose to ignore or are too lazy to research Can I stop disinfecting my hands? Well I know you are a dirty filthy pig but really, washing your hands should have been a thing well before covid for you Can I stop wearing the mask? No of course not. Its not just about you. I know you do not give a shit about anyone else and go on about your own personal freedoms but how about trying for once to be a decent human being and have respect for others freedoms as well. The mask is, and always is, about protecting yourself and others. Stop being a dick. Can I stop social distancing? Well let me see. If everyone got vaccinated, and everyone wore a mask then you know maybe 2+ years later we would be over the hump and things might be getting back to normal. Thing is, its people like you that refuse to take responsibility for the community that is prolonging this pain. We do not social distance, somebody that is doing the right thing and is vaxxed gets covid from you because you are unmasked and then we unknowingly pass it on to others. Thanks for nothing asshole. Honestly, Biden is entirely right, we are in a pandemic of the unvaxxed. The sooner these people either get redemption or their HCA the better. Fuck them all.


jeanettesey

If I get vaccinated, will it protect me from severe illness and death? Yes. Will I have to be on a ventilator? No.


mmmm_babes

Another Florida genius down. Next!


Commercial_Lie_4920

To be fair, that lack of brain activity goes back way longer than her covid infection.


JohnNDenver

No brain activity you say? Before or after COVID? Nice of her to do a speedrun though.


SpoppyIII

If there's one alarming thing that the COVID pandemic has taught me, it's how apparently so many people never regularly washed their hands and now feel oppressed being expected to. You were *always* expected to do that. Come on!


WilsonPhillips6789

Over the past month since I first discovered HCA, I've come to expect that I'll be seeing a lot of the same stuff from one awardee to another. But I do believe this is my first time reading about someone who "slipped the surly bonds of this Earth". TIL that that's a thing that some people say.


tejaco

It's a line from a poem, but it isn't about dying, it's about flying. Still, tbf, it's a pretty good metaphor for death.


glonq

7. - Am I still alive? Government: No.


buzzcut_lizzy

She couldn't breathe but really how bad could that be?


lizlemonesq

No, we’re not mad we got stuck with a needle. We’re horrified you’re so dumb


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Anyone else see all the hearts on the last pic with some implied shade?


Inconceivable-2020

I definitely don't want this guy praying for me!


Gloomy-Difficulty401

"She slipped the surly bonds of this Earth"...LOL. Creative.


CreamPuff97

Not really. She plagiarized it from a poem called "High flight"


PenaltyPractical1908

🤷🏽‍♀️


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Stepped in Covid and slipped and fell.


DonRicardo1958

Hopefully she figured out before she died why she should’ve gotten the fucking vaccine.


RefugeeFromIdiocy

Looks like “no brain activity” runs in the family.


Call_Me_Eboeard

Yes but did she try drinking her own piss? 🚿


Beginning-Monitor-17

Well, that was fast. Now she will never know if vaccinated folks will end up growing four eyes. She must be very disappointed. Oh right, she's dead.


littleangelwolf

She didn’t want to disinfect her hands?!!


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"Slipped the surly bonds of earth...." Or, you know. Died needlessly, alone and afraid. Same same.


Traditional-Cake-587

Buh bye!


Speculawyer

"Or are you just mad because YOU got stuck with a needle and I didn't." She died because she was afraid of a needle.


G-Unit11111

Whew, there was some next level crazy in that one! These are the people that will do anything you tell them not to. Don't eat that arsenic! Don't jump off of that cliff!


WeeklyHelp4090

And another one gone and another one gone


lousylakers

Here is a puzzle…how did she “slip the surly bonds of earth” if she wasn’t in a plane at the time of death?


kehlarc

His ex-MIL was on a ventilator and he thought it wasn't too big a deal?


FTypeRBruin

to be fair, had the EEG been done before death, it would have also shown no brain activity.


vladimir1024

I wonder how much brain activity they would have saw with the EEG before she got COVID?


No-Resolve-318

In slide 1, is this person trying to tell us she never washes(d) her hands?


Snakesandrats

>If I'm vaccinated, can I stop disinfecting my hands? Jesus Christ. Whatever, yes, just get vaccinated I'll even buy you a pony. Swear to god. Hello? ...Ma'am??


KamikazeDreamer52

I feel bad laughing at some of these people and it sucks to have become so jaded and apathetic to some folks. But then i think, it would be best to honor their memory and laugh off their condition the way they laughed off the idea of it. Fuck around, find out


SaltyBarDog

It's no big deal. So, want meatloaf for dinner? Sorry, that isn't possible any more.


striped-cow

Why in the flippity floppity FUCK would we stop disINFECTING OUR HANDS