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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] mimic_dev@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they're just saying that they probably are feeling some kind of symptoms but it's self inflicted and not actually drug related

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i think we're saying the same thing, just that the line between lying and just not knowing what the fuck is going on is a lot thinner for a lot of us than we'd like to admit in medicine.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They’re saying placebo, you’re attributing it to malice.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

@BeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world

Pretty much this. As far as it happening systemically? Hard to say, but if I may speculate we have fairly uniform reports of people feeling stuff at religious events. They are fully bought into the concept and feel they are in a spiritual or healing moment. Cops being that deep into their propaganda feels like it could be similar.

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

i mean, if it's happening systemically