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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 92 points 1 month ago

No one said the scam part was that the elixir didn't work.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keanu Reeves has been tracking him for centuries.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

Quite the scam length there.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Which himself named it”

Words good authoring there

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

back in the day news papers were like long tweets.

it cost extra for more words/characters.

so they remove/replace ones that didn't break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He obviously didn't sell the real stuff but used it for himself. Is there an equivalent to "don't get high on your own supply"? "Don't sell away what you need at bay"?

[–] jimmux@programming.dev 26 points 1 month ago

Don't tender the life extender?

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is similar to an X-files's episode plot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeeze_(The_X-Files)

Highly recommend it :)

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I really loved the x files. From S1 to 6 it was one of the best shows in history.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Lmao, cost of doing business.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

There can be only one