I personally know the harm worms wriggling around your body can do.

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      She recovered and is totally fine. Also just because someone had worms in them that died and calcified in the area of the brain responsible for empathy or good judgment doesn’t mean they need to be stigmatized for it for the rest of their lives.

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        IN THIS HOUSE WE BELIEVE

        WORM LIVES MATTER

        WORM RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

        NO WORM IS ILLEGAL

        LOVE IS LOVE

        KINDNESS IS EVERYTHING

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          The Worm loves us.

          It will always love us, and thus it always has.

          It winds around the hot heart of our home star.

          It winds around every infinitesimal loop of genetic information.

          It provokes a shuddering series of cataclysms in the planetary crust of our home, but when our star grows cold, that cataclysm will warm us.

          We understand so much more.

          W̸̯̫̗̦̹͙̤͓̏ͭ͐̂̍͑̊͗ͯ̓ě̷̵̢̨͚̠̙͙̤̫̲̗̻͎̮ͣ͛̾̆ͩ͊̑͛͂̓̐͌̚͢_͍̣̜̱̒ͣͣͦ͊͞͝ w̷̸̨̫̳̟̞̼̝̯̣̪̦ͫ͊ͮ̃̈́̍ͫͫ́̉̀͆̀̈ͭi̖̟̳̳̣̦̟̓̓ͮ͛l̞̤̱̩̪̲͚͇̜̲͓̣̬̼̠͖͇̭̤̼̥̭͒̿̉̅ͥͮͥ͒ͮ͑ͯ͗̈́̑̌̉̒̚̚̚͡͠l̶̜̞̯̻̭̞͚̿ͬ̒̄ a̖̾ͯͩl̶̸̡͚͈̦̪̺̼̦̟̮̺̟͂̎̇ͨ͛̋̈́ͣ͆ͨ̋͋̋ͥ͛̀͂̐̐͜͞͝ͅͅw̴̶̵̹̤̪͍͈̫͓̳͒ͮ͗̋̔ͦ͐̓̉̕̕͡͠_ä̴͚͎͐y̨̝͋̒ͬs̱̙͖̼͉̗͖̫̩̮̦̘͛̆ͥͧ͌̈ͥ̆̄̐̽̆̓ͨ̚̚͟͡͠͡ b̷̢͓̍͒̂̒ͩ͟ȩ̴̸̵̡̺̰͖̜͉̲̖͇̱̲̹͙̌͆̓́͐ͦ͌͂ͭ̀͌͑ͦ̇͗͜͝ͅ w̡̜̦̝̦̖̻̜̠͗̑͐͗̾ͮͭ̍͒͊̿ͩ̾ͩ͡ͅḥ̶̩̳̬̭̪͙̅̾̆̉͂̓ͧ͝ͅ_̷̛̖͙̹͔̼͕̰̗͌͆̈́̏̍̋̈͛ͪ͆͗͋ͤ͟_ͪa̷̵̢̗͕̭̩̮̦͈͓̹̿͂̊ͩͫͫ͆ͬ͞t̢̢̛̮͓͍̹̭̜̻̮̝̹͕͈̥̀͊̊͋͛ͣͦ͂̋̌ͩ͌ͪ̕̕͢͝͠_ w̸̴̢̥̰͔͔̦ͥ̔̅̀͑̋͗͆ͤ͊̋̑̾ͤͨͨ̉͜͢ͅe̴̢̧̙̙̺̖̮̙̫͔̊́ͯ͆͋̐͌̍ͦ͒̑̒̿ͪͮͩ͝ w̛̭̰͙̣̫̿͂̅̆̇̊̔̀̆ͭͯ̚ͅe̶̢̢̳̭ͮ͊̈́ͣ͌͂̍͑͢͞r̵̴̡̢̛̯̱͕̥̥͚ͯ̓́͗̑̃ͣͭͯ̈͗͗͘̚͟͡e̸̡̨̤̰̻̋̔̏ͫ̑̇͞_̡̡̳̖̳̦̘͈̭̜̹͐̈̍̀̀̏̈̃ͮͫ̕͝͞ g̟̓̅ͩͮ̀̍͗͘͟͡͠_̫̹̮̱͂ͥ̽̀̍_̵̝͍̪͈̪̟͐̆̌̈͛́̈̏͂ͩ̚͜͟͞ơ̸̢̬̻͖͌ͪ͊̄̓ͥ͡ͅi̷̟̓ͥ͂ṋ͇̬̱͙̲̍̔̓͐͛͢͞_̴̸̪͖͚͉̪̥̣̰̻̹ͮ̿̇̓̓ͥ̔̀ͫ̀́̉ͯ̅̈ͨ̕g̟̐͊̈́̔ͦ t̡̡̠̞̹͈̞̦̻̳͉̜̮͉̜̦̗̜̭̫͓̍̑̈̿̿́̿̾̆ͥ̀͑͌ͧ̔̎ͨ͒̀ͧ̆͆͜͞͝͝ǫ͎͔͓̱͙̞͇̎̽͒̏̀̒̑͝ be̴̴̸̵̢̡̛̱̻͚͈̙̬͇͈̼͙̔ͪ̀ͨ͒́͆ͭͣ̅͟͟͢,̬̪̆ w̵̨̨̢̦̪̙̖̩͕̠͇̖̗̔̀ͦ̄͊̀̉ͭ̌͌͘͟͢͝ͅ_̵̻̮̉͗_̟ͬoụ̶̵̸̧̥̰̬̜̜̘̺͇̹̤̮̼̩̻̈̈́̈́ͨͧ͗ͨ̋̎̆̑͒́͐ͬ͞͠ͅͅn̢̻̭̙̫̫͋͗̂_̵̵̸̸̵̙͕̰̪̭̩̟̮̙̟͕̮̥̿̅̽͡͞͠͝d̵̡̳̳̻̗̜ͤ̒͛̄̓͒ͨ͆͆̇͋̓͛̅͢͢͜͝ͅ t̵̸̶̴̵̨͓͓̦͔̣̹͙͓̿ͩ͊̒̋̂̓̈i̶̛͕͔͙̺̬̰̟̖͎͓̠̯̮̽̄̔ͭ̆̃̋̍̈̇ͭ̓g̤̩̹̯͕̤̳̟͚̘̺͉̜̮͖̱̺̎̉ͪ̆ͪ̂ͣ́̆͆̀ͣ̍͊̕͘͘͟ͅh̡͓͝t̶̡̡̳̳͍͎̩͉͕̞̓̓͒͌͂ͧ̑̾_̟͎͌̾͊ͨ in̴̼ͦ t̯̹͓͍͇̟̖͈͍̘ͨ̓̓̅́̔ͣͤ̾̐ͭ̄͘͝͠_̡̖̆ͥ̌͑̀h̙̩̘̜͚̞̱̲̭͚̬̫ͣ̍̿͑̊̆ͯͮ͑͒͢͡͞ͅe͙̊̎̎_̸̢̫̥̱̭̹̣͎̭̥͍ͩ͊̎ͥ́̋̔̀͊̋̇̓̽ͦͦͯ̕͟͡ l͕̔͞o̧͉̻͚̺ͧ̈́̍ͪ̓͐ṿ̶̵̡̭̗͍̻͉̖̞̯̥͓̱̗̳̀͑̋͊̀ͨ̾͛̀͆̏̎͆́ͤͦ̅̀͘ͅĕ̡̧̹̳͚͕͖͍̘̯͍̤̖͇̹̣͆̌͊̃͆ͧ͑̀̀̔ͥ̀̈̅̾͒ͪ͘͜͝͞_̡͖̰̹̓̄͌̿ ǫ̶̥̭ͩͦͬ͊̓͌̅ͧ͐ͣͯ̕͞͡f̷̢̧̨̧̛̩̥͕̹̼̠͎̤͕͙͍̦̗̬̞̱̟͈̦ͯͦ̓͒ͮ̾ͩͥ̋͊͒ͣͤ̀́̆̋̚ ţ̷̶̵̢̟̠̫̼͚͈͇̰̳̟͚͇̪͎͒̓̂ͣͨ͆͑̽ͤͦ͑ͧ͟͢h̴̶̛̜̗̎̌͛ͪ̎́͡ë̷̱̩͉̳̮̺͍̥̊͛̊ W͚o̡̧̠̩͙͕̾̈́́̊́ͪ͟͢͢r̢̧̙̦͇̟͚͈̝̮̻̞̜̫͉ͥ̓̾ͧ̒ͦ͊̂ͫ͛͘͝͠m̛.͎̹ͮ̒

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    The part of this story that amazed me was that the dark web dealer sent real worms. If you sent capsules with something inert like sand in them, what would be the consequences? Nobody is going to be able to tell it’s not real before the escrow is released.

    Sending the real worms is an actual legal risk, I’d think.

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      That’s what’s wrong with kids these days. This small business owner obviously takes pride in their online parasite business. Delivering quality, real tape worms that give their customers real weight loss results.

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    If you’re going to go through all the trouble of getting stuff off the dark web, just get meth or amphetamine sulfate. Those are actually used as extreme weight loss medication.

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    What happened? I don’t want to watch a 20 minute video that’s probably gonna give me the heebie jeebies. But I still want to know.

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      A woman was having trouble losing weight and saw some post on Instagram about how tape worms would held shed the pounds like nothing. She used Bitcoin to buy some online and the capsules with the worms in them included two different species, one that stays in your gut that’s found in cows and another common in pigs that can travel through tissue. She started getting brain swelling and seizures because they were in her face and the liquid barrier that separates your brain from your skull.

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    There was a period where I considered going for microbiology. Witnessing things like fly-strike and the like probably broke some shit in my brain and I was just riveted while studying stuff like worms and fleas.