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shish_mish@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery

arstechnica.com

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Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery

arstechnica.com

shish_mish@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Oddly, it wasn't the first time this had happened to the man.
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  • _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’m sure the worm was equally surprised to find the doctors

  • fubarx@lemmy.world
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    Lifespan was 20-30 years. Least it coukd have done was pick up a case of beer.

  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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    Pfft. Normies

  • HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world
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    There are too many threads in this thread I want some mindwipe for…dammm this is one of the stories like that lady who had a plant growing in her wooha that makes you just go. Huh.

  • Stern@lemmy.world
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    “Hey babe, I got ten inches in my pants…”

    • Wildone@sh.itjust.works
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      … his wife was categorically against this surgery, and requested they reverse it immediately. Put it back!

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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      “Probably not the type that you’d like tho.”

  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Something something monkey paw

  • tremble5218@programming.dev
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    Sperm worm.

  • eaterofclowns@lemmy.world
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    In worm lore they’re piloting this dude like an eva and their bravest keep getting taken by malevolent gods

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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      You must be watching the (very) wrong version of Ratatouille.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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        Yeah it’s better in the original Korean

        • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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          The what now?

  • lavenderbreton@slrpnk.net
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    Good thing he got to worm his way out of this dilemma.

    • fieldswork@sh.itjust.works
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      I can’t tell if I’m more upset by the article or the fact that I laughed at this

  • WingedObsidian@sh.itjust.works
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    Fuck this so much

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    Nope. Nope nope nope.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
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    This is the second worm found in this guy…

    For unexplained reasons, the [first] worm was not identified, and he was not treated with anti-parasitic drugs after the discovery.

    I’m trying to imagine pulling a parasite out of a guy and not even wondering what kind it is.

    • UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world
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      Who’s your worm guy?

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    Quote: “Adding to the oddity, the man told the surgeons that this had actually happened to him before…”

    Sounds like he drinks unboiled lake/river water. Gross.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      Possibly. The article just mentions he ate a raw snake

  • Photonic@lemmy.world
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    Well when I had elective surgery they found a live anaconda in my groin

    ….

    I’ll show myself out…

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
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      Was it dead?

      • Dremor@lemmy.world
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        Hard to tell.

        • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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          I’ve got a bone to pick with that comment

          • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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            Erection.

      • Photonic@lemmy.world
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        Rigor mortis, stiff as a board

  • Deme@sopuli.xyz
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    The man’s only recollection of a possible exposure was eating raw snake meat during military service 50 years prior.

    Based

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      Oh, thank god the snake meat I ate during military service 50 years ago was cooked! 🥴

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      Hooray for hazing.

      • JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
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        It’s not hazing. I’ll bet it was during the Cobra Gold exercise, during which Thailand hosts various militaries including the US Marines. Part of the training traded is survival skills specific to the jungle environments Thailand provides, which includes eating of animals, dead or alive. Spiders, scorpions, snakes… one of the traditional hallmarks being the drinking of cobra blood as an alternative to being able to find clean water.

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      Oh, it’s just baby snakes

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