infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalismen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkKuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalismen.wikipedia.orginfeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareSomeoneWhoIsntMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoPrions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.
minus-squarewellee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoPrevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoOr just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.
minus-squarewellee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoTruuuue, then we don’t have to change our diet preferences at all!
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago“I’m Count Dracula and I approve this message…”
Prions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.
Prevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism
Or just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.
Truuuue, then we don’t have to change our diet preferences at all!
“I’m Count Dracula and I approve this message…”