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Sybarite

2012-12-04 01:50:25 PM

13 votes:

I had some congress that made me sick, but a shot of penicillin cleared it right up.

ChipNASA

2012-12-04 03:39:00 PM

10 votes:

There are few times when Farkers embarrass me. This is one of them.

God forbid any of you ever have to live through something of this nature. I hope you never have to answer the phone and hear your inconsolably weeping wife on the other end of the line as she mutters the only words she is able to muster "they cant find a heartbeat".

Anyone who does the "welcome to fark" meme can DIAF.

This is Quinn's remains. He sits atop my piano. He was KILLED by vaccinations that the government forced on us. If it weren't for Obama and his healthcare reform, NONE of this would have happened.

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2012-12-04 03:12:55 PM

5 votes:

God Is My Co-Pirate: Diogenes: Sybarite: I had some congress that made me sick, but a shot of penicillin cleared it right up.

Clapping for Congress.

The GOP pox.

They had to know constantly farking that chicken was going to lead to something like this

MrKevvy

2012-12-04 03:55:58 PM

4 votes:

CrazyCracka420: Which vaccine was it, pray tell?

I'm guessing derptheria.

Diogenes

2012-12-04 01:54:33 PM

4 votes:

Sybarite: I had some congress that made me sick, but a shot of penicillin cleared it right up.

Clapping for Congress.

leviosaurus

2012-12-04 03:57:11 PM

3 votes:

For those of you who are new

tboucher:
You can go fark yourself for blaming Obama for this though, that's idiotic. Vaccines have been required by law for over 40 years, as I have them and I'm over 40 years old and to go to school in the 70s I had to have them. nixon was in office, he's a republican. It's his fault.

For those of you who are new to the "Quinn on the piano" meme, here's the original thread. Here's a google list of some of the copypastas of the original thread. I think Quinn has so far been killed by lawn darts, drunk drivers, black feet, BBQ Gas tank explosion, and Kim Jong Il. This is the first time that I am aware of that Quinn has died as a result of Obama mandated vaccination,

BronyMedic

2012-12-04 03:48:00 PM

3 votes:

you have pee hands: ChipNASA:
[img214.imageshack.us image 648x484]
.

I noticed your picture is called "babyquarium2". What happened to the first babyquarium? Thanks in advance.

We don't talk about that around here. It was a horrible tragedy, and many people died as a result.

ChipNASA

2012-12-04 03:59:58 PM

2 votes:

I WEEP FOR HUMANITY!

Pants full of macaroni!!

2012-12-04 03:56:59 PM

2 votes:

tboucher: You can go fark yourself for blaming Obama for this though, that's idiotic. Vaccines have been required by law for over 40 years, as I have them and I'm over 40 years old and to go to school in the 70s I had to have them. nixon was in office, he's a republican. It's his fault.

obama-and-his-magical-time-machine.jpg

Nina_Hartley's_Ass

2012-12-04 03:48:42 PM

2 votes:

CrazyCracka420: I abstain from getting a flu vaccine every year because I think it's retarded as fark to inject your body with a vaccine to a minor annoyance.

I speed through school zones.

Vegan Meat Popsicle

2012-12-04 03:48:30 PM

2 votes:

The Face Of Oblivion: Why did you sew his ashes into a teddy bear? Isn't that a bit creepy?

If I may interject.

Car_Ramrod

2012-12-04 03:46:43 PM

2 votes:

First voting against disability rights, now this. God I hate Republicans.

HotWingConspiracy

2012-12-04 03:37:20 PM

2 votes:

Vaccines turn ya tarded! Some lady told me so!

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2012-12-04 01:53:57 PM

2 votes:

Well, they do make me nauseous on a pretty regular basis

The Bad Astronomer

2012-12-04 01:06:51 PM

2 votes:

The Stealth Hippopotamus: [img23.imageshack.us image 720x364]

Sit down, John.

Random Discord

2012-12-04 10:31:01 PM

1 vote:

Noticeably F.A.T.: CrazyCracka420: A whole "thousands" of deaths a year? My god, call the wahmbulance.

The point it that most of those deaths are pretty easily preventable. Sure, the flu might only cause 0.0001%* deaths in the US, but with a very small amount of effort that number could be 0.000000001%*. So, why the f*ck aren't people putting forth that effort?

/*Yes, those numbers are pulled out of my ass. The point still stands.

Meh. Earth is full

ChipNASA

2012-12-04 07:20:00 PM

1 vote:

JESUS HATES VACCINATING OUR CHILDREN!!!

Allen. The end.

2012-12-04 05:40:18 PM

1 vote:

ChipNASA: There are few times when Farkers embarrass me. This is one of them.

God forbid any of you ever have to live through something of this nature. I hope you never have to answer the phone and hear your inconsolably weeping wife on the other end of the line as she mutters the only words she is able to muster "they cant find a heartbeat".

Anyone who does the "welcome to fark" meme can DIAF.

[img214.imageshack.us image 648x484]

This is Quinn's remains. He sits atop my piano. He was KILLED by vaccinations that the government forced on us. If it weren't for Obama and his healthcare reform, NONE of this would have happened.

Damn dude...you got a LOT o'bites! Better get vaccinated!

Evil High Priest

2012-12-04 05:25:20 PM

1 vote:

hstein3: ghare: Arkanaut: Because People in power are Stupid: Congress REPUBLICANS are making us sick.

Eh, TFA says Kucinich is also part of the anti-vax derp brigade.

/derpers gonna derp.

Yeah, but Kucinich is gone, and anti-vax ain't on the Democratic platform. As opposed to wacko Republicans and their platform.

Anti-vaxx: Not part of the GOP platform. This is just the personal bugaboo of some crazy congressmen who happen to be GOP.

/Is preventing Guam from tipping over part of the Dem platform?

Look, you can mock the poor people of Guam all you like, but the fact remains their island is in grave danger of falling over into the sea. I can't believe how insensitive people are!

jonas opines

2012-12-04 04:57:50 PM

1 vote:

freewill: jonas opines: WHY are people opposed to vaccines? And by "people" I'm not really asking about the sheepers who see something a celebrity said on the internet or a politician lies about during a speech and just fire up without actually fact-checking.

Well then, once you've excluded that group, there's really nobody opposed to vaccines left, so...

Seriously though, I have heard the argument put forth that because vaccines have all but stamped out certain diseases, the risk of side effects is supposedly higher than the risk of not being vaccinated, so it's safer for the child to avoid the vaccine than to get it, despite the fact that not getting it increases the risk of actually needing it.

/ Yeah, I know. It sounds dumb when you just spell it out like that. It needs to be coming from an emotional, overprotective suburban mother who insists that you, as a childless man, just can't understand.

Really, it's just misunderstandings and idiocy? Can you, for my sanity's sake, pretend there's some explicit special-interest or something behind it? Somebody, somewhere, should be getting something out of this. . . .

jigger

2012-12-04 04:48:39 PM

1 vote:

Autism: the role of cholesterol in treatment.

Cholesterol is essential for neuroactive steroid production, growth of myelin membranes, and normal embryonic and fetal development. It also modulates the oxytocin receptor, ligand activity and G-protein coupling of the serotonin-1A receptor. A deficit of cholesterol may perturb these biological mechanisms and thereby contribute to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), as observed in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) and some subjects with ASDs in the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE).

Maybe the skyrocketing rate of autism coincides with the rate of pregnant mothers eating low cholesterol diets?

PirateKing

2012-12-04 04:10:28 PM

1 vote:

HotWingConspiracy: And I would totally take a diarrhea vaccine if it existed.

I don't think injecting diarrhea is a good idea, even if it's weakened.

The Stealth Hippopotamus

2012-12-04 04:07:38 PM

1 vote:

Darth_Lukecash: Simple! Stealth Hippopotamus, here, is obnoxious and disliked!

it's true.

/no really, it's true
//unless you find me in a boobies thread

Millennium

2012-12-04 03:54:17 PM

1 vote:

9/10: you had me going until I thought to GIS the image.

Arkanaut

2012-12-04 03:53:08 PM

1 vote:

CrazyCracka420: ChipNASA: There are few times when Farkers embarrass me. This is one of them.

God forbid any of you ever have to live through something of this nature. I hope you never have to answer the phone and hear your inconsolably weeping wife on the other end of the line as she mutters the only words she is able to muster "they cant find a heartbeat".

Anyone who does the "welcome to fark" meme can DIAF.

[img214.imageshack.us image 648x484]

This is Quinn's remains. He sits atop my piano. He was KILLED by vaccinations that the government forced on us. If it weren't for Obama and his healthcare reform, NONE of this would have happened.

Which vaccine was it, pray tell?

All of them, Katie.

BronyMedic

2012-12-04 03:51:15 PM

1 vote:

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: I speed through school zones.

Yeah? Well. This is an 88 Magnum.

I use it to shoot through schools!

Slaves2Darkness

2012-12-04 03:47:58 PM

1 vote:

Yeah, sorry about your cat.

you have pee hands

2012-12-04 03:47:03 PM

1 vote:

ChipNASA:
[img214.imageshack.us image 648x484]
.

I noticed your picture is called "babyquarium2". What happened to the first babyquarium? Thanks in advance.

tboucher

2012-12-04 03:45:26 PM

1 vote:

First off, sorry for your loss. shiat happens and it's never good. My little Quinn is alive and well (and female, guess the name is multi gender) and vaccinated and while I dread the chance of an allergic reaction with each of my children I would do it again each time. They work, Allergic reactions / adverse reactions happen, and when they give you the odds they sound great until it's yours. So it sucks.

However, I'd take that odd with any of my child if it kept the much more larger odds of them dying by the things they protect against. They aren't million to one odds when you get some of the ones you're being vaccinated against, or the others.

You can go fark yourself for blaming Obama for this though, that's idiotic. Vaccines have been required by law for over 40 years, as I have them and I'm over 40 years old and to go to school in the 70s I had to have them. nixon was in office, he's a republican. It's his fault.

Carn

2012-12-04 03:34:19 PM

1 vote:

MaudlinMutantMollusk: God Is My Co-Pirate: Diogenes: Sybarite: I had some congress that made me sick, but a shot of penicillin cleared it right up.

Clapping for Congress.

The GOP pox.

They had to know constantly farking that chicken was going to lead to something like this

Bird syphilis?

Because People in power are Stupid

2012-12-04 01:36:49 PM

1 vote:

~~Congress~~ REPUBLICANS are making us sick.

The Stealth Hippopotamus

2012-12-04 12:52:09 PM

1 vote:

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