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[–] [email protected] 112 points 6 days ago (7 children)

She's an idiot. When I have a fever I tie an onion to my belt, which is still the style.

[–] psmgx 27 points 6 days ago

Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say.

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[–] cm0002 98 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The annoyingly stupid part is that for most fevers that don't approach the "You need to go to the ER right now" point it's actually best to simply let it run it's course and not try to "break" it with drugs since a fever is your body's own defense mechanism.

But these antivaxxers will do this stupid shit, then go "see it works" and then try to apply it to everything else

[–] Chocrates 57 points 6 days ago (14 children)

102.6 in an infant was er territory I thought

[–] SinningStromgald 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For infants it is usually recommended to seek treatment from your pediatrician for a temp over 100.4°F. (See link)

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/healthy-baby/art-20047793

[–] Hawke 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Gotta love that metric-conversion decimal dust.

100.4 F is 38 C which is the actual measurement.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365 25 points 5 days ago

My child is near death. Can you make a grocery run?

[–] Zannsolo 31 points 5 days ago

The next time she checked the temperature it was 76F works really good!!

[–] fnrir 40 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For a second I thought that baby was boiling, but then I remembered Fahrenheit exists 😂

[–] serenissi 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dropping onions in boiling baby makes more sense.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Some people are so stupid it should be illegal.

[–] Agent641 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If the baby lives, the onion worked. If the baby died, didn't use enough onion.

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[–] Majorllama 49 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I feel bad for the kids. They don't deserve to die at the hands of incompetent parents.

One of the downsides of disrupting natural selection is that now we are keeping some people alive that probably should be taken by natural causes before they were able to replicate.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago
[–] BreadstickNinja 22 points 5 days ago

You really want to add some rosemary and sage to the sock as well so it's a proper bouquet garni. Then braise in a slow oven until fork tender.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Remember, this person is eligible to vote.

[shudders]

[–] bitchkat 15 points 6 days ago (4 children)
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[–] scutiger 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've joked about onions in socks being a home remedy for stupid shit, but I never imagined that anyone would actually do it. I hope they didn't get it from me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. The mastermind.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don’t keep your baby at over the boiling point of water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

What? They were clearly using the delisle scale...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Unblinded study with n=1 test condition and no placebo / control.

All she needs to do is say that her conclusions haven't been evaluated by the FDA, and she's proved it enough to sell onion socks online.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

the highlighted words have a message for you.

baby onions in socks

[–] Xanthrax 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

For sale: Onion socks, never worn.

[–] Pronell 17 points 6 days ago

What a tearjerker!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't see how it's funny. This kid is definitely not getting the treatment that they need in the future.

[–] Jimmycakes 10 points 5 days ago

Just imagine the baby with a socks full of onions instead of imagining a dead baby.

[–] YarHarSuperstar 18 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I think its kind of weird everyone just assumes this was posted by a woman, unless I'm missing something. Men are parents too, and they can also be dumb like this.

[–] HollowNaught 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wtf this comment just made me realise I always assume these "natural remedy" posts are done by a female oop

This can't be the way I find out I'm sexist

[–] drmoose 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

It's not sexism. Your brain naturally attributes probability from things it has seen in the past. The natural remedy of OPs sort is dominated by female sex so your brain just makes natural connection because it wants to be efficient in it's world building process.

Sexism is when you don't self reflect on initial thoughts that you do not control and pursue these notions further in thoughts you control or simply refuse this dichotomy all together if you're a wilful idiot powere by trauma.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

It was done by a woman. Have you not kept up with us executive orders?

[–] spongebue 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Mom groups are definitely a thing, and even where things don't have to be for moms specifically the mentality still exists. My daughter was a "nano-premie" and was on oxygen for a while. I'm on a group for parents that have to deal with that, and every week or two there will be a post starting with "any moms who _______"

I like to answer those posts and start by asking if dads can also answer (but also give a real answer too!)

It is kind of hard when you try to be an involved dad but then get ignored in different ways

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[–] JustZ 12 points 5 days ago

Child abuse.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Sock onions, of course, why didn't I think of that.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 9 points 5 days ago

From the book "Medicine for Infants", 956 AD

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

My child instantly feels better when I supply vitamin TV.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Conversely, if you burn your onion while cooking, you can put a few baby slices in the pot to make it go away.

[–] aesthelete 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Or... Ya know, you're full of shit or your thermometer also doesn't work.

[–] naun 5 points 5 days ago

Or the fever happened to come down on its own.

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[–] reddig33 16 points 6 days ago

It amazes me that people are still this stupid.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Dumbfuck should have given the child an Amethyst and Moonstone necklace.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What happened here is that some time passed. She could have rubbed her elbows with goose fat or did a rain dance and would have had the same result in the same time frame.

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[–] fox2263 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Were they fresh out of the fridge?

This would be similar to putting feet in cold water, temperature would lower slightly surely?

So just so that instead of onions ya freak

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Onions are antibacterial and solve cough mucus, it's not like it's completely made up that they're a natural remedy

... but they don't help with fever, so I'd go even further than you and say the temperature simply dropped because time passed.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

A story that The Onion would be proud of. Could have been used as a form of self-advertising, too.

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