• mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
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    54 minutes ago

    The bigger story is that Fox put this guy on air and acted like there was some legitimacy to it. The guy himself at least has an excuse for acting brain dead. What’s the excuse for the viewers?

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    Was never much of a Ford fan, so…. This is disappointing. Was really hoping he would be a Camaro, or even an import.

  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Gabe added that ‘in America, Jesus has been misrepresented. And there are so many cultural things that present him as if he’s some tolerant guy.’

    🤦

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      My dude, it’s written down. There’s an actual book. But this is America, so he very likely can’t read.

      Also note my surprised face that the entire account is vaguely homoerotic. Yet again, repressed sexuality seems to be at play here.

  • notabot@piefed.social
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    Gabe Poirot was riding an electric skateboard at around 30 miles per hour without a helmet in October 2021 when he hit a small bump in the road and flipped backwards, landing directly on his head.

    The impact cracked the then 20-year-old’s skull, causing a traumatic brain injury.

    It’s kind of tragic how badly a TBI can mess up someone’s life, especially at such a young age.

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      With the increase of cheap ebikes this is becoming more and more common. Saw a CBC Marketplace investigation recently where most Toronto stores they visited advertised those vehicles to the under 16, against the law. They also offered to remove limiters to make the bikes go considerably faster.

      They interviewed a teenager who now is missing chunks of his skull and cant form memories anymore.

      Or a young child who got hit and run by an ebike and looked like he was in a car accident.

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      Riding an electric skateboard without a helmet is already a sign of imbecility; he just added hallucinations to his mental deficiency.

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        I read that quickly and just thought 30km/h is fairly fast on a skateboard, but 30mph is just stupid fast.

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      I’d say it’s a reaction to mental illness. An attempt by people to try to get a handle on something. If you look at religious people, they tend to all be a little off.

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        It’s a broad range of problems they try to fill.

        Alcoholism, various mental illnesses, loneliness, and desperation get new ones in. But I think the most problematic are the ones there for life and because the whole community is there. Or for political reasons.

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    I think the brain injury has him a little confused. He spent 18 days with a 6ft Mustang full of testosterone called Jesús, and it was heavenly.

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    The impact cracked the then 20-year-old’s skull, causing a traumatic brain injury

    Sounds about right

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    Ah, if Jesus was born in the stable, makes sense he grew up as a horse. Or perhaps as a camel, trying to go through the eye of a needle.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      Or perhaps as a camel, trying to go through the eye of a needle.

      Context for the uninitiated:

      Matthew 19:24:

      Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.

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    These kind of hallucinations are not uncommon for a near death experience.

    An existing theory is that its caused by your brain releasing naturaly produced dmt when its senses its about to die.

    Thats pretty interesting, but doesnt explain why where giving this guy a stage and actively make them dangerously mentally ill by feeding into the delusions they experienced.

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    My mom for a while believed a TV evangelist for a while, I’ll always remember his shit name. Jesse Duplanis. Told everyone he went to heaven and met Jesus on a deathbed experience before being “sent back to preach the good book”. Of course it was the abundance gospel of he just happened to have a private jet and multiple mansions.

    My gullible naive mother sent him money when she was most destitute thinking he knew how to make things better. At one point it was a full tithe, 10% of her income. I hope he rots in the ground.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      Apparently he’s still around.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Duplantis

      In May 2018, national news media outlets reported that Duplantis had asked his followers to donate money to him so that he could buy a Dassault Falcon 7X, valued at $54 million.[4][5][6] Duplantis said that his organization, Jesse Duplantis Ministries, had already paid for three private jets by 2006, and that he had been using them by “just burning them up for the Lord Jesus Christ.” Duplantis defended his choice by saying: “I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today he wouldn’t be riding a donkey. Think about that for a minute. He’d be in an airplane preaching the gospel all over the world.”[7] In response to a wave of criticism, Duplantis stated on his ministry website, “I’m not asking you to pay for my plane, I’m asking you to pray for my plane.”[8]

      In 2016, Duplantis and fellow televangelist Kenneth Copeland defended their use of private jets with the claim that commercial planes were full of “demons”.[9]

      A few weeks later, Duplantis claimed the Second Coming was held up by a lack of donations, while touting his multi-millionaire status.[13]

      In February 2024, Duplantis was named as a defendant in an amended civil securities fraud complaint filed by Colorado regulators concerning the promotion of the cryptocurrency INDXcoin. The complaint alleges that Duplantis was among individuals recruited by Denver pastor Eli Regalado to help sell unlicensed securities within Christian communities and that certain recruits received commission payments. The broader case claims INDXcoin raised more than $3 million from over 300 investors between 2022 and 2023 through promises of guaranteed returns based on divine guidance.