• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    He was 14. Not saying they’re the same, but it is weird too imo. Is it rich people with no boundaries or morals instilled?

    Theodore Roosevelt: The Taxidermist

    Young Roosevelt was a person of acute single-mindedness. This was best demonstrated in his avid collecting (killing) and preserving (skinning and stuffing) animals, and in 1872 he was most particularly fascinated by birds.

    https://medium.com/@mollykorroch/theodore-roosevelt-the-taxidermist-16595ad5f818

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    9 hours ago

    This is WEIRD, right?

    I mean I know there are professions and hobbies where cutting the penis off an animal carcass is just another Tuesday. I assume there are (or have been) cultures where this sort of thing tracks. But, this isn’t a normal thing for people to think about doing, let alone do, right? Or am I the weirdo and literally it’s super common to play with the penis of dead animals?

    Like, I’m not intentionally being ablest or anything, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

    And in all fairness, I haven’t read the private journals to know the details of this “absurd scenario” and given the subject matter, I don’t think it’s anything I’d want to read, the headline is more than enough to be off putting. So, there is that.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s RFK Jr. This is just another day for him.

      He took a beached whale carcass’ head, threw it on top of his car, and the “juices” leaked in through the window on his kids.

      He dumped a dead bear cub in central park and left a bike on top just to make it look weird, as a “prank”.

      He snorted cocaine off the toilet seat according to himself.

      And this is the stuff he openly talks about, I’m convinced you can search “RFK Jr animal story” with damn near any animal and you’ll find something.

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        7 hours ago

        The top health authority of the United States of Merica!

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      8 hours ago

      Man this is like a 4/10 on the scale of “weird shit RFK jr. has done with a dead animal”