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Tina Guo: "Moonhearts in Space" (Ft. Serj Tankian)

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The Ghost of a Flea9/07/2021 12:23:24 pm PDT

Okay, in the area Iā€™m in Iā€™ve know old guys that use horse liniment and Iā€™ve known old guys that used for-animals ivermectin because theyā€™re around those animals and exposed to the same parasites. Itā€™s not always the best idea but also not usually lethal, but itā€™s a holdover from my momā€™s generationā€”post-Depression thrift and thinking of doctorā€™s calls as unnecessary unless somethingā€™s serious.

But the current horse paste eaters arenā€™t people that are working in the farming economy, theyā€™re people in suburbs and small towns whoā€™ve been sold the idea thereā€™s scientific validity because they donā€™t understand in vitro versus in vivo or dosage, but also are reassured that the medicine is somehow authentic because itā€™s in commercial circulation. Itā€™s the shallow image of country medicine and common-sense treatmentā€¦which is a thing that only exists as an ad campaign; itā€™s the pastoralist art movement but for medicine.