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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 94 points 2 weeks ago

No one said the scam part was that the elixir didn't work.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Keanu Reeves has been tracking him for centuries.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

Quite the scam length there.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Which himself named it”

Words good authoring there

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

back in the day news papers were like long tweets.

it cost extra for more words/characters.

so they remove/replace ones that didn't break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He obviously didn't sell the real stuff but used it for himself. Is there an equivalent to "don't get high on your own supply"? "Don't sell away what you need at bay"?

[–] jimmux@programming.dev 27 points 2 weeks ago

Don't tender the life extender?

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is similar to an X-files's episode plot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeeze_(The_X-Files)

Highly recommend it :)

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I really loved the x files. From S1 to 6 it was one of the best shows in history.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lmao, cost of doing business.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

There can be only one