infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoKuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalismen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkKuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalismen.wikipedia.orginfeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareSomeoneWhoIsntMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoPrions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.
minus-squarewellee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoPrevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOr just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.
Prions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.
Prevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism
Or just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.