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News coverage from 2014, when the dead baby bear was found

Really amazing what brain worms cause people to do sometimes

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Y’all need to listen to the Behind The Bastards podcast on this guy.

He is completely F’d up, probably ADHD as hell*, and a few brain cells short of a full worm. It would take decades of therapy to get him to realize what his experiences as a youth did to him, but even then I doubt he’d be capable of acting on that knowledge. Abusive family, neglected to a degree, dealing with the deaths in the family, shipped off to boarding schools…what a complete mess. If he’d been a kid in a more understanding family and not a Kennedy he probably would have been fine.

*I don’t know if he’s getting any help for the adhd, there’s nothing wrong with adhd, but his untreated adhd as a youth caused serious issues with his life. ADHD meds weren’t available until the ‘60s, and I’m sure getting treated for a “mental illness” as a Kennedy wasn’t in the cards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the world would be a far better place if we could get everyone to listen to BtB

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m a fan, but not without reason. As much as Robert points a finger at people he’s discussing as lacking nuance and tone-deafness, the podcast itself is guilty of this on occasion, though overall they do a good job. They’re not wrong, they just gloss over some things occasionally. That said, overall it’s really a great podcast and I highly recommend it too, just keep some healthy skepticism and do a little reading and framing yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Or sure. Nothing is perfect but the overall message is something I wish I could beam into people's heads

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

If he was a woman, his own family would've had him lobotomized

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So would this be considered littering or...?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I guess that's better than a woman in a pond.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

By far the weirdest Kennedy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

If you read the history of the Kennedy's you realize he's not, and that's nuts. Though he certainly is a product of his insane family.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He once threatened a cop by claiming he had a cop-killing hawk in his pocket. Which he didn't.

But he did have a hawk in his pocket.

True story.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I too enjoy Behind the Bastards. I particularly liked the one where he used to regularly drop acid near a pile of dead cows when he was at Millbrook. Probably where he got the brain worm. Well, either that or when he ate rat brains for fun. Dude really knows how to party.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd still take this weirdo before Trump.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Literally nobody is asking you to make that choice. Vote for the Democrat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would guess they were using this as a rhetorical device to emphasise how much they dislike Trump. I don't think they're actually planning on voting for the guy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Sure, but it's always worth pointing out that neither of them are legitimate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Has he admitted to eating human flesh yet? There's no way he hasn't done it.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"He said he scooped up the dead bear and put it in his own van, planning to later skin it and eat it."

Fun fact:

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/06/outbreak-of-trichinellosis-in-3-states-linked-to-bear-meat-consumption/

Suddenly the brain worm story makes a lot more sense. That happens when you eat undercooked roadkill.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

train by day joe rogan podcast by night

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It gets better. You should listen to the Behind the Bastards episode on him.

Homie just loves eating rotten meat.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

I've heard of calling politicians vultures but this is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given the stuff in his recent Behind the Bastards episodes, this completely tracks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, who can say no to the wonderful stench of rancid animal carcasses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You killed ANOTHER Kennedy!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

LEONNNNNN!!!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I need myself a cop-hunting falcon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Archive link 1

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It definitely sounds like he was under the influence of the brain worm when he made the decision to eat the bear.

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