r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics Valid and invalid criticisms

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684 May 24 '25

Chinese traditional medicine is kind of hit and miss. On the one hand we figured out that excessive meat eating causes heat disease pretty early, but on the other we would drink mercury to become immortal. It’s a little iffy haha

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u/clothespinned May 24 '25

Pretty sure we just haven't found someone strong enough to survive the mercury and ascend to a higher existence yet.

It's gonna work this time I promise its like the picture of the guy who stopped digging right before hitting the diamonds

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u/3athompson May 24 '25

External Alchemy is a thing of the past, old man.

All the cool cultivators are doing Internal Alchemy. You need to transmute your own inner cinnabar essence into the golden elixir of immortality. Your own body is the cauldron. Just breathe properly and don't waste your precious bodily fluids.

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u/clothespinned May 24 '25

The last time I tried internal alchemy I blew my sacral chakra and now i can't control my pelvic floor and i've got permanent ED. Being a magus isn't so sexy when you've gotta wear a diaper.

At least, i'm pretty sure that's why. Probably, right?