Dr Sherri Tenpenny had her medical license revoked in 2023, but it was reinstated earlier this year
    • Paprika@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      27·
      6 months ago

      Not everyone who goes to medical school is a rational (or sane) person. And some of them do succumb to the grifter lifestyle because it’s easy money.

      She’s still a total idiot though. You don’t just get to decide “I’m not paying taxes this year”. Who does she think she is, Wesley Snipes?

      • Anas@lemmy.world
        133·
        6 months ago

        I’m a medical student, and I’ve had a cardiologist tell me that COVID is just like flu and masking is useless

        • ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world
          36·
          6 months ago

          There are varying levels of truth to that. How sincere were they?

          Edit: See subsequent comment for clarity.

          • Anas@lemmy.world
            6·
            6 months ago

            There aren’t any levels of truth to that? The only similarity is that both of them are viruses that can cause respiratory symptoms.

            • ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world
              3·
              6 months ago

              Okay, my original comment clearly came across as a weasel for COVID denial so sorry for that. Fuck denialism.

              What I meant was that - like flu - it is an endemic respiratory virus which will be nasty but not fatal to most people. In certain contexts masks are less useful (not useless I suppose), and this is particularly in areas where mask use is minimal and strict (e.g. under the nose or constantly being touched without proper hand hygiene).

              So what your cardiologist said could have been a realistic assessment of the current state of COVID, or denialism in which case they’re a dick.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
      81·
      6 months ago

      You never know what kind of doctor she is. Maybe she is a doctor of Aura Reading or Astrology.

        • tektite@slrpnk.net
          2·
          6 months ago

          It’s very charitable of you to take time out of your busy astral projections to channel your professional opinion through the ether, doctor!

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    6 months ago

    Oh shit I remember this. This was one of the things my parents said and I had no idea where they got it from.

    No amount of logical explanation or showing James Randi testing past claims from “human magnets” helped.

    • blarth@thelemmy.club
      41·
      6 months ago

      Same. Covid vaccine conspiracist aunt came over and asked if we had tried putting a paper clip on our vaccine injection site. I laughed and she said she was serious.

      Fucking Facebook, man. Got all these boomers acting foolish.

      • Vanon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Way beyond foolishness. It’s more like weaponized stupidity, cultist behavior, that’s threatening all of us with some kind of idiocracy.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    The Department of Justice’s Tax Division sued Tenpenny in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, accusing her of failing to pay her taxes in 2001, 2012 and in 2013.

    With the addition of late fees and penalties, the DOJ argues Tenpenny owes a total of $646,929.82.

    Tenpenny spoke to Cleveland.com and told reporters she has been unfairly targeted by the feds and claims she has tried for years to clear up her tax issues.

    “This shows what the IRS can do to a person that they target,” she told Cleveland.com’s Adam Ferrise. “This is a total harassment case. They’ve been doing this to me for 23 years.”

    I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that attempting to clear up the issues didn’t involve paying them.

    The DOJ noted in the court filing that Tenpenny had previously established “compromise offers” and was involved in “installation agreements” to pay off her taxes, but noted the taxes from three years remained outstanding.

    Close. She paid for some other years that she didn’t pay taxes, but not these.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant

      Magnetic implant is an experimental procedure in which small, powerful magnets (such as neodymium) are inserted beneath the skin, often in the tips of fingers. They exist in tubes and discs. This procedure is popular among biohackers and grinders, but remains experimental.[1] Magnetic implants are often performed by amateurs at home, using readily available surgical tools and magnets found online. However, some professional body modification shops do perform implant surgeries.[2] Magnetic implants can also be used as an interface for portable devices to create other new “senses”, for example converting other sensory inputs such as ultrasonic or infra-red into a touch sensation.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Seriously, so many times I’ve dropped a screw and can’t find or reach it…

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      6 months ago

      Years ago there was a trend of implanting tiny magnets into your fingertips to allow people to be able to feel magnetic fields. It was big in the body mod community around 2010 ish.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    61·
    6 months ago

    Watch, I’ll just stick it right and it will… whoops, hang on, I put it here and… dang. So, I place the metal. Gdi!