When I was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s, we swam in the Hudson River and it was filled with raw sewage okay? We swam in raw sewage! You know... to cool off! And at that time, the big fear was polio; thousands of kids died from polio every year but you know something? In my neighbourhood, no one ever got polio! No one! Ever! You know why? Cause we swam in raw sewage! It strengthened our immune systems! The polio never had a prayer; we were tempered in raw shit!

Love Carlin, but this bit didn't exactly age well. lol

The sewage was no doubt very upset to see its creek being contaminated by RFK Jr.

the worm is driving the bus, in the search of moist organic material to munch

He fucking hates his grandkids

just looked it up. the place he went to was literally 2 miles from the white house, in the middle of a fucking 6 million metropolis. honestly, regardless of what the national park said, who chooses a place like that for a swim and expects it not to be polluted?

Doesn’t the rest of the Kennedy clan fucking hate him? Whose kids did he steal?

We’re 100% certain there was only one lobotomy?

literally everything this man does can be explained by the brain worm

“Mr President, do we really need to drain the swamp? Me and some buddies and our families still enjoying a regular paddle in there.”

He should just come out and announce that he worships Nurgle.

How is this not child endangerment?

deep breath for this one) has speculated that he may have been exposed to the parasitic worm that ate part of his brain when he stuck his hand in the bloody mouth of a dead bear before driving with the carcass to Manhattan and abandoning it in Central Park (exhale).

That's where the brainworms comments are from.

I think RFK thinks that swimming in contaminated water somehow helps build immunity.

I don't see the problem, he's been swimming in that creek his entire life and he's fine. /s

Honestly these old folks had the luxury of swimming in many creeks and rivers with low pollution, maybe them going there today and seeing how bad it is will make them realize how we're destroying the planet for shareholder value

This should be considered some kind of neglect or abuse.

I propose a new term - "malscurrocracy" - government by evil clowns.

Oh, but when Master Splinter does it, it's somehow fine!?

Survival of the fittest.

This is a funny distraction and prelude to the inevitable gutting of clean water regulations that he plans to do. Reminds me of the stunt pulled by the inventor of leaded gasoline and real-life Captain Planet villain Thomas Midgley (seriously, look him up) when he tried, unsuccessfully, to assure the public that TEL was safe by huffing it for a minute and pouring it over himself:

"On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL, in which he poured TEL over his hands, placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose, and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems." [Wikipedia link]

This is a reverse eaten onion for me, wtf.

Very emblematic.

"Hmm. Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock!"

I hope he gets the brain eating amoeba

Poor amoeba are going to starve

Maybe Animorphs was onto something with the Yeerk's requirements.