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Just Wow Paul Karason, whose skin turned permanently blue after years of consuming colloidal silver

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u/jotaro23 2h ago

Will the real Papa Smurf please stand up!

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u/Naive_Confidence7297 2h ago

Please stand up please stand up

Thanks, beat locked into my head for the rest of the day

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u/teflon_soap 3h ago

He really just blue himself

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u/OtherwiseStable5126 2h ago

He always has blue balls

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u/Can-You-Fly-Bobby 2h ago

I wonder if he's a nevernude as well

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u/teflon_soap 1h ago

There are dozens of them!

u/catpunch_ 48m ago

there’s gotta be a better way to say that

u/GrimaceMusically 40m ago

Okay, you know what you do? You buy yourself a tape recorder, you just record yourself for a whole day.

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u/UpstairsAd194 2h ago

he got the blues bad

u/PhotoElectrical 10m ago

dabo-dee
dabo-die

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u/cjp2010 2h ago

Good news is I’ve never had the urge to consume colloidal silver. And I don’t anticipate that changing.

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u/UpstairsAd194 2h ago

he could have chosen a different coloured shirt ffs

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u/Big_Fan_742 2h ago

i dunno, it kind of makes his face pop

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u/BlueLaceSensor128 2h ago

"The only thing that I have to accept is that socially I can't consume colloidal silver even though it makes my eyes pop like firecrackers!"

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u/UpstairsAd194 2h ago

He'd be no good on an identity parade unless it was papa smuf and mushroom charge again

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u/CaptainJohn_1995 2h ago

Why did he do that?

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u/Apple_remote 1h ago

Silver is antimicrobial. Unfortunately, those who try to "make" colloidal silver at home don't know how to produce the "micro-particle" colloidal silver solutions that actually work as an antibiotic, and don't know the right ratio suspensions.

This is not "homeopathy." It's not diluted to nothing, it's actual silver salts that have to be very tiny, and like 200 parts per million is effective enough to kill pathogens. You can get a colloidal silver generator that will create these solutions. I am not saying you should. I am not saying it works. Just answering the question from OP.

Colloidal silver does not cure AIDS. It does not cure COVID. It is not for viruses at all, if indeed it does anything, it only works to damage bacterial cell membranes, block cellular division, and disrupt metabolism of microbes and bacteria, not viruses.

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u/Fit_Service8662 1h ago

Check out the documentary about the Mother God cult (forgot the name of it) and you'll see

u/EclecticEthic 20m ago

It’s called “Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God” and it is wild!!

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u/just_aguest 2h ago

He wanted to be Papa Smurf

u/thinkshiftster 4m ago

To ward off vampires

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u/nitrinu 2h ago

American, home remedy for some issues like dermatitis. You do the math.

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u/Ratxat 3h ago

Yo, listen up here's a story
About a little guy…

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u/twinkyfemboy1234 2h ago

That lives in a blue world

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u/phillyfanatic1776 2h ago

And all day and all night and everything he sees
Is just blue: like him inside and outside.
Blue his house, with the blue little window
And a blue Corvette and everything is blue for him,
And himself and everybody around,
'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen…

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u/PeterDTown 1h ago

I’m blue if I was green I would die if I was green I would die if I was green I would die if I was green I would die if I was green I would die if I was green I would die if I was green I would die.

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u/UpstairsAd194 2h ago

a smurf?

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u/Mauceri1990 2h ago

I thought Brok died in the new one?

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u/burnerbw0i 2h ago

" I understood that reference"

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u/tom_zanzabar 2h ago

papa smurfin

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u/froopadiddilydoop 2h ago

What do you mean, you people?

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u/2020NoMoreUsername 2h ago

The most anyone did to get n-word pass.

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u/lev_lafayette 2h ago

There are easier and safer ways to audition for Blue Man Group.

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u/arztnur 2h ago

Looks satisfied

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u/vordh0sbn- 2h ago

Is this like the guy who supposedly turned orange after downing loads of sunny delight?

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u/gotheandsilvre 2h ago

Yo listen up here’s a story!

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u/anothergigglemonkey 2h ago

That's racist.

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u/witchfinderactual 2h ago

He's blue daba di daba dyed

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u/DavidGoetta 2h ago

He's blue, if he was green he would die

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u/Professional_Map_780 2h ago

He became Drizzt Do‘Urden

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u/Less-Practice1247 2h ago

From Healthinc

Any company that produces silver products that are labeled or promoted to prevent or cure disease must undergo FDA approval prior to marketing. Otherwise, the product is considered misbranded and subject to regulatory action.

Consumption of colloidal silver is associated with many serious health risks, such as argyria (a permanent gray or blue discoloration of the skin), neurological damage, and liver and kidney harm. It also reduces the absorption and efficacy of certain drugs, such as antibiotics and the thyroid medication thyroxine.

Ultimately, any colloidal silver product intended for oral or topical use isn’t safe or

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u/figjammy 1h ago

Papa?

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u/TheSoftHoarding 1h ago

He looks way too calm sitting there on that beige couch like being a real life Papa Smurf is just a regular tuesday

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u/Clear-Warthog5655 1h ago

Being stalked by Azrael

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u/punktualPorcupine 1h ago

The human body can’t process it, so it builds up and causes damage all over the place, in the kidneys, liver, brain, and in the skin where it reacts to sunlight and turns them blue.

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u/mazutta 1h ago

That was stupid then

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u/Allsherjargothi 1h ago

Not only consuming but using it on his skin as well, consuming it alone will change your skin color but not this drastically. This dude was all in.

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u/Bred_Slippy 2h ago

More slate grey than smurf blue. 

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u/Sustainable_Twat 2h ago

I shudder to think what colour his balls are.

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u/UpstairsAd194 2h ago

in winter

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u/Old-Calligrapher2403 2h ago

Picture makes it more of a grey than blue

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u/enigmaticsince87 2h ago

Pretty sure that's grey not blue

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u/imbricant 2h ago

He became his own photograph.

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u/Hungry_Hateful_Harry 2h ago

Nah that was done by Azura as punishment

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u/Fun_Impression_2578 2h ago

Yo brock! İs that you?

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 2h ago

lol if any Swifties are out there, ‘hoax’ is def Paul’s theme song! 😂

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 2h ago

‘Hey Paul! Why so blue?’ 😸

u/Anencephalic_2 41m ago

Sacre Bleu!

u/thejwillbee 32m ago

Da ba dee da ba dai

u/Silver-Amphibian7650 31m ago

If he could find two more people like this, he could start a blue man tribute band.

u/Nate8727 30m ago

The prospector

u/QueefMitten 27m ago

Will it eventually go away, if he stops taking silver?

u/VirginiaLuthier 23m ago

I think that he complained that people stared at him

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u/r3tromonkey 2h ago

Papa Smurf irl

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u/completosky 2h ago

nice tattoo

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u/TheGirl333 2h ago

Have hard time believing it, wouldn't it give him side effects or allergy when taking for a long time? As an allergic person I can't comprehend it

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u/filthysock 2h ago

It’s a real condition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria

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u/TheGirl333 2h ago

if it is high doses how it doesn't cause side effects or allergies I'm surprised