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TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifter (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sgibson5150@slrpnk.net to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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I never went as far as to defend Gwyneth Paltrow, but after her Hot Ones appearance I created a post (which I will link in the comments) where I suggested that she's done no more harm than male grifters and that the dislike of her as a person was primarily due to misogyny. That's before I learned about her promotion of these unproven "vampire facials". Now an unlicensed clinic performing this procedure has given at least three women HIV. You guys were right and I was wrong.

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[–] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware of her existence or that of the vampire facials, but this is some Carmilla stuff. Next they will tell you they need virgin blood.

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. A bit skeevy on the face of it. I've often wondered if something like that is why Dick Cheney is still alive. "Bring in the next snackrifice!" Ugh.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

In the show "Silicon Valley", a satire of it's namesake, there's a billionaire tech ceo (like Google level) who gets weekly blood transfusions from a college student in great health.

If you'd kindly adjust your tinfoil hat, there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there that blood transfusions from healthy young people are a regular "health service" used by the elite.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

That's a real thing, they were making fun of Peter Thiel.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No need for any tinfoil, there are crazy billionaires openly doing it!

Tech tycoon who spends $2 million per year to retain youth uses teen son as ‘blood boy’

https://nypost.com/2023/05/22/anti-aging-fanatic-who-spends-2m-a-year-to-retain-youth-uses-teen-son-as-blood-boy/

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

There's a non satire versions of this around.