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omega cookie
10/05/18 5:16:02 AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

"...doctors could not keep him on a controlled diet; he would sneak out of the hospital to scavenge for offal in gutters, rubbish heaps and outside butchers' shops, and attempted to drink the blood of other patients in the hospital and to eat the corpses in the hospital morgue. After being suspected of eating a toddler he was ejected from the hospital."


For those who don't want to read, a comedic but informative video on him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHDj2sB-rc" data-time="


Boy, I'd tried real hard to forget about this after learning about him in high school. Every few years though, I stumble back upon it and get to re-experience the horror once more.

What a world.
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Verdekal
10/05/18 5:40:26 AM
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Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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omega cookie
10/05/18 5:53:34 AM
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Verdekal posted...
Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Doesn't explain the severe physical deformities. Besides, he was under weight his entire life, and no mention is made of any form of intellectual impairment.

I mean, he definitely had some form of polyphagia, but he either had some incredibly rare condition that caused it, or he was the world's first and worst X-man.
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unpleasant_milk
10/05/18 6:09:43 AM
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Wow, this is some seriously interesting stuff. Never heard about this before
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omega cookie
10/06/18 6:35:02 AM
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unpleasant_milk posted...
Wow, this is some seriously interesting stuff. Never heard about this before

Yup. When I was in high school I took AP anatomy, and after each huge exam or lab, the teacher would spend a week talking about medical oddities to let us "cool down". Tarrare, Andre The Giant, Phineas Gage, Giovannina Conchiglia, Joseph Merrick, stuff like that. Always enjoyed learning about strange things.
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EpicMickeyDrew
10/06/18 6:59:06 AM
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Title reads like a joke setup
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pres_madagascar
10/06/18 6:59:27 AM
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Eevee-Trainer
10/06/18 7:11:44 AM
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That last line of the article though
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Nidhoggr
10/06/18 7:21:53 AM
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A real life wendigo?
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HagenEx
10/06/18 7:41:08 AM
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Dude's overblown and overhyped. Look at some of the things that supposedly describe his appearance.

A visible vapour would rise from his body


Is he a Titan from SNK or what the fuck?
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omega cookie
10/06/18 9:15:58 AM
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HagenEx posted...
Dude's overblown and overhyped. Look at some of the things that supposedly describe his appearance.

A visible vapour would rise from his body


Is he a Titan from SNK or what the fuck?

Yes, historical accounts are usually exaggerated to make strange things seem even stranger. Glad you figured that out.
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Pus_N_Pecans
10/06/18 9:45:17 AM
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I read about this guy a couple years back. The story is incredible. Terrifying, but truly incredible.
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WhoAltisitneway
10/06/18 9:49:39 AM
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So basically old school Shoenice?
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omega cookie
10/06/18 2:04:46 PM
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More like old school Kirby.
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KingCrabCake
10/06/18 2:05:59 PM
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What da fuck
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Garioshi
10/06/18 2:13:20 PM
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But you're still hungry...
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kirbymuncher
10/06/18 2:14:41 PM
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Chastened by this experience, he agreed to submit to any procedure that would cure his appetite, and was treated with laudanum, tobacco pills, wine vinegar and soft-boiled eggs.


interesting choices of medicine
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SubtletyRefuge
10/08/18 1:58:18 AM
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WhoAltisitneway posted...
So basically old school Shoenice?

What's a shoenice
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fhqwhgads
10/10/18 5:25:08 AM
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Despite his unusual diet, Tarrare was slim and of average height.[9] At the age of 17, he weighed only 100 pounds (45 kg; 7 st 2 lb).[1][5] He was described as having unusually soft fair hair and an abnormally wide mouth, in which his teeth were heavily stained[9] and on which the lips were almost invisible.[10][11] When he had not eaten, his skin would hang so loosely that he could wrap the fold of skin from his abdomen around his waist.[9][10] When full, his abdomen would distend "like a huge balloon".[6] The skin of his cheeks was wrinkled and hung loosely, and when stretched out, he could hold twelve eggs or apples in his mouth.[11][12]

His body was hot to the touch and he sweated heavily, he constantly had foul body odour;[9][11] he was described as stinking "to such a degree that he could not be endured within the distance of twenty paces".[11] This smell would get noticeably worse after he had eaten;[10][11] his eyes and cheeks would become bloodshot,[9] a visible vapour would rise from his body,[11] and he would become lethargic, during which time he would belch noisily and his jaws would make swallowing motions.[11] He had chronic diarrhoea, which was said to be "fetid beyond all conception

That is terrifying and awesome.
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shinobipride
10/10/18 5:29:09 AM
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fhqwhgads posted...
Despite his unusual diet, Tarrare was slim and of average height.[9] At the age of 17, he weighed only 100 pounds (45 kg; 7 st 2 lb).[1][5] He was described as having unusually soft fair hair and an abnormally wide mouth, in which his teeth were heavily stained[9] and on which the lips were almost invisible.[10][11] When he had not eaten, his skin would hang so loosely that he could wrap the fold of skin from his abdomen around his waist.[9][10] When full, his abdomen would distend "like a huge balloon".[6] The skin of his cheeks was wrinkled and hung loosely, and when stretched out, he could hold twelve eggs or apples in his mouth.[11][12]

His body was hot to the touch and he sweated heavily, he constantly had foul body odour;[9][11] he was described as stinking "to such a degree that he could not be endured within the distance of twenty paces".[11] This smell would get noticeably worse after he had eaten;[10][11] his eyes and cheeks would become bloodshot,[9] a visible vapour would rise from his body,[11] and he would become lethargic, during which time he would belch noisily and his jaws would make swallowing motions.[11] He had chronic diarrhoea, which was said to be "fetid beyond all conception

That is terrifying and awesome.

Tldr
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gunplagirl
10/10/18 5:32:29 AM
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HagenEx posted...
Dude's overblown and overhyped. Look at some of the things that supposedly describe his appearance.

A visible vapour would rise from his body


Is he a Titan from SNK or what the fuck?

Ever wonder why little kids draw poop with stink lines and flies?
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shinobipride
10/10/18 5:34:09 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
HagenEx posted...
Dude's overblown and overhyped. Look at some of the things that supposedly describe his appearance.

A visible vapour would rise from his body


Is he a Titan from SNK or what the fuck?

Ever wonder why little kids draw poop with stink lines and flies?

Kids are silly yet most wonderful creatues
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shinobipride
10/10/18 5:35:09 AM
#24:


shinobipride posted...
gunplagirl posted...
HagenEx posted...
Dude's overblown and overhyped. Look at some of the things that supposedly describe his appearance.

A visible vapour would rise from his body


Is he a Titan from SNK or what the fuck?

Ever wonder why little kids draw poop with stink lines and flies?

Kids are silly yet most wonderful so are we creatues

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CartmanMustDie
10/12/18 6:49:24 AM
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omega cookie posted...
More like old school Kirby.

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ImTheMacheteGuy
10/14/18 12:36:11 AM
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That was a fucking weird read, but interesting.
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PtlessAgmnts
10/15/18 10:57:17 PM
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Was it tappor
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Tyranthraxus
10/15/18 11:35:37 PM
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SubtletyRefuge posted...
WhoAltisitneway posted...
So basically old school Shoenice?

What's a shoenice

shoenice MY BALLS HAHAHA
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omega cookie
10/16/18 1:00:28 AM
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This is still here? Good lord.
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SageHarpuiaHX
10/16/18 1:09:04 AM
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Fake.
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0AbsoluteZero0
10/16/18 1:12:17 AM
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Wow
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Tyranthraxus
10/16/18 2:24:00 AM
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kwtOmbS
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