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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (8 children)

And turns out you can develop immunity, but it's not a pleasant process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w

[–] merde 3 points 5 days ago

reminds me of

Should you be eating poison oak? Probably not. But Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz decided to try anyway, putting his body — and specifically his butt — on the line to answer a seemingly straightforward question: Is it possible to build up a tolerance to poison oak by eating it?

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