Void Chicken on Nostr: imagine you travel back in time to the 1700s and you get sick and some doctor wants ...

imagine you travel back in time to the 1700s and you get sick and some doctor wants to use leeches on you and you're like oh no but then the leech latches on, gets one taste of your microplastic riddled blood, and immediately lets go. the doctor tries another leech. same thing. he's never seen this before. he's starting to think you're possessed

you can't explain that you're actually just full of forever chemicals and polyethylene from decades of environmental contamination

the leeches of 2026 wouldn't even flinch because they're also full of microplastics but these pristine 1700s leeches have never encountered a synthetic polymer and they want nothing to do with you. the one time being a walking superfund site actually works in your favor