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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic discussing organ transplants and immortality at the military parade in Beijing on Wednesday.

The two leaders were captured on the stream as they walked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Tiananmen Square, with the Russian translator saying: “Biotechnology is continuously developing,” according to Reuters.

“Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality,” the translator added.

Haha what's next the wealthy are going to start harvesting our organs?

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God dammit.

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[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

And they don't talk about the brain's cellular degeneration. Myelin sheathes decaying at the axons. We get zombie rulers.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 32 points 3 days ago

This is what happens to a motherfucker when anyone who tells you you're talking crazy falls out a window.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Imagine being his translator though. Maybe you used to believe in him. Maybe you even buy into the shit he's saying. But you still know, deep down, that you work for an insane man who will kill you as soon as he realises you think he's insane.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

As I understand it, the nihilistic realization that it's all a bunch of insane bullshit and there is no reason to believe in anybody or anything, comes quite early in the Russian system. I imagine the translator takes some comfort in the idea that Putin is just a crazy old man at the end of the day. It probably relieves him from some feelings about his own sins whatever they may be, because nothing matters.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That tracks. Apathy is death, they say.

[-] greenbit@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

This fucking real world is straight from conspiracy theories

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

It‘s a known fact for some years that the Chinese government steals organs from minorities in camps and criminals. I think a lot of people simply chose to not believe it because it‘s hard to stomach such cruelty on this scale.

I posted an article about that happening to Uyghurs in camps like a month ago and somebody literally accused me of spreading Mooney propaganda 🙄

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 15 points 3 days ago

they should go straight to mercury pills, worked* for chinese alchemists

*worked in the sense that massive heavy metal poisoning can stop corpse decomposition for a while, which was taken as an auspicious sign in the context

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

This is exactly why I've been conditioning mine with fast food, marijuana smoke, and an absolute minimum of physical activity

[-] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 9 points 3 days ago

Dang, it's a shame the oompa loompa population was so recently hunted to extinction. /s

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

If it wasn’t for the fact that these scumbags would harvest organs from anyone I would say hell ya go for it. They would be popping off left right and centre. The procedures are still relatively new and accidents happen a lot. Not to mention rejection, infection and a bunch of other factors that would not be good for the patient. Plus they would have to take and be dependent on anti rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

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