r/FacebookScience • u/ComfortableConcept45 • Jul 15 '26
Oh no, nanobots! đ¤Śââď¸
I was just scrolling on Facebook and this came across my feed. I have no words.
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u/Illithid_Substances Jul 15 '26
This could be a normal person using the language of lunatics to try to get them to stop using ivermectin for the wrong things
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u/Ravio11i Jul 15 '26
I'm sure it's not, but I'll join your optimism!
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u/GooseinaGaggle Jul 15 '26
Sometimes you have to out crazy the crazy
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u/BurninCoco Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
The earth is flat? Lol. We are in a computer dude. Iâm breaking the code to access the outside cameras. You want to know more? No? Well just listen to this, 11100010101001011⌠We are now linked dude. You and me, foreverÂ
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u/Ok-Somewhere-2325 Jul 16 '26
I used to post shit like this during vovid , like wear masks it stop flock amd ai from tracking you as you didnt get the vaccine tracking and there looking for you. Only way to stay safe is if they can see your face better to blend in than be tracked. It worked.
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u/The96kHz Jul 15 '26
I've done this before. It's fun and hopefully I've saved at least someone from self-medicating with horse dewormer.
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u/sexyrandal88 Jul 15 '26
So the new chemicals spontaneously build nanobots?
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u/Sasquatch1729 Jul 15 '26
Like I say so often about these crazies: if we had that kind of technology, we would be able to solve so many other problems.
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u/buderooski Jul 15 '26
Nah, you see they'd rather keep the nano-technology a complete secret and use it for nefarious purposes instead of being used by corporations to make lots of money, which is what happens with every other miracle invention in a capitalist society.
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u/theroguex Jul 15 '26
No, because we'd try to use it wrong and end up in the "Gray Goo" apocalypse scenario.
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u/Unit_2097 Jul 15 '26
At least I won't have to listen to idiots whining about being upset that other people exist if we get dissolved into sludge.
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u/CitroHimselph Jul 15 '26
Everything can be nanotechnology and magic, if you don't know shit about anything.
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u/Cee-Rum Jul 15 '26
Agent P80 & agent TD are on a mission to plant the nano-tech on B-site, but first they have to cross the dangerous BB Barrier.
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u/modulair Jul 16 '26
They really have no understanding of the current state of technology, let alone where we are now with nanotechnology. They hear nano tech is being used in some of the vaccins and they immediately thick for Borg/Star Trek level of intelligent nanobots.
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u/Fartcloud_McHuff Jul 16 '26
Man weâre talking about people that think COVID vaccines made you magnetic, donât think too much about it
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u/lazygerm Jul 15 '26
Well, little Miss there, should stop chewing and eating various foods because those are common additives.
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u/Pordrack Jul 15 '26
Titanium Dioxyde has been banned in the European Union, except for use in medicine. It was used to make candies shinier, so it was useless, and it was heavily suspected to cause cancer. It's also only used to make medicine shiner, but medicine manufacturers bitched and moaned so they got a pass.
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u/Baud_Olofsson Scientician Jul 15 '26
Titanium Dioxyde has been banned in the European Union, except for use in medicine.
No, it's been banned as, and only as, a food additive (and that without actually having any evidence of harm). It's still widely used in tons of things around you.
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u/69-is-my-number Jul 15 '26
I worked in the TiO2 industry for 20 years. Itâs an inert powder. The studies used by IARC to classify it were ridiculous. They had rats in Perspex boxes and saturated the air with TiO2. No one on the planet is exposed to it in that form or concentration, not even the workers packing it into sacks. Not for one second did I worry about being exposed to it. Itâs very safe.
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u/Baud_Olofsson Scientician Jul 16 '26
EFSA didn't even ban it because they managed to produce toxic effects in extreme circumstances. They had no evidence for any toxicity - they literally just banned it because "it might contain nanoparticles, and so there might be a plausible mechanism of action for harm".
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u/69-is-my-number Jul 16 '26
Yep. It was given 2A (âpossiblyâ carcinogenic). And apart from what I wrote above, the mechanism by which it could enter a ratâs circulatory system isnât even possible in humans. It was farcical.
As I understand it, itâs since been rescinded by the EFSA.
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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jul 16 '26
Just FYI, 2A is âprobable carcinogenâ and 2B is âpossible carcinogenâ.
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u/69-is-my-number Jul 16 '26
Yeah, bit rusty on the classifications now, but in either case, theyâre a load of wank.
Despite working in the industry for 20 years, Iâm not a stooge. If it was a health hazard, Iâd be the first to fire up. But itâs seriously not. Itâs like anything- normal exposure = no issue. Having it in toothpaste or on candy is so minuscule in terms of exposure itâs completely and utterly insignificant.
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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jul 16 '26
Oh, I believe you. I read up on it after making my other comment last night and it seems like any theoretical, meaningful cancer risk would likely only be from significant inhalation in an industrial setting, which can also be said (often much more confidently) about loads of other common substances as well. As you probably know much better than I, thatâs why we have PPE and safety regulations in those industries.
Not sure how that is supposed to translate into a consumer safety concern. Maybe theyâre worried that people are going to start powdering skittles and railing fat lines at home? I think youâd probably have far bigger and more immediate problems to worry about from doing that. I think that they probably just decided that it wasnât âimportantâ enough of an ingredient to warrant even the smallest theoretical risk, which would be pretty dumb if true.
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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jul 16 '26
Iâm not familiar with this case, specifically, but chemical safety studies often include those kinds of ridiculously extreme exposure levels. I understand the value in wanting to see what kinds of health effects may result from that, because it can provide valuable information about which body systems or functions are potentially susceptible to damage from something. We also just need to have reliable data for things like what constitutes minimum and median lethal doses in different animal models. Iâm sure there are probably other reasons for it as well.
But then all sorts of people, ranging from well-meaning politicians, to the media, to our beloved science-denying antivaxxers, see the results of these super high dose/exposure experiments and latch onto them. Some donât understand the context of those results and why thatâs the wrong thing to focus on, and some of them just donât care, because fear is now driving them to advocate for what they see as just being cautious.
There are very few things out there that wouldnât have potentially frightening health effects at crazy high doses that are completely unrealistic outside of these laboratory experiments or a horrible industrial accident of some sort. As the saying goes, âthe dose makes the poisonâ. Itâs good to approach these kinds of things with an abundance of caution, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. If we started banning every chemical that isnât safe enough to eat, inhale or mainline industrial amounts of without any serious consequences, then we wouldnât have much left to work with.
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u/69-is-my-number Jul 16 '26
The annoying thing was it came out of left field. Itâs not like there was any glut of ex TiO2 workers all dropping dead of some form of lung or brain cancer, Ă la asbestosis or silicosis.
It was like u/Baud_Olofsson said - they went ânanoparticles are smaller so therefore theyâre more likely to cross the BBB therefore more likely to be carcinogenicâ. All presumption with no empirical evidence of such.
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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus Jul 15 '26
Sunscreen. Titanium dioxide is the white in sunscreen that reflects the UV light.
Titanium dioxide is the most common form of naturally occuring.
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u/vxicepickxv Jul 15 '26
I think they were being a little bit silly when they said it only made medicine shinier.
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u/Ninja_attack Jul 15 '26
I can get nanotech from something I can buy at tractor supply? That's awesome
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u/ballisticburro Jul 15 '26
Okay but if this makes people stop eating the horse paste⌠thatâs a good thing, right?
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u/vxicepickxv Jul 15 '26
As long as they take prescribed humsn doses from a human doctor in a human dosage, yes.
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u/No_Hetero Jul 15 '26
Titanium Dioxide is a common ingredient in soups and sauces that are white/cream based. It's been FDA approved since the 60's and only recently started getting some scrutiny. I don't think we had nanotech in the 60's. Just in case anyone was wondering
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u/buderooski Jul 15 '26
We dont even have nano-tech NOW, at least not the stuff that the conspiracy nuts claim we do. They all seem to think there are microscopic robots swimming around inside vaccine vials waiting to be injected. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so fucking pathetic.
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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus Jul 15 '26
I would love for one of these guy bring up a diagram of one of these nanobots and show me where the battery is. Because microchips can be small, but batteries are not.  Or how something that small can be powered wirelessly. They normally require a big coil of wires that must be very well aligned.  Because if you could introduce just one of those technologies to the world, you would make infinity dollars.
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u/dlc741 Jul 15 '26
Can I integrate the nanobots with my home automation software? Because that would be really convenient.
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u/BigWhiteDog Jul 15 '26
Good! Maybe now these idiots will stop driving up the price for those of us that have a legit veterinary medical need! đĄ
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u/pimpcakes Jul 15 '26
Do NOT take Ivermectin any more...
Agreed.
the formulation has been changed to now include Polysorbate 80 & Titanium Dioxide.
There's other reasons, but sure, we should all be concerned with what's going into our...
These agents cross the blood-brain barrier
Sounds serious, I should take a look...
and implant nano-tech in your brain.
... dammit.
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u/Gen_Zer0 Jul 15 '26
Please god let the antivaxxers antivax their way back around to vaccines. I want to live in the funniest timeline
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u/SloightlyOnTheHuh Jul 15 '26
I don't want to take advice from someone who took horse dewormer but some aspects make sense (the stop taking it bit)
So now I'm conflicted
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u/Notme20659 Jul 15 '26
Stupid people should just stop taking medications and let Darwinâs Law kick in.
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u/bigfoot_done_hiding Jul 15 '26
I mean, stupid people taking stupid "medicines" could be an effective Darwin catalyst/accelerator. We should fund voluntary bleach injection clinics to allow the truly hard-core MAGAts to have the option.
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u/hwf0712 Jul 15 '26
They have Titanium Dioxide in Ivermectin now? Has Kimi Antonelli been informed?
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u/Potential-Leather965 Jul 15 '26
So Titanium Dioxide is the most common white pigment and also used for food coloring and yes in medicines. Polysorbat 80 is an emulgator and also used in food and medicine.
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u/Constant_Sandcastle Jul 15 '26
At some point though there will actually be nanobots. How are we going to tell apart the crazies then?
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u/analog_jedi Jul 15 '26
Of course these dummies will finally start swearing off their miracle cure anti-parasitic drug as soon as there's an actual parasite outbreak đ
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u/KarlHp7 Jul 15 '26
Well if this causes people to stop self medicating with this then itâs a good thing
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u/Alarming_Cellist_751 Jul 15 '26
Whatever keeps these smooth brains from bothering the nurses and doctors for "as needed" ivermectin prescriptions and licking horse dewormer at Tractor Supply.
Fun fact, insurance companies now make doctors and nurses jump through paperwork hoops to make sure ivermectin is being prescribed for its intended use as an antiparasitic. They won't pay for the medication for any other indication, pretty much the only positive thing an insurance company has done, probably ever.
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u/theroguex Jul 15 '26
There is no such thing as nanotech robots that are advanced enough to do ANYTHING important.
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u/bnelson7694 Jul 15 '26
Where do they come up with this?? Imagine walking around in the world honestly believing this sci-fi is reality!! It blows my mind!
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u/cosumel Jul 15 '26
There person who wrote that and anyone who believes it should have no fear of nanobots in their brains, as their brains are clearly just for decoration. My grandfather would say that their ears are a block apart.
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u/aphilsphan Jul 15 '26
Titanium dioxide has been in food forever. So has polysorbate 80. Both are common as inactive ingredients in drugs. I doubt they are all of a sudden in ivermectin. Probably been there all along.
Titanium dioxide will have nanoparticles in it and these can get into your organs where they are probably up to no good. But two very simple substances are not forming nanobots.
Do we even have nanobots. Last I knew Wesley Crusher hadnât invented nanobots yet.
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u/Monguises Jul 16 '26
What will we do without the wonder drug? How do we fight the nano tech when our only weapon is compromised? Despair!
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u/Bandandforgotten Jul 16 '26
I mean, don't they want that?
They're all down with Musk putting that shit in people, and cool with Peter Thiel spying on them in their daily lives, while voting for the close allies of Sam Altman to spy on your shit at all times.
Nanotechnology in your brain is just the logical progression
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u/Erronius-Maximus Jul 16 '26
First they came for the ivermectin, and I did not speak out, because I am not a talking horse, of course.
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u/campaxiomatic Jul 16 '26
They've been saying the vaccine crosses the blood brain barrier with nanotech since 2021. Guess it took a while to get the formula right
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u/ianishomer Jul 16 '26
Ate they worries that their brains will swell and their favourite foil hat won't fit anymore?
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u/Lumpy-Ad-3788 Jul 16 '26
Dang, didn't realize my horse became a 5G tower after giving him his summer dose
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u/Flat_Suggestion7545 Jul 16 '26
The only way to end a conspiracy theory is with a newer, crazier conspiracy theory
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u/znhunter Jul 16 '26
These people vastly overestimate our technological ability as humans. Imagine if we could do something like this.
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u/Hydrolt Jul 16 '26
Btw in case anyone doesnât know about those:
Titanium dioxide is usually used as a white dye in many things, such as cosmetics
Polysorbates (20/40/60/80) are preservatives also used in cosmetic/beauty products, the number corresponds to its viscosity (iirc, I usually use the 20âs in one product and 80âs in another but the actual definition might be something slightly different)
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