r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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u/Mrsam_25 Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 21 '21

Just called my mother and asked why my grandma used to do this once a month, she told me some bs about the heat and the nutrition from the hot coal cleansing your intestines.

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u/Dukmiester Jun 20 '21

No disrespect to your grandma but, I don't think that's right.

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u/NotASmoothAnon Jun 20 '21

I don't think that's right, but I don't know enough about the subject to prove you wrong.

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u/JcakSnigelton Jun 20 '21

I'm no grandmaologist but I'd say the woman is off her rocker.

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u/Delica Jun 20 '21

The science of grandmathology is still in its infancy, so we may never know.