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- ScornForSega, on 12/20/2007, -11/+334Um... if you choke him, what color does he turn?
- nuttzy, on 12/20/2007, -29/+319Poppa Smurf! This is a true example of natural selection at work. This guy is obviously an idiot since he fails to stop drinking the silver based magical elixir concoction that is the most likely culprit. Seriously, he is lucky that he got a warning sign of his skin turning blue instead of huge tumor in his brain. What more of a warning sign do you need to stop doing this abnormal activity at least for a bit to see if that is the cause.
Given his age, blue skin, and his girlfriend's embarrassment of being seen publicly with him, she's likely to leave him and he will not reproduce. Thereby saving our species of one more person spreading the dumbass gene. - JlmAWP, on 12/20/2007, -2/+216After the interview, the Oompa Loompas escorted him off the premises.
- SpaceDreamer, on 12/20/2007, -0/+213he would make so many friends in an x-men convention..
- SpaceDreamer, on 12/20/2007, -5/+201da ba dee da ba die...
- brklynmark, on 12/20/2007, -6/+181He blue himself?
- RogerStrong, on 12/20/2007, -2/+156One of the choices to replace the Pope had this condition. He was popular, and had had earned respect for flying his small bush plane around africa doing missionary work until a crash cost him an arm and one eye.
But drinking colloidal silver turned his skin purple, destroying his chances to become the new Pope. No-one was ready for "a one-eyed one-armed flying purple papal leader". - jackmaninov, on 12/20/2007, -2/+149This comment displays a laughable misunderstanding of how genetics works. It's like asking how many generations of a family must cut off their arm before their offspring have no arms.
- yoavezer, on 12/20/2007, -3/+134He is actually Santa in disguise
- metalgod79, on 12/20/2007, -4/+134Well now, that gives new meaning to the term "Blue Balls"
- Dokument, on 12/20/2007, -2/+111Walrus
- ChimpFlix, on 12/20/2007, -2/+108Blue Man group is looking for a few good men.
- Fordi, on 12/20/2007, -2/+107Actually, one of the side effect of argyria is immunity to most bacterial infections; silver is used as an antibiotic for a reason, and the blue that is visible in his skin and (when he stuck out his tongue) his mucous memberanes is, in fact silver.
Mind you, in order to be normal-toned again, he'd have to abstain from silver consumption for many more years than he took it. Still, silver poisoning isn't harmful, as long as you don't mind looking like Violet Beauregarde. - Berkana, on 12/20/2007, -1/+94His condition is called argyria, and is caused by silver salts accumulating in subcutaneous fat. Unfortunately, if you Google "argyria", you'll find in the mix a good deal of disinformation seeded by the makers of silver-based quack medicine (such as colloidal silver, which causes this type of heavy metal poisoning), including lies about how argyria is reversible, and how it is not caused by their products.
Unfortunately, the place you're most likely to find this quack medicine is the healthfood store, in the alternative medicine section. Whole Foods even sells it, though they claim to check and approve every product they sell for safety. Shame on them! - cerealjynx, on 12/20/2007, -3/+89If it were me I'd go on nationwide school tours speaking of my odd complexion and telling kids they could avoid my fate...
If they stop masturbating. - failsafex, on 12/20/2007, -3/+81Up here in Oregon we don't take kindly to blue folk.
- WoWBits, on 12/20/2007, -4/+79This little piece of gum is a three course dinner.
- nallelcm, on 12/20/2007, -1/+73santa smurf?
- dunderballer, on 12/20/2007, -5/+74Aw. it's Papa Smurf. I want one.
- duggtodeath, on 12/20/2007, -7/+69The video states that he got that way because of drinking some stupid liquid. And he refuses to stop drinking it!
- Jholder112233, on 12/20/2007, -2/+51He's blue dabadeedabadiiiii.
- tekrat, on 12/20/2007, -3/+51This isn't the first time something like this has happened recently in the US. Stan Jones was a Libertarian Party candidate who ran twice run for the United States Senate in Montana, but never won. Stan took home-made colloidal silver and developed argyria, the same condition, as this man.
Colloidal silver is arguably effective as a general antibiotic in proper doses. However it can take weeks for your body to cycle through a dose of colloidal silver. Both men took daily dose until their cells became saturated. Argyria is permanent because the silver acts like tattoo ink in every cell of your body. - Spectre74, on 12/20/2007, -3/+50The reporters are calling him papa smurf now. That's kinda not cool, even though he looks like it. Then again someone who drinks precious metals and still wants to after this kinda deserves it a little.
- dogofpeace, on 12/20/2007, -2/+43Tobias Funke, 30 years from now.
- BlackCow, on 12/20/2007, -1/+42wtf does this have to do with atheism...
- shaun1018, on 12/20/2007, -1/+39He's obviously a night elf.
- scbysnx, on 12/21/2007, -0/+37actually I think he just dies immedietely
- HaSatan, on 12/20/2007, -1/+35Congress must pass anti-mutant legislation NOW!
- Jarasmen, on 12/20/2007, -1/+34IE passes Acid2, DNF comes out, men turn into drows. These are the end times foretold!
- Frei, on 12/20/2007, -0/+33Finish the ***** story man, tell me about the golf shoes!
- cmgarcia, on 12/20/2007, -0/+31You're missing the point; it's not the color your skin turns, it's the fact that ingesting precious elements is, as Dave Chappelle put it, "The most ballerest ***** ever.".
- themastersb, on 12/20/2007, -0/+31How do I be racist against a man that is blue?
- sotopheavy, on 12/20/2007, -2/+33I'm glad that somebody threw in an Arrested Development joke!
- drtyfrnk, on 12/20/2007, -1/+31Nomination for best post of the day.
- super_spyder, on 12/20/2007, -0/+28Papa Smurf
- verkon, on 12/21/2007, -0/+28Maybe he's goes back to normal?
- endlessoul, on 12/20/2007, -0/+28What I want to know is...
How can you tell when he's stopped breathing? - mikesbaker, on 12/20/2007, -4/+29you didn't watch the video did you? he rubbed silver on his face and drinks it
- clickwir, on 12/20/2007, -1/+25How long till you realize he's stupid?
- BESTenemy, on 12/20/2007, -2/+26On his 65'th birthday, he should change his name to Eiffel.
- DrDigg, on 12/20/2007, -0/+24Crap, now that song is stuck in my head.
- inactive, on 12/20/2007, -3/+26The metric system is the tool of the devil?
- Berkana, on 12/20/2007, -1/+23He doesn't remind me of Santa; he reminds me of those paintings of Indian deities where some of their gods are depicted as having blue skin:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=krishna - comradeTJH, on 12/20/2007, -0/+21At least it's not Lupus. I'ts never Lupus.
- Berkana, on 12/20/2007, -0/+21Here's a link on the dermatological aspects of argyria, and its relation to consuming colloidal silver:
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/111/case_reports/argy ...
I don't remember the exact location where I remember reading this, but I believe this woman ended up getting some sort of cancer, which is believed to be related to the silver poisoning, though there is no conclusive evidence that the silver caused it:
http://www.together.net/~rjstan/
In any case, there has not been a double-blind toxicity test of colloidal silver on a large sample size, so its precise risks are not known, but enough is known from individual argyria victims that there is no doubt that colloidal silver causes argyria. And no, it has no cure, despite the makers of colloidal silver claiming that it can be cured. The silver salts permeate one's fatty tissues and fat bearing organs; you can't systematically make it come out. - nuttzy, on 12/20/2007, -1/+21Wait... there's no mention of religion at all in my comment. So according to you, anyone that believes in natural selection is a radical atheist? I think this shows how small your ideology is. I'm Roman Catholic. There are one billion of us and it's ok to for us to believe in evolution. I suggest opening up your world view a bit so you can *consider* a variety views, especially those grounded in mainstream science.
- clarionhaze, on 12/20/2007, -2/+22and the snozzberries taste like snozzberries!
- danmcinerney, on 12/20/2007, -0/+20Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!
- tyywebb, on 12/20/2007, -2/+21Tobias really hasn't aged well.
- DocHoliday22, on 12/20/2007, -1/+18It's the Beast!
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