Don_DickleAug 10, 2024

TIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.

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TIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born. - Lemmy.World

Show threadx4740NAug 10, 2024
Wasn’t blowing smoke up someone’s ass an old way to revive them after drowning
Show threadFuckfuckmyfuckingassAug 10, 2024
I’ve also heard that.
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What is the origin of the phrase 'to blow smoke up someone's arse'?

What is the origin of the phrase"to blow smoke up someone's arse" – meaning to massage their ego?

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Show threadFuckfuckmyfuckingassAug 10, 2024
I can only read the first paragraph and then it asks me to create an account.
Show threadBearOfaTimeAug 11, 2024
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