...but it comes with fascist indoctrination, thick ignorance and self-delusion about "superior aryan race", with true science labeled as "Jewish" and astrology branded as "science".
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Explanation: The Nazis used high doses of amphetamines and especially methamphetamine to give their soldiers 'staying power' in the field, part of why they overran France - some Nazi tankers were driving and fighting for days straight without sleep or rest. Lower doses of extended release amphetamines are used in the modern day to treat ADHD. One imagines the occasional lone guy with ADHD and a pervitin pill was sitting under a tree and rethinking some life choices instead.
lmao, the title is wrong. I hit 'back' when making multiple posts so I don't have to swap from 'discussion' to 'image' every time on Piefed, and that keeps the title unless I change it. Oops. I'll edit it once it's unborked.
Ah, I see, he just didn't feel like eating for the entirety of the war. And he couldn't stop licking the insides of his mouth. And he couldn't sleep, even when he really wanted to. Hey kids, don't do drugs.
I didn't notice.
I don't read meme titles unless the comments remind me that they exist.
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For anyone wondering, I did the reverse image search:
Aimo Allan Koivunen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑi̯mo ˈɑlːɑn ˈkoi̯ʋunen]; 17 October 1917 – 12 August 1989) was a Finnish soldier in the Continuation War and the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on methamphetamine during combat
Okay, so not an Italian. What did the overdose do to him?
I'm not sure what you're on about an Italian but:
Koivunen was a Finnish soldier, assigned to a ski patrol on 15 March 1944 along with several other Finnish soldiers. Three days into their mission on 18 March, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from whom they were able to escape.[3] Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop. He was carrying his patrol's entire supply of army-issued Pervitin, or methamphetamine, a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty.[4] He consumed the entire supply of Pervitin, and had a short burst of energy, but soon entered a state of delirium and eventually lost consciousness. Koivunen later recalled waking up the following morning, separated from his patrol and having no supplies.[5]
In the following days, Koivunen escaped Soviet forces once again, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, waiting for help.[5][4] In the week that he was gone, he subsisted only on pine buds and a single Siberian jay that he caught and ate raw.[5][4] Having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi), he was later found and admitted to a nearby hospital, where his heart rate was measured at 200 beats per minute, and he weighed only 43 kg (94.8 lbs).[5][4]
Look at the title lol Wild story, thanks a ton!
Ah ye forgot about that once immersed in the story
There is a great documentary about Nazi military drug tactics in WWII called Blitzed that I highly recommend. It's based on a book of the same name that goes into greater detail.