Put Down The Vulture Brains

It's lovely

Traditional medicine can’t be called traditional medicine when it turns into black magic. St. John’s Wort? Have at it. Echinacea? Go for it? Smoking the dried up, mashed brains of a vulture? Whoa. Now hold on a minute.

The custom stems from the traditional medicine known in South Africa as muti. The vulture brains are dried, ground up and then smoked in cigarettes which supposedly give the users visions of the future. In addition to dreams of winning lotto numbers or sports teams, practitioners say the practice can give users an edge on taking tests or help their business attract more clients.

This is why some people hate the rigors of scientific research. The rigors that force you to hypothesize something and then have that hypothesis tested over and over again. People don’t like the idea of studying for something or God forbid put work into something. This is why they turn to shit like this.

Hey man, you wanna study for this test together?
Nah. I’m just gonna smoke some vulture brains instead.

Visions of the future? Winning lottery numbers? Has anyone taken stock of South Africa’s economy? Clearly the vulture brains aren’t working. How about this vision of the future, South Africa? If you are HIV positive and you keep fucking without a condom, the people you fuck are going to also be HIV positive. 1/3 of the women aged 25-29 and 1/4 of the men aged 30-34 are HIV positive. 11% of the population has HIV!! Put the brains down.