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The fact that this is one of the more reasonable trains of thought in this post is disturbing.
Comment by starlightt19 at 07/03/2018 at 05:13 UTC*
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Well I mean, that’s something that farmers and vets do for cows when they are bloated. They use this kind of corkscrew tool to poke a hole in the side of the stomach that is bloated and it releases the gas. Apparently the smell can be horrendous. So I kind of get it. I can sympathize too, as someone who has desperately wished I could just poke a hole in the balloon that is my digestive system when I’m bloated.
Edit: what I was describing is called a trochar. Here it is in action. [1] Another method of remedying bloat is sewing the stomach in the correct place[2].
1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZkmElLCVO8
2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bRkRGZ0ig
Comment by KushJackson at 07/03/2018 at 08:17 UTC
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The sad fact is that many of these stem from the fear of not being able to afford the treatment in the first place.