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RFK Jr cut off dead raccoon's penis on family vacation 'to study later' (www.irishstar.com)
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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 177 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The actual self quote is so much worse than the headline

“I was standing in front of my parked car on I-684 cutting the penis out of a road killed raccoon, thinking about how weird some of my family members have turned out to be,” he wrote, reportedly reflecting on strained relationships with his brother Douglas Kennedy and cousin Bobby Shriver. “My kids waited patiently in the car.”

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Holy...

This might be weirder than the time he bragged about his immunity and fearlessness of germs in the context of cocaine and a public toilet seat. But I forget how that goes.

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where does it rank relative to strapping a whale head to the roof of the minivan, dripping whale goo on his family?

[–] variablenine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or the time he dumped a dead bear cub in central park and staged it to look like a bicycle accident. That was only 12 years ago

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Wait, that can't be. Yesterday was 12 years ago.