• SnappDragon10
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    2 hours ago

    You don’t actually smell burnt toast when having a stroke.

    Joked about it to my roommate who was in med school once that “I might be having a stroke, or someone burnt their toast again.” To which he responded “WTH are you talking about?”

    So I explained the meme and he debunked it for me right there haha

    • CulturedLout@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      If you’re talking about the Heritage Minutes ad about Dr. Penfield, she had epilepsy, it wasn’t a stroke. Smelling burnt toast was a precursor to her seizures.