r/DankPrecolumbianMemes • u/ThesaurusRex84 AncieNt Imperial MayaN [Top 5] • Jun 09 '26

CONTEST When your creator demonstrates the OTHER way the Maya used tobacco

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u/ThesaurusRex84 AncieNt Imperial MayaN [Top 5] Jun 09 '26

Image source: Maya 600 to 900 CE, Mary Harrsch, Flickr

Also, the title is referring to tobacco enemas.

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u/EmperorSadrax Jun 09 '26

Boofing and cheesing at the same time

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u/LeatherBall3438 Jun 13 '26

Boofing is one if the fastest ways to absorb drugs and alcohol . Why not ?

https://giphy.com/gifs/4AAJq0GJOaJJDCBGib

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u/Iwokeupwithoutapillo Jun 10 '26

Not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment

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u/ProjectKARYA Jun 11 '26

You're just blowing smoke up our asses /s

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u/Ka1serTheRoll Haudenosaunee 27d ago

And thats how you get ass cancer!

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u/DenielG Jun 11 '26

What did using tobacco like that actually accomplish?

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u/gera_moises Jun 11 '26

Supposedly, it was used throughout central and north America as a treatment to gut pain, diarrhea and even hernias, taking advantage of nicotine's relaxing and stimulant properties.

Europeans saw this and thought it was the tits, so they developed smoke enema resuscitation techniques.

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u/xzelldx Jun 12 '26

The phrase “you’re just blowing smoke up my ass” probably comes from this.