"How can I make myself feel special and justify my existence? I know, I can spend 20 years injecting myself with snake poison in a "quest" to make myself immune and become a superman." Oh, and it might help some doctors in their research.
God bless Channel 5. This documentary is being broadcast under the banner of science, but, frankly it's just another version of The Boy With an Arse For a Face (copyright: That Mitchell and Webb Look).
This man (I'm sorry, I haven't paid attention to his name) develops serious allergic reactions to some of his injections, and didn't understand until he met with a doctor for a chat that this hobby could be in some way bad for him. 18 months ago he was hospitalised when he over-injected himself. The documentary makers referred to this as "the accident". I would call it a "deliberate act". It is impossible to "accidentally" inject oneself with snake venom. It is very easy to "accidentally" trip over a rug.
The point is laboured throughout that this guy could be doing something selfless and heroic here, since research into this area is very thin on the ground. There could be potential cures for cancer, Alzheimers' disease and all manner of other terrible afflictions out there if only more people would inject themselves with snake venom to see what it could do. Selfish bastards.
Snake venom is a cure, but a hell of a drastic one. It will cure you of life itself so that you don't live long enough to have to suffer any serious diseases.
I was waiting for a sombre voice to announce over the credits that "Since the filming of this documentary, Steve has died", but it didn't happen.
This programme should really have been called "The Man With a Pea For a Brain".
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