My favorite brand of snake oil is ...
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My vote - actual snake oil. (Score:5, Funny)
"Cleansing" diets (Score:4, Funny)
I've never seen the point or any science whatsoever that supports the idea that people need to somehow "clean" their digestive track. Ranks right up there with having your aura cleansed. I think I'll start a business selling bottled tap water as "Dave's Incredible Miraculous Cleansing Diet Supplement". Drink enough of it and it will cleanse your digestive track.
Cheers,
Dave
Placebin (Score:5, Funny)
Placebo, the brand name for generic Placebin or it's full chemical name Placeboxidasemethylhydroxone as originally isolated from Asian dandelions. Some say it does nothing; but I swear by it.
Re:Magnet therapy.. as in using actual magnets? (Score:3, Funny)
Sometimes magnets aren't enough. Sometimes you need magnetic copper Jesus [acemagnetics.com] power.
Re:Placebin (Score:4, Funny)
No man. It's the dandelion extract. You have no idea how placebo actually works. Homeopathic remedies as originally formulated were filtered through a fine mesh that contained dandelion fibers. The snakes ate rodents, and the rodents ate dandelions. That's how the chemical got into the snakes. The magnetic field takes placebin precursors and facilitates a chemical reaction to synthesize the chemical. Yes, that's why all those studies show it works. I wish I could say I was surprised; but placebin chemistry just isn't very well taught these days. Pity. It's such a fascinating, ubiquitous and tenacious molecule. I was planning to write my thesis on it; but career got in the way...
Re:"Cleansing" diets (Score:5, Funny)
They're certainly not spackled with decades worth of unpassed stool that needs to be "purged".
Not by the time you see it [miamiherald.com], no:
MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.
Re:Magnet therapy.. as in using actual magnets? (Score:4, Funny)
I just like wearing magnets because I think they are attractive.