I once knew a homeopath who tried to kill himself.
He took a massive underdose.
I can’t tell if this is an actual story or a Mitch Hedberg style joke.
It’s a joke. If it was serious, it would use other words while adding up to the same meaning.
I miss Mitch, man
I used to miss him. I still do, but I used to, too.
Lol. I had a chemistry prof in university that every year, when teaching dilution, mixed up a solution of arsenic that was 2x the lethal dose and then diluted it over and over and over and then drank the water.
He’s building up resistance so his wife can’t poison him.
or silly Sicilians
Reminds me of James Randi eating handfuls of homeopathic sleeping pills.
RIP Mr. Randi
Before Randi’s retirement, JREF sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offered a prize of $1 million to applicants who could demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.
You can imagine how many zeros of millions they paid out
I’ve just now read through his extremely lengthy Wikipedia article and all I can say is: What an amazing man.
Quite the guy!
Also - two kinds of Lemmings
(Second response was to screenshots of: a paragraph, a graph, and four bullets) 😉
I found your post and I actually was reading about American (il)literacy rates about a month ago hahaha. It’s truly sad. But that’s a funny reply!
He wrote a terrific book called Flim-Flam!, which I’ve read multiple times. It’s incredibly good. A book about anti-scientific bullshit written in 1980 holds up just as much today because it’s the same bullshit.
Sign me up! Thank you!
Really disappointing that so called people would rather believe in some random organisation for science instead of you know actual scientists and scientific groups like IONS for example investigating phenomenon scientifically
People are fools if they’d rather idolise figures instead of listening to actual qualified scientists and I’m tired of people listening to insufferable pop “scientists” who spout their own toxic opinions instead of listening to actual scientists
so called people
what does this mean?
Thanks for sharing that and for the name of the organization. They sound great. Am I reading this correctly that one may potentially fund the other in some circumstances, and thus there is room for both?
IONS Is actually serious about doing research into it while jref are like toxic atheists
All I’ve heard of jref and randi is that they are against research into it and try to discredit any organisations that want to seriously research and study it in bad faith, its the same thing I’ve seen atheists do
Basically IONS is the kid who wants to play card games with people in class while jref, randi and atheists are the negative nancy kid who wants to take away those cards and ruin the fun for everyone because they don’t like it
The jref article on Wikipedia is also likely under the control of that guerilla wikipedia editing group that has taken over control of certain sections of Wikipedia
That guerilla group acts like the negative nancy kid I described in the earlier analogy
These are the same kinds of groups that spawn wikipedia editor wars
I’m not going to mention that groups name because it’ll show up on Google indexes for anyone using advanced google search operators and will put a target on my comment
That is totally wild! Never would’ve guessed.
Also I’d suggest getting information about IONS from IONS themselves and not wikipedia
Why didn’t any of these supposed scientists make an easy million dollars by scientifically proving the existence of a supernatural phenomenon, then?
So does that mean he actually payed out the largest fortune in human history?
Thankfully zeros of millions (0s of $$) and not millions of zeros ($1x1010000000) :)
Not vaccinating your children is child abuse
Facebook should be sued for this kid’s early death.
That’s probably why they say “v’s” instead of vaccines. An attempt to get around automated filters.
As if Facebook cares about misinformation
Absolutely no one: Facebook at random: WhY dOnT pOsTs LiKe ThIs NeVeR tReNd?
Amen.
Agreed. I’m willing to allow that adults should have the right to refuse vaccination, as stupid a decision as that may be, but very much in the same way that adults have the right to starve themselves. You do not have the right to starve your children, and vaccination should be seen in the same way (it should also never come at a direct personal cost; vaccines solve public health problems, they should be paid from the public purse).
Do they not clue themselves in when they all suggest completely different solution?
There are just so many solutions
Take your pick!
Why the hell would they let facts get in the way of anything?
Nope. If you watched the yelper episode of South Park, specifically the scenes where the yelpers are all gathered together talking over each other, it shows exactly how these people see the world.
Never.
The point of postmodernism is that there is no truth. And if everything is opinion then only strength matters.
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
What is funny is their remedies would only have had an effect if it was done right away. Still wouldn’t have treated tetanus, but as far as wound management some of that does something.
Homeopaths are derrainged and do more harm than good with traditional medicine.
Seems like it would be easier and probably even cheaper to take your kid to the doctor than to gather and store all those materials and learn how to use them, even assuming the efficacy of both options is the same, which it definitely isn’t.
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Most likely less expensive too. Essential oils are stupidly expensive.
Because of what I have to admit is brilliant marketing. The ‘essential’ in essential oils just means ‘essence of,’ which is a perfectly valid, if dated, use of that word. However, because the modern connotation of ‘essential’ is ‘necessary,’ people convinced themselves that they need it. It’s obviously misleading, but not in a way that’s actually illegal. It’s both genius and fucking terrible.
They remind me of essential vitamins, the ones you literally need to live.
The dtap shot is even easier. Its either free with insurance or around $20 and you only need it once a decade.
That reminds me, I got my last dtap 11 years ago. Thanks!
I bet a lot of people peddling homeopathy just think it’s herbs and water, and don’t know the initial theories behind it like “the law of similars” (thinking something can be treated by a substance that causes similar symptoms) and miasma (outdated idea on how diseases spread), or the fact that it’s often so diluted to the point where whatever was originally there is essentially gone.
At least some natural/traditional remedies are legit, but still see an actual fucking doctor over anything serious.
At least some natural/traditional remidies are legit
Yes. But that’s not Homeopathy. Holistic/Herbal medicine is valid (for the most part). Heck, most medicine started out as our ancestors realising that this or that plant eased pain, or lowered inflammation or a hundred other things.
Modern medicine is mostly just a distillation of those age old cures into more convenient pill form.
But let’s be really really clear here, Homeopathy is NOT “traditional medicine”. It’s a scam. This notion that because an infection makes your eye red, and an onion also makes your eye red, therefore a drop of diluted onion water will cure your eye infection is just a straight up insane at best, criminal at worst.
“For the most part” is probably being generous. Yes, there are naturally occuring medicines which have paper observable physiological effects of the human body, but, the fundamental difference between modern medicine and “traditional” or “herbal” medicine is the truth-seeking framework in which it exists. Herbal medicine which stands up to scientific rigor is just medicine.
Reminds me of this: Storm by Tim Minchin
You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work?
Medicine
― Tim MinchinThe people who believe homeopathy are either cons and grifters or gullible people who believe what they are told and wouldn’t dare look further than the testimonial and cherry-picked articles.
Understanding the history and theory are so much further than the Facebook post they read that convinced them.
I know universal healthcare wouldn’t get rid of them all, but man, would there be so much less.
“Thank goodness water has memory.”
-Elsa
Homeopaths are derrainged and do more harm than good with traditional medicine.
This is a true statement in that homeopaths do nothing good and do some harm. It’s a waste of money and time. Their system is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of reality in multiple ways (“like cures like”, water memory, etc.) and provides no benefit unless you count a little extra water intake as a point in their column.
I’m convinced 90% of it is the people think homeopathic means “home remedy” because it has the word home then some kind of mediciney word.
Every person in my life that has mentioned homeopathy thinks it’s that and actively resists the explanation.
It’s a shame because it gets a bad rap but there’s a lot of things that can be healed using more natural methods.
I got rid of scabbies by taking cayenne pepper baths and an other product, I forget the name but it affects their reproduction cycle. I also put paste of the stuff on the “sore” every now an then and washed my sheets every day.
My friends on the others went through some intense cleaning of their houses and put plastic on everything that wasn’t washable. They also washed themselves with some seriously intense chemicals. They said it was almost unbearable and felt like skin wide burning while my baths only made my neither regions tingle a bit.
We all got the same results in the same amount of time in the end.
We believe that man-made remedies are inherently better and have lost our connection to nature in another way.
It definitely is a lot more convenient to buy a pack of pills instead of having to go into your store of sheep sorrel that you gathered in-season for when you have a sore joint.
I don’t think any of those remedies are advisable to any wound. Even hydrogen peroxide have not been used in wounds in recent years.
Hydrogen Peroxide has actually been proven in lab tests to delay healing. So it’s ok if that’s all you have to sanitize a wound, but it’s not a great choice otherwise.
My mother got lockjaw, but she was also born in ‘45. It sure didn’t stop her from screaming at me though. I feel bad for the lunatic antivaxers’ kids. Destroying their kids’ lives because they’ve been tricked into distrusting facts.
Christ, I hope this is a troll.
Well, this happened to a 6-year-old. It’s rough reading:
His opisthotonus worsened, and he developed autonomic instability (hypertension, tachycardia, and body temperatures of 97.0°F–104.9°F [36.1°C–40.5°C]). He was treated with multiple continuous intravenous medication infusions to control his pain and blood pressure, and with neuromuscular blockade to manage his muscle spasms. A tracheostomy was placed on hospital day 5 for prolonged ventilator support. Starting on hospital day 35, the patient tolerated a 5-day wean from neuromuscular blockade. On day 44, his ventilator support was discontinued, and he tolerated sips of clear liquids. On day 47, he was transferred to the intermediate care unit. Three days later, he walked 20 feet with assistance. On day 54, his tracheostomy was removed, and 3 days later, he was transferred to a rehabilitation center for 17 days.
The boy required 57 days of inpatient acute care, including 47 days in the intensive care unit. The inpatient charges totaled $811,929 (excluding air transportation, inpatient rehabilitation, and ambulatory follow-up costs). One month after inpatient rehabilitation, he returned to all normal activities, including running and bicycling. Despite extensive review of the risks and benefits of tetanus vaccination by physicians, the family declined the second dose of DTaP and any other recommended immunizations.
espite extensive review of the risks and benefits of tetanus vaccination by physicians, the family declined the second dose of DTaP and any other recommended immunizations.
God fucking damn it how the fuck are people this dumb?!
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Stupid or sadistic, and I’m leaning towards sadistic. There are people who enjoy watching their children suffer, and they justify it by saying “Suffering builds character”. Or maybe it’s God’s plan. If God wants you to get sick, then you’ll get sick. You shouldn’t get vaccinated, because then you’re interfering with God’s plans!
I had somebody like this in my family.
This isn’t dumb. This is psychotic.
I feel like the family should be liable, and the child taken to a family that’s not dangerously stupid.
That makes me nauseous to read. I hope the hospital called CPS.
I am upset. I hope insurance denied their claim.
Honestly, if a health insurance provider finds out you’re antivax, they should have every right to drop you as a customer. It’s just too much risk on the insurance company’s part.
Or hell, the insurance companies could start tracking outbreaks to sue the antivaxers for damages. Because the antivaxers are intentionally putting others in harms way, which is increasing costs to the insurance companies.
I feel like that kid’s life is hard enough without adding in abject poverty.
I like how you think those craptastic excuses for parents are ever gonna pay a dime of that bill.
Kinda low-key makes me wish for debtors prison. But just for these parents.
Jezus fucking christ
All that pain and money and his parents didn’t learn a damn thing…
Naw bro, everyone knows that bentonite clay and raw local honey will cure anything and with enough electricity you also get a boxed lunch.
I’d say it is. Tetanus is bacterial. Its not caused by rust. The rusty nail method of transmission isn’t from a nail in a building like the post. Its from barns: stepping on an exposed nail in the past often happened in old rotting barns where animals would have been kept. The bacteria would be in animal feces, and would be in the dust/dirt of the barn, which would coat old exposed nails; go deep in mostly anerobic tissue and the bacteria would infect the bloodstream.
A rusty nail in the city won’t have cow shit dust on it, so no tenanus.
Tetanus spores are in the dirt, everywhere, not just cow shit. The fear of rusty nails is because the wound needs to be relatively deep. It doesn’t grow well in open wounds.
Tetanus spores are pretty much everywhere, and can survive dormant for literal years. But it can’t survive in aerobic conditions after blooming, which happens when it comes into contact with blood. So surface cuts aren’t really an issue regardless of what caused it, because the bloomed spores will quickly die in contact with air.
The association with rust is because rust is historically very good at harboring tetanus spores; This is regardless of whether or not an animal has shit nearby recently. It has a lot of jagged surface area for the spores to hide in, and punctures from rust tend to be accidental and deep enough to force the spores into the anaerobic tissue. Again, this can happen in seemingly shit-free dirt, because the spores can survive for so long that they’re basically present everywhere that has dirt.
Heh- no kidding… thanks for that. The post still seems like bullshit though
My dad got it from inside a dirty house and cutting himself. You can get it from any wound from anything that has tetanus on it. Absolutely including a nail, rusty or otherwise.
yes, I have been corrected a bunch of times on this, thank you. my take away is I should probably get a booster
so no tenanus
But what about nineanus?
Lol, tetaanus
Let that teta-anus bleed out.
This whole movement is a problem that solves itself if properly contained
Poor kid though.
yea,
I dont mind adults getting themselves killed, but no kid deserves to die due to their parents being an idiot.
These people were vaccinated as children, they’re not going away. They are killing their children, however.
Tetanus shots are only good for 10 years. If your only tetanus vaccine was in childhood, you’re unvaccinated for it.
Tetanus is not the only vaccine
It just sucks that innocent children are hurt (or worse) in the process
“Just sucks”? Eugenics just suck? Innocent children dying just sucks?
This is not eugenics though. Eugenics is when people selectively breed and kill people to improve traits. This is just a massive antisocial cult that is killing itself based of being antisocial. Their children definitely don’t deserve it either. I’d compare it to smoking in a way.
I would go so far as they don’t deserve to die for this either, but I doubt it is realistic to prescribe mental healthcare treatment to them against their will.
I think you’re putting this in a different connotation on it than I do. It’s hard to convey emotions in text… maybe I need more profanity… it’s fine if they’re taking themselves out, but it’s just fucking devastating that these assholes are hurting their kids when said adults are safe and were vaccinated.
Yeah I’d say it’s not ideal.
“If properly contained” doing a lot of heavy lifting in this statement haha.
Yeah, fuck the kids, right?
Definitely not advocating for that, and not advocating for anything actually. Just an observation, and I did say it was a problem, in fairness to my tender ego.
Proof that child abuse can also happen to adults.
I’m surprised nobody suggested that he sleep with an onion in his sock.
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Please god let this be a thing.
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That’s just standard practice anyway. Not even worth mentioning.
I think this is too perfect not to be a troll.
Homeopathic A&E
Please be a joke, please be a joke…ah that was close.
It’s bad when you think this actually might be real these days
Unfortunately the antivaccine BS doesn’t subscribe to one political ideology
It used to be largely confined to the weirdo left and the conspiracy theorist right. Now it’s all over the place.
Yeah we have covid and the right wing media to thank (or blame)
And Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey.
Ugh. Didn’t know about Jim Carrey… What a shame.
I read a statistic that in the US 37% of conservatives and 9% of liberals didn’t get vaccinated. So it favours the right more.
I wonder why
I think the anti-vax thing is borne of a distrust in mainstream culture taken way too far.
You’ve got the hippy dippy vegan raw food fixie bike Macbook Air crystal healing hibbity jibbity crowd. As prone to woo thinking as they are, they can raise a legitimate point that the medical and pharmaceutical industries contain no small amount of bullshit that needs to be addressed, they tend to take it to an extreme and swear off science as a whole.
Then you’ve got the truck nuts gun fuck church of Fox News racist asshole crowd. These folks tend to not be well traveled or well read, they’re not exposed to a lot of ideas, they have their in group, which means people who look like, talk like, sound like, and hate like them, or there’s exile. Appearances are everything. You have to be seen hating what the group hates. What does the group hate? Whatever it is that The Other wants. In this case, The Other are Democrats. Democrats want people to take vaccines, they have to thoroughly hate vaccines. Democrats want clean energy? They have to be seen breaking solar panels and spewing black smoke from their gigantic trucks. It’s all performative hatred.
Well, and it doesn’t help when, for example, the US government administered STDs under the guise of vaccines (see Tuskegee study). Let’s not forget that bullshit and how that echoes through generations…who we put in our government fuckin matters!
Conservatives are deadly fucking stupid. I don’t mind them killing themselves, but killing their children is just horrific to witness. Conservatives should not be permitted to be parents.
CPS should be way more involved with right wing extremists.
An 18 year old can decide their own fate here, hopefully they don’t have a kid of their own yet
If he doesn’t have access to a car, he may be unable to get to a doctor/hospital on his own. Many parts of the US are like this.
And with enough homeschooling and policing of information the kid may not even realize how bad they have it.
