I hear there's actually a term for alternative medicine that is shown to work.FrankTrollman wrote:I don't even give a fuck what tomorrow's hot new product is, because naturopathic medicine is not fucking medicine.
It's called "medicine".
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I hear there's actually a term for alternative medicine that is shown to work.FrankTrollman wrote:I don't even give a fuck what tomorrow's hot new product is, because naturopathic medicine is not fucking medicine.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.
It's called "bone setting". Bone setters don't fuck around.Koumei wrote:I hear there's actually a term for alternative medicine that is shown to work.FrankTrollman wrote:I don't even give a fuck what tomorrow's hot new product is, because naturopathic medicine is not fucking medicine.
It's called "medicine".
Nowadays I think they use ground-up Tibetans instead. There are more of them, and people give less of a shit.Koumei wrote:You'd take ground-up rhino horn for a headache instead of codeine?CatharzGodfoot wrote: And I say this as someone who thinks Traditional Chinese Medicine is the Real Deal.
Hell no. Rhinos are not only prohibitively expensive, they're also going extinct. But I wouldn't take codeine for a headache either.Koumei wrote:You'd take ground-up rhino horn for a headache instead of codeine?CatharzGodfoot wrote: And I say this as someone who thinks Traditional Chinese Medicine is the Real Deal.
Word.Catharz wrote:Hell no. Rhinos are not only prohibitively expensive, they're also going extinct. But I wouldn't take codeine for a headache either.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.
Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.
...wait... wait... What?Cynic wrote:THis was the same shit that put us in the dark ages.
Well, okay, the fall of Rome put us in the Middle Ages. But even after that...PhoneLobster wrote:...wait... wait... What?Cynic wrote:THis was the same shit that put us in the dark ages.
What?
Yeah, but in your case, so, apparently, does western medicine.Cynic wrote:It all came to bullshit.
Ess wrote a paper about how much he hated Aristotle. It was called One plus Zero: the Muslim Influence on the Renaissance, Or: How Aristotle Created the Dark Ages and Zero Ended Them. There's some serious resentment of Aristotle in the adult male section of this house.Maxus wrote:It wasn't until the 1700s that Western science even began to stop thinking the sun shone out of Aristotle's ass.
Meanwhile over in the Middle East, Islamic scientists were working out how big the world was, and inventing algebra and soap. And going "Yeah, Aristotle turns out to have been wrong on a lot of shit, and I can prove it here, see?"
Much better to take sex for that headache, anyway. Doesn't require a prescription...CatharzGodfoot wrote:Hell no. Rhinos are not only prohibitively expensive, they're also going extinct. But I wouldn't take codeine for a headache either.Koumei wrote:You'd take ground-up rhino horn for a headache instead of codeine?CatharzGodfoot wrote: And I say this as someone who thinks Traditional Chinese Medicine is the Real Deal.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Related News Story makes great metaphorNowadays I think they use ground-up Tibetans instead. There are more of them, and people give less of a shit.
You know what makes me feel really embarrassed? I had to write a paper on PRC treatment of the Uighurs, back in the day.FrankTrollman wrote:People give all kinds of shit about Tibetans. It's like they get funding from India's Research ad Analysis Wing and the American CIA for use in public relations.
Nah, no one gives a shit about Mongolians, Uighurs, Miao, Hui, Dong, or Tujia. Those people get oppressed and no one holds a rock concert to show how sorry they are about it even for an afternoon. That's right kids: no one cares about harsh treatment of Dong.
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Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.
Rhino horn is almost certainly a 'bullshit ingredient ('but they all are lol' ). Because people are stupid gits, it's standard practice to add expensive ingredients to normal formulations and then charge rich people through the nose for them. It's kinda like putting gold in vodka, except destructive like antibiotics in soap. Research has been done in China showing that the horn doesn't do shit (for fever, at least), but people are dumb and think they get what they pay for.Koumei wrote:Just saying, keratin doesn't treat headaches, and that's all a rhino "horn" is. So it's measurably bullshit.
On the other hand I could draw a little diagram thing showing how codeine (or morphine or whatever, but for "a headache" you shouldn't need anything stronger than codeine - if you're lucky you could even get away with aspirin working) blocks the pain, and a scientist could look at it and say "You simplified it, but you're a layman, so I'll overlook that. Fundamentally you are in essence correct. Have a biscuit."
And it's a natural herbal remedy, too! It's secreted by a plant so it's natural!
(And as we know, all natural things are good for you - fruit, vegetables, tea, sugar, meat, opium, tobacco, nightshade, destroying angel mushrooms, serpent venom...)
For me, at least, sex suppresses headaches rather than curing them. Afterwards they come back with a vengeance. I suppose the reasonable solution is to just keep fucking.Prak_Anima wrote:Much better to take sex for that headache, anyway. Doesn't require a prescription...CatharzGodfoot wrote:Hell no. Rhinos are not only prohibitively expensive, they're also going extinct. But I wouldn't take codeine for a headache either.Koumei wrote:
You'd take ground-up rhino horn for a headache instead of codeine?
"Fuck six hookers and call me in the morning."CatharzGodfoot wrote: --Much better to take sex for that headache, anyway. Doesn't require a prescription...--
For me, at least, sex suppresses headaches rather than curing them. Afterwards they come back with a vengeance. I suppose the reasonable solution is to just keep fucking.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
That's right, it was for fever. I'm smart enough to know it's NOT, as many think, prescribed for softcock syndrome.CatharzGodfoot wrote:Research has been done in China showing that the horn doesn't do shit (for fever, at least),
Actually, Codeine, as with all opiates, binds to the opioid receptors in the brain, which in turn:Codeine is a muscle relaxant, and won't work for headaches than aren't from tension.
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.
Fucking Hollywood. I don't know about anyone else, but that's not ugly. I personally think he's still rather attractive like that. Let's not even get started on the fact that it's a (probably) shitty Beauty and the Beast retelling.CBS Films wrote:Seventeen year old Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) is the spoiled, shallow and incredibly popular prince of his high school kingdom. Entirely captivated and empowered by his own physical appearance, Kyle foolishly chooses Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen), a goth classmate rumored to be a witch, as his latest target for humiliation. Unfazed by his cruel behavior, Kendra decides to teach him a lesson - she transforms him into someone as unattractive on the outside as he is on the inside. Now he has one year to find someone who can see past the surface and love him, or he will remain “Beastly” forever. His only hope, an unassuming classmate he never noticed named Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens), may be his best chance to prove that love is never ugly.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.