it was my understanding that the question I answered was the one you need to decide if you stop the argument
Why would you think that?
Okay, do you believe that Homeopathic medicine provides any benefits other than the placebo effect?
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Man, I just came here to read a nice thread about people shoving things up their ass and Iâve got to wade through all this philosophyâŚ
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My answer to the ass-coffee was so much simpler!
So many good mental images! 
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Shoving things up asses is definitely a philosophy, donât discount it.
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Also: a lifestyle choice.
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Now that I think about it, I may have shoved something up my ass at some point in my life, but never squirted anything up there. Am I missing out?
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I donât dare to ask, but was getting at the same question.
why should I answer a question I already answered? I donât get your angle at all.
do they even use sugar as filler? I think it would be better to call them placebos, but âhomoeopathic pills w/o explainable effectâ is imo a fair announcement.
no
Not exactly. I was unhappy with my public health insurance when they started to pay for some esoteric treatments - not because of the woo but as they called it a lifestyle feelgood provision, without explaining the placebo effect in the announcing brochure.
Iâll take one of those.
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All Iâm gonna say is that thereâs a burgeoning adult industry based on interestingly-shaped things to shove up your ass that also squirt the liquid of your choice, so thereâs definitely a lot of people out there who dig it.
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I consider myself a knowledgeable gent of all things internet⌠But that is news to me. Tip of the hat!
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Okay, if it helps hereâs a decent article that goes into the concerns about this sort of thing coming from doctors (again, the big issue here)
The Ethical Case against Homoepathy
Itâs explained better in the articleâŚbut Iâll hit on the key points.
- It negates patient autonomy by way of deception
and - It wastes already scares healthcare resources.
Homeopathy is a huge (6+Billion just here in the us) industry and those fake drugs donât come free. The usage of the word homeopathy by a physician legitimizes that industry and propogates the cycle of misinformation. This is even worse than âbig pharmaâ ⌠theyâre even more absurdly profitable (and they ARE a bunch of large businesses) and they donât have any of that money going to creating medications that can actually help people.
Now, that doesnât mean people shouldnât get to believe silly things and have fun with it in their lives, I know I do and I embrace it enthusiastically. In fact, I think that when youâre really comfy with that line then you can dive in even more and really embrace the crazy and properly say âscrew you, this is my private fun!â to the naysayers
But itâs when somebody uses positions of power to influence others (and your doctor is VERY powerful) then they need to hold themselves to a higher standard.
Otherwise itâs just squirting coffee up your ass.
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Wag of the⌠um, never mind
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For your internet edification, if nothing else (itâs still Christmas shopping season!), may I present Bad Dragonâs toy line; the vast majority of these doohickeys can be equipped with a âcum tubeâ that attaches to a squirting device to, er, squirt. NSFW, it should go without saying.
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I am now more educated than I was an hour ago. And with all education I am conflicted on how I feel about that 
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I call claims without evidence âsuperstitionâ, and find the term is usually understood.
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Adhesives? (or have we figured them out?)
The epic farts, alone, are worth the price of admission.
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Was that an ICP reference on Boing Boing? Please tell me it was.
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