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In reply to the discussion: Woo shaming [View all]get the red out
(13,468 posts)5. If there is a hell I should burn in it WITH SHAME
I take Glucosamine for my joints and believe in a higher force both.
I drink herbal tea also. I know I am an embarrassment to liberals everywhere, simply an uneducated horror story of a pseudo-person.
I also live in the south.
I've come clean.......
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Wow. So quick to reply to all my posts until this one. How very courteous of you.
Phlem
Jan 2014
#24
ideas considered irrational or based on extremely flimsy evidence or that appeal to mysterious...
PeaceNikki
Jan 2014
#23
Look, don't pull me into this flame fest. I have no dog in this fight. I was just answering the ?
PeaceNikki
Jan 2014
#37
Except that quantum physics actually makes testable predictions that are verified by experiment.
Salviati
Jan 2014
#54
Alchemy used to be "woo" to most people, but now it's part of what we call chemistry.
Electric Monk
Jan 2014
#43
OK, I'm a fan of some things that are scientifically proven but are being called
Squinch
Jan 2014
#27
"Woo Shaming" is so excellent, that I just submitted it to Urban Dictionary. Thanks!
Ian David
Jan 2014
#31
The first instance I could find of the phrase was a Facebook posting from 2012.
Ian David
Jan 2014
#35
Shame on failed scientific experiments that created generations of heartbreak.
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#47