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davidthegnome

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30. Foolishness - but desperation too.

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 01:13 PM

Jan 2014

It's sad that some people are so frustrated, so desperate to feel better, that they will purchase this stuff that... realistically, somewhere in their mind, they know isn't really going to help them. I have a hard time with companies that offer false hope, that make all of these wild claims, promising you the moon... and in the end, deliver.. well, nothing.

It can be fairly easy to manipulate and take advantage of very unhappy people - but I rather despise the people who do so. Money isn't worth our souls.

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Hell, I'd start a religion. That's the key to wealth without MineralMan Jan 2014 #9

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Yeah. I'd be rich, if it weren't for these damn ethics... SidDithers Jan 2014 #23

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Cool. "non-transdermal disks". bemildred Jan 2014 #2

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And remember kids, huge corporations never sell snake oil! tridim Jan 2014 #6

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I didn't say all pharmaceuticals are snake oil. tridim Jan 2014 #14

No, you just damned an entire industry. MineralMan Jan 2014 #15

Do you believe Statins work as advertised? tridim Jan 2014 #17

Do you mean to ask if they lower cholesterol levels? MineralMan Jan 2014 #19

They are advertised as reducing the risk of heart disease. tridim Jan 2014 #21

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Please provide a list of "alternative" "medicines" that have been proven in research. Orrex Jan 2014 #27

Minchin Rule! NuclearDem Jan 2014 #31

Which is, of course, another way of saying that alternative medicine doesn't work. Orrex Jan 2014 #32

No, he/she didn't. Hissyspit Jan 2014 #38

More of that false dichotomy nonsense. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #12

LOL. Orrex Jan 2014 #13

Yes the two industries are similar in their snake oil sales. tridim Jan 2014 #16

No, actually they are not. MineralMan Jan 2014 #18

That's also the industry with a long and ongoing record of proven results. Orrex Jan 2014 #20

These guys are no longer snake oil salesmen Hutzpa Jan 2014 #11

proven in subjective tests Phil1934 Jan 2014 #22

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Foolishness - but desperation too. davidthegnome Jan 2014 #30

Thanks for sharing. . . . h2ebits Jan 2014 #29

Great post. Reminds me of those plastic "Power Bands" they sell for $29.99. SunSeeker Jan 2014 #33

Thanks for that link... SidDithers Jan 2014 #34

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