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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)
Some killjoys pour cold water over everyoneās favorite dental biohack, and HN is not happy
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-technology/reports-death-dental-cavities-are-greatly-exaggerated
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41573550
We could also just fluoridate the water supply, which also massively reduces cavities.
From the comments: āPutting my conspiracy theory hat on, the dental hygiene industry in the US is for-profit, like the pharmaceutical, and would rather sell you a treatment than a cure.ā
Have these people ever BEEN to the dentist? While I know that certain dental procedures (tooth straightening in kids, whitening, etc) are way overused in the US no dentist worth their salt will allow a check-up to go by without a stern lecture on preventing future trouble. And if they donāt do that then the hygienist most certainly willā¦
Here in Sweden the hygienist is definitely the Bad Cop in this scenario. I got sternly talked to by someone fresh out of school, so I donāt doubt thereās a retired Master Sergeant on the staff of the college they go toā¦
that thread is an unholy combination of two of my least favorite types of guys: techbros willfully misunderstanding research they disagree with, and homeopaths
Iād think āwe donāt know the side effects, it prob doesnāt work, and they are trying to sidestep the FDAā would be good arguments against it. Esp after in the US Thalidomide (yes very much a dead horse), (mostly) wasnāt a problem because the FDA stopped it.
Anyway, it seems like the full scale FDA project stranded due to not enough volunteers, so I suggest the HN people mad about this help out. Hey, it might turn out to actually work.
this article doesnāt want me to drink a shitload of colloidal silver, but all its arguments against drinking colloidal silver (it doesnāt do anything for your health, it might turn you blue, it tastes like ass) are utterly terrible. If thatās the best they could find, drinking a shitload of colloidal silver is probably alright.
What a terrible argument. Anything that involves messing around with your teeth needs to have good reasons to do it, rather than just good arguments against doing it.
Absolutely unhinged. Are these people from the As-Seen-On-TV dimension where itās common for folks burn their house down every time they try to fry an egg?