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[Pongo]

It has been said in the upper intellectual rungs of society that homeopathy is nothing more than a hoax.  Something contrived to make money and dupe the misinformed.  Its only tangible result is the side effect of triggering the body's natural autoimmune system by something known as the placebo effect.  I am here to tell you all that this is dead wrong.

Yesterday, I decided to take a long walk in the desert.  After a hot and exhausting trek, I was nearly home when a diamondback lunged at me with snake-like reflexes.  Luckily for me, the strike was not true and I escaped with only a quick-drying trail of both urine and fear to mark my encounter.  

Once I caught my breath, I realized that I had no idea where I was; lost in the desert under the pervasive noon sun.  Terror and panic came fist, followed closely by dread.  Aimlessly I wondered for hours.  I would say days but the sun never set, it just circled above like a vulture.  Ever waiting.

At last, I happened upon a desert road and found an old woman next to an older shack.  I counted myself amongst the lucky and silently wondered which god I needed to thank, as my pleas were as many and as wide-ranging the deities in the stars.  

I greeted the old woman and humbly requested some water.  She smiled and told me that I had come to the right place for she had something better than water.  She had a cure for my thirst.  She informed me that her shop -- apparently it wasn't just a shack -- was the finest homeopathy retailer this side of Bangladesh.  With the grin of a snake charmer, something I was not very fond of at the time, she handed me a bottle.

I mulled it over for moment.  I had always heard homeopathy was not to be trusted, but now I found myself holding a bottle containing the homeopathic remedy for dehydration.  Perhaps in a more lucid or well watered state I would have rejected the kind offer, but my throat was as dry and the desert around me.  I had to try it.

With trepidation on my lips, I uncorked the bottle with my thumb and knocked it back.  The cool clear liquid felt wondrous.  Instantly, it quenched my thirst at least as well as any glass of ordinary tap water could.  I gladly paid the woman and included a hefty tip.  Not just for curing my dehydration, but also for opening my eyes.

So now I tell you all, do not ridicule, curse, or chide homeopathy.  It works miracles.  

[Johannes]

Where is your control?

[Anteater7171]

No, a placebo saved your life.

[babsinva]

It has been said in the upper intellectual rungs of society that homeopathy is nothing more than a hoax. 

So now I tell you all, do not ridicule, curse, or chide homeopathy.  It works miracles. 

And some believe in taking herbs, and amino acids, etc.



Others believe in reflexology.

Others believe accupuncture and/ or accupressure.

Others believe in chinese balls, or chinese health balls, which come in different sizes.

Others believe in re-birthing.

Others change their diet to whey free, gluten free, and organic foods.

Some believe in positive affirmations.

Some believe in aromatherapy.

Some believe in "juicing".  (Using a special blender)

Others believe in those things along with the metaphysical, OR spiritual.  In other words "holistic healing", a complete balanced way of life promotes healing for them, and staying healthy.  "You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay is a good start, if you really want to get into that.

[Pongo]

Others change their diet to whey free, gluten free, and organic foods.

I hear that's what Gayer did.

[Lorddave]

....
Pongo, my desire to slap you for that incredibly plausible but stupid story is almost unbearable.

[SupahLovah]

I lol'd. Thanks for this.

Others believe accupuncture and/ or accupressure.

There's some science behind this as a treatment for pain, but it doesn't actually FIX anything. Just helps you not hurt.

[bowler]

Homeopathy is definitely real. I drank a glass of water the other day and overdosed on every drug ever invented.

[Lorddave]

Wait...

Isn't Homeopathy about taking small samples of something to make yourself immune to it?
So if you wanted a homeopathy cure for Dehydration, you'd have to dehydrate yourself a little bit then you'd be cured!

[bowler]

Isnt that immunisation? I think homeopathy is the idea that water retains the properties of what it has been in solution with. So take a real drug mix it with water to the point where there probably is only a molecule or two, if that, of active ingredient. The idea is then that the water retains the properties of the drug so you administer what is essentially water, or some rubbish like that. My previous post highlights my objection to this theory, that all manner of stuff is present in tap water at the level of a molecule or two. If I were to take a liter of dye and distribute it uniformly throughout the worlds water and refil my bottle with some water, there would still be a good few molecule of dye in that jug.

[EnigmaZV]

In good homeopathy, the solution is so dilute that the likelyhood of a single molecule of the original substance is statistically unlikely to be in the treatment given to a patient.

[bowler]

Yeah I didn't want to overcook it, I figured this is kind of forum your likely to find a supporter.

[Thevoiceofreason]

LOLOLOL

thanks pongo that was hilarious. And true.
Shame on everyone who didn't see that it was a joke

[Thevoiceofreason]

Wait...

Isn't Homeopathy about taking small samples of something to make yourself immune to it?
So if you wanted a homeopathy cure for Dehydration, you'd have to dehydrate yourself a little bit then you'd be cured!

in homeopathy, you use the law of similars.
you take the similar substance, i.e. poisin ivy for a rash, spices for a burning sensation, and dilute it with water. the more its diluted, the better.

the water is always used in homeopathy, and obviously cured his dehydration

[Lorddave]

Wait...

Isn't Homeopathy about taking small samples of something to make yourself immune to it?
So if you wanted a homeopathy cure for Dehydration, you'd have to dehydrate yourself a little bit then you'd be cured!

in homeopathy, you use the law of similars.
you take the similar substance, i.e. poisin ivy for a rash, spices for a burning sensation, and dilute it with water. the more its diluted, the better.

the water is always used in homeopathy, and obviously cured his dehydration

Ahhh, ok.
Yeah I saw the joke but I wasn't 100% sure what Homeopathy was.

[Roundy the Truthinessist]

Wait...

Isn't Homeopathy about taking small samples of something to make yourself immune to it?
So if you wanted a homeopathy cure for Dehydration, you'd have to dehydrate yourself a little bit then you'd be cured!

in homeopathy, you use the law of similars.
you take the similar substance, i.e. poisin ivy for a rash, spices for a burning sensation, and dilute it with water. the more its diluted, the better.

the water is always used in homeopathy, and obviously cured his dehydration

But he said the bottle cured his dehydration at least as well as an ordinary glass of tap water would have.  That means it might have cured it more!

[EireEngineer]

Shouldnt a bowl of sand have cured his thirst better than the water, if these principles held up? lol.

[General Douchebag]

Wait...

Isn't Homeopathy about taking small samples of something to make yourself immune to it?
So if you wanted a homeopathy cure for Dehydration, you'd have to dehydrate yourself a little bit then you'd be cured!

in homeopathy, you use the law of similars.
you take the similar substance, i.e. poisin ivy for a rash, spices for a burning sensation, and dilute it with water. the more its diluted, the better.

the water is always used in homeopathy, and obviously cured his dehydration

But he said the bottle cured his dehydration at least as well as an ordinary glass of tap water would have.  That means it might have cured it more!

It was incredibly potent, even less solute was involved than is in tapwater.

[Areweonfiya]

So what if you get hit by a car?

[Lorddave]

So what if you get hit by a car?

Easy.
You dilute the car in water.  Usually soaking it for 6 days will do the trick.  Then you take a glass of water from whatever container you were soaking the car in.