Nonsense woo-doo?

MadsL

What bugs you AH in terms of silly woo-doo that people believe without any scientific basis or thought?

Me? Homoeopathy, Amber beads for babies and shovelling lactose powder (Teetha) into babies mouths.

What do you get annoyed about?

Jimmy Garlic

Scottish ninjas. Even at their most benign they sound like they could bottle you at any moment.

sawdoubters

kilts

Jimmy Garlic

sawdoubters wrote: »

kilts

Non-Scottish people who wear kilts at weddings *cringe*

Canis Lupus

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Non-Scottish people who wear kilts at weddings *cringe*

Was at a wedding here in Australia a couple of months ago and someone who was born and bred in Australia but had Scottish heritage attended the wedding in the full outfit...

MadsL

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Was at a wedding here in Australia a couple of months ago and someone who was born and bred in Australia but had Scottish heritage attended the wedding in the full outfit...

In fairness the wimmins seem to love it...

MonaPizza

That you can make bombs out of household liquids that could bring down a plane.

Witchie

I admit it....I used to have "faith" and believed in hoodoo. Then my cousin's husband died a horrific death that he really didn't deserve. Leaving a wife he loved and 2 beautiful little girls Now I have faith in me and no one or nothing else. I took back the power.

Had my mum ringing me from Florida today telling me that in America they would send me to a homeopath or such like for my allergies. Bollox. If science can't cure me nothing will. Made soothing "I believe ya" noises to my mum while thinking "feck off"

Canis Lupus

MadsL wrote: »

In fairness the wimmins seem to love it...

He was married to a woman so far out of his league it 'literally' boggled my mind to see them as a couple but then apparently they were college sweethearts so I discounted the kilt as the reason for this.

Cookie_Monster

What bugs you AH in terms of silly woo-doo that people believe without any scientific basis or thought?

God

MadsL

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

God

God wrote:

The Cookie Monster

5uspect

Organic food.

Oranage2

Some people believe that saying three fifty is funny

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Oranage2 wrote: »

Some people believe that saying three fifty is funny

three fiddy?

tritium

Folks who believe that a sample size of one outweighs the vast body of scientific study

Folks who ask everyone for scientific evidence but,when the answer doesn't suit decide that all the rigorous studies are clearly rigged by 'da man' and revert to the belief in their intuition based on their extensive life experience

Folks who keep quoting the same nonsense studies even when they've been shreeded by peer review

Akrasia

MadsL wrote: »

What bugs you AH in terms of silly woo-doo that people believe without any scientific basis or thought?

Me? Homoeopathy, Amber beads for babies and shovelling lactose powder (Teetha) into babies mouths.

What do you get annoyed about?

I get very ranty and ravy about Pharmacies selling this snake oil as if it was medicine

The same pharmacists that are claiming to be highly trained medical professionals often devlote their most prominent shelf space to magic water and 'supplements' that don't do anything.

iDave

FGM

Oranage2

Oranage2 wrote: »

Some people believe that saying three fifty is funny

Where does it come from anyway

rovoagho

Andrew Wakefield. Man needs a puck.

Legs.Eleven

People who buy into fad diets. Was talking to my two students in class today who are both starting diets: one is going on the apple diet, the other on some grape diet. All I can think is, "Why not go on the Spanish (Mediterranean) diet?". Eat the food your grandparents and parents ate which has lead to them outliving most Europeans and not gaining weight?


And anyone who believes in angels or angel cards or any of that whoo-ha.

Femme_Fatale

Karma.

anncoates

Horoscopes.

Legs.Eleven

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Karma.

Karma will get you for not believing in it.

maximoose

Homeopathy
Mediums/Psychics
Religion
MMR jabs give you Autism
Aspertame is the devil
Horoscopes

anncoates

maximoose wrote: »

MMR jabs give you Autisms

Forgot about that one!

kneemos

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Karma.

Better do a good deed to make up for that.

eamonnq

The dignity of labour.

Davarus Walrus

That the writings of Marx still remain relevant today despite an absolute sea change in how labour and the conditions of work are organised.

Legs.Eleven

maximoose wrote: »

Homeopathy
Mediums/Psychics
Religion
MMR jabs give you Autism
Aspertame is the devil
Horoscopes

Is Aspertame NOT the devil??

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Is Aspertame NOT the devil??

there's bugger all evidence either way, but no reason to assume it is

catallus

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

That the writings of Marx still remain relevant today despite an absolute sea change in how labour and the conditions of work are organised.

Karl Marx was probably the greatest modern philosopher the world has had the fortune to see.

His relevance is not disputed by any right thinking person who believes that the exploitation of the labour of the masses should not be solely aimed at the enrichment of the elites.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

catallus wrote: »

Karl Marx was probably the greatest modern philosopher the world has had the fortune to see.

His relevance is not disputed by any right thinking person who believes that the exploitation of the labour of the masses should not be solely aimed at the enrichment of the elites.

rofl

occupy all the things

Legs.Eleven

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

there's bugger all evidence either way, but no reason to assume it is

I've been avoiding it like the plague for ages! Never even bothered checking it out.

*Stands in corner with dunce hat waiting for taunts and paper balls to be fired at my head*

Legs.Eleven

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I've been avoiding it like the plague for ages! Never even bothered checking it out.

*Stands in corner with dunce hat waiting for taunts and paper balls to be fired at my head*

Well it gives some people headaches
others no effect
Whatever works for you really

cloud493

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

God

Sigh.

shruikan2553

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Is Aspertame NOT the devil??

It tastes terrible so thats enough for me.

keano_afc

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

God

Wow, took a whole 10 posts. Standards slipping, AH.

beano345

Crystals,,,its just a piece of fancy fcuking stone

Physic mediums who contact the dead...basically scumbags who pray on peoples loss and grief

vitani

That saturated fat 'clogs up' your arteries.

Legs.Eleven

beano345 wrote: »

Crystals,,,its just a piece of fancy fcuking stone

Shhhhh the crystals can hear youuuuuuu.....

Davarus Walrus

catallus wrote: »

Karl Marx was probably the greatest modern philosopher the world has had the fortune to see.

His relevance is not disputed by any right thinking person who believes that the exploitation of the labour of the masses should not be solely aimed at the enrichment of the elites.

I fail to see how violent socialist revolution and the overthrow of capitalism remains relevant. Especially in Europe. A place that is extremely prosperous and with 'real world' experience of the brutal inhumanity of dictatorships formed upon the ideals of Marx.

Micky Dolenz

the blue man group

beano345

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Shhhhh the crystals can hear youuuuuuu.....

* runs to consult the sacred chicken bones

whiskeyman

Any 'scientific' research as reported by the Daily Fail.

catallus

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

I fail to see how violent socialist revolution and the overthrow of capitalism remains relevant. Especially in Europe. A place that is extremely prosperous and with 'real world' experience of the brutal inhumanity of dictatorships formed upon the ideals of Marx.

Maybe you should familiarise yourself with the writings of the man and then it would become clear that there is more to it than that.

As for your point that Europe is prosperous due to Capitalism, well is it not obvious, given the current bullying of other nations that the European technocrats are engaging in, (Switzerland and Ukraine, for the time being), that said prosperity is built on the backs of the poor from outside the EU, facilitated by stringent controls on the inward movement of labour for the benefit of corporations alone? The fact is is that the prosperity we blindly indulge in has a grave cost, but hey, out of sight out of mind, right?

Marx was the opposite of an idealist; he is probably one of the most misrepresented writers of the past 5000 years.

Legs.Eleven

beano345 wrote: »

* runs to consult the sacred chicken bones

*watches beano run through crystal ball cackling heartily*


You can run but you can't hide.

Jimoslimos

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Is Aspertame NOT the devil??

Well it is if you suffer from a rare genetic disease called PKU, which is why the warning is given on certain foodstuffs - especially those you wouldn't expect to contain high levels of amino acids (phenylalanine being the one in question here), such as soft drinks with artificial sweeteners.

Otherwise for everybody else it is perfectly safe, although I avoid it - simply because I can't stand the sickly sweet false taste.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001166.htm

Duggy747

Psychics

Angel Card Reading

Reiki..........animal reiki is hilariously awful.

Homeopathy

Regression therapy

Crystal healing

Horoscopes

Other batty Alternative Medicine / fad diets endorsed by a celeb doctor on Oprah (If it's a horseshìt peddler, she'll give them a platform) or that complete lunatic who runs NaturalNews.com with not only little to no evidence to back it up but plain disregard for any studies and evidence that proves otherwise.............all the while promoting their own very dodgy and plainly misleading products, multivitamins + supplements.

Using "Studies show" to support their brand of woo while rejecting actual, sourced, credited, peer-reviewed studies as something a "shill" did. This goes for anything and any subject that uses random studies that takes them out of context really but I see it slapped onto anything in relation to woo.

Deepak Chopra with his mauling of science & Quantum physics, taking quotes from famous scientists out of context and generally warping everything to support his brand of spirituality / philosophy while having the gall to act like science is hijacking Quantum and blames atheists whenever his flaws are pointed out.......or when TED wouldn't initially post up an early video of his babble.

The "Chinese have been using it / doing it for thousands of years" line that's trotted out time and time again.

Ush1

Deepak Chopra, I'd love to fight him. I think it would change his perspective on everything.

Eeden

Marketing disguised as research - eg "Scientists have discovered that this is the most depressing day of the year..." (sponsored by a holiday company).

Canis Lupus

maximoose wrote: »

Horoscopes

Girl on Facebook posted horoscope for the year saying how accurate it was. I asked her to randomise the articles for each sign and read her 'new' one. She comes back 5 minutes later saying fair enough