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Yep still workin' on this. 70/90 minutes. I'm so close.

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Locking In Like A Snapple Lid (4/9/2026)

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Joel McCary

Thanks for what you do jello You and your friends being funny and having interesting conversations really helps with the work week and dealing with the bad parts of modern society So thank you

Kamikazesopp

The short rule is: if they call it alternative medicine, then it's not medicine. To add some nuance to my own statement: something being labeled as alternative medicine doesn't mean it doesn't work, but means it's not been proven to work in clinical trials. My brother had a problem with polyps in his nose restricting his breathing, went to an acupuncture place, got a bunch of needles put in the sole of his foot, and the polyps went away. Does that make acupuncture medicine? Not at all. While the acupuncturist was a trained professional in his craft, he did not truly know why or how it worked. His backing would be the ancient traditions behind acupuncture, but those shatter on impact with modern medicine. The same treatment for the same problem performed by the same guy on someone else might do nothing at all, and the acupuncturist wouldn't be able to tell you why. Because of that (and probably a slew of other reasons), acupuncture cannot be called real medicine. Oh, and the guy who said "they don't test traditional remedies" is plain wrong. They test the hell out of them, and the ones that work get refined using modern tools. The greatest example is aspirin: Willow bark was a traditional pain reliever in many places. Some chemist figured out which part of the bark eased pain versus the part that badly hurt the stomach, and then synthesized the compound in a lab. Now only hippies and morons use willow bark, and only anti-vaxxers use willow bark extract. The clever cookies use acetylsalicylic acid, AKA asperin.