Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Scribe]

More Slack notifications are not more likely to make me say yes.

Right? After a certain point (likely 5 in a day) its just filtered by my brain "No, do not care."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Actually going to have a moment here, because I knew it was too good to be true, and of course it got snapped up.

Everyone has a story along these lines; not necessarily with real estate, though.

 

[Ryujin]

More Slack notifications are not more likely to make me say yes.

As somewhat of a contrarian my tendency to do something is roughly inversely proportional to how many times someone bothers me to do it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I mean, it's not more ridiculous than injecting yourself with bleach...

Lest I be accused of politicization, I will point out that study is from 1992 and recounts a 31-year-old man injecting himself with bleach. So, he's 64 years old today! ... Uh, assuming he didn't try any other medical experimentation...

The number of folks who get suckered in by quackery or simply making their own bad decisions is unfortunately large.

There used to be a show on TV in which 2 plastic surgeons were correcting botched or ill-advised procedures.* Some of the clients were regular joes, some were celebrities. It lasted a couple of seasons; I watched a couple episodes out of morbid curiosity.

One who stood out was an “internet famous” guy who was a real body modification junkie. HE wanted them to upgrade some of his previous procedures…some of which involved implants he had created himself. As I recall, they turned him down.

I don’t know who made the decision, but I imagine the screaming of their malpractice lawyers was a factor.





* there was a similar, contemporaneous show that did likewise with tattoos.

 

[Ryujin]

The number of folks who get suckered in by quackery or simply making their own bad decisions is unfortunately large.

There used to be a show on TV in which 2 plastic surgeons were correcting botched or ill-advised procedures.* Some of the clients were regular joes, some were celebrities. It lasted a couple of seasons; I watched a couple episodes out of morbid curiosity.

One who stood out was an “internet famous” guy who was a real body modification junkie. HE wanted them to upgrade some of his previous procedures…some of which involved implants he had created himself. As I recall, they turned him down.

I don’t know who made the decision, but I imagine the screaming of their malpractice lawyers was a factor.

* there was a similar, contemporaneous show that did likewise with tattoos.

The quackery that people are willing to put up with in plastic surgery, to save a buck, scares the beejeezus out of me. A few years back they arrested a woman who was doing Brazilian Butt Lifts to women, claiming to be a doctor, by injecting silicone into their bodies. The infection damage to some was rather horrific.

 

[dragoner]

I have found after experimenting with a bunch of different mechanics that the old standards often are what they are for ease of use. Once the novelty wears off, it is sort of meh.

 

[dbolack]

Well this just gave me flashbacks to my college friends arguing we should eat at Waffle House

Of course, you should eat at Waffle House. The only debate is which location.

 

[Thomas Shey]

The quackery that people are willing to put up with in plastic surgery, to save a buck, scares the beejeezus out of me. A few years back they arrested a woman who was doing Brazilian Butt Lifts to women, claiming to be a doctor, by injecting silicone into their bodies. The infection damage to some was rather horrific.

Well, it doesn't help that plastic surgery is one of the areas most ripe to corruption in the medial field, either. I used to have a dermatologist who was also a plastic surgeon, and it was abundantly obvious if you weren't interested in the latter you were distinctly a second class patient. I was about ready to leave anyway when he discontinued the general dermatology part of his practice.