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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-02-18 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #2968 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2968 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Geneforge]


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[All About Eve]


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[Robotech]


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[Akumetsu]


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[Aidan Turner]


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(Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015)


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[Law and Order:SVU]













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[personal profile] caerbannog 2015-02-19 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man do not get me started on homeopathy, I am still so fucking pissed at the chemist who gave me homeopathic supplements after I had explained what I was looking for. I always double check the ingredients and subtitles now, rather than blindly trusting the chemist to do his FUCKING JOB.

(an epic high concentration of certain vitamins, NOT SOME CRAPPY HOMEOPATHIC PIECE OF SHIT)

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
that does sound ridiculous

h-how did he expect to replace vitamins, short of him offering you actual food containing them, hoping your body absorbs them

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
... what kind of chemist was that?? I assume this is the UK/European pharmacist, who should know better.
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[personal profile] caerbannog 2015-02-19 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure the types, but in Australia a lot of chemist stores have a chemist up back who can mix and make things - although in my case I was just asking after the aisle (and had mention my problem) and he was all "this one will be great for you *hands over what I later discover is homeopathic)".

I wrote a letter of complaint, got an apology and my money back but never went back to THAT store again.

This one in particular, for fellow cranky people with autoimmune problemos who may actually WANT to get better and GET THEIR VITAMIN COCKTAIL, was a MyChemist.

http://www.mychemist.com.au/
Edited 2015-02-19 04:08 (UTC)
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[personal profile] diet_poison 2015-02-19 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
...what exactly did he give you? Why did he think it would be better?

I'm really confused because I thought homeopathy would be totally all about vitamins and shit.

man. that sounds like a big pain in the ass though.

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm really confused because I thought homeopathy would be totally all about vitamins and shit.

hahaha

no, it's wayyyyy crazier than that

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
Homeopathy is so nuts that when it's first explained to you, you can't believe anyone with a working brain cell falls for it.

In a nutshell: homeopathy is where you dilute something x 10,000. And that's supposed to make it more powerful.

Honestly. That's what it is.

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Homeopathy is basically the idea that if X causes a problem, if you take its essence or chi and put it in water then the charged water will cause the opposite effect.

So if caffeine keeps you awake, if you put caffeine chi in water then that water will put you to sleep.
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[personal profile] caerbannog 2015-02-19 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I was after 10,000IU vitamin d* and he gave meee *squints to remember* I can't remember the specifics, but it was the equivalent of shit-all IU in the actual ingredients. Like miniscule, not even 500IU. More like 10IU. This was about 3-4 years back now but I'M STILL PISSED.


*Because whatever-your-vitamin-d-rating-is-called, I was '7' after a month on 4000IU daily. And it kicked off a chain reaction of unhappy autoimmunedisorder of horrible ick on my way to rickets.

Sooooo. Homeopathic Vitamin D? Not actually helpful for me. Quite the opposite. *incredibly angry face*


EDIT: Yeah, anon above kinda explains it. There's...nothing of what you want in those chalky little pills.
Edited (and placebo wasn't gonna help) 2015-02-19 06:26 (UTC)

(Anonymous) 2015-02-19 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, homeopathy is kind of nuts. They talk up the all natural angle, but the crazy part is that it argues that if X is the substance that's helping you, diluting it hundreds and thousands of times will somehow make X more effective. Basically, people are paying money for placebos when they might as well be taking Milk Duds, 'cause at least they're tasty.

(Anonymous) 2015-02-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Everyone already said it, but homeopathy is basically the belief that water is magic.