# Concerning misinformation on medical issues **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799 "2013-12-08T04:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/21 "2013-12-09T16:58:08Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That’s a basic vBulletin feature. Right handy one. The blue button that is. Drives me nuts now people who use non-standards ways to quote. I like being able to backtrack to the quoted post. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/22 "2013-12-09T17:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Drives me nuts [/quote] > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I like being able to backtrack to the quoted post. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/23 "2013-12-09T17:13:27Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Ha! Noooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/24 "2013-12-10T16:58:28Z")
The guy is a smug doofus. Waxwinged, as an individual whose grandparents lost all of their teeth before the age of 50 primarily due to non-chlorinated water, fully supports this pitting. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/25 "2013-12-10T17:26:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Although I disagree with some of your comments, I just can’t be bothered to respond to them. My new sig. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/26 "2013-12-10T17:53:23Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Personally, I don’t think **Duke of York** goes far _enough_ in his distrust of doctors and dental fluoride. It is well known that plaque is a figment of the liberal media and the dental industry to scare you into buying useless appliances and pastes. > > Now, I’ve heard the arguments on both sides, and there is nothing to convince me of the need to brush your teeth. I got rid of my teeth at a young age because… I’m straight. Teeth are for gay people. That’s why fairies come and get them. I hereby nominate this for the coveted “Best Post of the Year” Award. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/27 "2013-12-11T03:09:50Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I hereby nominate this for the coveted “Best Post of the Year” Award. Thanks, but I really can’t take credit. I shamelessly stole it from [Master Shake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyC_LmpSF44). ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/28 "2013-12-11T06:29:30Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > Hey - don’t pick on snake oil salesman - at least you get oil - I’m guess the homeopathic version contains 12X dilution of snake oil - or water as the rest of the world calls it. Um, I don’t think you can dilute oil with water. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/29 "2013-12-11T07:49:18Z")
All you need is an emulsifier. Maybe homeopatic egg white will work. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/30 "2013-12-11T09:53:46Z")
I read that thread, and he definitely comes off as an incorrigible douche. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/31 "2013-12-11T09:58:55Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Goddamned fucking idiots who keep banging the “industrial waste” drum. Yup. Nasty tinny racket that makes! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799/32 "2013-12-11T14:30:49Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Thanks, but I really can’t take credit. I shamelessly stole it from [Master Shake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyC_LmpSF44). Bah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799.md?page=1)