# Fluoride terrorist--get over yourselves. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102 "2005-07-05T03:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 5, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/21 "2005-07-05T12:09:24Z")
Well, I was shocked to see **samclem** sticking up for _water_ in that thread. We all know that water is _an ingredient in pesticides_. :eek: > [@chooch](#): > > I certainly expected more intellegent discourse when I submitted to this forum. Ya gotta admit, though, that the level of unintended hilarity is outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/22 "2005-07-05T13:48:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, I was shocked to see **samclem** sticking up for _water_ in that thread. > > We all know that water is _an ingredient in pesticides_. :eek: . Beware the dangers of \*\*[Dihydrogen Monoxide](http://www.dhmo.org/) \*\*! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/23 "2005-07-05T14:18:35Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > So masturbating no longer seems real to you since you’ve gone blind? That would explain your moderating. > > - ::: d & r **REEEEEALLLLY FAST** ::: \* You don’t need to run fast–just step to the side. He’s blind, he’ll never see ya’. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/24 "2005-07-05T14:32:26Z")
_Everytime someone masturbates, God fluoridates a kitten._ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/25 "2005-07-05T14:41:38Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That thread is…interesting. Did anyone else find it somewhat suspicious that five separate completely new guests happened to show up in that thread all in support of the completely new guest who first posted about the evils of fluoride? Ya mean like _this_ thread has attracted more moderators than a troll on crack? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/26 "2005-07-05T14:54:15Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > _Everytime someone masturbates, God fluoridates a kitten._ Worse. Every time you fluoridate a kitten, God masturbates. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/27 "2005-07-05T15:02:01Z")
> [@Sophistry and Illusion](#): > > I’m trying to get ready for the hordes who will no doubt invade when Cecil or one of the SDSAB gets around to debunking the vaccine-autism link. Gird your loins, fighters of ignorance! [Too late!](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvaccine.html) [Actually, the response was pretty good. (Note high percentage of intelligent respondents).](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37137) On the other hand, as a General Question or a Great Debate, it has surfaced from time to time, although it has actually included [rational (if sometimes heated) discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=26685). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/28 "2005-07-05T15:11:42Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Every time you fluoridate a kitten, God masturbates. 8 out of 10 Deities recommend your kitten brush with New **Testa\*Mint**. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/29 "2005-07-05T15:17:53Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Worse. Every time you fluoridate a kitten, God masturbates. I _wondered_ what that noise was! Some really funny shit in dis here thread. Funny Shit! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/30 "2005-07-05T15:18:19Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > 8 out of 10 Deities recommend your kitten brush with New **Testa\*Mint**. Yeah, what do the other two recommend? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/31 "2005-07-05T15:21:10Z")
Well, it’s also available in \ ***Tuna** and \ ***Butthole**. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/32 "2005-07-05T15:23:39Z")
And for dogs, \ ***Culls**. Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/33 "2005-07-05T15:43:45Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > What? Who!?! > You didn’t see anything, did you? Not with the amount of masturbating he does, no. Besides, if fluoride is supposed to make you more docile and accepting of what the gubmint tells ya, how come so many of them there kids’re still goin’ on with alla that there masturbatin’? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/34 "2005-07-05T15:52:13Z")
But **Veb** ’s a girl… does jilling off make girls go blind too? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/35 "2005-07-05T16:04:10Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Basically, the whole thing just tells me that, apparently, any paranoid clown with a shaky grasp of reality can get a chemical engineering degree. I already knew this. Cite? My FIL… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/36 "2005-07-05T16:17:18Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > But **Veb** ’s a girl… does jilling off make girls go blind too? Only if your aim’s good. : d&r : ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/37 "2005-07-05T16:34:28Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > What? Who!?! > You didn’t see anything, did you? No, sir, i didn’t see you playing with your dolls again… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/38 "2005-07-05T16:59:28Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > It’d be sort of like condemning oxygen just because when it’s bonded with hydrogen, _you can drown in it_! Deadly! [Oxygen can be deadly all by itself](http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html). It has KILLED three of our astronauts! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/39 "2005-07-05T17:02:54Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Worse. Every time you fluoridate a kitten, God masturbates. Can I just say that I’m shocked, _shocked_ to find a discussion on masturbation and flourodated toothpase to find noone has mentioned Spoofe? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102/40 "2005-07-05T19:45:58Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > I’ve gotta say, I’m unlikely to take advice on the properties of fluoride from the highly-qualified “guests” who spelled it “flouride”. Ah, see, that’s where the confusion arises. They’re not talking about “flouride,” they’re talking about Flour-Ade, the new wheat-flavored sports drink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluoride-terrorist-get-over-yourselves/311102.md?page=3)