# "How could anybody be &@#$\*ing STUPID enough to buy that and breathe?" products **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651 "2008-02-22T00:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/61 "2008-02-22T22:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Meet the tesla star. Now that is cool! That would look great in my game room! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/62 "2008-02-22T22:59:37Z")
Huh, I could’ve sworn I had a post in here–it’s quoted but I don’t see the original and there seems to be something wrong with page 2 of the thread as well! Do we have a gremlin attack going on? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/63 "2008-02-22T23:05:17Z")
Huh, I could’ve sworn I had a post in here–it’s quoted but I don’t see the original and there seems to be something wrong with page 2 of the thread as well! Do we have a gremlin attack going on? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/64 "2008-02-22T23:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [Peter Popoff’s Miracle Manna Loaf](http://peterpopoff.org/msw.php) [/QUOTE] My favorite part (aside from saying “peter popoff”) is Peter Popoff’s Motto: _ **“GOD IS TOUCHING HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD!”** _ ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/65 "2008-02-23T00:08:40Z")
…one of those building lots in East Hookworm, Arkansas (that are being hawked by Erik Estrada)? I can just imagine it-you buy into this place-the find: -its 20 miles from the nearest highway -the power company wants $20,000 to run a power line to your lot -your nearest neighbors (a family of 12) have a total of 12 teeth between them, and are named "Cletus’, and “bubba” -the local town engineer wants $500 to “approve” your building permit -you get an invitation to join the local KKK chapter ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/66 "2008-02-23T02:51:37Z")
1-900 phone sex or chat lines ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/67 "2008-02-23T02:57:16Z")
1-900 phone sex or chat lines ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/68 "2008-02-23T03:09:54Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] ..one of those building lots in East Hookworm, Arkansas (that are being hawked by Erik Estrada)? I can just imagine it-you buy into this place-the find: -its 20 miles from the nearest highway [/quote] Arkansas. You’re far enough south that you don’t have to worry about whether the road is plowed and sanded in the winter. Everything else is gravy if you have a Jeep. > [@](#): > > -the power company wants $20,000 to run a power line to your lot $20,000 buys a LOT os solar panels and batteries and stuff. > [@](#): > > -your nearest neighbors (a family of 12) have a total of 12 teeth between them, and are named "Cletus’, and “bubba” There’s always a demand for dental assistants in rural areas. > [@](#): > > -the local town engineer wants $500 to “approve” your building permit Write it off, but get a receipt. > [@](#): > > -you get an invitation to join the local KKK chapter I’m a foreigner. They wouldn’t _dare_. Even if I do have a stunning blonde Scandinavian wife. (That would mess with their heads…😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/69 "2008-02-23T03:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] ..one of those building lots in East Hookworm, Arkansas (that are being hawked by Erik Estrada)? I can just imagine it-you buy into this place-the find: -its 20 miles from the nearest highway [/quote] Arkansas. You’re far enough south that you don’t have to worry about whether the road is plowed and sanded in the winter. Everything else is gravy if you have a Jeep. > [@](#): > > -the power company wants $20,000 to run a power line to your lot $20,000 buys a LOT of solar panels and batteries and stuff. > [@](#): > > -your nearest neighbors (a family of 12) have a total of 12 teeth between them, and are named "Cletus’, and “bubba” There’s always a demand for dental assistants in rural areas. > [@](#): > > -the local town engineer wants $500 to “approve” your building permit Write it off, but get a receipt. > [@](#): > > -you get an invitation to join the local KKK chapter I’m a foreigner. They wouldn’t _dare_. Even if I do have a stunning blonde Scandinavian wife. (That would mess with their heads…😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/70 "2008-02-23T03:36:23Z")
[QUOTE=Interrobang!?] The ROM exercise machine that gives you “a complete non-impact cardio, resistance- and flexibility workout” in just 4 minutes a day! And it costs just $14,615! Those guys have had an ad in every issue of The Atlantic I’ve gotten in the last 5 years, so apparently people will buy something that patently stupid. [/QUOTE] _Scientific American_, too. Which boggles my mind. Not every issue, but about every other one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/71 "2008-02-23T09:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] I have a dear friend who never saw a wacky medical idea she didn’t like. Her dog was stricken by sudden blindness, and she took it to this place that uses some Rube Goldberg piece of equipment to shine colored lights on the patient, in order to “stimulate the harmonic vibrations of the DNA” or some such nonsense. After wasting plenty of money, the dog is still blind. I’m not sure it’s these guys, but it’s similar: [http://www.luminanti.com/light.html](http://www.luminanti.com/light.html) [/QUOTE] This reminds me of [Light Relief](http://www.lightrelief.com/) Which is basically a $70 heating pad. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/72 "2008-02-23T09:49:31Z")
I submit for your derision,[Breath Capture.](http://www.breathcapture.com/) That’s right, they sell you a tiny empty plastic tube for $10. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/73 "2008-02-23T09:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] I have a dear friend who never saw a wacky medical idea she didn’t like. Her dog was stricken by sudden blindness, and she took it to this place that uses some Rube Goldberg piece of equipment to shine colored lights on the patient, in order to “stimulate the harmonic vibrations of the DNA” or some such nonsense. After wasting plenty of money, the dog is still blind. I’m not sure it’s these guys, but it’s similar: [http://www.luminanti.com/light.html](http://www.luminanti.com/light.html) [/QUOTE] Awesome. Her dog is dying of kidney failure and she goes with vibrational light treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/74 "2008-02-23T09:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Interrobang!?] The ROM exercise machine that gives you “a complete non-impact cardio, resistance- and flexibility workout” in just 4 minutes a day! And it costs just $14,615! Those guys have had an ad in every issue of The Atlantic I’ve gotten in the last 5 years, so apparently people will buy something that patently stupid. (You can find out more at fastexercise dot com – I won’t link directly because there’s at least one pop-up at work.) [/QUOTE] I know someone who owns one ☹ The frustrating thing is, you can’t do more than 4 minutes at a time because the motion is too strange. With such short exertion, your cardiovascular system and muscles never improve. I’ve wasted money on exercise equipment, but the stuff I buy is effective if you use it. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/75 "2008-02-23T14:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Well, the Machina Dynamica guys nailed the perfect industry to ply their trade: one where fanatical aficionadoes are more than willing to dump huge sums of money for minimal improvements (even in the cases where stuff DOES work), and virtually nobody is willing to step up and say the Emperor has no clothes, because if he’s naked, they ALL are. Welcome to the world of high-end audio. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget the Furutech [CD and DVD demagnetizer](http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store/showProduct.cgi?id=190). And for the die-hard vinyl devotee, Furutech has [something](http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73520) for you, too. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/76 "2008-02-23T14:55:23Z")
FWIW, [Cecil on ear candles](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_098.html) [Cecil on laundry balls](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_007b.html) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/77 "2008-02-23T18:43:50Z")
If you _really_ want total protection from EMFs, there’s always [Earthcalm.](http://earthcalm.com/) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/78 "2008-02-23T22:22:36Z")
[QUOTE=cwthree] Don’t forget the Furutech [CD and DVD demagnetizer](http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store/showProduct.cgi?id=190). And for the die-hard vinyl devotee, Furutech has [something](http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73520) for you, too. [/QUOTE] Oh come _on_. Some people obviously don’t know how their toys work. :: head smack :: ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/79 "2008-02-23T23:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=Pullet] I submit for your derision,[Breath Capture.](http://www.breathcapture.com/) That’s right, they sell you a tiny empty plastic tube for $10. [/QUOTE] This is the one which makes me want to unsubscribe from this thread before I get too depressed about the stupidity of man. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651/80 "2008-02-24T01:04:00Z")
Let’s not forget those magnetic coil water softeners you put on your water pipe. and those magnetic arthritis bracelets. Oh, and the “hexagonal water” and “octagonal water” purifiers… And the deodorant crystals… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651.md?page=5)