# I wasn't asking for medical advice, Czarcasm **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920 "2005-10-12T17:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/41 "2005-10-12T22:54:57Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > But what if he posts a thread requesting tips on withdrawal? > > šŸ˜ƒ [No Fucking Go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337935) Worst night of my life, looking for fucking junkie advice and just a ā€œhang in thereā€ but Tsarchasm gave me tough love. (after I crashed) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/42 "2005-10-12T22:57:58Z")
**Lno** \*: priceless! > [@Czarcasm](#): > > BTW, I am _so_ sorry about the ā€œform letterā€. Next time Iā€™ll send a Vermont Teddy Bear holding a Hallmark card. Good to see you living up to your name. \*I know that your name is not capitalized, but I am pathologically unable to ~not~ capitalize the first letter in a sentence. Itā€™s a curse. Sorry. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/43 "2005-10-12T23:10:48Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Hmmm, upon close reading, I agree with you, **ENugent**. But I suspect that it was the thread title, ā€œAny tricks for Effexor withdrawal?ā€ that did it in, and **Czarcasm** didnā€™t really read it, as such. Those guys can be overworked sometimes. > > Perhaps **Czarcasm** would be amenable to re-opening the thread with a new title, such as ā€œTell me your Effexor withdrawal storiesā€ ??? Of _course_ Iā€™d be amenable to re-opening the thread with such a title change, if **ENugent** wants to go that route. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/44 "2005-10-12T23:14:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Of _course_ Iā€™d be amenable to re-opening the thread with such a title change, if **ENugent** wants to go that route. what kind of candy assed moderator are you? beinā€™ all reasonable and shit. I **demand** that you turn in your moderator underoos _at once!_ (is the šŸ˜‰ necessary? ) ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/45 "2005-10-12T23:21:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Of _course_ Iā€™d be amenable to re-opening the thread with such a title change, if **ENugent** wants to go that route. I would appreciate it. By ā€œre-open,ā€ do you mean that you will go unlock the thread, or should I repost and rephrase my OP per your remarks? ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/46 "2005-10-13T00:29:14Z")
I agree that the thread shouldnā€™t have been closed. Changing the wording of the title and the OP would make it better. I donā€™t think thereā€™s anything wrong in soliciting advice for nonmedical means of coping with the symptoms, e.g., drinking hot ginger tea or the like. However, this: > [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > I wish I could help with tips on how to eliminate the withdrawal effects, **ENugent** - All I can suggest is that you try to taper off the meds instead of just quitting one day, and it might not be as bad. Eg. take a pill every second day for a few days, then every third day, and so on. **is** medical advice. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/47 "2005-10-13T00:31:35Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > I would appreciate it. By ā€œre-open,ā€ do you mean that you will go unlock the thread, or should I repost and rephrase my OP per your remarks? The thread has been retitled and bumped. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/48 "2005-10-13T01:25:58Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Res ipsa loquitur. I donā€™t speak Latin, so I went [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_ipsa_loquitur) to figure out what you meant. I am so glad Iā€™m not going to Law School. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/49 "2005-10-13T01:45:11Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Putting your nose further up the administrationā€™s ass may warm your little sycophant heart, but itā€™s not going to change the fact that Handyā€™s banning was nothing more than piss poor moding, feebly and _transparently_ justified after the fact. Look, idiot. First of all, I in no way, shape or form implied that I agreed with the reasons given for **handy** ā€™s banning, here or in any other thread. I was addressing _only_ your contention that he was banned for posting the information he did. Maybe it was an excuse by the staff to get rid of him, maybe it wasnā€™t, but the reasons THEY gave were as I stated and thatā€™s ALL I was saying. I donā€™t give a fuck what the real reason was. Second of all, my reason for posting in this thread in the FIRST FUCKING PLACE, Mr. Genius, was specifically to NOT support a particular administrative decision, so take your ā€œJr. Mod wannabeā€ crap and shove it right up your ass. In conclusion, bite me. And learn to read. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/50 "2005-10-13T02:35:53Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > In conclusion, bite me. That was pretty weak. You might find something a bit better [here](http://www.google.com/search?q=good+comebacks&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official). ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/51 "2005-10-13T02:45:10Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > You might find something a bit better [here](http://www.google.com/search?q=good+comebacks&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official). Bah, you can bite me, too. šŸ˜› I was going for clarity, not cleverness. ā€œBite meā€ is time tested, short and to the point. You want clever insults, you go to Cecil. Me, Iā€™m a steak-and-potatoes-insult kinda guy. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/52 "2005-10-13T02:54:59Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Just out of curiosity, has a mod ever admitted that closing a thread was not the correct action and re-opened it? No, never. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/53 "2005-10-13T03:14:36Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > However, this: > \ > **is** medical advice. Agreed. Of course, itā€™s also exactly what I already said in the OP that I was doing, also on my doctorā€™s advice, so it wasnā€™t exactly news to me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/54 "2005-10-13T03:20:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, never. Not even once, in 1960? For twenty minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/55 "2005-10-13T04:01:27Z")
> [@](#): > > **Czarcasm** : Next time Iā€™ll send a Vermont Teddy Bear holding a Hallmark card. Is that offer open to all? Thatā€™s really a compelling incentive. How much warning room do I have? okay, okayā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/56 "2005-10-13T05:11:14Z")
WHOOO! **WEIRDDAVEā€™S** OVERREACTING LIKE A MOTHERFUCK!!! ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/57 "2005-10-13T05:46:44Z")
Okayā€¦anyone want to tell the clueless noob _why_ **handy** wasnā€™t allowed to post anything medical? ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/58 "2005-10-13T06:01:35Z")
To the best of my recollection, it was because **handy** responded to questions with answers that were wrong and potentially dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/59 "2005-10-13T06:12:00Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > In all fairness, QED isnā€™t the only one who masturbates furiously because of the SDSAB title under his name. > > :dubious: Wait - I thought we were supposed to masturbate furiously because of the _Charter Member_ title under our name. Am I going to have to find a new exscuse? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/60 "2005-10-13T13:10:27Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Wait - I thought we were supposed to masturbate furiously because of the _Charter Member_ title under our name. Am I going to have to find a new exscuse? :mad: I always use the ā€œitā€™s a day that ends in yā€ excuse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920.md?page=4)