# What's the deal with acai berries\[and the SDMB\]? edited title **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 11, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276 "2010-11-11T05:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whatsthedealman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@whatsthedealman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatsthedealman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/1 "2010-11-11T05:25:41Z")
Have their weight lose benefits ever been reported on? What about those 3 dollar teeth whitening claims I’ve seen? Do those work at all? What about stay at home moms who make 85-90 grand a year by doing vaugely pyramid scheme like multi level marketing? And why dfoes a website and a noted columnist with 30 plus years under his belt in debunking urban legends, setting facts straight and general disposing of ignorance allow these kinds of ads to run? Does he not care, does he need the cash that bad? What’s the deal, man? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/2 "2010-11-11T05:40:40Z")
Uh-oh! You’re gonna get your pee pee whacked for that post. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/3 "2010-11-11T06:10:42Z")
The noted columnist you refer to is no more real than Santa Claus, does that help explain it for you? ---
**Author:** ![whatsthedealman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@whatsthedealman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatsthedealman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/4 "2010-11-11T06:39:42Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > The noted columnist you refer to is no more real than Santa Claus, does that help explain it for you? That comes as a shock. Is The Straight Dope just a high tech random word generator, then? ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/5 "2010-11-11T07:49:54Z")
> [@whatsthedealman](#): > > That comes as a shock. Is The Straight Dope just a high tech random word generator, then? Nope. Like the fictional Santa Claus, the fictional Cecil has real humans to fill in for him. Although it’s admittedly unlikely that your parents write the columns. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/6 "2010-11-11T08:22:02Z")
> [@whatsthedealman](#): > > And why dfoes a website and a noted columnist with 30 plus years under his belt in debunking urban legends, setting facts straight and general disposing of ignorance allow these kinds of ads to run? Does he not care, does he need the cash that bad? Meh. Regardless of whether Cecil Adams is real, or really named Cecile, the recession certainly is. Besides, the cash goes to a good cause, so I can’t kick about it too much. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/7 "2010-11-11T12:16:54Z")
> [@whatsthedealman](#): > > Have their weight lose benefits ever been reported on? What about those 3 dollar teeth whitening claims I’ve seen? Do those work at all? > > What about stay at home moms who make 85-90 grand a year by doing vaugely pyramid scheme like multi level marketing? > > And why dfoes a website and a noted columnist with 30 plus years under his belt in debunking urban legends, setting facts straight and general disposing of ignorance allow these kinds of ads to run? Does he not care, does he need the cash that bad? > > What’s the deal, man? You can avoid the ads by subscribing as a member. It is part of Cecil’s intelligence testing – smart folks can either ignore the nonsense or pay a small fee to have it removed. Other folks read the ads and help pay for the site that way. And Cecil really doesn’t “need the cash that bad,” but the Chicago Reader does. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/8 "2010-11-11T12:26:53Z")
I’ve edited the title of the thread and moved it to About This Message Board from General Questions. **samclem** Moderator ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/9 "2010-11-11T12:42:00Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > You can avoid the ads by subscribing as a member. It is part of Cecil’s intelligence testing – smart folks can either ignore the nonsense or pay a small fee to have it removed. Other folks read the ads and help pay for the site that way. > > And Cecil really doesn’t “need the cash that bad,” but the Chicago Reader does. Fighting ignorance by bankrupting the ignorant. I guess it’s come to that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ionizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/10 "2010-11-11T12:54:43Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > You can avoid the ads by subscribing as a member. It is part of Cecil’s intelligence testing – smart folks can either ignore the nonsense or pay a small fee to have it removed. Other folks read the ads and help pay for the site that way. [Ad-Block](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/) ‘Smart folk’ do not allow their computers to be exposed to probable malware (through 3rd-party advertising services) 😉 ---
**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:** [November 11, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/11 "2010-11-11T16:05:06Z")
If I weren’t so happy with “Voodoo Adult (Slight Return)” I would be sorely tempted to change my custom title to “High-Tech Random Word Generator.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/12 "2010-11-11T16:27:49Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If I weren’t so happy with “Voodoo Adult (Slight Return)” I would be sorely tempted to change my custom title to “High-Tech Random Word Generator.” Not me – I’m definitely low-tech. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/13 "2010-11-11T16:32:57Z")
> [@whatsthedealman](#): > > What’s the deal, man? Melissa Theriau is hot! And there have been numerous questions about “Who’s the hot chick in the [whatever] ads?” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/14 "2010-11-11T17:30:22Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > The noted columnist you refer to is no more real than Santa Claus, does that help explain it for you? Look, just because the guy who writes the columns doesn’t have “Cecil Adams” on his driver’s license doesn’t mean he’s fictional. Was [Ann Landers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Landers) a fictional character? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/15 "2010-11-11T17:43:48Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Look, just because the guy who writes the columns doesn’t have “Cecil Adams” on his driver’s license doesn’t mean he’s fictional. Was [Ann Landers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Landers) a fictional character? It was just a humorous comment I made before this thread was moved to ATMB, a place almost completely devoid of humor. It’s not like I asked to see Cecil’s birth certificate, which I am sure must be some buggered up thing from Hawaii. Those with thin skin about the statement should apply a lotion containing aloe vera, and watch the ads on the page switch from berries to selling aloe vera, aloe vera lotions. Aloe Vera. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/16 "2010-11-11T17:46:45Z")
> [@whatsthedealman](#): > > Have their weight lose benefits ever been reported on? What about those 3 dollar teeth whitening claims I’ve seen? Do those work at all? > > What about stay at home moms who make 85-90 grand a year by doing vaugely pyramid scheme like multi level marketing? > > And why dfoes a website and a noted columnist with 30 plus years under his belt in debunking urban legends, setting facts straight and general disposing of ignorance allow these kinds of ads to run? Does he not care, does he need the cash that bad? > > What’s the deal, man? I asked something very similar once, fully expecting to get the runaround, and got the runaround. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534593&highlight=TOS'd](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534593&highlight=TOS%27d) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-acai-berries-and-the-sdmb-edited-title/560276/17 "2010-11-11T18:28:11Z")
My god, those aloe vera ads are hawt!