# Will some kind soul PLEASE tell me who Alex Chiu is, in 25 words or less? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952 "2000-12-16T23:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/1 "2000-12-16T23:52:21Z")
I am SO out of the loop it isn’t funny, and I keep seeing “oh, no, it’s Alex Chiu” stuff all over the SDMB, so I wanna know, “who the heck is Alex Chiu and why should I not post any links to him?” A Google search brings up tons of hits; I gather he’s some sort of faith healer/magnetism pusher. Is there a “25 words or less” answer to this? I don’t watch much TV, and I don’t have cable either. Would that explain my astounding ignorance? It took me a long time to figure out what the “Survivor” thing was last summer, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/2 "2000-12-16T23:58:48Z")
1 - He 2 - is 3 - an 4 - idiot 5 - who 6 - claims 7 - to 8 - have 9 - invented 10 - eternal 11 - life 12 - rings 13 - and 14 - gives 15 - them 16 - free 17 - to 18 - people 19 - who 20 - link 21 - to 22 - his 23 - web 24 - site 25 - . ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/3 "2000-12-17T00:14:37Z")
He is the little brother of the W\*\*\*e of Babylon. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/4 "2000-12-17T00:21:05Z")
As already has been said he sells rings that will make you live forever. :rolleyes: If you get a certain amount of people to visit his site you get them free. This board was mentioned on a section of his site as a place where you could gets lots of clickthru hits. We then had to put up with a week of two of spammers coming here and posting hit and run posts with links to the dipshits site. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/5 "2000-12-17T08:51:48Z")
He is a jackass. He was interviewed on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/6 "2000-12-18T18:26:39Z")
\*\*ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod \*\* [running around the dining room cackling hysterically and grabbing hair with both hands] Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have now added his website to my “Mom’s WEIRD Stuff” Favorites folder, right next to the _Weekly World News_. The Immortality Foot Brace alone–I worship at his shrine. I lay my soul at his feet. Forgive us O Holy One, for we have strayed after false gods such as Ronco and Popeil, but now the scales have fallen from our eyes, and we realize that thou, alone, art Master. [resuming manic darting to and fro] ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod [collapses, exhausted] I love the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/7 "2000-12-18T19:32:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*1 - He > 2 - is > 3 - an > 4 - idiot > 5 - who > 6 - claims > 7 - to > 8 - have > 9 - invented > 10 - eternal > 11 - life > 12 - rings > 13 - and > 14 - gives > 15 - them > 16 - free > 17 - to > 18 - people > 19 - who > 20 - link > 21 - to > 22 - his > 23 - web > 24 - site > 25 - . > \*\* Damm, I wanted to make a wisecrack like this … ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/8 "2000-12-18T20:20:52Z")
(psssssst, there’s a link to the search function on the top of this page) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-some-kind-soul-please-tell-me-who-alex-chiu-is-in-25-words-or-less/45952/9 "2000-12-18T20:46:19Z")
If you need another 25 words: 1. Rings 2. and 3. foot 4. braces 5. that 6. provide 7. immortality 8. are 9. backed 10. by 11. ninety 12. day 13. satisfaction 14. guarantee 15. . 16. Website 17. shows 18. famous 19. scientists 20. so 21. it 22. must 23. be 24. true 25. .