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Dr. Eddies Wingman said:
Before logging on just now, I saw an ad at the bottom of the page: "How ACIDIC is your body? Take test today! And find how you can alkalize your diet!" :mad:

I hoped the fraudsters behind this pseudoscientific "alkaline diet" shit were behind bars, but alas ...
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You'd be surprised. It's as big as ever here in Czechia... amongst the middle-aged (sub)urban housewives at least.
 
Since we're talking about fake remedies and frauds, tell me - is homeopathy also as big in the rest of the world as here? I mean, I met even some doctors that went for that. :facepalm:
 
No, not only delusional people. Here... here it's almost like... generally accepted. As if... it was almost considered... mainstream. :eek:

(Those ellipsis were not intended to be any kind of pun on homeopathy. Go and have an Oscillococcinum)
 
"Scientific validity" is one thing, the presumption "the more diluted the 'active formula' is, the more the cure works" defying any kind of logic whatsoever is quite another.

But I always thought it's just that we are a post-Commie country that's crazy about astrology and this stuff and I always wondered how widespread it is in the West. Hence my question.
 
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For those who are interested:

Iron Maiden Lineups, Live Songs and Productivity in the 1970s:
http://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/lineups-live-songs-and-productivity-in-the-1970s.45589/

The first lineup was by far the most productive lineup before Bruce Dickinson joined the band: 1975-September 1981!

It can even be argued that this first lineup was more productive than the people who wrote The Number of the Beast album because one of this album's songs (half) existed as an Urchin track (22 Acacia Avenue). By this reasoning:

The first lineup was the most productive lineup before Nicko McBrain joined the band in 1983: 1975-December 1982!
 
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CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
It's the same in the UK in regards to Magic. Pretty much the same arguments for & against.
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I get that. The pros and the cons. It's freakishly addictive and turns you into a hipster/trv kvlt drvid in no time.
 
If it was during the time there was still ante and flipping the cards in the air, small wonder :D

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chaos+orb

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/cards/revised-edition/1134-contract-from-below

Seriously, the basics can be covered in two evenings. However learning which packs/cards are currently allowed, how do the cards compliment each other, getting all the necessary cards etc. etc. makes it not just a game, but a passion if you want to be serious about it. I don't have the time and I never had. I tried, but I don't really feel the need. So the newest cards in my pack are already very old by the game's standards.
 
Magic seems really cool but I have forgotten the rules. I played my fair share of Yu-Gi-Oh and occasionally also WoW and Magic: The Gathering trading card games when I was younger. Now I play Hearthstone occasionally but I do miss having the physical card-playing experience.
 
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