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So did Irish leprechauns magically inject him with the vaccine while he slept, and a chiropractor can somehow see that?
(lemmy.world)
Not my screenshot please don't comment.
Say a mildly believable statement and combine it with something less believable or unrelated. Then say a punchline and you have a joke. What a bunch of hogwash.
There was absolutely no punchline in my statement; it was quite literal. My statement was intended to illustrate exactly how diluted homeopathic medicine is. If anything, you could call it hyperbole.
I can only assume that you interpreted my use of the word "hogwash" as pretentious, which was not my intention. Once again, I was simply using the word to emphasize the absurdity of homeopathic dilution.
I think it's important for people to understand that mechoman wasn't trying to make light of rhe situation or any kind of joke about homeopathy.
His explanation of homeopathy was accurate: Homeopathy operates on the principle of "like cures like," meaning it aims to treat a disease by administering highly diluted substances that would produce similar symptoms in a healthy person, with the belief that the extreme dilution process somehow retains the healing power of the original substance and stimulates the body's self-healing mechanisms. Of course there is no scientific evidence that such a strategy has any effect or positive results at all.
In this context, "hogwash" is an entirely correct word to describe the extreme ridiculousness of homeopathy. "Hogwash" can be defined as nonsense or bullshit.
I hope this explanation will be helpful to those struggling to understand the very valid point that mechoman shared with us.
I cannot tell if you're being sarcastic. ☹️
I don't think sarcasm is the correct word to describe the attitude, intent or spirit of my post. Homeopathy really is complete bullshit. You are absolutey correct in pointing out how stupid and nonsensical it is.
I did however find it funny that you explained the original comment about homeopathy, and then clarified your explanation. It amused me to keep it going by explaining your explaination, and now here I am taking it a step further by explaining my explanation of your original explanatory post.
I'm not sure this could get any more meta. Anyway I never intended sarcasm, just pure ridiculousness.
🤣 aight! It's all gravy to me then! 🤣