Wow, just when I didn't think gullible "alternative medicine" fans could come up with ANYTHING stupider...
http://www.oilpulling.org/oil-pulling/
Seriously. What. Just what.
Damn, I need to invent some dumb shit too.
I know! There's got to be a way to make money off these rubes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pulling
Sounds like a load of crap, but what do I know? :roll:
It's Ayurvedic. Nothing to see here, just go about your business...
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
I know! There's got to be a way to make money off these rubes.
BEAD THERAPY!!!! BEADS CAN ALIGN CHAKRAS!!!!
I like this article: http://www.lisabarger.com/oil_pulling_debunked/ :lulz:
The best part is that oil pulling appears to be something recently invented out of whole cloth.
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 04, 2011, 08:23:32 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
I know! There's got to be a way to make money off these rubes.
BEAD THERAPY!!!! BEADS CAN ALIGN CHAKRAS!!!!
OMG TOTALLY!
I should make "chakra" sets. I bet they would sell like crazy.
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 04, 2011, 08:23:32 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
I know! There's got to be a way to make money off these rubes.
BEAD THERAPY!!!! BEADS CAN ALIGN CHAKRAS!!!!
OMG TOTALLY!
I should make "chakra" sets. I bet they would sell like crazy.
YES. DO IT.
Quote from: Suu on June 04, 2011, 08:27:41 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 04, 2011, 08:23:32 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
I know! There's got to be a way to make money off these rubes.
BEAD THERAPY!!!! BEADS CAN ALIGN CHAKRAS!!!!
OMG TOTALLY!
I should make "chakra" sets. I bet they would sell like crazy.
YES. DO IT.
I wonder how long it would take me to lose my mind.
Or get a contract with some sort of alternative catalog like Pyramid Collection or something.
How hard could it be? Make a few hundred beads in rainbow colors?
Quote from: Suu on June 04, 2011, 08:29:47 PM
Or get a contract with some sort of alternative catalog like Pyramid Collection or something.
How hard could it be? Make a few hundred beads in rainbow colors?
:lulz: That doesn't sound mind-numbingly tedious at all!
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:34:00 PM
Quote from: Suu on June 04, 2011, 08:29:47 PM
Or get a contract with some sort of alternative catalog like Pyramid Collection or something.
How hard could it be? Make a few hundred beads in rainbow colors?
:lulz: That doesn't sound mind-numbingly tedious at all!
But if it pays the rent...
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 04, 2011, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 04, 2011, 08:34:00 PM
Quote from: Suu on June 04, 2011, 08:29:47 PM
Or get a contract with some sort of alternative catalog like Pyramid Collection or something.
How hard could it be? Make a few hundred beads in rainbow colors?
:lulz: That doesn't sound mind-numbingly tedious at all!
But if it pays the rent...
It's funny to joke about, but seriously, no way. :lulz: If I wanted to pay the bills by doing something I hate, I'd go back to retail. It would be preferable to ruining my joy, inspiration, creative integrity, and professional reputation.
QuoteAll different treatments sold to cure diseases ignore or ignorant about the built-in wisdom, capacity and power of the body to cure itself if given time and support. A WHO report states that 80 % of world population relies on natural healing as their primary form of health care. Oil Pulling stimulates and supports the healing system of the body in curing all diseases.
You know you're in trouble when you ask "How does it work." and you get hit with that bullshit.
Yes, the body is mostly responsible for the actual healing of itself given opportunity.
Yes, the will to heal is AN important factor in overall health.
Yes, the mind is often responsible for conditions within the body.
But these whackos want to DEPEND on that built-in system. And medicine, for the most part, exists for when those systems fail. They fail often and in new and fascinating ways.
As an aside, that dependable failure is why I hate the concept of health insurance. You wanna bet I'm gonna get sick? NO SHIT. Humans get sick, it is a part of life. I don't want health insurance, I want health CARE.
But if you agree that much of alternative healing begins and ends in the mind it's a very short step to snake oil. Actually it's no step because whether you know it or not you're already slithering on the ground.
I think leeches should be popularized again.
It sounds like the "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd. I don't know if there's any actual science behind it, but the idea that swishing (specifically) sesame oil around in your mouth for 15 minutes is good for your teeth and general oral health is an old one and seems to have a fair amount of anecdotal evidence behind it. And let's face it, it's not like swishing sesame oil around is gonna be harmful to anyone, unless they have an allergy.
I, for one, would be totally stoked to make out with a chick whose mouth tasted lightly of sesame oil.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AM
It sounds like the "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd. I don't know if there's any actual science behind it, but the idea that swishing (specifically) sesame oil around in your mouth for 15 minutes is good for your teeth and general oral health is an old one and seems to have a fair amount of anecdotal evidence behind it. And let's face it, it's not like swishing sesame oil around is gonna be harmful to anyone, unless they have an allergy.
I, for one, would be totally stoked to make out with a chick whose mouth tasted lightly of sesame oil.
Yeah, it's probably good for your teeth and gums.
So's flossing.
It's the "It pulls toxins out of your blood and cures everything from herpes to cancer!" bullshit that's completely retardated.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 07:25:06 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
As an aside. Is anyone making and marketing "crystal dildos that align your chakras", and if not, I think there might be a market for them.
I usually just shove a Goji berry up each nostril before bedtime. Keeps my chakras aligned to within 0.05 millimaclaines.
Quote from: Canis latrans securis on June 05, 2011, 07:37:32 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 07:25:06 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
As an aside. Is anyone making and marketing "crystal dildos that align your chakras", and if not, I think there might be a market for them.
You know, I believe that we have a glassworker, someone who works in a sex toy shope, and someone who drives across country in an SUV big enough for many boxes of dildos at least twice a year
all right here at PD.
I will ruminate.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 07:25:06 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
And that, specifically, is the element that this thread exists to mock.
There are actually some dipshits on the bead forum who are talking about how stuff is healing since they started doing this
Stuff that would have healed anyway. Like a cut on the foot. Come ON, people.
And one woman is talking about how she no longer has bad breath. I might hazard a guess that it's because of the increased cleanliness and blood flow to her gums... spend 40 minutes a day on dental hygiene and it MIGHT HAVE AN EFFECT... oh wait, no, it's because the oil is pulling the bad-breath-causing toxins out of her veins. :argh!:
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 08:29:57 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans securis on June 05, 2011, 07:37:32 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 07:25:06 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
As an aside. Is anyone making and marketing "crystal dildos that align your chakras", and if not, I think there might be a market for them.
You know, I believe that we have a glassworker, someone who works in a sex toy shope, and someone who drives across country in an SUV big enough for many boxes of dildos at least twice a year all right here at PD.
I will ruminate.
:lulz: For the record, I can make buttplugs but I'd need a bigger torch to rock the dildo stock.
BTW I think "toxins" is a modern-day term for "bad juju".
"Sacred Sacrum Sex Toys"
"Each and every one of our exquisite, hand-crafted dildoes are infused with the healing power of Mother Gaia. Whether you're looking for a specific color to charge an individual chakra (our rose-quartz for the heart-chakra and obsidian for the root-chakra are most popular) or wish to ignite the fire within using our multi-colored Kundalini models, we have the sacred sex toys you are looking for.
You know it's important to take time for yourself. Take that extra step to recharge your vital essence while you recharge your libido."
"Sacred Anal Beads also available!"
Quote from: Alty on June 05, 2011, 08:43:24 PM
"Sacred Sacrum Sex Toys"
"Each and every one of our exquisite, hand-crafted dildoes are infused with the healing power of Mother Gaia. Whether you're looking for a specific color to charge an individual chakra (our rose-quartz for the heart-chakra and obsidian for the root-chakra are most popular) or wish to ignite the fire within using our multi-colored Excelsior models, we have the sacred sex toys you are looking for.
You know it's important to take time for yourself. Take that extra step to recharge your vital essence while you recharge your libido."
"Sacred Anal Beads also available!"
The word "Kundalini" needs to feature in there somewhere.
Quote from: Alty on June 05, 2011, 08:43:24 PM
"Sacred Sacrum Sex Toys"
"Each and every one of our exquisite, hand-crafted dildoes are infused with the healing power of Mother Gaia. Whether you're looking for a specific color to charge an individual chakra (our rose-quartz for the heart-chakra and obsidian for the root-chakra are most popular) or wish to ignite the fire within using our multi-colored Excelsior models, we have the sacred sex toys you are looking for.
You know it's important to take time for yourself. Take that extra step to recharge your vital essence while you recharge your libido."
"Sacred Anal Beads also available!"
:lulz:
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on June 05, 2011, 08:47:52 PM
The word "Kundalini" needs to feature in there somewhere.
Done.
...
Those would sell, I'd wager.
Quote from: Alty on June 05, 2011, 08:43:24 PM
"Sacred Sacrum Sex Toys"
"Each and every one of our exquisite, hand-crafted dildoes are infused with the healing power of Mother Gaia. Whether you're looking for a specific color to charge an individual chakra (our rose-quartz for the heart-chakra and obsidian for the root-chakra are most popular) or wish to ignite the fire within using our multi-colored Kundalini models, we have the sacred sex toys you are looking for.
You know it's important to take time for yourself. Take that extra step to recharge your vital essence while you recharge your libido."
"Sacred Anal Beads also available!"
I'LL TAKE A DOZENoh uh sorry, I got a little excited :oops:
Quote from: Cainad on June 06, 2011, 12:31:22 AM
Quote from: Alty on June 05, 2011, 08:43:24 PM
"Sacred Sacrum Sex Toys"
"Each and every one of our exquisite, hand-crafted dildoes are infused with the healing power of Mother Gaia. Whether you're looking for a specific color to charge an individual chakra (our rose-quartz for the heart-chakra and obsidian for the root-chakra are most popular) or wish to ignite the fire within using our multi-colored Kundalini models, we have the sacred sex toys you are looking for.
You know it's important to take time for yourself. Take that extra step to recharge your vital essence while you recharge your libido."
"Sacred Anal Beads also available!"
I'LL TAKE A DOZEN
oh uh sorry, I got a little excited :oops:
Wouldn't you rather just have one REALLY BIG one? It'd be alot cheaper.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 08:29:57 PM
Quote from: Canis latrans securis on June 05, 2011, 07:37:32 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 07:25:06 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 05, 2011, 12:51:54 AMthe "it's a way to detox yourself" is a recent add-on from the new age crystal-dildo crowd.
As an aside. Is anyone making and marketing "crystal dildos that align your chakras", and if not, I think there might be a market for them.
You know, I believe that we have a glassworker, someone who works in a sex toy shope, and someone who drives across country in an SUV big enough for many boxes of dildos at least twice a year all right here at PD.
I will ruminate.
I would totally design marketing material for such a product.
Also, replace "dildo" with "lingam".
I hate to burst y'all bubble, but I would bet money that every suggestion in this thread, however absurd, is already being marketed.
I have yet, in 19 years of glassworking, EVER heard even ONE SINGLE "you know what you should make?" novelty glass suggestion, even a joke one, that isn't already being made and marketed.
Chakra-aligning lampwork anal beads? Been done, I guarantee it.
So do I, but I also guarantee that any product marketed towards the dumb and horny is going to have a fighting chance at gaining significant market-share.
:lulz:
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 06, 2011, 11:19:15 PM
So do I, but I also guarantee that any product marketed towards the dumb and horny is going to have a fighting chance at gaining significant market-share.
:lulz:
I could make more money AND retain more dignity stripping, though.
Even if I wanted to, which I don't, I have a number of friends who used to make sex toys, and the bottom fell out of that market ages ago due to cheap imports from China and India. There's just more money in art than novelties, because novelties can be mass-produced by barefoot orphan children in factories. Look at this shit; $15 for a matched set of glass Ben-Wa balls: http://www.xandria.com/index.php?getpage=store&getsec=catalog&page=item&xpage=category&itemid=844&theme=7&sess_id=c9925af41bc6eeccd7e0d6a975414496
I appreciate the humor behind the jokes, but in all seriousness, me actually making rainbow anal beads is a lot like you actually cooking at Jack in the Box; humiliating, and not gonna cover the bills.
You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right? :lulz:
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 12:58:26 AM
You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right? :lulz:
OK. Maybe you should get a job at Dollar Tree.
I mean, it's practically the same thing, right? :lulz: I mean, if it pays the bills...
I'm not trying to be bitchy, it's just that while joking around about making novelty wares is amusing, but I've been in the glassworking business for almost 20 years, both on the creative and supply end, and have a sense of what is and is not viable as a handmade artisan product. So it's funny, but no, it won't actually pay the bills. And, it would either require ruining my reputation as an artist, or starting a new business with a different name and marketing it from scratch during a very tight market.
Thanks for the cute suggestions though.
(Trust me, about once a month somebody who is fundamentally clueless tries to pressure me into making their idea of "what would sell" and it's always some stupid novelty crap. It's lulzy at first but gets pretty annoying, not least because it's pretty patronizing.)
I know what you mean. Whenever I tell people I'm an LMT they're always quick to say: Oh that's awesome. You can work pretty much anywhere huh? Have you tried the spas? Oh, you should get with a chiropractor. Blah blah blah. Blah blah blahblahblah. That's good money isn't it?
Yeah. For ladies. In a different economy. In an unsaturated market. Or if I was willing/able to give out happy endings.
Everyone knows just how YOUR profession runs because they have a rudimentary understanding of People Pay For Shit You Do without any actual, you know, understanding.
Quote from: Alty on June 07, 2011, 02:34:28 AM
I know what you mean. Whenever I tell people I'm an LMT they're always quick to say: Oh that's awesome. You can work pretty much anywhere huh? Have you tried the spas? Oh, you should get with a chiropractor. Blah blah blah. Blah blah blahblahblah. That's good money isn't it?
Yeah. For ladies. In a different economy. In an unsaturated market. Or if I was willing/able to give out happy endings.
Everyone knows just how YOUR profession runs because they have a rudimentary understanding of People Pay For Shit You Do without any actual, you know, understanding.
Yes, pretty much exactly that.
Quote from: Your Mom on June 07, 2011, 01:29:02 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 12:58:26 AM
You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right? :lulz:
OK. Maybe you should get a job at Dollar Tree.
I mean, it's practically the same thing, right? :lulz: I mean, if it pays the bills...
I'm not trying to be bitchy, it's just that while joking around about making novelty wares is amusing, but I've been in the glassworking business for almost 20 years, both on the creative and supply end, and have a sense of what is and is not viable as a handmade artisan product. So it's funny, but no, it won't actually pay the bills. And, it would either require ruining my reputation as an artist, or starting a new business with a different name and marketing it from scratch during a very tight market.
Thanks for the cute suggestions though.
Believe me, I was being far from serious about the whole idea.
I mean, having me drive them across country? They invented this neat thing called "shipping". :lulz:
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 11:45:35 AM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 07, 2011, 01:29:02 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 12:58:26 AM
You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right? :lulz:
OK. Maybe you should get a job at Dollar Tree.
I mean, it's practically the same thing, right? :lulz: I mean, if it pays the bills...
I'm not trying to be bitchy, it's just that while joking around about making novelty wares is amusing, but I've been in the glassworking business for almost 20 years, both on the creative and supply end, and have a sense of what is and is not viable as a handmade artisan product. So it's funny, but no, it won't actually pay the bills. And, it would either require ruining my reputation as an artist, or starting a new business with a different name and marketing it from scratch during a very tight market.
Thanks for the cute suggestions though.
Believe me, I was being far from serious about the whole idea.
I mean, having me drive them across country? They invented this neat thing called "shipping". :lulz:
Well, the dildo thing was rather clearly a joke. :lulz: I was just starting to get annoyed with the rather serious-sounding "you do whatever pays the bills" insistence that cropped up a few times, as if I'm somehow totally clueless about my line of work.
Oh, and my irritation was compounded because yesterday yet another clueless friend called me in the middle of the day to chitchat, and I told her I was really stressed about money and needed to get back to work, and she said "Well, couldn't you get a part-time job?"
Yeah, because it TOTALLY makes sense to get some part-time retail job in order to free up a few hours for fucking off midday. But I get dumbass suggestions like that all the time, usually from people who don't have kids or significant bills to pay.
She crowned off her glorious suggestions by telling me that she's heard "there are programs now" where you can "just stop paying your mortgage".
Um.
:lulz: WAT
Quote from: Your Mom on June 07, 2011, 08:25:42 PM
She crowned off her glorious suggestions by telling me that she's heard "there are programs now" where you can "just stop paying your mortgage".
Um.
Yeah. It's called home insurance + gasoline + a credible alibi
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on June 07, 2011, 08:33:19 PM
:lulz: WAT
Yeah.
I also loved her mysterious conviction that I was probably totally unaware of how mortgage relief programs work. :lulz:
I am, however, still looking for a part time bartending job. Because that would actually work AND be worth it.
Quote from: Your Mom on June 07, 2011, 08:22:03 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 11:45:35 AM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 07, 2011, 01:29:02 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on June 07, 2011, 12:58:26 AM
You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right? :lulz:
OK. Maybe you should get a job at Dollar Tree.
I mean, it's practically the same thing, right? :lulz: I mean, if it pays the bills...
I'm not trying to be bitchy, it's just that while joking around about making novelty wares is amusing, but I've been in the glassworking business for almost 20 years, both on the creative and supply end, and have a sense of what is and is not viable as a handmade artisan product. So it's funny, but no, it won't actually pay the bills. And, it would either require ruining my reputation as an artist, or starting a new business with a different name and marketing it from scratch during a very tight market.
Thanks for the cute suggestions though.
Believe me, I was being far from serious about the whole idea.
I mean, having me drive them across country? They invented this neat thing called "shipping". :lulz:
Well, the dildo thing was rather clearly a joke. :lulz: I was just starting to get annoyed with the rather serious-sounding "you do whatever pays the bills" insistence that cropped up a few times, as if I'm somehow totally clueless about my line of work.
Oh, no doubt. Like my self-respect is worth less than being able to pay my internet bill on time. :lulz:
I just got confused about who that was directed at since it was in a reply to my quoted post and I hadn't said anything along those lines, but I fully endorse your efforts to squash that particular brand of idiocy.