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When I see "toxins" I just stop reading. I assume the article is an ad for a juice cleanse.
by nsxwolf 10y ago
When I see "toxins" I just stop reading. I assume the article is an ad for a juice cleanse.
- bovermyer 10y agoThis seems... extreme, to me. Completely ignoring a thing because of an imperfection could narrow one's depth of experience.
- nsxwolf 10y agoIt's mostly involuntary by now. My BS detectors have been trained on that term my whole life. It's in the same category in my brain as "homeopathic".
- joshumax 10y agoEven if it's not recommending a juice cleanse, whenever I see the word "Toxin" in an article without context I assume that the post was most likely written for the layman and as such probably sacrifices accuracy for ease-of-comprehension.
- gertef 10y ago"homeopathic" is a specific term that denotes a specific discredited (pseudo)scientific concept, that has been analyzed. "toxin" is an general term that encompasses many established entities as well as phony ones. When you see "toxin", you can ask "which toxin are you referring to?"
- fattire 10y agoMy go-to default is black widow venom. If I don't get any specifics, I always just assume that the juice cleanse will rid my system of spider poison.
- copperx 10y agoI understand, but be aware that neurotoxic and neurotoxin are words used in scientific literature. "Toxins" in the context of the brain is completely OK.
- lr4444lr 10y agoIt begs the question: is a few days of codeine or valium the brain equivalent of a "lemon juice / cayenne" cleanse?
- jshevek 10y agoBegs the question?
- allannienhuis 10y agorelatively common idiom (which may or may not be used correctly here :) : https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/305/what-does-the-phrase-begging-the-question-mean https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/305/what-does-th...
- copperx 10y agoOP meant "raises the question."
- yomly 10y agoIs valium/codeine induced sleep equivalent to the real thing?
- amiga-workbench 10y agoWhen I see the term "Cloud", I do the same thing.
- icebraining 10y agoSo, no weather forecasts for you?
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- amiga-workbench 10y agoIts not like I ever leave my basement.