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Snake oil is actually very useful: https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/oils/snake-oil.html https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/oils/snake-oil.

Snake oil is actually very useful: https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/oils/snake-oil.html https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/oils/snake-oil.... My superpower: Taking things literally. Still more useful than the last 10 ICOs. And my bad jokes aren't as bad for the environment. 10k joke-coins pre-ICO and 2 downvotes for that one for me! We had three innovative ideas in the financial sector - certificate of debt, compounded interest and book money. And now the fourth - trolling idiots to risk their retirement money because they want to get rich "with that computer money my son told me about".

s73v3r_ 8y ago
Can we offer an ICO for tokenized "taking things literally" jokes?
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- paulmd 8y ago
  What about an options market for jokes that may be taken literally in the future? r/memeeconomy but irl, if you will.
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pessimizer 8y ago
The idea that the topical application of omega-3 fatty acids has some benefit other than psychological is definitely snake oil.
reificator 8y ago
When it comes to health benefits, I'm not likely to click a link to `organicfacts.net` and assume it's backed with scientific evidence.
- abledon 8y ago
  Well in this case they provide a link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/?&utm_medium=76978 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/?&utm_m...
freddie_mercury 8y ago
> Snake oil is actually very useful You don't appear to actually understand what the phrase "snake oil" means in English. It doesn't mean "snake oil isn't useful". It means: during in the 1800s Chinese immigrants to American used snake oil (from the Chinese water snake; the one in your link) as a cure-all. Unscrupulous "snake oil salesmen" would sell what-they-called-snake-oil-but-actually-wasn't. Or it used rattlesnake oil instead of water snake oil. Here's a 90 second video that says the same thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDsOJATX3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDsOJATX3A
- JackCh 8y ago
  I'm pretty sure he knows. Hence "My superpower: Taking things literally." Incidentally I'm pretty sure water snake oil is not actually a cure-all anymore than rattlesnake oil is.

s73v3r_ 8y ago

Can we offer an ICO for tokenized "taking things literally" jokes?

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paulmd 8y ago
What about an options market for jokes that may be taken literally in the future? r/memeeconomy but irl, if you will.

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pessimizer 8y ago

The idea that the topical application of omega-3 fatty acids has some benefit other than psychological is definitely snake oil.

reificator 8y ago

When it comes to health benefits, I'm not likely to click a link to `organicfacts.net` and assume it's backed with scientific evidence.

abledon 8y ago
Well in this case they provide a link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/?&utm_medium=76978 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/?&utm_m...

freddie_mercury 8y ago

> Snake oil is actually very useful You don't appear to actually understand what the phrase "snake oil" means in English. It doesn't mean "snake oil isn't useful". It means: during in the 1800s Chinese immigrants to American used snake oil (from the Chinese water snake; the one in your link) as a cure-all. Unscrupulous "snake oil salesmen" would sell what-they-called-snake-oil-but-actually-wasn't. Or it used rattlesnake oil instead of water snake oil. Here's a 90 second video that says the same thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDsOJATX3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDsOJATX3A

JackCh 8y ago
I'm pretty sure he knows. Hence "My superpower: Taking things literally." Incidentally I'm pretty sure water snake oil is not actually a cure-all anymore than rattlesnake oil is.