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This is anecdata: I know three people who've come back sick from cruises. The most interesting one was just last week: someone who had Mal de Débarquement Synd

This is anecdata: I know three people who've come back sick from cruises. The most interesting one was just last week: someone who had Mal de Débarquement Syndrome for six months. She was dizzy all the time. There is no cure. This might be a good one to try on your boss if you want to avoid business travel: say you suffer from Mal de Débarquement Syndrome! https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24796-mal-de-debarquement-syndrome-mdds https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24796-mal-de-...

nilamo 2y ago
Isn't that just vertigo?
- AlbertCory 2y ago
  But it's got its own name, and in French! Much better.
m3047 2y ago
Land sickness. I owned / lived on a 41 foot sailboat for a decade. One of my semi-secret amusements was taking people to a tavern and buying a pitcher of beer after we'd been out all day. Idly drinking beers and having a pleasant conversation, and then watching them try to stand up to go use the restroom.
sumeno 2y ago
I know dozens who have come back completely healthy
- AlbertCory 2y ago
  that's what "anecdata" means
  - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
    And you can reasonably apply the same grace to the person you're replying to...
- AlbertCory 2y ago
  "dozens"?? is that one dozen? Two? More? how do you know all these patients? Or you just made them up?
  - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
    Why are you being so skeptical? I know dozens of people that have gone cruising and I don't exactly belong to the stereotypical cruising crowd. Assuming and a accusing a commenter is lying directly breaks HN guidelines.
    - AlbertCory 2y ago
      I think you've got it 100% backwards, so don't be quoting Scripture at me like it means anything. I know three people who've come home sick. He's the one being skeptical and quoting a well-known meme: https://tenor.com/search/there-are-dozens-of-us-gifs https://tenor.com/search/there-are-dozens-of-us-gifs
      - sumeno 2y ago
        I was not referencing Arrested Development. Dozens is a term that was used to describe groups of people well before AD and the context here doesn't fit the meme at all. I am not skeptical at all that you know three people who got sick on a cruise, but out of the 30+ million people who cruise in a year it's completely meaningless. A CDC study showed that only about 0.18% of cruisers get a stomach bug I could easily come up with a list of 24+ people who have gone on a cruise and not gotten sick. Why are my dozens less valid than your 3? You can post your anecdata but don't get mad when someone counters it with their own.

nilamo 2y ago

Isn't that just vertigo?

AlbertCory 2y ago
But it's got its own name, and in French! Much better.

m3047 2y ago

Land sickness. I owned / lived on a 41 foot sailboat for a decade. One of my semi-secret amusements was taking people to a tavern and buying a pitcher of beer after we'd been out all day. Idly drinking beers and having a pleasant conversation, and then watching them try to stand up to go use the restroom.

sumeno 2y ago

I know dozens who have come back completely healthy

AlbertCory 2y ago
that's what "anecdata" means
- DiggyJohnson 2y ago
  And you can reasonably apply the same grace to the person you're replying to...
AlbertCory 2y ago
"dozens"?? is that one dozen? Two? More? how do you know all these patients? Or you just made them up?
- DiggyJohnson 2y ago
  Why are you being so skeptical? I know dozens of people that have gone cruising and I don't exactly belong to the stereotypical cruising crowd. Assuming and a accusing a commenter is lying directly breaks HN guidelines.
  - AlbertCory 2y ago
    I think you've got it 100% backwards, so don't be quoting Scripture at me like it means anything. I know three people who've come home sick. He's the one being skeptical and quoting a well-known meme: https://tenor.com/search/there-are-dozens-of-us-gifs https://tenor.com/search/there-are-dozens-of-us-gifs
    - sumeno 2y ago
      I was not referencing Arrested Development. Dozens is a term that was used to describe groups of people well before AD and the context here doesn't fit the meme at all. I am not skeptical at all that you know three people who got sick on a cruise, but out of the 30+ million people who cruise in a year it's completely meaningless. A CDC study showed that only about 0.18% of cruisers get a stomach bug I could easily come up with a list of 24+ people who have gone on a cruise and not gotten sick. Why are my dozens less valid than your 3? You can post your anecdata but don't get mad when someone counters it with their own.