[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's especially worth noting that "Traditional Chinese Medicine" is a relatively modern invention by the CCP for cultural unity purposes. It takes various pre-scientific practices from all manner of historically disparate places and times in what now constitutes modern day China and pretends that they were always some kind of harmonious whole. Like as if the EU made up something using ancient medical beliefs from Portugal to Romania in order to enforce the idea that Europe was somehow historically a whole and therefore should be today. It's utter rubbish.

This may be a bit off topic but I can't help but feel the need to rant whenever TCM is mentioned and hopefully this is informative to someone.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

That's not a strawman. You should review your knowledge of informal logical fallacies and be certain of their application before leveling accusations of them at people, even if you really disagree with them.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

This has got to be parody, right?

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

That is assuming of course that all the women who said yes are in fact people being truthful and not creeps 'as-a-black-man'ing.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago

Let's not jump to conclusions... he could be Bi.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

Of course Anne of Green Gables is set in PEI so really it should have been set there. It would have been even funnier since they could probably outnumber the current population pretty easily if they immigrated en masse.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

Well, because it financially supports scammers preying on people is why not. And many medical scams aren't harmless or innocent or may give people a false sense of wellness that can lead to them avoiding real medicine.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 22 points 5 months ago

Ya, sadly while this is cute it is not in fact true.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Yes and no. I can't speak to the particulars of this situation but differences in means matter even if they currently produce the same outcome. A toothless dog and a dog in a muzzle are different in important ways.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 65 points 5 months ago

Organic does not mean pesticide free. It just means they use so called 'organic pesticides' which are just as bad or worse, but they're 'naturally derived' which sounds better to some people. It's marketing BS. Any agricultural practice at scale uses pesticides and all produce should be washed before consumption.

[-] MediumGray@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago

It's not a competition, they can both be shit.

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