On Sun, 30 May 2021 09:58:32 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
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>On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 3:45:16 AM UTC-10, Opinicus wrote:
>> A pet peeve of mine is growers, manufacturers, advertisers, and
>> friends and acquaintances pushing things on me because they're
>> "natural". The first three groups I ignore; to the friends and
>> acquaintances I relate the story of a doctor treating a patient who's
>> suffering from lung disease but who insists on smoking weed. "The
>> habit is making your condition worse" the doctor admonishes him. "How
>> can that be?" the patient asks. "It's all natural. How can it be bad?"
>> "Apricot stones naturally contain lethal amounts of cyanide. Eat too
>> many and they'll kill you" the doctor replies. "In my back yard
>> there's a plant that, if you sit under it for about ten minutes or so,
>> you'll die. Just because something is ""natural" doesn't mean it's
>> safe or good for you." The patient seems to accept this and says he'll
>> quit and leaves. After he's gone, the nurse in attendance looks at the
>> doctor and asks "What plant will kill you if you sit under it for ten
>> minutes?" "A water lily, of course."
>> --
>> Bob
>> Sidera errantia quibus procella tenebrarum in aeternum servata est
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>My father-in-law was hospitalized when he OD'ed on the most natural of substances - water. He had read a book that claimed that drinking a lot of water could cure all ills. My guess is that it was a psychiatric problem, mostly. As it goes, water poisoning is a real thing.
>My dentist was recommending that I drink more water. He rattled off some ridiculous number of glasses of water that I should drink every day. I think he might be trying to poison me.
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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