#and i dont know why and i dont know how to fix it

[gangstalkerbarbie]

for everyone who might not know the difference:

homeopathy is a specific irl magic system where you should definitely put mustard on your burns because they're both hot, the idiocy of which should be obvious intuitively

alternative medicine is sometimes drinking horse pills and other stupidity, but it also encompasses untested traditional medicine, so doctors not familiar with the folk practices of some region their patients are from could be dismissive for no reason of things like eating an orange to shorten a cold or cacao to open your airways, stuff that doctors in other places would know works because their scientists have a reason to investigate local common practices to see if they help or if they're placebo or if they harm (but no practical reason and only a weak obligation to then tell foreign doctors about)

alternative medicine in itself is not a bad thing necessarily, everything is alternative medicine if it's not studied yet, or not implemented in treatment for budgetary or ethical reasons (yeah yeah "this drug is too expensive to manufacture to give it to American proles" but also let's say tiger penis really does make you harder than diamond, which it doesn't, they've studied it, but let's say it does: is it ethical to confirm that information as a major medical institution? plants that can also fix erectile dysfunction grow from the ground and have no nervous system, tigers are giant endangered cats belonging to a keystone species)

conceptually alternative medicine includes stuff that your grandmas going back forever have done for these same issues, including making and eating chicken soup, which is a universal home healthcare practice everywhere there's chickens because they're nutritious and a bland thin high protein soup is easy to keep down

the reason doctors worth their salt might tell you to be careful even with some traditional medicines that do work is that the world is full of independent beings that have zero obligation to tailor themselves for human consumption right

and so yeah this plant when brewed into tea might help with your deep winter depression, but are you aware that it also makes you go blind in the snow and makes your skin ultra sensitive to sunlight? if you dont want skin cancer or to die in a car crash you'd better know that, or in theory you could buy a pill made of only the extractives that help (though in practice i think it helps more people to educate them about risk mitigation with things they can do at home, they're sick they're not gonna retain the complexities of how it all works, that's why we have doctors)

a good physician swears to do no harm and may also ask their deity for guidance and strength to provide care for the sick, to help all people regardless of their status or wealth or state of health, to recognize their needs and care for them correctly, and to stay humble and never to think they know "enough"

there is no "enough" in medicine and your doctor should ideally work with you to find out how you can support a healthy outcome for yourself at home, they should be telling you behavioural interventions you can do and teas you can drink and foods you can eat. it should be common knowledge that drinking bleach doesn't clean your insides like it cleans your laundry but it should also be common knowledge that a diet high in beetroot mitigates the impact of radiation exposure and can help prevent radiation induced renal and immune failure

it's kinda funny/weird how the word homeopathy has been transformed into meaning alternative medicine in general. almost like it's been diluted down in meaning. but don't worry! I've heard that makes it stronger and more effective

[honestlyitsjustsam]

favourite moments of bg3 -> (15/?)

[lucabyte]

Not all who wander are lost. Some who wander, however, are extremely, extremely lost.

[lightbulb-warning]

saimatsu week day 3 not on day 3: reunion

they do be sobbing

[catboygirljoker]

breaking news

xigbar has died badly

[cosmicredcadet]

I'm going to explode every writer that uses romantic love as character development. I'm so tired of "They aren't interested in dating" being used as a flaw that needs to be fixed by making the character fall in love with someone.

[noxious-fennec]

3 years and I'm STILL IN THE FUCKING BUILDING... unbelievable... anyway happy re-bday to my pathetic cringefail politician

Alt ver. under the cut

***Massive disclaimer: i do not support the cc this is strictly about the fictional character

[aroaceleovaldez]

actually in hindsight why did Rick repeatedly have Piper solve all the ghost problems on the Argo II when. Hazel was right there. A daughter of Pluto. who by all logic should be able to control ghosts even a little bit. like, we know she has at least some of those types of powers. she just never gets to actually practically use them. ever. and then when there are zombies Hazel once again. does not get to use her powers about it. what.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

OH ARTHUR BENNETT.. such a gorgeous and intriguing character. terribly burdened by a GRUESOME set of crimes, his light suffocated by a HEAVY century of GUILT. so tragic, so dark and broody, and yet PAINFULLY awkward in any social setting ever

[lemongogo]

[sunspinecity]

its so crazy that staff was like "yeah we're adding the grand exchange shop to fix the rampant issue of ancient gene clutter!" and we were all like "yay!" and then they just. didn't fix the issue of clutter in the marketplace. which was what we all actually cared about. And now it's to the point where i've been camping this mp with 5 min timers for (no joke) the last 9 fucking hours trying to find Secondary Gene: Striation (MODERN) while every ancient variation has stocked plentifully and often. and when the next ancient inevitably comes out next month it's going to get even worse. like. Man.

[tiktowafel]

do you ever think about how all you used to draw when you were 10 was ponies and that you should still know how to do that, then get an idea and proceed to draw something like these in nearly one sitting and it turns out better than any drawing you've done in the entire past month

sooo anyway does anyone have cutie mark or pony name ideas for them?? lol

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Had to explain to a friend today that No Really I Swear Magneto And Professor X Are Friends And Like Each Other Thats Canon And Real

[novirp13]

Eggman: "The reactor core's overloading. It's only a matter of time before it blows."

SCENES I WISH WERE EXISTED IN SONIC MOVIE 3 part 3

Part 1 | Part 2

This was based on my own review. Specifically this part:

"Dang, Shadow was callous. He just let Sonic fall to the earth! I mean... at least let him try to save him for a bit or something. Then Knuckles and Tails appeared, telling Shadow to focused on the Eclipse Canon for now while they handle Sonic. This way, we could see that Shadow did try to establish a camaraderie with Sonic. That he did try to forgive and change."

You can read my review HERE

If they don't wanna give me Shadow's reaction when he saw Sonic fall to the earth, then fine. I'll do it myself 😤

[harbingersecho]

grif's surgery but just a little more... obvious?

I actually rly rly ADORE frankengrif but I don't have an in-show reason why he'd have extensive long-term allogeneic skingrafts on his face 😔

[wishchip106]

i’m getting pissed thinking about this one person i saw somewhere saying something about Charles loathing his disability so there’s no point in keeping him disabled in the comics

DUDE??? 😟

i feel like him being disabled is so important to his character and being able to show readers that having a disability doesn’t mean you can’t do anything

i wouldn’t say i’m fully educated in these areas and i don’t know how actual disabled people feel on the matter but representation is so important 😭

i get really upset seeing “Charles can magically walk again” “He’s fixed!” things like WHY??? GIVE HIM A CANE ATLEAST I BEG OF YOU

do these people do this because its inconvenient he cant walk??? that makes me so mad honestly

i need krakoa Charles with a cane idc about them having his rebirth set from before his accident i need him to show that you can partially corrupt a whole nation while still relying on an aid

or even better yet KEEP THE WHEELCHAIR (not the banana one get a better chair Charles pls)

added bonus give Charles Xavier a gun. An “excuse” to finally get him in the field as if he can’t use HIS EXTREMELY POWERFUL PHYSIC POWERS?? MINDWHAMMY THEM OR SOMETHING PLEASE DO SOMETHING STOP BEING A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

we need more disability rep please and thank you

gonna mind-whammy the ableists they don’t deserve their vital organs

me trying to defend pookiebear from the haters ^^^