Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

TIL that the old Buick/Rover V8 has a little oil return window that conveniently allows the bolt you're using to clean up the fully siliconed up threads for the valve cover bolts to fall right through into the valley below the intake.

I better hope that magnet-on-a-flexible-stick that I just ordered will help me fish the bolt out, otherwise I now get to remove the lower intake. Fortunately I do have a replacement gasket.

And this, dear friends, is why our cats think I'm a clumsy oaf. Because they have plenty of proof. 

My $.99/tankard hair conditioner left my hair smelling almost exactly like laundry detergent.  Specifically, my laundry after the washer fails to thoroughly rinse the clothes and the dryer fails to get my clothes completely dry.

Y'know, I should probably examine laundry machine setting options other than "Quick wash/quick dry".  And maybe not buy personal hygiene products at the dollar store.

...naahhhhhh

Oh, my Bob, people, stop hawking this JUICE CLEANSE bullE36 M3!

It does not "remove toxins" from your body.  Your liver and kidneys do that.

If you're constipated, eat a damn vegetable once in a while.

Duke said:

Oh, my Bob, people, stop hawking this JUICE CLEANSE bullE36 M3!

It does not "remove toxins" from your body.  Your liver and kidneys do that.

If you're constipated, eat a damn vegetable once in a while.

Its almost like if these things worked, dialysis wouldn't be a thing.

mtn said:

Duke said:

Oh, my Bob, people, stop hawking this JUICE CLEANSE bullE36 M3!

It does not "remove toxins" from your body.  Your liver and kidneys do that.

If you're constipated, eat a damn vegetable once in a while.

Its almost like if these things worked, dialysis wouldn't be a thing.

Cinnamon cures diabetes. I just haven't eaten enough.

mtn said:

Duke said:

Oh, my Bob, people, stop hawking this JUICE CLEANSE bullE36 M3!

It does not "remove toxins" from your body.  Your liver and kidneys do that.

If you're constipated, eat a damn vegetable once in a while.

Its almost like if these things worked, dialysis wouldn't be a thing.

**the CDC and FDA release studies proving XXXXX does YYYYYY**

"No way, the double blind studies which had have tens of thousands of participants in fifteen different countries over the past year have been completely faked."

**Youtube ad about juice cleanse cures diabetes, ALS, heart disease, foot fungus, baldness, helps lose weight, and polishes furniture with zero published studies and zero facts**

"I'm in."

In reply to tuna55 :

OMBB, the commercial I keep hearing for this juice cleanse place is utterly ridiculous.

They claim it gives you better skin, better sleep, more energy, removes toxins, etc etc etc.  It's the purest, deepest bullE36 M3, and I am sure they are going to make a E36 M3-ton of money in the year and a half before all the trend-following berkwits move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS? Well, yes, based solely their claims, but if I feel better, what me worry?

That said, I don't buy into most of that. I'm a skeptic. 

I was on the Oceanside, CA Pier yesterday (absolutely perfect weather - sound of someone doing a good job of playing drums to canned music in the background - all was right with the world) when a guy that was so drunk / high that he'd probably be defined as psychotic staggered up to the rail, grabbed a pigeon, snapped its neck, and spiked it to the ground.

An escorted group of people with mental disabilities was right there to witness it and one of them burst into tears while the drunk / high POS, scumbag, excuse for a human being stagger ran off the pier.

WTF is wrong with people...seriously, WTF is wrong with people???

Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS?

Yes, it is truly BS.

The placebo effect is real, although minor.

This kind of faux-naturalistic crap preys on ignorance, fear, and the hipster alternative-life-choice-of-the-month attitude.  Which is fine, I'm a libertarian; buyer beware, a fool and their money are soon parted, etc etc etc.  But it's bullE36 M3 at best and some of it borders on being outright dangerous, especially when idiots ignore real problems that they think they're solving with this total woo crap.

In the meantime, it's annoying for anyone with a brain to have to hear each trend's worth of breathless testimonials about how it has changed whoever's life, until they get bored with it and move on to the next miracle cure trend.

My cousin was an old school chiropractor. He believed that everything could be cured by spinal manipulation.  He had a stroke several years ago & had it treated only with chiro.  HIs health didn't improve much at all and a couple of years later he had the stroke that killed him. 

Quackery has been around forever it seems.

The rental car provided under my insurance coverage while the X3 is having the damage from being rear-ended repaired is a Versa sedan. 

Everything I have touched today has gone to E36 M3. I clocked in at 6:30 and I'm hoping to clock out by 6:30. Let's see how much more can go berkeleying wrong in that time. It'll be nice to get dinner cuz I don't think I'm getting lunch.

In reply to Karacticus :

Yeah, that's the very definition of "penalty box"

An extended family member asked my opinion on new cars, specifically between the Versa, Kia Soul and one other I forget now.  I told her the Versa was terrible in nearly every way and the Kia was potentially so much better.  She bought the Versa.  In silver (of course).  I could hear the CVT droning away as she left one of the family gatherings.

Then another family member read consumer reports and decided to buy a Nissan crossover.  I just shook my head and vowed to never, ever give them car advice ever again.

Sorry you're stuck with the Versa, hopefull nothing unfortunate were to happen to it while it was in your stead.

Duke said:

Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS?

Yes, it is truly BS.

The placebo effect is real, although minor.

This kind of faux-naturalistic crap preys on ignorance, fear, and the hipster alternative-life-choice-of-the-month attitude.  Which is fine, I'm a libertarian; buyer beware, a fool and their money are soon parted, etc etc etc.  But it's bullE36 M3 at best and some of it borders on being outright dangerous, especially when idiots ignore real problems that they think they're solving with this total woo crap.

In the meantime, it's annoying for anyone with a brain to have to hear each trend's worth of breathless testimonials about how it has changed whoever's life, until they get bored with it and move on to the next miracle cure trend.

 

Mostly, upping your liquid intake (especially water, which is what quite a bit of those "cleanses" are all about) helps a number of things like your skin, etc. 

The cleanses also generally include fiber pills that help you go, which can also help how you feel as well.

Both more easily can be accomplished without fancy "cleanses" by simply drinking more water and mixing in more fruits and veggies (or even taking some fiber supplements from time to time).

That's not nearly as fun to crow about on the 'gram or Bookface, especially when the company behind it is paying you to shill for them, which is what a lot of those "influencers" are doing.

Duke said:

Oh, my Bob, people, stop hawking this JUICE CLEANSE bullE36 M3!

It does not "remove toxins" from your body.  Your liver and kidneys do that.

If you're constipated, eat a damn vegetable once in a while.

 

You're confusing toxins with Toxins.  Your liver and kidneys don't do squat against 30x diluted negative vibes or whatever.  For that you need essential oils and citrus infused alkaline water.

In reply to M2Pilot :

The fact that Chiro's are "adjusting" newborns and small children just makes me irrationally angry.

There are some advantages to their work on adults, mostly the aspects also covered under PT and LMT work, the rest outside of all of that is so much woo-woo nonsense that dovetails into the anti-vax, anti-science nonsense.

Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:

That's not nearly as fun to crow about on the 'gram or Bookface, especially when the company behind it is paying you to shill for them, which is what ALL of those "influencers" do.

FTFY.

It's just the infomercial of the modern age.

In reply to Stefan (Forum Supporter) :

I could see Chiros working on children in the situation where there was trauma/injury that required it, but even then they're resilient enough I wouldn't think it would be that useful.

The Dancer and I however do benefit a good bit from our visits to the Chiro. It was a massive help for her after her fall last summer and helps a good bit with my lower back. I'm definitely feeling that I've not been in a while due to the holiday break and my appointment last Friday being pushed back a week due to the winter storm- nearly 30 hours of driving and spending nights in beds that aren't as nice as ours has definitely taken its toll on my back.

Duke said:

Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS?

Yes, it is truly BS.

The placebo effect is real, although minor.

This kind of faux-naturalistic crap preys on ignorance, fear, and the hipster alternative-life-choice-of-the-month attitude.  Which is fine, I'm a libertarian; buyer beware, a fool and their money are soon parted, etc etc etc.  But it's bullE36 M3 at best and some of it borders on being outright dangerous, especially when idiots ignore real problems that they think they're solving with this total woo crap.

In the meantime, it's annoying for anyone with a brain to have to hear each trend's worth of breathless testimonials about how it has changed whoever's life, until they get bored with it and move on to the next miracle cure trend.

 

Yes it is. While wonderful if worked to your own personal advantage, it reduces our intelligence to believe this stuff. Then you have a real weird problem and everyone is telling you to smear lavender oil on your head or put garlic in your socks because Aunt Susanne once had a cancer free existence after... and then you have covid or whatever is next and nobody believes the evidence because they are too busy doubling the garlic load in their socks. Except it can also be whooping cough, because you didn't vaccinate your kids, because garlic and a chiro and oil can fix anything. Your daughter almost dies before her third birthday coughing and you celebrate because somehow that was better than a vaccine.

This actually happened in my circle of influence. All of it. Even the garlic in the socks.

Duke said:

Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS?

Yes, it is truly BS.

The placebo effect is real, although minor.

This kind of faux-naturalistic crap preys on ignorance, fear, and the hipster alternative-life-choice-of-the-month attitude.  Which is fine, I'm a libertarian; buyer beware, a fool and their money are soon parted, etc etc etc.  But it's bullE36 M3 at best and some of it borders on being outright dangerous, especially when idiots ignore real problems that they think they're solving with this total woo crap.

In the meantime, it's annoying for anyone with a brain to have to hear each trend's worth of breathless testimonials about how it has changed whoever's life, until they get bored with it and move on to the next miracle cure trend.

 

Everyone is a libertarian until your required medicine turns out to be a sugar pill or there's coolant in the water supply.

In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :

Nearly all modern chiros basically do the equivalent of PT with a little more direct manipulation sometimes, and they understand (and even stipulate) that.

But the old-school chiros, who are pretty much nonexistent these days except in extreme throwback cases, were the ones who believed that anything could be cured by spinal adjustment.  Fortunately this type is nearly extinct in the wild.

Sorry, but when you are unemployed and already living off someone else, don't get pissy with me when I offer to help you save a grand by fixing something you already have rather than blowing more money that isn't yours.

How I started my day. I'm glad that I'm thrice vaccinated. Very mild symptoms. 
 

tuna55 said:

Duke said:

Appleseed said:

In reply to Duke :

I mean if it has a placebo  effect,  and you think you feel better, is it truly BS?

Yes, it is truly BS.

The placebo effect is real, although minor.

This kind of faux-naturalistic crap preys on ignorance, fear, and the hipster alternative-life-choice-of-the-month attitude.  Which is fine, I'm a libertarian; buyer beware, a fool and their money are soon parted, etc etc etc.  But it's bullE36 M3 at best and some of it borders on being outright dangerous, especially when idiots ignore real problems that they think they're solving with this total woo crap.

In the meantime, it's annoying for anyone with a brain to have to hear each trend's worth of breathless testimonials about how it has changed whoever's life, until they get bored with it and move on to the next miracle cure trend.

 

Yes it is. While wonderful if worked to your own personal advantage, it reduces our intelligence to believe this stuff. Then you have a real weird problem and everyone is telling you to smear lavender oil on your head or put garlic in your socks because Aunt Susanne once had a cancer free existence after... and then you have covid or whatever is next and nobody believes the evidence because they are too busy doubling the garlic load in their socks. Except it can also be whooping cough, because you didn't vaccinate your kids, because garlic and a chiro and oil can fix anything. Your daughter almost dies before her third birthday coughing and you celebrate because somehow that was better than a vaccine.

 

This actually happened in my circle of influence. All of it. Even the garlic in the socks.

I like chubbyemu explanation-story videos.