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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by CBJ » Sat, 23. Feb 19, 18:13

pjknibbs wrote:
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Actually, the most logical date format is year, month, day, because it puts the most significant part on the left just like we write any other number. :)
I've started to use this format where I can. My forum settings are set to use it, and all the dates I post on patch notes and the like use it too. It seems like the only sensible solution to the age-old problem of which format to use, and maybe if more people start to use it then it will quietly gain momentum.

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by red assassin » Sat, 23. Feb 19, 19:31

CBJ wrote:
Sat, 23. Feb 19, 18:13
I've started to use this format where I can. My forum settings are set to use it, and all the dates I post on patch notes and the like use it too. It seems like the only sensible solution to the age-old problem of which format to use, and maybe if more people start to use it then it will quietly gain momentum.
Yeah, I've used it for a while, and I agree. It's clear, unambiguous, logical, and sorts lexicographically.

Indeed, you'd have to be an idiot to misunderstand it it!

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by berth » Sun, 24. Feb 19, 14:43

I just went out to the supermarket. It is a sunny, mild, early Spring kind of day.

But that's no excuse to come out wearing shorts and flip-flops! It's still February you bellend! :evil: :evil:

There's something about seeing guys attired in this way that drives me up the frigging wall.

Aaaand relax..

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Post by Alan Phipps » Sun, 24. Feb 19, 15:51

... I suppose that still beats the Mums doing their morning supermarket shopping in their dressing gowns and bedroom slippers ...
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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by CBJ » Mon, 25. Feb 19, 11:57

berth wrote:
Sun, 24. Feb 19, 14:43
But that's no excuse to come out wearing shorts and flip-flops!
Better than pyjamas, which is what I saw several people in the supermarket wearing yesterday.

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by Bishop149 » Mon, 25. Feb 19, 12:06

berth wrote:
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But that's no excuse to come out wearing shorts and flip-flops! It's still February you bellend! :evil: :evil:
Blame February, it has no business being 18C!
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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by Morkonan » Thu, 14. Mar 19, 19:24

So, I ended up berating my neighbor today...

I don't really like myself at this moment.

The short story is - They called me for some advice on handling their basement flooding issue. We've had a rash of those and I've been dealing with my own, so it's a natural thing to call around and ask neighbors for advice. Then, she starts telling me about her endemic mold problem all over her house. Okaaaayy.. And, some "Green" company that will take care of it that her Osteopath recommended, the one that's treating her for Lyme Disease that they diagnosed her with, the same one that treated her brother-in-law with vitamins and "infusions" to take care of his Lyme disease and ended up putting him into the @%^@%%^@^%@@%^ HOSPITAL IN SURGERY TO SURGICALLY REMOVE HIS KNEE BECAUSE THEY GAVE HIM A @%^%@#%&#^&^& INFECTION WITH THEIR "INFUSION THERAPY TREATMENT FOR LYME DISEASE."

My dudes... I just lost it.

So, you guys have "heard me" on the forums when I get really ticked, right? When I start getting sarcastic and biting? Start really pounding a gavel about something? Yeah, I did that on the phone today. I just can't deal with this crap anymore.

First of all, this "Doctor" tells everyone that comes to them that they have Lyme Disease. Then, they prescribe vitamins and "infusions." And, of course, the recommended to this nice lady that she use this "Green" company that uses wholesome and wonderful herbal @^@%&^%#&#%%#&#%& to get rid of "Mold and mildew." Probably at a premium price, too. And, not one ozone genertor to be seen, I bet. I bet they have a friggin shaman crap on a crystal and sling it around the friggin house.

Her brother-in-law went to this person for years and they almost killed him. They convinced him to stay away from "hospitals" and other "doctors" because they didn't know about Lyme Disease... @%&@%#&@#&^##&#& IMMUNOLGISTS GO TO SKOOL FOR A @%%^@%& REASON!

I don't like myself right now.

I told her how much I cared about her. I told her how much I loved her as a person and how she could call on me at any time for any kind of help and I'd be there for her. But, I also told her I could not keep silent about the mountains of crap she was being served up and that it was entirely likely that everyone who had talked to her about these issues was feeding her a line of crap just to get money out of her. And then, I went down the "Morkonan Rant List" of stuff that was just plain wrong with all the things she was being told.

I gave her the contact info for the company that I used for my services, the qualified degree'd and licensed engineers I had hired to do the site survey, the methods used for proper mold and mildew remediation and a source for those services and directed her to a professional hospital which, as a matter of fact, her brother-in-law's physician sent him to after this craptastic FRAUD nearly ended his damn life....


I've been here for years, right? I'm sure it's in the history, here, but I have always stated that the one thing I can not abide is someone taking advantage of another person's ignorance for their own selfish gain. And, here it was today, in spades, with a flood of dumba$$ "new age crap" not-quite physicians and "environmentally green" specialists and a host of other crap, all looking to take this poor lady for a financial ride at her expense. For what? Why? How do people like that live with themselves?

She's a good person. She does a lot of volunteer work. She heads up a charity organization and does all sorts of nice things for people. She is "A Good Neighbor" and she will likely end up following some jerk's advice, spending money she doesn't have or need to spend, and will be worse off because of being taken advantage of evil people. She could end up dead, lying in a pool of dead, just because some quack wanted to make some money by telling people they're sick with some illness only they have a cure for.

Yeah, I'm really upset about this. Not "stupid upset" like "run and get the rifle" upset, but just "depressingly upset" as in "sometimes I don't know why we deserve to survive" kind of upset...

And, I read her the riot act about it, chastising her for not going to doctor's for doctoring stuff, for not actually calling qualified, licensed, remediation services instead of listening to the quack fraudster that would have ended up killing her own brother-in-law had he not actually gotten so sick he had to go to a friggin' emergency room because of the treatments they were giving him.

I might be a loud pompous a-hole on the 'net, sometimes, but that's only because I play A Loud Pompous A-Hole on the net. I am not the character I portray on TV... I'm a regular person who happens to avoid conflict when possible and genuinely loves people. I don't start lecturing people or give long drawn-out-hyphenated monologues to everyone I talk to. And, when someone screws up, who's the first to forgive them? /raiseshand

Evil must be fought, but we can't fight it these days, can we? I could call the police and the Health Department and any number of people but they wouldn't do jack-squat since people are "allowed to make their own choices." Well, that's a theme in my own religious beliefs, too, I suppose. So, why should I worry about it? Let her make her own choices to the grave, let the fraudsters damn themselves to heck for their greed, let the ignorant just fall off the friggin world because they think it's flat.

Why should I give a F?

But, I do.

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by Alan Phipps » Thu, 14. Mar 19, 19:40

@ Mork: What was her reaction at the end of all that sound if blunt advice from you? Will it actually change things for the better for her (or maybe even for worse if she just becomes stubborn about it)? The fact that she went back to an already and directly related proven-to-be-wrong 'expert' may mean that she is already and firmly in their thrall.
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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by Morkonan » Fri, 15. Mar 19, 17:25

Alan Phipps wrote:
Thu, 14. Mar 19, 19:40
@ Mork: What was her reaction at the end of all that sound if blunt advice from you? Will it actually change things for the better for her (or maybe even for worse if she just becomes stubborn about it)? The fact that she went back to an already and directly related proven-to-be-wrong 'expert' may mean that she is already and firmly in their thrall.
She understands. I made sure, I hope, to let her know that I cared about what happens to her and that she should reach out more when she needs help. She's freely berated me, good naturedly (probably) for my own faults, so it's not an unknown interaction.

But, I don't think anything is going to change. She's probably going to think this person is still the "expert" and will still be taking their advice. And, if they end up harming her using malformed medical practices, I will use my not inconsiderable resources to see that they are put in friggin' jail. I am sick-and-tired of seeing this kind of crap going on and society demanding that "freedom of choice" means we're supposed to stand idly by while other human beings are harmed. :/

"Oh, sorry, but they signed the "Terms and Conditions" and it says right here in Paragraph Fifty, Section Three, "Signatory agrees to squat-thrust pineapples while being filmed so footage may be sold to highest bidder by the service provider." Pineapple-lube is not stated to be provided free-of-charge."

I'll go over there later today or tomorrow and check in on her, check her basement, followup on the recommendations and the like. I won't let up until it's necessary to continue a neighborly relationship and one that can still afford me the opportunity to offer assistance if needed, though.

And, I'm still friggin' broken up about this whole thing. Probably should take up a hobby like alcoholism or IV drug use or something... :)

PS - Ya know, I think everyone comes up to that "moment." You know, that moment they make a decision to "do something." For some, it's being effected by something horrible or getting a Eureka Moment and starting a charity or grabbing a trashbag and picking up the refuse inconsiderate drivers toss out their car's window. We'll see how I feel about the whole thing in a few days, but this crap is getting on my darn nerves every time I figuratively "open the paper and read a headline." I'm not just "ranting" in this PS - I'm serious. I've got a few years left on this Earth and the worldwide collection of humanity seems to be insisting my last memories of them are going to be crowds of idiots declaring that vaccinations cause autism, chiropractors can cure rampant bacterial infections and "Science" can tell you "Why Everything." (It can tell you "How Everything." The "Why" is up to you.) I admit my very large amount of ignorance. I cultivate it. But, dangit, I'm not stupid about it...

Will the Cemetery allow me to have "You guys are f'in stoopid" chiseled into my tombstone? Maybe "If you're reading this, you're here for the wrong reasons" is better? Maybe "read a friggin' book instead of this ignorant rock" would work?

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Post by Morkonan » Mon, 18. Mar 19, 20:32

This is the kind of useless tripe surrounding "Be Happy" advice columns that I just can't friggin stand...

How to be thankful for your life by changing just one word

Oh, it must be so awesome, so insightful, because this guy has figure out all one has to do is to change one word! Lemme have some of that!
...You don’t “have” to. You “get” to....
/sigh

This guy stumbled down from his mountain of wisdom to reveal this secret?

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Yeah, Firefox has this "thing" now that dumps a few articles on your homepage. I read some, laugh at some, violently throw things across the room after seeing others... This is just one of number of dumb articles it craps up from time to time on "life advice." I am so glad I never had any of these to read while growing up. Imagine how confused, disappointed, and angry I'd be as an adult!

Wait...

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by Morkonan » Sat, 30. Mar 19, 19:00

Talked to my neighbor again, today. (Mentioned above)

She had an appointment with an immunologist all lined up and then... cancelled it. She cancelled it because someone told her about this other "great awesome treatment that Doctors don't want you to know about" from yet another "herbal remedy quack."

"I feel great. She gave me some drops."
"You know you probably feel great because she told you that you would feel great, right?"
"Huh? Well, anyway, she's got me on this special diet and herbal stuff. I can't eat certain foods or drink alcohol, though."
"So, you can't eat crap or get blotto'd? Surprised you feel like you might have a bit more energy and your body isn't having to damage itself by process toxic alcoholic substances?"
"Well... Anyway, I cancelled the appointment with the hospital doc. They don't know about Lyme disease, really."
"Ah. So, the medical professionals who discovered it and who have designated an entire discipline made up of specialists who treat it "don't know about it?""
"You do understand that since this "herbalist" can't get any insurance in its right mind to pay for her treatments and no "real doctor" would ever recommend them so they could have a chance at getting a "new patient" their only interest is to keep you paying them for as long as they possibly can, since word-of-mouth is the only darn way they can lure in unsuspecting victims, right?
"I know... I should probably go see a real doctor. She's pretty expensive and at least insurance would pay for a real doctor visit."
"That's because neither private insurance or the government is going to give money to Witch Doctors with bones through their noses sprinkling herbal remedies like pixie-dust over you and rubbing you with magic crystals..."


I'm meeting with her on Tuesday. Tried to convince her to reschedule the immunology appointment. Will try face-to-face to get her to do that on Tuesday as well as find out who the F these quacks are I am going to start reporting them to somebody, somewhere, for diagnosing medial conditions and practicing medicine without a license. I won't stop, either. Maybe I'll be in the news after going to them as a "patient" with a hidden camera on me? :) Darn bartards... :/

There are far too many human beings in this world trying to take advantage of the ignorance of other human beings. Why? I look out my window and I don't see a world in which that sort of a thing can be justified by anyone as being necessary. Maybe my windows are defective and I just don't see the same world that everyone else sees.

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by felter » Sat, 30. Mar 19, 20:02

Morkonan wrote:
Sat, 30. Mar 19, 19:00
"That's because neither private insurance or the government is going to give money to Witch Doctors with bones through their noses sprinkling herbal remedies like pixie-dust over you and rubbing you with magic crystals..."
You do know that your so called President has these types of Quacks as some of his advisors.
To name a few:
Tim Clinton believes there is a cure for Homosexuality, if the price is right.
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland preaches in the belief of speaking in tongues and faith healing.
That's your governments advisors for you.
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Post by Morkonan » Sun, 31. Mar 19, 01:26

felter wrote:
Sat, 30. Mar 19, 20:02
Morkonan wrote:
Sat, 30. Mar 19, 19:00
"That's because neither private insurance or the government is going to give money to Witch Doctors with bones through their noses sprinkling herbal remedies like pixie-dust over you and rubbing you with magic crystals..."
You do know that your so called President has these types of Quacks as some of his advisors.
To name a few:
Tim Clinton believes there is a cure for Homosexuality, if the price is right.
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland preaches in the belief of speaking in tongues and faith healing.
That's your governments advisors for you.
I'm more worried about the "Wealth through God" psuedoreligious garbage Copeland preaches.

Might be "my government" but that doesn't mean I can't legally oppose it every chance I get.

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Post by felter » Sun, 31. Mar 19, 03:45

I was meaning it more along the lines of the president listens to these people for their advice, so others think that listening to their advice must be a good thing to listen to, he is the President after all and these people are advising the government, so they can't be bad. It's like the saying with great power comes great responsibility and people will follow and listen to that person with the great power, doesn't matter that Trump is a class 'A' grade idiot all the other idiots will follow him and listen to what he is doing. So if he has someone advising him that faith healing is a good thing, then others will listen to that advice too and think it is valid. So unless you can compete with the likes of Trump and his way of governing and his advisors, you are probably fighting a losing battle.
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Post by Morkonan » Sun, 31. Mar 19, 22:40

felter wrote:
Sun, 31. Mar 19, 03:45
I was meaning it more along the lines of the president listens to these people for their advice, so others think that listening to their advice must be a good thing to listen to, he is the President after all and these people are advising the government, so they can't be bad. It's like the saying with great power comes great responsibility and people will follow and listen to that person with the great power, doesn't matter that Trump is a class 'A' grade idiot all the other idiots will follow him and listen to what he is doing. So if he has someone advising him that faith healing is a good thing, then others will listen to that advice too and think it is valid. So unless you can compete with the likes of Trump and his way of governing and his advisors, you are probably fighting a losing battle.
I agree with you, there. High Profile people attract notice and are sometimes viewed with a lot of implied authority on matters they have no concept of, let alone could be an "expert" on. But, the people that would be easily drawn by such influence aren't necessarily the most critical of thinkers, anyway. I have argued with a rock before, but it was at least patient enough to listen to what I had to say... :)

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Post by Morkonan » Wed, 3. Apr 19, 04:11

I know, but this is important to me and I still rant about it to myself...

Anyway, I spoke with my neighbor, got the names of the people "treating her," saw some of their "youtube" about the "treatment" they have "discovered" and it's all friggin horsecrap psuedoscientific garbage. It all stems from a quack who was even reprimanded by his own State Physicians board and discredited by the CDC, yet some quacko-wacko "physicians" who specialize in "alternative medicines" think he's a genius...

The friggin jerks are doing things like pumping patients up with B12 doses and other crap and then the patient leaves the office "feeling awesome."

Let that sink in...

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And, of course, this "doctor" is all about "mold and mildew "toxins" that cause "disease" and "toxins" that build up in the body that the "body can't get rid of on its own." It's because, of course, some people have some "genetic" abnormality (that is, of course, not even bothered by having a specifically identified genetic abnormality.. just "genetics") which causes their livers to not be able to process these "toxins" either and the body just goes about "reabsorbing them" because of "bile" full of waste being reabsorbed. (Holy crap, sounds terrible, how did these people live for so friggin long ZOMGZ!)

And, to help chronic (FWY@%^'n "CHRONIC?") Lyme Disease sufferers, who can... and get this friggin crap... suffer from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatique Disorder... Lemmetellyousomething - These are two of the most abused symptomatic illnesses ever. If you have muscle pain, a quack will jump on the chance to tell you that you have "Fibromyalgia." If you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, they'll jump on that, too. Why? Because the causes for these things are not know, so to quacks that means they can list anything they want as the cause. And, like a dutiful quack, this doctor is doing just that, too. Because, of course, her treatment "works amazingly well at controlling..." ("Controlling", not "curing." Why? Because if you're friggin cured you won't keep paying them money!)

/sigh

And, to boot, she recommends everyone get top-to-bottom mold and fungus treatment for their homes.

Lemmetellyousomething - A few people do have extreme reactions to mold/mildew/fungus etc. FEW. Very few are predisposed to severe illnesses from such things and usually it's because of some other underlying issue. But, they can be irritating, right? That's right. Why? Because that's how these little buggers fight wars with each other to see which patch of gunk wins the best spot under the sink, that's why. Anywhere that there is water or humidity there is going to be mold and/or mildew or some creepy fungus. And, they're on you too. Just sitting there, in your pits, between your toes, somewhere on your skin just hanging out, watching TV with you. They're in your house unless you live in a desert and don't consume water and don't, yourself, emit water vapor when you exhale. (Which means you'd have to be a dessicated husk.) There is evidence that some people can be sensitive, but the overwhelming majority of human beings don't have chronic illnesses caused by normal mold and mildew despite what the mold and mildew removal industry wants to tell you.

But, since EVERYONE'S HOUSE has friggin' mold and mildew and you can "smell it" at times and can "see it" at times and it can sometimes be irritating, that's grounds for it causing "Toxins to build up in your body." Toxins. They don't bother saying what "toxins," just "toxins." In fact, all the literature points at for the underlying causes for what they say they are treating are... "toxins." Caused by? An as yet undiscovered genetic anomaly that prevents a human being from getting rid of these specific, undectable to modern science, "toxins."

They are primarily, IMO, taking advantage of older patients who feel tired, have aches and pains, and have issues with memory loss, "not feeling well," etc... Friggin' "A", sounds like "getting old disease" to me. Better get a vitamin shot...

No State or Private Health or Health Insurance Agency will give them a dime for treating anything. Why? Because they will not pay Witchdoctors and Voodoo Practicioners a dime for their often worthless, sometimes dangerous, practices.

So, I'm collecting information and getting things together to send to the State Board of Health and whoever else I can find that will listen. My neighbor knows my opinion and my concerns.

Off to the Board of Health they go. And, if there is no response, then off to the newspapers they go. And, if there is no response, then off to friggin Congress they go and to the CDC and the AMA and any darn collection of abbreviations suitable to review the practices of these people and to ensure the safety of the people they are supposedly "treating."

And, using some of my background in commercial chemical manufacturing (Specifically, getting the EPA registration numbers for the products the company is using and backchecking them along with the CFR/EPA guidelines they cite), I'm reviewing the estimate the contractor the "physician" recommended to her to the tune of around $5000 to "treat" her home for "mold and mildew" because, according to her doctor, it was imperative that she get this done.

Because... "toxins." :/

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Post by Observe » Wed, 3. Apr 19, 19:11

Here in the Northwest (Washington), we have a lot of mold. Black mold is the worst. An old house we renovated, had been abandoned for several years and moisture had made its way into walls, ceiling etc. Such mold, can lead to health problems, but only if the mold is wet and still alive and releasing spores into the house interior. Best solution? Paint the interior of the house so the mold doesn't seep through the walls into the living space. If the mold is dry, it won't be releasing spores and it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Sometimes, the only solution is to demolish the house, but by that time, the structure is usually too dilapidated to do much else with it.

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Post by Chips » Wed, 3. Apr 19, 19:49

Morkonan wrote:
Wed, 3. Apr 19, 04:11
Anyway, I spoke with my neighbor, got the names of the people "treating her," saw some of their "youtube" about the "treatment" they have "discovered" and it's all friggin horsecrap psuedoscientific garbage. It all stems from a quack who was even reprimanded by his own State Physicians board and discredited by the CDC, yet some quacko-wacko "physicians" who specialize in "alternative medicines" think he's a genius...
Okay, not Toxins... but have you ever heard of the wonders of the "Vega test"? :D

I upset a colleague when I found out he'd been diagnosed as having allergies. Intolerant to wheat - I wasn't that surprised, a friend genuinely has this already. Then Milk, okay. Then tomatoes... and... as the list poured forth I went from "oh my" to, "Hang on, which doctor did this? that's a lot of testing and a huge amount of allergies" (it had totalled about 15 by the time i interrupted).

"It was an allergy clinic"

"Oh, and how did they test?"

"You hold an electrode in one hand, and then the other hand they touch you with x and air ciculates from the allergen (food) and checks for a reaction based on y" (i've forgotten what x and y were, infact, i didn't really hear, i was already laughing).

And then rinse and repeat with "tell me that again" - more laugh, call over colleague - "Have you heard this test they do, tell him.." - followed by more laughing. How much did you pay? Even more laughing (we turned into good friends :D ).

Check it out - Vega test :D It's amazing. Even pictures of it are hilarious - like one a comical meme.

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Post by Morkonan » Wed, 3. Apr 19, 22:40

Observe wrote:
Wed, 3. Apr 19, 19:11
Here in the Northwest (Washington), we have a lot of mold. Black mold is the worst. ...Sometimes, the only solution is to demolish the house, but by that time, the structure is usually too dilapidated to do much else with it.
Sometimes. While mold can certainly be an irritant, it's really rare that someone encounters a situation where it is as dangerous and deadly as mold remediation companies advertise. The real problem does generally come from a small segment of people who are susceptible for some reason or another or people who already have existing conditions that this could aggravate.

And, absolutely, nobody wants to live in a house that is practically constructed of a noxious mold. :)
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Okay, not Toxins... but have you ever heard of the wonders of the "Vega test"? :D

I upset a colleague when I found out he'd been diagnosed as having allergies. Intolerant to wheat - I wasn't that surprised, a friend genuinely has this already. Then Milk, okay. Then tomatoes... and... as the list poured forth I went from "oh my" to, "Hang on, which doctor did this? that's a lot of testing and a huge amount of allergies" (it had totalled about 15 by the time i interrupted).
...
Check it out - Vega test :D It's amazing. Even pictures of it are hilarious - like one a comical meme.
Oh... wow. I just looked that one up. :)

https://maureenfinck.com/vega-testing/

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I wonder if that will detect when my thetans are acting up?

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OK, had another talk today. Checked the "supplements" that were "prescribed." (Should have been "proscribed"...)

And, this will likely be my last direct comment on the matter, even though there are no direct references. Why? I'm contacting official agencies to ask them WTF they aren't doing about this and why. Also the newspaper, 'cause this is just too much.

Pay up front because no type of insurance at all, not even the dumbest crappy AFLAC (ie: ripoff "supplemental insurance") will give this practioner money for anything related to what they're doing. ZERO.

The person sells "natural remedies and tinctures" out of their own store in their office. "Patients" are "prescribed" these bits of Voodoo Magic. The collection of tiny little bottles with laser-printed labels was reviewed by myself, who isn't a medical practitioner of any sort but who is also not friggin gullible. The LOWEST cost of one of these bottles was $85.00 in Freedom Monies. The person had several that they had to buy, some of them once a week...

The person was first given a ginormous bottle of "Pro-Biotics" to supposedly help their immune system. Mr. Morkonan reviewed the list of bacterial spores included and it read like one of those "Red Zone" horror movies. OK, fair enough, that's "ProBiotics" for you, right? Right. So, after taking these natural-remedy-supplements, the person was directed to go take a "blood test" to see if they tested positive for being allergic and currently having an "allergic" response to "mold, mildew and fungus." And, of course, the blood test didn't test for a true "allergic response" but tested for a natural response by the body to what could easily be... you guessed it - An abundance of bacterial spores. "Six Billion" spores in the bottle, according to the "label." To be taken before the "blood test." Yeah...

And, of course, when this came back? The "practioner" said the person needed to have their home remediated and, of course, "here is the service I recommend." $5000.00 Chaching!

While I was there today, the person called a true, knowledgeable, remediation specialist that I know and used before. (My flood problem.) The very first question he asked when the person told him what the company she had been referred to recommended and the "mold, mildew and fungi" remediation they were going to do?

"Oh. So, what mold, mildew, or fungi did they identify in your home and how widespread did they say the problem was?"

They didn't identify any species of mold, mildew, or fungi at all. In fact, they pointed to dust on her walls and said it was mold, mildew, or fungi. They pointed at surfaces, the spaces between the slats in old lourvered doors and then identified that as "mold, mildew, or fungi" and said, "Yes, this treatment is going to cost you $5000.00 Freedom Monies." I read their paperwork, online, that had a nice FAT "Approve this estimate" button that hovered over it the entire friggin' time.

The remediation specialist I recommended will be there tomorrow to giver her a free estimate and to truly identify if there is a true over-abundance of such things and EXACTLY what species are likely causing the problem. This company does professional work as a Gubbermint Contractor and this guy knows his stuff.

So, I'm going dark on this issue, now. "Official" correspondence will be taking place as I try to figure out how this "practioner" is avoiding prison. Oh, another thing - This prationer kept a "patient" on IV ANTIBIOTICS for SIX WEEKS because they told the patient they had Lyme Disease from when they were a child... That patient developed an infection because of improper IV use and their knee fell off. Literally, they developed a bone infection around a knee-implant the practioner didn't even check with them about. An implant. For a person receiving a treatment using frequent use of a "port" that has a high risk of infection to start with, pumping a lot of crap in there besides antiobitics as well. That is not something done in "real medicine." You don't do that.. You don't friggin put someone on IV Antibiotics for Six Weeks for crap like that and you don't casually disregard the fact they already have a high risk factor and you're giving them an open port... and none of this, not ONE BIT, has to do with some "life threatening" condition. NOT ONE BIT OF IT.

No joke. I'm not kidding. I'm not just internet-ranting or blowing smoke or claiming to do something that I actually won't do. This crap is evil, wrong, and has to stop. So, I'm going to be a bug in someone's ear or up their poop-hole until someone, somewhere, does something. I've already advised the persons involved with this practioner to seek legal counsel. They could make a bajillion monies in a civil case. I'm more interested in criminal and regulatory responses including licensing, censure, reprimands and further actions.

But, because I have not actually been a patient, there are limits. And, because no Insurance of any sort has ever paid this practioner, those resources can not respond either. Funny how that works, ain't it? There are three main regulatory agencies I can petition, several State and Federal officials and, when they do nothing, a bunch of friggin newspapers and Quackwatch groups.

Today, the person in question cancelled future appointments and cancelled their "weekly dose" of whatever "Magic Serum #5" the practioner's office told them was ready for pick up.... Instead, they are seeing a REAL PHYSICIAN at a REAL HOSPITAL and the appointment has been confirmed for next week. My prediction is that they have "getting old" disease and, maybe, some issues with thyroid or anemia. But, I'm not a physician. That's because we have "real physicians" who practice evidence-based medicine and they don't need my assistance.

Going dark. If it gets legal, I'll have to wait to see what is advised. Later, once everything is finalized, I'll update or give you a link to the "60 Minutes" segment that showcases the story... :)

PS: Facepalm moment:

"Well, thanks Mork, I really appreciate it. I just want you to know that our neighbor, who is a real live physician, told me all the very same things that you did and was just as insistent about what I should do. So, I guess both my neighbors telling me this convinces me I need to really get seen by a real medical type doctor. Dr. <neighbor> freaked out about as much as you did." (And, yes, I'll be speaking to him about recommendations, off the record, too as long as I can be assured of protecting him from any fallout.)

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Re: Ranty McRant Thread 2

Post by fiksal » Sat, 6. Apr 19, 18:42

So, Google.


Sometimes I wonder where do you get your Engineers from, specifically UI ones. (as in, they are bad, in my professional opinion)

This month they killed Inbox. I know some people still prefer Gmail, but to me Inbox was a new and a tidy way to manage email. It auto created and collapsed into sensible categories and it let me only see the important emails, marking unimportant as "done". Instead of improving on those concepts they just shut them down.

Now we are back to archaic Gmail. Congrats to Google deciding that early 2000s is a golden age for Email.

(honorable mention goes to Yahoo, for still thinking email backgrounds is where the innovation lies)
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