Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
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Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
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Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#2 Well I guess the salesmen will be relieved
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#3Well I guess the salesmen will be relieved
What I heard was that actual snake-oil was used for a number of things it actually worked on in china, but when someone tried to introduce it in the US, the salesmen figured it was complete bs and no one would notice if they just sold counterfeit oil.
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#4Well I guess the salesmen will be relieved
What I heard was that actual snake-oil was used for a number of things it actually worked on in china, but when someone tried to introduce it in the US, the salesmen figured it was complete bs and no one would notice if they just sold counterfeit oil.
Oh wow! I didn't know that, sort of reminds me of the olive oil market right now.
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#5Laughable.
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#6Python fat has been used to treat painful joints in Nigeria for ages and its effectiveness has also been proven in a scientific study.[1]
[1] https://www.biomedscidirect.com/1195/python_fat_effect_on_co...
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#7Python fat has been used to treat painful joints in Nigeria for ages and its effectiveness has also been proven in a scientific study.[1] [1] https://www.biomedscidirect.com/1195/python_fat_effect_on_co...
Same in Myanmar. There, people with stroke are given small doses of Python liver/pancreas or some sort as part of traditional medicine. I'm quite surprised to see that there's some sort of medicinal application to snakes.
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#8Well I guess the salesmen will be relieved
What I heard was that actual snake-oil was used for a number of things it actually worked on in china, but when someone tried to introduce it in the US, the salesmen figured it was complete bs and no one would notice if they just sold counterfeit oil.
There's an analogy here for OO.
Re: Snake oil can be beneficial for arthritis and other conditions (2007)
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I heard was that actual snake-oil was used for a number of things it actually worked on in china, but when someone tried to introduce it in the US, the salesmen figured it was complete bs and no one would notice if they just sold counterfeit oil.
Oh wow! I didn't know that, sort of reminds me of the olive oil market right now.
I thought the above was about object-oriented programming. Language is hard.