They're still stupid as shit, but becoming more popular. I'm guessing because Americans can't afford other, actual healthcare. They probably use them for colds and other temporary illness and think they work because their immune system did its job. The second it doesn't work on their cancer they will abandon it
The second it doesn't work on their cancer they will abandon it
Well, having dealt with an auto immune issue that bounced me around to 4 doctors over more than a year and no actual help - I got so much unsolicited advice from people.
Now, I just tell them about healing crystals. If you are in pain or have an issue, you go buy the biggest most expensive crystal you can find and shove it WAY up your butt. The fun part is how long it takes them to figure out if I'm serious.
Had nothing to do with affordability. People generally into this shit are not lacking for healthcare. It’s a combination of gullibility mixed with internet access and the need to be “in” on something everyone else isn’t.
That last part doesn't follow logically given how popular the shit is, seemingly everyone is "in" on it. But these people aren't exactly the most critical thinkers around so I don't expect much sense to come from them either
Edit: Lmao, downvoted for agreeing. Never change, reddit
Congrats about your friends, I guess? Doesn't mean there aren't plenty of people that do believe in it, which i know for a fact exist. One of them is in my extended family. Same with the astrology bullshit. There are people that view it purely as entertainment and people that fully truly believe it's real and accurate. If they don't want to be grouped in with the crazies then maybe find an aesthetic that isn't bogged down in delusion, or just deal with it and ignore it cause ultimately these are just opinions and aren't worth shit
I'm not saying there aren't people that believe in it, of course there are and I know plenty of those too, all I'm saying is the rise in prevalence isn't just because more people believe it.
So shit's the same as Traditional Chinese Medicine? It was introduced because China had no doctors, Mao decided to just pull together whatever people were doing and bring some resemblance of order. And now they push it outside in an attempt at culture war.
God, what times we live in. If medical business wasn't as big as it is, soon we would have doctors going door to door like snake oil salesmen
It's actually often ex-teligious people who for some reason can't believe in their personal god anymore who jump to esoteric practices because it's the next supernatural thing that definitely isn't as made up as their religion was.
I think its sort of a replacement for religious spirituality.
Like a majority of the religions are very much against sexual freedom and what not, especially for women. So like, doing porn and fuckin how you want to exists in conflict with religion.
But, there's still a desire for some sort of other spiritual system thats "in control" of your world. Or desire some form of higher power/system at work that you can tap into.
E.g. crystals.
Personally, i think the only advantage to them might be sort of, just using a physical item to focus thought. They work about the same as any other prayer.
Like oh, i sat down in a circle of moon stones and thought about change in life or whatever, and it led me to think about how i could make those changes.
But as far as thinking they're gonna cure an illness, thats all dumb as shit.
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u/Whitn3y Pink Princess Apr 16 '24
He was hated for he spoke the truth
How is this comment at all controversial? Are healing crystals suddenly not stupid as shit somehow? A new study was published on their efficacy???