The thing that makes me the most sad is seeing children still wearing masks after adults, including their parents, have stopped.
“We” have taught a generation to react with irrational fear, and adopt totems no more valid than a “lucky rabbit’s foot” to avoid catching a cold—and in vain.
Shame on us all.
Liz
2 years ago
Well said, Setnaffa!
setnaffa
2 years ago
Funny joke at AoSHQ:
President Biden visits a remote Native American reservation. With news and camera crews following him around as they tour the place, the President asks the Indian chief if there is anything they need.
“Well,” says the chief, “We have three very important needs. First, we have a medical clinic, but no doctor to run it.”
Biden whips out his cellphone, dials a number, talks to somebody for two minutes, then hangs up. “I’ve pulled some strings. Your well-trained doctor will arrive in five days.” “Now what was the second problem?”
“We have no way to get clean water. The local mining operation has poisoned the water our people have been drinking for hundreds of years. We’ve been flying bottled water in, but it’s terribly expensive.”
Once again, Biden dials a number, yells into the phone for a few minutes, and then hangs up. “The mine has been shut down permanently per my orders, and the owner is being billed for setting up a water purification plant for your people.”
“Now what was that third problem?” asks Biden.
The chief stares at him and says, “We have no cellphone reception up here!”
It is certain a Korean boy band would beat Trump in an election. That’s some wisdom right there.
And your mom’s not fat too.
setnaffa
2 years ago
Apparently there’s no cellphone reception where KM is welded into his shipping container, either.
But his mom’s not fat. Well, not like Trigglypuff…
She’s “just big-boned”…
Korean Person
2 years ago
More welded Chinese?
Korean Person
2 years ago
BTS getting invited to the White House and meeting the US President is itself a historic moment for KPop and Koreans.
But setnaffa, the redneck who supposedly ‘loves’ Korea disparages the historic moment by dismissing it and treating it as fake news.
This redneck doesn’t ‘love’ Korea because if he did he would have joined Koreans in celebrating the event.
More evidence of his ways can be seen in the way he calls for Korea to stop its indigenous weapons programs leaving Korea wide open to Chinese military hegemony.
The fact is the ROK Drop is setnaffa’s platform for spreading fake news and misinformation. The ‘I love Korea and Koreans’ thing is a convenient excuse to cover up his real intentions.
Korean Man
2 years ago
KP, the old grumpy FOX news Trump backers are just mad because their daughters and granddaughters are so willing to spread their legs in front of their BTS idols.
Korean Person
2 years ago
LOL KM!
Again, you hit the nail on the head. 😀
ChickenHead
2 years ago
“KP, the old grumpy FOX news Trump backers are just mad because their daughters and granddaughters are so willing to spread their legs in front of their BTS idols.”
Hmmm… daughter/granddaughter getting with rich/famous/talented instead of the local barista?
Not seeing too big of problem here.
Perhaps, as always, the demand for racism is much greater than the supply.
setnaffa
2 years ago
What’s so funny is the BeijingBros still can’t keep their story straight…
Am I an Uneducated Redneck? Am I a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy? Am I a Closet Nazi? Am I a Russian bot? Do I long for “the boog”?
Not too many people can pull off more than two of those at one time.
And I’m too lazy to try even one at a time. But not as lazy as the simps who can’t even remember what they called me two posts back.
Real life is much more fun when you have family and friends. And Texas is a wildly different place than their fantasy.
I tell ya, we aren’t even getting Concentration-Camp-Uighur level trolls around here any more. 🙁
China’s economy must really be in trouble. One can almost hear their little squeaky troll voices crying out in falsetto, “Norman! Corelate!”
Pathetic.
Xi could have done a lot better; but probably not worse. We’ll be laughing at them on July 4th.
Korean Person
2 years ago
Am I an Uneducated Redneck? Am I a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy? Am I a Closet Nazi? Am I a Russian bot? Do I long for “the boog”?
Not too many people can pull off more than two of those at one time.
And I’m too lazy to try even one at a time. But not as lazy as the simps who can’t even remember what they called me two posts back.
setnaffa
Even you do not remember the detailed explanation I gave you, two posts back.
Calling you a Russian bot was in response to calling me and KM, Chinese bot.
When calling us Chinese bot stopped, obviously Russian bot also stopped.
And to answer your question I think you are, using your own words;
an Uneducated Redneck and a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy.
And to add my own words
Who is deep into fake news, misinformation and right wing conspiracies and cannot see beyond that.
Korean Person
2 years ago
Now that I think about it setnaffa may be miffed that he hasn’t been receiving any appreciation and thanks from the Chinese and the Russians for his efforts to weaken America by instigating the Second American Civil War.
Maybe a token of appreciation from either the Chinese or the Russian may help put him into a better mood.
ChickenHead
2 years ago
Just a quick question you might be able to help me with, Korea Individual.
I decided to list the conspiracies Setnaffa believes in so we can all make fun of him.
Help me out here…
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
Two shots and back to normal.
This vaccine will protect you from covid.
Breakout infections are exceedingly rare.
They never said the vaccine would stop you from getting covid.
The vaccine is safe. Side effects are essentially nonexistent.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are extremely rare.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are rare.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are mild.
Don’t wear a mask..
Wear a mask.
Wear two masks.
Don’t wear a mask. Except for children.
…not sure if I got them all. Help me with economy, politics, social policy, energy, and war.
Setnaffa is one gullible fellow.
setnaffa
2 years ago
Hey, CH, is this “Opposites Day?
And, btw, I have not stopped believing that KM,KP, and a couple of other regular “contributors” are really just Chinese trolls welded into shipping containers and tossed the rotten food the starving people in Shanghai refuse to eat.
OTOH, I do believe every devotee of Saint Fauci ought to fight their way to the head of the injection line to get that extra booster before they run out.
And, btw, I have not stopped believing that KM,KP, and a couple of other regular “contributors” are really just Chinese trolls welded into shipping containers and tossed the rotten food the starving people in Shanghai refuse to eat.
Hmmm….wonder what is meant by ‘other regular “contributors”‘?
Or I see. Those who don’t agree with setnaffa.
Anyways, back during the 50s to the 80s, South Koreans, or at the least the ones in power used the term ‘communists’ to label those who stood out and did not toe the official line.
They also used that label as an excuse to arrest, perscute and jail those who stood out and did not agree with them.
There were probably those who were real communist agents but most were innocent people who had the bad luck of showing up on the government radar.
setnaffa’s use of the term ‘Chinese troll’ seem to echo those times.
Sure he isn’t perscuting and jailing anyone but on the other hand it is his way of labeling those who do not agree with his way of thinking and demonizing them while undercutting them.
And why the term ‘Chinese troll’?
Ok so China is America’s main rival, but isn’t Russia also America’s rival?
Why not use the term ‘Russian trolls’? Russians are well know to operate ‘troll factories’.
Or for white Americans is it more easier to simply demonize those of Asian descent, like it did with the Japanese during WW2 and the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War?
setnaffa
2 years ago
Well, well, well.. another “true” koreeeean accusing setnaffa of being a raaaaciss whitey…
How droll. And how predictable. And how utterly devoid of any real meaning beyond deflect, project, defame, and change the subject…
Can’t you boring slags find a new script? I mean, really now… We’ve known for over 5 years…
C’mon, Xi! Send us an entertaining or at least well-educated troll, not just another lazy high school dropout!!
True Korean
2 years ago
I think the main point of the article setnaffa shared with us is the following;
“to distract the public and change the subject, as most of the these posts involve cheerleading for China, the revolutionary history of the Communist party or other symbols of the regime”.
Don’t see any posts ‘cheerleading for China, the revolutionary history of the Communist party or other symbols of the regime’ here.
So how can I or KM or KP or others who do not agree with setnaffa be ‘Chinese trolls’?
And setnaffa spends most of his time posting fake news stuff about Faucci, vaccines, and Biden, not exactly something that the PRC would be interested in.
The only time China comes up is when someone posts something that does not agree with setnaffa’s thinking and he uses ‘China’ to conveniently label and undercut him/her.
True Korean
2 years ago
And setnaffa still hasn’t clarified why he insists on using the term ‘Chinese troll’ and not the term ‘Russian troll’?
ChickenHead
2 years ago
Korean persons, men, trues… gonna be hard to keep it all straight as more and more Chinese trolls show up to the party with nothing to say except Setnaffa is a redneck.
The Chinese perspective would be really interesting if it could speak anti-American truths through a Korean lens… and sometimes, there are hints of this… but they are drown out by too much hate-whitey noise.
Also, they never respond to anything true… which is fine… the truth does not need a response like crazy talk does… but they also never include the truth in their mental calculus… continuing to go on as if they were never presented with facts which they cannot dismiss as untrue but cannot bring themselves to acknowledge.
ROK Drop has always been where the Chinese put their new-hire trolls during their probationary period.
Based on performance, I doubt any of them got hired full-time.
China is not sending their best and brightest.
Korean Person
2 years ago
Fried Chicken,
Don’t know about China because I’m not Chinese but the Church of Setnaffarism™ ain’t that bright either 😀
True Korean
2 years ago
The problem with the right wing ‘contributors’ of this blog is the feeling among them that they own this blog and are entitled to say whatever they want and that others with opposing views should either STFU or follow their lead.
For those that do not follow the lead, then that person is labeled as ‘Chinese troll’.
I can’t speak for the others, but if setnaffa and the other right wing contributors are willing to drop their offensive ‘Chinese troll etc’ labeling for those who do not agree with their viewpoint then I think it’s fair for myself to refrain from suggesting that you have racist motives and such.
That doesn’t mean however that I will agree with everything you claim, only that I will disagree in a reasonable manner.
Your ball setnaffa.
ChickenHead
2 years ago
Right-wingers on this site talk about issues.
Chinese trolls on this site talk about right-wingers.
If you want to share ownership, stop talking about the Church of Setnaffa and talk about Korea’s covid response, North Korean rocket launches, drunk GIs, USFK costs… or larger issues that have some effect in Korea from fake/real covid vaccines to the invasion and/or denazification of Ukraine.
If you don’t want to be called a Chinese troll, then stop acting like a Chinese troll and start acting like a Korean interested in sharing a Korean point of view.
And try to make sure your frequency of posting does not coincide with Chinese covid lockdowns.
Korean Person
2 years ago
If you want to share ownership, stop talking about the Church of Setnaffa and talk about Korea’s covid response, North Korean rocket launches, drunk GIs, USFK costs… or larger issues that have some effect in Korea from fake/real covid vaccines to the invasion and/or denazification of Ukraine.
If you don’t want to be called a Chinese troll, then stop acting like a Chinese troll and start acting like a Korean interested in sharing a Korean point of view.
Ah yes, the white racist Trump MAGA talking down to the Korean telling him what to do.
You do know Fried Chicken that you and your friends of the Church of Setnaffarism™ don’t talk about Korean issues and most if not all of your comments are about;
vaccines
Faucci
Wuhan lab conspiracy
Biden
Democrats supposedly screwing America
That and the fake news and misinformation that you spread because the ROK Drop makes a perfect platform for that.
As a matter of fact the other day, your leader posted a chart supposedly showing gas prices beiing higher under the Democrat presidents than under Trump for an original post about Korean highways being jammed during the Korean Memorial Day Weekend.
While setnaffa was quick to point out that I didn’t put a link for my chart, he didn’t bother to post a link for his. In which case how do we know that setnaffa didn’t draw that chart using Photoshop as part of his effort to spread fake news and misinformation?
Clearly, the Koreans of the ROK Drop put more comments about Korea in ROK Drop original posts than the members of the Church of Setnaffarism™.
And if you want to call us Koreans , ‘Chinese trolls’ because we don’t agree with you and call you out for spreading fake news and misinformation, I think it’s fair to call you and the members of the Church of Setnaffarism™, ignorant racist rednecks. 😀
setnaffa
2 years ago
For those of you keeping score, I officially hit “5 years cancer-free” with clean bloodwork, CTS and MRI. The doctors were all very happy, too.
On the health/money issue: Most work all their lives and save all their money, only to spend it all (and then some) trying to get their health back. Only to die obese, sick, on a dozen meds, bed-bound for years and hospice for months.
That’s the reason to live a life w/o vaccines, pharmaceutical drugs, and all allopathic medicine (colonoscopies, digital rectal exams, mammograms, and “annual” exams all together). Opt out of it all — it frees your mind.
ChickenHead
2 years ago
Mcgeehee,
I am a big fan of exams. They cost almost nothing in Korea. I monitor important things… such as making sure my vitamin D level is in the 40s… which, with one data point and an Israeli study, I credit for my one day of tight chest covid.
(Imagine how much better it would have been with the vaccine! I could have set Olympic records and been able to bed three Amazons, an epileptic, two spastics, and a suicidal ladyboy on PCP.)
Anyway, I see nothing wrong with catching a big problem while it is still a small problem. A good example is that I quit eating late at night because the endoscope showed inflammation where my esophagus meets my stomach. I didn’t have any symptoms… yet… but probably would have if I had continued that behavior.
I agree to stay away from the drugs. The medical system is quick to “solve” problems with medicine that is either not really needed or isn’t needed at all with small behavioral changes. This is not an absolute, however. There are some drugs that have a clear benefit as people age. Someday, I will likely take my Daily Pills.
That will require a doctor I trust. That is not easy to come by in this age of doctors getting paid to push experimental medical treatments they know don’t work and might be dangerous while they fail to speak out after watching what happens to doctors who do.
setnaffa
2 years ago
Mcgeehee and CH bring up excellent points. In the end, we are responsible for our own health. We need to find doctors and other practitioners we can trust. And we need to avoid poisoning our bodies with unnecessary drugs.
The plain fact is it’s an ongoing compromise. Many prescription drugs do damage our bodies while providing some other and necessary benefit (like chemotherapy, for example).
May all of you find the sweet spot (which is different for each of us) and avoid the snake oil pushed by corrupt bureaucrats and their pet medical staff.
The thing that makes me the most sad is seeing children still wearing masks after adults, including their parents, have stopped.
“We” have taught a generation to react with irrational fear, and adopt totems no more valid than a “lucky rabbit’s foot” to avoid catching a cold—and in vain.
Shame on us all.
Well said, Setnaffa!
Funny joke at AoSHQ:
Fox News and Trump, trumped by a Korean boys pop group??? Click here to watch this comedy. I bet if they run for the US presidency in 2024, they’ll handily beat Trump in that election, with or without the MAGA supporters.
It is certain a Korean boy band would beat Trump in an election. That’s some wisdom right there.
And your mom’s not fat too.
Apparently there’s no cellphone reception where KM is welded into his shipping container, either.
But his mom’s not fat. Well, not like Trigglypuff…
She’s “just big-boned”…
More welded Chinese?
BTS getting invited to the White House and meeting the US President is itself a historic moment for KPop and Koreans.
But setnaffa, the redneck who supposedly ‘loves’ Korea disparages the historic moment by dismissing it and treating it as fake news.
This redneck doesn’t ‘love’ Korea because if he did he would have joined Koreans in celebrating the event.
More evidence of his ways can be seen in the way he calls for Korea to stop its indigenous weapons programs leaving Korea wide open to Chinese military hegemony.
The fact is the ROK Drop is setnaffa’s platform for spreading fake news and misinformation. The ‘I love Korea and Koreans’ thing is a convenient excuse to cover up his real intentions.
KP, the old grumpy FOX news Trump backers are just mad because their daughters and granddaughters are so willing to spread their legs in front of their BTS idols.
LOL KM!
Again, you hit the nail on the head. 😀
“KP, the old grumpy FOX news Trump backers are just mad because their daughters and granddaughters are so willing to spread their legs in front of their BTS idols.”
Hmmm… daughter/granddaughter getting with rich/famous/talented instead of the local barista?
Not seeing too big of problem here.
Perhaps, as always, the demand for racism is much greater than the supply.
What’s so funny is the BeijingBros still can’t keep their story straight…
Am I an Uneducated Redneck? Am I a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy? Am I a Closet Nazi? Am I a Russian bot? Do I long for “the boog”?
Not too many people can pull off more than two of those at one time.
And I’m too lazy to try even one at a time. But not as lazy as the simps who can’t even remember what they called me two posts back.
Real life is much more fun when you have family and friends. And Texas is a wildly different place than their fantasy.
I tell ya, we aren’t even getting Concentration-Camp-Uighur level trolls around here any more. 🙁
China’s economy must really be in trouble. One can almost hear their little squeaky troll voices crying out in falsetto, “Norman! Corelate!”
Pathetic.
Xi could have done a lot better; but probably not worse. We’ll be laughing at them on July 4th.
Am I an Uneducated Redneck? Am I a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy? Am I a Closet Nazi? Am I a Russian bot? Do I long for “the boog”?
Not too many people can pull off more than two of those at one time.
And I’m too lazy to try even one at a time. But not as lazy as the simps who can’t even remember what they called me two posts back.
setnaffa
Even you do not remember the detailed explanation I gave you, two posts back.
Calling you a Russian bot was in response to calling me and KM, Chinese bot.
When calling us Chinese bot stopped, obviously Russian bot also stopped.
And to answer your question I think you are, using your own words;
an Uneducated Redneck and a bitter clinger to the Old South and the Confederacy.
And to add my own words
Who is deep into fake news, misinformation and right wing conspiracies and cannot see beyond that.
Now that I think about it setnaffa may be miffed that he hasn’t been receiving any appreciation and thanks from the Chinese and the Russians for his efforts to weaken America by instigating the Second American Civil War.
Maybe a token of appreciation from either the Chinese or the Russian may help put him into a better mood.
Just a quick question you might be able to help me with, Korea Individual.
I decided to list the conspiracies Setnaffa believes in so we can all make fun of him.
Help me out here…
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
Two shots and back to normal.
This vaccine will protect you from covid.
Breakout infections are exceedingly rare.
They never said the vaccine would stop you from getting covid.
The vaccine is safe. Side effects are essentially nonexistent.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are extremely rare.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are rare.
Like all vaccines, there are side effects but they are mild.
Don’t wear a mask..
Wear a mask.
Wear two masks.
Don’t wear a mask. Except for children.
…not sure if I got them all. Help me with economy, politics, social policy, energy, and war.
Setnaffa is one gullible fellow.
Hey, CH, is this “Opposites Day?
And, btw, I have not stopped believing that KM,KP, and a couple of other regular “contributors” are really just Chinese trolls welded into shipping containers and tossed the rotten food the starving people in Shanghai refuse to eat.
OTOH, I do believe every devotee of Saint Fauci ought to fight their way to the head of the injection line to get that extra booster before they run out.
“Styrofoam and cardboard”…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbLB_T-IjY
Hmmm….wonder what is meant by ‘other regular “contributors”‘?
Or I see. Those who don’t agree with setnaffa.
Anyways, back during the 50s to the 80s, South Koreans, or at the least the ones in power used the term ‘communists’ to label those who stood out and did not toe the official line.
They also used that label as an excuse to arrest, perscute and jail those who stood out and did not agree with them.
There were probably those who were real communist agents but most were innocent people who had the bad luck of showing up on the government radar.
setnaffa’s use of the term ‘Chinese troll’ seem to echo those times.
Sure he isn’t perscuting and jailing anyone but on the other hand it is his way of labeling those who do not agree with his way of thinking and demonizing them while undercutting them.
And why the term ‘Chinese troll’?
Ok so China is America’s main rival, but isn’t Russia also America’s rival?
Why not use the term ‘Russian trolls’? Russians are well know to operate ‘troll factories’.
Or for white Americans is it more easier to simply demonize those of Asian descent, like it did with the Japanese during WW2 and the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War?
Well, well, well.. another “true” koreeeean accusing setnaffa of being a raaaaciss whitey…
How droll. And how predictable. And how utterly devoid of any real meaning beyond deflect, project, defame, and change the subject…
Can’t you boring slags find a new script? I mean, really now… We’ve known for over 5 years…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/22/chinese-internet-censorship-uses-distraction
C’mon, Xi! Send us an entertaining or at least well-educated troll, not just another lazy high school dropout!!
I think the main point of the article setnaffa shared with us is the following;
Don’t see any posts ‘cheerleading for China, the revolutionary history of the Communist party or other symbols of the regime’ here.
So how can I or KM or KP or others who do not agree with setnaffa be ‘Chinese trolls’?
And setnaffa spends most of his time posting fake news stuff about Faucci, vaccines, and Biden, not exactly something that the PRC would be interested in.
The only time China comes up is when someone posts something that does not agree with setnaffa’s thinking and he uses ‘China’ to conveniently label and undercut him/her.
And setnaffa still hasn’t clarified why he insists on using the term ‘Chinese troll’ and not the term ‘Russian troll’?
Korean persons, men, trues… gonna be hard to keep it all straight as more and more Chinese trolls show up to the party with nothing to say except Setnaffa is a redneck.
The Chinese perspective would be really interesting if it could speak anti-American truths through a Korean lens… and sometimes, there are hints of this… but they are drown out by too much hate-whitey noise.
Also, they never respond to anything true… which is fine… the truth does not need a response like crazy talk does… but they also never include the truth in their mental calculus… continuing to go on as if they were never presented with facts which they cannot dismiss as untrue but cannot bring themselves to acknowledge.
ROK Drop has always been where the Chinese put their new-hire trolls during their probationary period.
Based on performance, I doubt any of them got hired full-time.
China is not sending their best and brightest.
Fried Chicken,
Don’t know about China because I’m not Chinese but the Church of Setnaffarism™ ain’t that bright either 😀
The problem with the right wing ‘contributors’ of this blog is the feeling among them that they own this blog and are entitled to say whatever they want and that others with opposing views should either STFU or follow their lead.
For those that do not follow the lead, then that person is labeled as ‘Chinese troll’.
I can’t speak for the others, but if setnaffa and the other right wing contributors are willing to drop their offensive ‘Chinese troll etc’ labeling for those who do not agree with their viewpoint then I think it’s fair for myself to refrain from suggesting that you have racist motives and such.
That doesn’t mean however that I will agree with everything you claim, only that I will disagree in a reasonable manner.
Your ball setnaffa.
Right-wingers on this site talk about issues.
Chinese trolls on this site talk about right-wingers.
If you want to share ownership, stop talking about the Church of Setnaffa and talk about Korea’s covid response, North Korean rocket launches, drunk GIs, USFK costs… or larger issues that have some effect in Korea from fake/real covid vaccines to the invasion and/or denazification of Ukraine.
If you don’t want to be called a Chinese troll, then stop acting like a Chinese troll and start acting like a Korean interested in sharing a Korean point of view.
And try to make sure your frequency of posting does not coincide with Chinese covid lockdowns.
If you want to share ownership, stop talking about the Church of Setnaffa and talk about Korea’s covid response, North Korean rocket launches, drunk GIs, USFK costs… or larger issues that have some effect in Korea from fake/real covid vaccines to the invasion and/or denazification of Ukraine.
If you don’t want to be called a Chinese troll, then stop acting like a Chinese troll and start acting like a Korean interested in sharing a Korean point of view.
Ah yes, the white racist Trump MAGA talking down to the Korean telling him what to do.
You do know Fried Chicken that you and your friends of the Church of Setnaffarism™ don’t talk about Korean issues and most if not all of your comments are about;
vaccines
Faucci
Wuhan lab conspiracy
Biden
Democrats supposedly screwing America
That and the fake news and misinformation that you spread because the ROK Drop makes a perfect platform for that.
As a matter of fact the other day, your leader posted a chart supposedly showing gas prices beiing higher under the Democrat presidents than under Trump for an original post about Korean highways being jammed during the Korean Memorial Day Weekend.
While setnaffa was quick to point out that I didn’t put a link for my chart, he didn’t bother to post a link for his. In which case how do we know that setnaffa didn’t draw that chart using Photoshop as part of his effort to spread fake news and misinformation?
Clearly, the Koreans of the ROK Drop put more comments about Korea in ROK Drop original posts than the members of the Church of Setnaffarism™.
And if you want to call us Koreans , ‘Chinese trolls’ because we don’t agree with you and call you out for spreading fake news and misinformation, I think it’s fair to call you and the members of the Church of Setnaffarism™, ignorant racist rednecks. 😀
For those of you keeping score, I officially hit “5 years cancer-free” with clean bloodwork, CTS and MRI. The doctors were all very happy, too.
Congratulations!
Health is better than money.
@setnaffa, I agree with ChickenHead, I would take perfect health over money any day. It is great to hear you are doing well!
On the health/money issue: Most work all their lives and save all their money, only to spend it all (and then some) trying to get their health back. Only to die obese, sick, on a dozen meds, bed-bound for years and hospice for months.
That’s the reason to live a life w/o vaccines, pharmaceutical drugs, and all allopathic medicine (colonoscopies, digital rectal exams, mammograms, and “annual” exams all together). Opt out of it all — it frees your mind.
Mcgeehee,
I am a big fan of exams. They cost almost nothing in Korea. I monitor important things… such as making sure my vitamin D level is in the 40s… which, with one data point and an Israeli study, I credit for my one day of tight chest covid.
(Imagine how much better it would have been with the vaccine! I could have set Olympic records and been able to bed three Amazons, an epileptic, two spastics, and a suicidal ladyboy on PCP.)
Anyway, I see nothing wrong with catching a big problem while it is still a small problem. A good example is that I quit eating late at night because the endoscope showed inflammation where my esophagus meets my stomach. I didn’t have any symptoms… yet… but probably would have if I had continued that behavior.
I agree to stay away from the drugs. The medical system is quick to “solve” problems with medicine that is either not really needed or isn’t needed at all with small behavioral changes. This is not an absolute, however. There are some drugs that have a clear benefit as people age. Someday, I will likely take my Daily Pills.
That will require a doctor I trust. That is not easy to come by in this age of doctors getting paid to push experimental medical treatments they know don’t work and might be dangerous while they fail to speak out after watching what happens to doctors who do.
Mcgeehee and CH bring up excellent points. In the end, we are responsible for our own health. We need to find doctors and other practitioners we can trust. And we need to avoid poisoning our bodies with unnecessary drugs.
The plain fact is it’s an ongoing compromise. Many prescription drugs do damage our bodies while providing some other and necessary benefit (like chemotherapy, for example).
May all of you find the sweet spot (which is different for each of us) and avoid the snake oil pushed by corrupt bureaucrats and their pet medical staff.