Comments on: Trip Report – Woo in my hometown

By: Doug H.

Doug H. — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:09:26 +0000

Love the article. I’m headed to KK in about three weeks to being an indefinite backpacking journey of the region. I’ll be on the look out for all this stuff! Do you know of any skeptic organizations operating in KK?

By: heather

heather — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:39:18 +0000

Hello Yau-Man,
I enjoyed your blog entry on your trip but especially enjoyed your serene presence on Survivor. I wish you had won. I could not watch again after that season.

I found your blog while doing a search for you and a quote I heard you use once, that I love and use on my facebook page. “Love many, trust few, hurt none” Are you the author of this quote? If not, I would appreciate knowing who is, so that I may credit the appropriate source.

Thank you,

Heather

By: Jacqueline Hall

Jacqueline Hall — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:45:32 +0000

Hi Yau Man,

I just wanted to say that my partner and I think the world of you- we have just finished watching Survivor. You should have won. You played the game very well and you are a great role model for the world. Thank you for being an inspiration.

PS We like your writing too.

Kind Regards,

Jacqueline Hall

By: Samuel Howard

Samuel Howard — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:34:51 +0000

Wow. I am a new reader but already a fan, good sir. :)

I am highly confused about the picture with the (apparently) serene woman lying on her side with what appears to be a long dinner candle (lit, no less!) placed in her ear by an unseen doctor (which is implied by the white labcoat sleeve). Does such an activity do what it claims with pictures? (At least they didn’t use testimonials!) Disregarding the absurd sounding term “earcandle” and completely ignoring the words “Hopi & Essential Oil”, this does not strike me as being the sort of exercise that would invoke peace and tranquility in someone. In actuality, I would think the patient would be paralyzed with fear, wondering when the first drop of hot wax would hit. Mental images of what could happen surface in my mind, all of them quite amusing.

Keep up the good work!

By: thai bar

thai bar — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:57:35 +0000

Can you provide more information on this? Im looking for a weight loss product that works.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:16:07 +0000

For the sake of science I’d be willing to get just one breast firmed…

By: Jeshua

Jeshua — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:40:37 +0000

Please, Joe from Mexico, don’t automatically group organic food with the likes of homeopathy, reflexology, moxibustion, acupuncture and other forms of Asian woo. I don’t think it’s such a bad idea to play it safe when buying fruits and vegetables that have a high water content, even though i’m not fanatical about organic food in general.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:45:20 +0000

I’ve asked people what they think homeopathy is and they all think it’s “natural” or “herbal”. This is astonishing because it means the homeopaths are omitting information from their patients. Woo is growing here in Mexico as homeopathy, organic food and asian remedies are increasing. It’s quite scary.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:59:17 +0000

Great article. The homeopathy thing seems to be common. I’ve had a few friends talk about homeopathy as if it meant “holistic.” They’ve all sounded disappointed when I’ve explained it to them.

I’ve bemoaned the fact that I haven’t got the heart to bilk people because it seems it’d be easy to take money from folks with this junk. (My ex-wife and I came up with Pet Exorcism but never put it into practice.) I just couldn’t take advantage of people like that. But I’ve had a change of heart. Now I want to get a job as breast firmer.

By: Chris Kavanagh

Chris Kavanagh — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:41:44 +0000

Great article Yau-Man. I always look forward to your posts!

On the Mall woo front it might interest you to know that over in the UK I’ve actually noticed something similar happening. Enclosed shopping centres on the scale of American ‘malls’ are still not all that common in the UK but in the scaled down UK ‘malls’ I’ve noticed that they almost always contain a Chinese medicine store. These stores tend to have the same kind of advertisements you point to, alongside the more common acne removal, baldness and impotency treatments. I rarely see people enter these establishments so I’ve no idea how they stay solvent. Even in Belfast, my hometown, I’ve noticed these stores popping up in the most obscure shopping centres far away from any Chinese communities. Mall woo may be on the rise globally it seems!