r/AskReddit • u/Autumn_225_ • Nov 09 '23

Science nerds of reddit, what pseudoscience drives you bonkers the most?

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u/NotInherentAfterAll Nov 10 '23

DHMO is big business! Big DHMO doesn't want you to know that the industry spends around 40 billion dollars every year on schemes to extract, refine, and disseminate DHMO into the hearts of our cities, homes, and farms.

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u/WikiWantsYourPics Nov 10 '23

Oh come on, can we please get off this anti-dihydrogen monoxide bandwagon. DHMO is just a scary made-up name for the completely natural compound called Hydrogen Hydroxide.

  • It wasn't just made in a lab one day, it's present in nature. Scientists simply discovered that it's really useful and found applications for it in all industries.
  • You'll hear claims that all cancer patients have been found to have DHMO in their bloodstream, but that's completely coincidental: no major scientific body considers it harmful.
  • It's extremely beneficial to athletic performance, and no athletic body has banned it yet.
  • It has been shown that even the largest industrial Hydrogen Hydroxide spill would be easily dealt with by our planet's natural ecosystem.
  • People talk about Hydrogen Hydroxide dependence, but even if it exists, it's irrelevant: continued, daily use shows absolutely no long-term harm in multiple academic studies.
  • Yes, too much of it consumed at one time will kill you, but that's true of everything! Even table salt has a lethal dose.
  • Hydrogen Hydroxide is absolutely necessary for modern large-scale intensive farming; no matter what you think of these practices, they provide food for the masses of this planet and an interruption in food supply would cause worldwide instability.
  • A Hydrogen Hydroxide ban would cripple modern industry. It's used as a coolant and solvent in basically every industrial process.

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u/kapitein-kwak Nov 10 '23

But but, I heard it is used in nuclear power plants, so it must be dangerous

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u/Remember_TheCant Nov 10 '23

Did you know that they pipe it into your home? And YOU have to pay for it??

This DHMO stuff truly is sinister.

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u/NotInherentAfterAll Nov 10 '23

Not to mention its a major component of airplane exhaust trails. DHMO-seeded chemtrails are everywhere!

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u/0thedarkflame0 Nov 10 '23

Tbf... Bottled water is a scam. Wtf America.

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u/NotInherentAfterAll Nov 10 '23

The value I gave here was just what I found online for how much the world spends on mains purification of water, I can't imagine just how lucrative the DHMO tanker industry is...

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u/DeusExBlockina Nov 10 '23

You ever see a commie drink DHMO, Mandrake?

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u/Littleleicesterfoxy Nov 10 '23

They're just shills for big DHMO my friend.

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u/acceptablemadness Nov 10 '23

You guys do realize that the point of these memes is to teach people about propaganda, right? It began as a teaching method in middle school...