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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-07-29 02:39 am
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-07-29 02:39 am
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Fun With Fuzzy Logic
While watching late night TV, my brother, mom, and I started, once again, to snark on some of the more bizarre commercials. And after a particularly mumbo-jumbo one, we started talking about how people know science terms without knowing what they actually mean.
“Tell me about it,” said Mom. “Once I had a guy try to sell me a cleanser that got rid of ‘all the negative ions.’”
It may say something about us that this caused me and my brother to howl with laughter. Because, y’know, the negative ions are the bad ones.
(I love how much ions seem to irritate people—this isn’t the only commercial I’ve seen opining that they aren’t desirable. All that unbalance throws off their groove or something.)
“Tell me about it,” said Mom. “Once I had a guy try to sell me a cleanser that got rid of ‘all the negative ions.’”
It may say something about us that this caused me and my brother to howl with laughter. Because, y’know, the negative ions are the bad ones.
(I love how much ions seem to irritate people—this isn’t the only commercial I’ve seen opining that they aren’t desirable. All that unbalance throws off their groove or something.)
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I seem to recall back in the '80s ions were considered a good thing. Lots of people had ionizers, which were basically just little devices you'd plug in containing electrically charged gratings that would sit in your room pumping out ozone.
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My favorite ion bullshit product was the copper bracelet my FIL bought for his arthritis. Not just plain copper that they've sold people for many years, but IONIZED copper! I tried to explain what an ion *is* to him, but failed. He finally said "Well, it makes me feel better, so don't fuck it up for me by telling me it doesn't work!" He knew himself very well.