I get detox, but this?
I was getting a cup of coffee at work, when I started talking to someone who works on my floor.
As my coffee was pouring he mentioned that he’s glad to have stopped drinking coffee, and switched to tea because it’s healthier for the body. I knew were this conversation was going. Detox.
“Cleans the system” he said. “There’s a lot of toxins that build up in your body.” As a rolled my eyes he dropped this one, “I used these pads you put on your feet that drain toxins from your body. I couldn’t believe the stuff that was in my body!”
Now, I get the detox. I have friends at work who detox, despite the fact that a quick trip to Wikipedia can tell you detox is all pseudoscience (citations included).
And I’m not Bill Maher who thinks Americans are stupid, at some point you’ve got lay down the stupid. People who believe in Detox Pads have got to be missing something in their brains and at the very least it’s and understanding of the word “skeptic”.
