RIP
it's realy said, he used a neti pot
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure that whatever pushback against neti pots and blowing up of stories like this are coming from pharma lobbyists/PR agencies
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Folks, it's easy. Keep everything clean, use a hard plastic pot (ceramic pots have porous surfaces that can habour bacteria), boil the water, dissolve salt in the water.Although actually I don't use mine any more, because a) all this ^ is a heck of a faff, and b) nasal irrigation doesn't do anything for phlegm in the lungs. So I'm doing breathing exercises now - takes the same amount of time, but no crouched over a washbasin pouring water through my head cavities.
― Dermot O'Leary is playing some beats/at night he's a TV presenter (snoball), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
xp I think it's more to do with the increasing popularity - like with heart attacks as jogging became popular in the early 80's.
― Dermot O'Leary is playing some beats/at night he's a TV presenter (snoball), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
mix of the two most likely?i've been doing this daily for maybe three/four years now and it's fixed a problem I've had basically my entire life.
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
i do get that it's not a fix for everyone so i try not to proselytize but damn it makes a difference for me
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still lolling that you're like 1 step away from a Michael Clayton-esque conspiracy theory where big pharma is killing neti pot users as part of their drug development process
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
xp It worked really well for me too, and I'll still use it when I'm really congested.
― Dermot O'Leary is playing some beats/at night he's a TV presenter (snoball), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol right back at you if you don't think big pharma is perfectly happy to spend a hundred grand on marketing to combat a free and easy to use alternative to allegra, especially when oprah is telling people they should try itjust cause you're paranoid doesn't mean etc
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
don't think pfizer is doping the LA water supply dude but if you don't think they're helping sponsor some of these "we're not sure but this thing that people have been doing for thousands of years might not be good for you in the long term" papers and helping publicize the outlier cases, then YOU sir are pouring water up your nose
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
fuck i was trying to lurk and y'all had to go and pull out the fucken NETI GUNZ
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
you have OPINIONS on neti pots
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
that is not a bad thing btw, it's just cracking me up
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
beats hell out of having opinions about CNN, racist bottle openers and hipsters imho
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link