• Healing Crystals: the sham that keeps on shamming up the earth
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https://newrepublic.com/article/148190/know-healing-crystals-come-from A seller named Steve, responding to a buyer’s concern about mistreated miners, wrote that buying crystals “can provide a better standard of living for their people.” The mines have also caused “severe surface and groundwater contamination, and the State of New Mexico and U.S. Department of Justice have filed natural resource damage claims against the company for damages to water and wildlife resources.” At least these U.S. copper mines are subject to environmental and labor regulations. Industrial mines in many other countries are not. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, children as young as seven works the mines, and cobalt and copper mines in the country’s Katanga region are rich in minerals like tourmaline, amethyst, citrine, blue and smoky quartz—all coveted by healing crystal sellers.
This immediately came to mind http://peopleofcraigslist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jerk-off-crystal-craigslist.jpg
Healing stones are nothing more than glorified pet rocks. I don't understand why people don't check in with a doctor for health issues as oppose to believe some scam marketing campaign for literally just a rock.
There is nothing wrong with liking semi precious stones or even dicking around with their supposedly claimed effects as long as they are not used for any serious health conditions or anything life threatening.
I dated a girl who started getting into this kind of stuff towards the end of things. There’s no sound logic behind any of it, the people that are ‘experts’ don’t even have explanations for how they supposedly work. Its hilarious.
I would argue otherwise, because even if one person doesn't take it seriously for real health concerns, it could promote the use of them for someone who is actually sick.
It's all fine and dandy until they start telling people to stop getting cancer treatments because this magical pet rock will save them. Then they need their asses kicked.
Some people have collections of these things because it gives them something to distract themselves when they're having problems and I think that's fine. I think it becomes an issue when they begin to believe that holding onto a piece of mineral is going to cure their headaches or bad breath or whatever other dumb shit they end up thinking.
Makes me sad that my sister is getting into shit like Himalayan salt lamps and what-not. Wonder how much longer it'll be before she starts turning to crystals, too.
Hey, I get another excuse to post this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVV3QQ3wjC8
2 hours ago from United States That's why. Though some people are stupid, some are just desperate.
Yeah, I bet a healing crystals are probably much cheaper than seeing a doctor
Had a friend that was into those salt lamps, thought they were doing something amazing like diffusing into the air cos it started to disappear. Turned out the dog was licking it.
Because going to the doctor is really expensive
I have a salt lamp because it looks cool, it's stayed the same size for like 5 years.
I'm always slightly worried that when I describe my job to people I'll get lumped in with crystal loonies. Shooting X-rays at super cold protein crystals and putting other protein in big magnets to spin them around so you can hear atoms "talk" to each other doesn't really sound like science, but I promise it is.
all these cool looking crystals and stuff are all sold at a crazy premium because modern day witch doctors think the pink ones solve cancer. Why do all the cool rocks suffer from these things, I just want to look at cool rocks and not be charged a premium to be healed by the omega love rays they supposedly emit.
So instead of saving money for the doctor, spend it on useless rocks?
In most of the world, it's free, but we still have idiots into crystal healing in the UK.
If someone told high school me that in 10 years people would be believing in magic rocks i'd have laughed. It's not funny anymore, it's pretty sad. Appreciation for unique minerals and rock collections are once thing but some people have gone full retard it seems.
In a world where the flat Earth and anti-vax are gaining momentum, yes.
I do, however, believe in the power of Bismuth to deal with nausea, heart-burn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea. https://i.imgur.com/tycd5Ja.jpg
That sounds science as fuck and cool as fuck.
Nobody unironically wears these for healing - it's jewelry
nope, I know a whole bunch of ~spiritual~ people and they genuinely believe this stuff works. They believe that certain kinds of crystal have different effects, from literal prevention of disease to wishy washy shit like ~it helps generate love in a relationship!~. They actually sneer at people wearing dyed stones or false crystals because they aren't authentic, therefore, they aren't magic. Ive always liked crystals, salt lamps, and semi-precious stones from a purely aesthetic standpoint. My partner collects that kind of thing because she likes them even more. But honestly you wouldn't believe the amount of times we have popped into one of those "shops for the gullible" and had a woman with a three wolf moon style t-shirt explain how this particular rock will effect the quality of our future child's spiritual essence or something incredibly stupid like that.
These are not rocks, Marie, they're minerals.
Yeah there was a guy who literally took rocks from the beach, put googly eyes on them and sold them as pet rocks for a profit and made millions. It's not about the product, it's about the marketing and the customer. If some looney thinks a crystal is better for their life and they act as a more productive member of society because of buying it then everyone got what they wanted, the salesman gets a profit, the idiot gets false assurance of well being and you get a coworker who stopped being a lard-ass and actually is pulling his own weight for once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIPke5cnpJA True magic healing
You poor, innocent serb. The world is too tall for your pure little squatting heart.
yeah thats exactly what theyd want! big pharma getting my fucking MONIES
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