Shannon's Journal Discussion

[Shannon]

Got a reminder of how the general population isn't very open-minded today. My mom's been sick with some kind of viral cough/cold/"snogginess," lol, for over a month. My wife said as much (that it was likely viral) when she yakked all day about having had enough and needing to see a doctor. People think, "Oh I'm sick, I'll call my doctor and get antibiotics." Thanks for helping to create all the superbugs.

Anyway, I suggest a neti pot. "Oh, I think I got rid of it. I didn't like it." Well, shit, mom - I don't like using them either, but I get over sinus infections in days instead of weeks, suck it up! Then I remember, "MIR 2.1!" I sat on the couch thinking about how to suggest it to her. I do, and the speed and totality of instant dismissal blew my mind - money back guarantee, no medication, no doctor visit, and all. I had to stop myself from calling my own mother "obtuse." I also find it plain insulting that my own seal-of-approval was dismissed by a person whose trust I feel I have earned many times over.

Anyway, everyone here should realize you're a special group. Sometimes I feel like I live on a different planet than everyone else, and here I get to be around "normal" people. Normal to me, anyway.

This is about as believable as magic to most people, don't take it to heart.

They should make a movie about how irrational people are. It would probably be censored by the media.

Too much difference from what is normal and accepted without the right bridge of knowledge and understanding leading to it, and you get the magic/shutdown response.