Polite Dissent

It’s time for my bimonthly look at what search terms brought people to Polite Dissent over the past two months. Sure, it’s a lzay post — but a fun one.

Common search terms:

• Weird n Wild creatures, Scottie from Mythbusters, and D&D module X2 (Castle Amber)

Trivia (Some people are clearly entering trivia questions verbatim as search terms. This is particularly evident in the last question as it starts out with the category. Click and drag the mouse to reveal the answer.)

• What cable hit is introduced by the voice over what happens when people stop being polite and start being real? Answer: The Real World
• Drs Kildare and Gillespie could be found in which hospital? Answer: Blair General
• gen x tv before coming to WKRP johnny fever got fired for saying what word on the air? Answer:Booger

Medical Concerns:

• Humorous spiral fracture Spiral fractures are rarely funny, at least to the people who have them. I suspect you want information on a spiral fracture of the humerus.
• Strep throat involving blisters on plate of mouth Blisters on the roof of the mouth are more suggestive of a viral sore throat than a strep throat.
• How many vials of csf are take during lumbar puncture? Usually four.
• What can I do to lower my blood pressure besides medicine? The big three: Healthy diet (low sodium), weight loss, and aerobic exercise — lots of it.

Alternative Medicine:

• Blood type O personality traits I hope I don’t have to tell you that any connection between blood types and personality is nonsense. Still, it is a common concept in many Eastern cultures and shows up in manga from time to time.
• Homeopathic remedy scaphoid fractures First, homeopathy is a ridiculous concept and doesn’t work. Second, no medicine can fix a scaphoid fracture. Third, scaphoid fractures can have long-term consequences if not repaired, so I’d suggest going to see an actual medical doctor.
• Incurable autoimmune disease natural cures Anyone else see the logical error here?

• Mistletoe side effects homeopathy Homeopathic remedies are nothing more than water, so there should be no side effects.

You People Are Sick (presented without comment):

• Wonder girl chloroform
• Sarah sutton dr who nyssa bondage
• How many seasons of Full House are there on DVD
• Self-circumcision clamp

I’d be Interested to Know What They Were Thinking:

• nuns & comics
• comic books with sodium involved
• sputum fantastic 4

Miscellaneous:

• Hostess cupcakes. For some reason, it pleases me to know that my site turns up in a search for “Hostess Cupcakes.”
• Playlists for depressing songs. I suspect it depends a great deal on your taste in music. I consider Billy Joel’s Captain Jack to be one of the most depressing songs ever. And one of my friends in college felt that if you could listen to the Pink Floyd album The Final Cut all the way through and not contemplate suicide, then you were uncommonly stable (or in denial)
• Bode Miller fanfiction. You can tell it’s fiction because Bode actually wins.
• Digital Fortress is the worst book ever. I agree it’s not a good book, but there are worse books out there. I mean, I actually finished this book and there are many books so bad I couldn’t finish them (one that springs to mind as an overly praised work I could never finish is A Confederacy a Dunces.) Digital Fortress does follow the same plot Dan Brown uses in every book.
• inttel inside idiot outside What’s funny is that they spelled Intel wrong