If it were real facts we'd just call them facts.

If it were real medicine we'd just call it medicine.

If it were real news we'd just call it news.

I'm not saying this rule always works, just sometimes.

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[–] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think Tim Minchin, in his prime coined the saying: Alternative medicine is either:

  1. Medicine that has not been proven to work Or
  2. Medicine that has been proven not to work You know what they call alternative medicine that's proven to work? "Medicine"
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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Came here to make the Minchin comparison.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Tbf the wording in OP's post suggests it might be intentional.

    Side note, anyone who doesn't get the reference, here's an animated version of Tim Minchin's beat poem Storm. It's only about 11 minutes long and very entertaining, especially for anyone who appreciates a scientific approach to the unknown. It's been around for a while but seems more poignant today than ever.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bullshit für Deutschland

    yup it works

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is that the name of a political party?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    It is, it's the far right party in Germany, with many of its members carrying sentences for incitement for racial hatred and public use of nazi quotes/symbols/gestures.

    They currently have ~20% of the electorate on their side, and there's an ongoing procedure to declare them illegal (as measures against the emergence of nationalistic movements were enshrined in the constitution post WW2)

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We need to find an bullshit to fossil fuels and plastic bags. You can’t just ignore these problems, and listen to bullshit rock all day long.

    Yep, that works perfectly.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    me and my doppelganger

    "Shoot him! I'm the real Kolanaki!"

    Gets shot

    "How did you know?"

    "If they were the real Kolanaki, they would have just said Kolanaki."

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Are you calling Faith No More "bullshit metal" ? 😮

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Maybe not Faith No More, but I think that's an accurate genre tag for Mr. Bungle. In the most loving and respectful way, of course.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I'd say avantgarde metal for Mr. Bungle, they went through (and back to) so many genres, and they paved the way for so many bands

    But obviously "avantgarde" can often be called bullshit (half kidding)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Well, to me it means "alternative to", so you can either have medicine or the alternative (to medicine). Alternative to facts is bullshit, so that checks out.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Control bullshit delete

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    You're right.

    Also, add the word 'faith' to that list.

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  • Alternative Right. Yup. That works.

    Alternative energy sources. Hmm. Maybe not everything.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    "OK LOOK for the last time I am not Alternativating you!!!"

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Has anybody ever actually unironically said "alternative facts"?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Similar things could be said about things like "real" and "official."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Linux the alternative os to Windows?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Totally agree

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    you had to take a shower to come up with this?

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