Then you know to avoid at all costs, because that dude doesn't know how condoms work. Do not store in wallets!

Edit to add: they can tear from walking and pressure. Microtears may not be visible to the eye

I read the Decameron during the start of Covid. Wild to read something written during the plague.

I definitely like reading wintery books in the winter, though I wonder if they would make me feel cool in the summer.

Absolutely! It's a shame that so many boosters for alternative medicine pair it with distrust of conventional medicine. They are often preying on people's bad experiences with the medical industry, and neglect to mention that some of these alternatives are also billion dollar industries!

In the theme of this thread, all those books written in bad faith would be my nomination, though it's impossible to screen for that.

I totally agree. I'm an organic farmer and naturalist, so I'm pretty open about this stuff. That said, I have several friends who have really bought into this stuff. It's so hard to talk them out of it without pushing them further away.

The appeal to nature fallacy is a strong one. It's so sad to see people gamble with their health, and infuriating that publishers are profiting off this. I'm sure some of these authors are genuine, but some must be writing in bad faith, especially those with scientific training.

Eh. Wasp dead and OP is alive and on reddit.

Leeches are still used! And maggots! The only animals approved from medicine by the FDA (in the US).

Probably not, surprisingly.

Nah, u/jsf897 researched it, they don't seem connected

Probably not, check the other comments