• catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m all for this but it’s a slippery slope. People seem to go from using a crystal to get over a small psychological road block to thinking that vaccines cause autism real quick.

  • Rachelhazideas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    What about the healing powers of enjoying yourself with a hobby like collecting a bunch of minerals and just looking at them?

    Surely, having a hobby can improve some people’s mental health.

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      That depends. Is your hobby overrun by charletans using your ignorant faith in easily disproven claims to sell false promises of a better life? Because not only is that detrimental to your mental and financial health, but it is bad for society as a whole as it erodes trust in science and knowledge itself.

      People who like shiny crystals decorating their homes aren’t a problem. People who spend money they don’t have on magic because government doctors are trying to put chips in your brain are a real and existential problem.

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    I was a skeptic but a friend who worked at a crystal shop was ALWAYS around them. Even hauling them by the box then two in a matter of months. He was jacked!

    /s just in case

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      You get the benefit of having a rock with cool optical properties! It’s clear! It’s chatoyant! it’s like a natural fibre optic cable!

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    I have a lapis lazuli rock the size of a child’s fist on my desk at home. It’s a beautiful rock and I’m happy it doesn’t do shit