Homeopathic Medicine (Futurama)

[GeneralNerd]

My favorite part of this gag is that when the conference happens, that Civil Defense hover-van robot is the presenter. Like the whole thing was his idea.

[junglistmassiff]

I think you are ALL missing the real joke here... his degree is from Evergreen State College... the biggest Joke School in the entire country! He's not insulting homeopathic medicine, he's making a joke about the School he Attended!

[031000ron1]

@junglistmassiff I just saws that!

[DouglasZwick]

@junglistmassiff Also, Matt Groening attended Evergreen.

[mystrdat]

@junglistmassiff Sorry, but this really is about homeopathy being worthless.

[irclifford]

This is what I think about the Wall Street protesters.

[ZOMGitsBeeTee]

You know what they call Alternative Medicine that's been proved to work?

...

Medicine.

[brayanito95]

YOU GOT A DEGREE IN BALONEY!!! 

[fizXwolf]

@brayanito95 You got a degree in... Retardation :DD

[brayanito95]

@fizXwolf uncalled for man

[VintageTopHat]

6+7= Read Homy Medicine. O_O

[3civette]

Don't worry about the Mortadella di Bologna. Baloney has very little in common, and most people don't even know its origin, so they can't blame Italy for such a shameful knockoff.

[gameroomvids]

24 people have a degree in homeopathic medicine

[KBC060899]

lol at professers clothes

[mphello]

Residents of Bologna, Italy should be offended.

[WeSpeak]

As someone who has a Master in Deli Meats (majoring in Bologna), I find this highly offensive.

[PointlessSteel]

@WeSpeak As a professor in Lettuce I think you should get outta here.

[nwojunkie]

@PointlessSteel As a professor in Baloney i second that. lets beat it!

[mrjohngarland28]

@nwojunkie As a professor in Bread I think I've been reject from this meeting :(

[nwojunkie]

@mrjohngarland28 noted, i'll bring your complaint up at the next sandwich meeting at Subway

[mrjohngarland28]

@nwojunkie Don't forget to ask professor Cheese ;)

[nwojunkie]

@mrjohngarland28 didn't you hear? he was fired for molesting a ham sandwich.

[mrjohngarland28]

@nwojunkie Really :O and we knew him so well, never missed a meeting. How are we going to explain this to professor mustard? They were such close friends :(

[Dracopol]

@PointlessSteel Faith-healing ("Lettuce pray!") is baloney too.

[omri9325]

i dont get it...

[MrJoeyWheeler]

@omri9325 homeopathy is controversial because you're basically using water to "cure" people. Hence, he got sprayed with water in a good bit of irony. Dara O'Briain considered homeopathy to be ridiculous... "It's WATER you're healing yourself with! [...] 'oh the good thing is you can't overdose on it' but you can feckin DROWN!"

[mkarnerfors]

@omri9325 Homeopathy... here's how it works: it doesn't.

Say you want to make a sleep agent. You start with something that makes you LESS sleepy, like caffeine. You put 1 part of that in 9 parts water. Shake that alot. Take 1 part of that mix and put in 9 parts water. Shake. Repeat many times.

Homeopaths claim that somewhere along the way this water suddenly starts to induce sleepiness. They claim the more you dilute this, the more effective it becomes.

So it's baloney.

[reznor12]

@mkarnerfors Dude, you forgot about how special the methods of shaking are... These amateur sceptics, whatever will we do with you :)

[omri9325]

@mkarnerfors :D

I already know what is it, and i saw James Rendi explains how silly it is.

he told a joke about someone who died from an overdose, because he forgot to take the pill.

(sorry for my bad English)

[gimmethegepgun]

Sprayed him with several gallons of homeopathic medicine.

According to that dude, he should be dead now.

[MisterTutor2010]

Best cure for Quacks: Firehose :)

[flootisboy65]

I'd trust someone with a degree in bologna a lot faster than a homeopath

[517634]

Is Calculon inside that truck?

[TVwatcha01]

LOL evergreen state college XD That's where Matt Groening went

[jtull89]

I like how what he sprayed at him was homeopathic medicine.

[tumminn]

You foolish robot, diluting him will only make his doctorate stronger!

[carmium]

@tumminn It took me about 7 seconds to catch what you said - and then LOL'd! Very good!

[Kinjamaimai]

@tumminn Best. Comment. Ever.

[Thelosttraveller1]

@tumminn ahahahah excellent comment

[PERSONIFICATIONOFYAY]

@tumminn Brilliant

[vsha2]

@tumminn you can't see me, but I'm giving you a standing ovation for that comment.

[Gafgarion22]

17 people have a dagree in a baloney

[AlvisLiquid]

Gotta love Farnsworths face at the beginning.

[synsei1]

You know guys how homeopathy works, right?

[Giantfisheh]

@synsei1 You put water on things and it makes them magical?

[synsei1]

@Giantfisheh You can find the answer with google, search "how does homeopathy work?", first answer.

[Giantfisheh]

@synsei1 I lol'd XD

[Tanoro]

@synsei1 That's scary. Go to a freaking peer review journal instead.

[salerio61]

@synsei1 rofl wish I'd have thought of that :)

[NASCAR4ever11]

@synsei1 Yeah, it doesn't

[EXRazeBurn]

The Civil Defense Hovervan Water Cannon:

-The Practical Perspective: It's good for subduing protestors in a non-lethal manner.

-The Homeopathic Medicine Perspective: It's good for what ails ya!

=3

[PunchSydeironReviews]

This also happens to English majors.

[Washu1973]

17 people had a degree in homeopathic medicine.

[rich763690]

what the hell is the professor wearing?!

[UnspecifiedCarnage]

@rich763690 It's because the planet temperature has risen. That's what the episode is about...

[brs121094]

16 people have a degree in homeopathic medicine

[KrfNYC2]

What;s up with the Professors speedo?

[ElNerdoLoco]

This may be the shortest video to reliably put a smile on my face each time I see it.

[RRtoiPPiotRR]

I love that voice XD

[MrPrado210]

Why are the comments under me so long O.o

[Andoeriz]

@MrPrado210

I would tell you why, but the explanation won't fit in this box.

[Graverobber94]

haha what the hell is bender doing

[MrWeetabixloverx1000]

@Graverobber94 he can't up from his back just likke the turtle

[Graverobber94]

@MrWeetabixloverx1000 lol why not just roll over xD

[elevadon]

Does anyone know what the japanese sign in kyoto says?

[elevadon]

@elevadon Ok i think i got it. Watashi wa, anata no koto o anata no okaasan yori aishiteimasu, Meaning i love you more than your mother.

[bizonc]

That was awesome and so true.

[TheSuperHeretic]

15 people are idiots!

opps! i mean "believe homeopathy works"

[Teeg32]

@TheSuperHeretic 15 dislikes vs. 1077 likes means they've nearly achieved 1C dilution. If they do, it'll make them 10,000 times stronger, thereby winning the like/dislike debate.

[synsei1]

@Teeg32 Haha! Good point. However, all humans who ever lived disliking this video, would not remotely get it to the usual homeopathetic dilutions like 30CH, let alone 200CK that would require more than every atom in the universe disliking it.

[BuddhaBebop]

@Teeg32 This is one of the most brilliant posts I have ever seen on Youtube.

[R0ckG1r7]

You've got a degree in baloney.

[Slipknot808]

@R0ckG1r7 That's not how you spell 'bologna'.

[R0ckG1r7]

@Slipknot808

I know. It goes both ways when it comes to the meaning of frivolous reasoning.

[R0ckG1r7]

You've got a degree in baloney.

[lamareikan666]

Homoeopathic medicine had helped the Chinese for millennia, plus my mum uses homoeopathy on me and my symptoms go away. Modern medicine only suppresses symptoms, not cure.

[theman2160]

@lamareikan666 you belive in balony also they sell plutonium as homeopathic medicine it is toxic radio active serves no use in the human body beacuse its a SYNTHETIC element also try a placebo its the same

[lamareikan666]

@theman2160 You're saying I believe in baloney when you are using a stereotype to justify your arguments?

[theman2160]

@lamareikan666 how in the world is the toxicity of the ingreadents in the meds a stereotype?

[lamareikan666]

@theman2160 *facepalm*

[aethanum]

@lamareikan666 Do not confuse Chinese medicine with homeopathy. Homeopathy was introduced by Hahnemann only two centuries ago.

[sttate]

@lamareikan666 I'm curious, are you Christian?

[lamareikan666]

@sttate Nope, proud atheist, my family isn't religious either.

[TreborNotron]

@lamareikan666 I would be shocked if your symptoms didn't go away. Just because homeopathic medicine was involved doesn't mean it was the cause. What the h. medicine may do, however, is make groginess, for example, go away faster. This is known as the placebo effect, and is when the mind believes it shouldn't be feeling pain (e.g. after taking h. medicine) and blocks it. However, you would get the placebo effect no matter what you took (e.g. needle pricking is well known for the same effect).

[TreborNotron]

@lamareikan666 Now, you're quite right in saying that modern medicine suppresses symptoms (pain killers, etc.) but, with regards to curing illness, biologists have been working for centuries documenting and developing to get to the modern medicine of today that we not only know cures illness but WHY it cures illness. Alternatively, I believe I'm right in saying that h. medicine works on the principle of heaviy diluting whatever caused the illness, which just flies in the face on common sense.

[edmundog]

@lamareikan666 The Chinese have been using something for millenia that was invented in Germany in the early 19th century? Wow, they are good.

[NickyLess]

OMG! That annoucement truck is Brain from Pinky and the Brain XD love it :D

[cicciobenzina2010]

You got a degree in bolony... ahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha

[bf2lover42]

After some thinking, I figure that regular tap water has every possible element diluted on it. Why doesn't water cure radioactive damage? We know uranium exists all over the planet. It would serve as a treatment for heavy metal poisoning.

It simply doesn't work, there is no possible way to prove homeopathy actually has any scientific thinking behind it.

[R0ckG1r7]

@bf2lover42

Agreed.

[tky011]

@bf2lover42

The water has to be shaken in a certain way for the magical essence to transfer over from the active substance, which isn't done with tap water. At least not intentionally. But it ought to happen by chance every now and then, one would think...

[bf2lover42]

@tky011 If you marked every single molecule of nitrogen in the, say, 3 liters of air that were in Abraham Lincoln's lungs the time he died, you would figure you would have breathed at least one of those molecules in your lifetime. I am not shitting, 10^23 is a huge number and tap water is "correctly" mixed a lot of times in your home plumbing.

[chimaeraproductions]

@bf2lover42 Ah but you see, it misses out the all important factor- being hit with a bible!

[HomoCyborgZombie]

I wonder if they have head on in the year 3000.

[8DX]

@goodgodyou So you got the joke? It seemed self-evident to me.... but I'm not the person who puts 5 molecules of tear gas above the several hundred urine molecules in your average hose-down..

[Zimmifer]

Someone needs to post the post a video of what lead up to Bender squirming on his back like a turtle. That scene gets me everytime.

[darkdialga777]

14 people got degrees in blogna

[WubwubDubstep]

most modern medicine is derived from natural ingredients. what medical researchers do is isolate the active component of the natural root or herb that has an affect, then find a way to synthetically produce it at a higher-than-natural rate. one that springs to mind right now is that aspirin is derived from willow tree bark (i think).

all you're doing by using "natural medicine" is taking in a whole bunch of useless plant material alongside the active ingredient.

[tky011]

@WubwubDubstep

Not with homeopathic medicine, though. There is no active ingredient and no plant material, just water (or sugar, if in pill form).

[MrDietotenhosen]

-lol-



[progrockcoffee]

He got sprayed with homeopathic fire!

[Pampl3Moos3]

Its spelt bologna not baloney but still a great video!

[raffa542]

jajaaj

[raffa542]

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[donaldlolwut]

Oh God, Proffesor at the end.

[MeBeMat]

You laugh, but being hit with a water hose probably resulted in an overdose.

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

It's funny because it's true.

[iloveLeenKakashi]

11 people have a degreee in pure baloney

[boonw]

@oveid

"chinese herbal remedies"

Dont even get me fucking started on chinese medicine.A few months back,I was working on a nature reserve in south africa trying to preserve some of the threatened species that live there.Because of morons like you shilling an obsolete form of medicine that hasnt been updated in 5000 years,poaching of endangered species for ingredients for remedies (which by the way,do nothing)has thrived.

Your efforts kill endangered species. I hope you feel good about yourself.

[threadysparrow]

if homeopathy is a scam then why do people not get any better? huh? never thought of that one did ya?

[Karateworm]

@threadysparrow I lol'd heartily.

[threadysparrow]

@Karateworm glad i could help sir. glad i could help. now if you will excuse me, ive got to be gettin on down to louisiana.

[swedenxtrem]

The best thing is that he used water on the homeopath..... for the people who for some reason don't understand it.

[Mario10974]

YOU GOT A DEGREE IN BALONEY:

Hose: DIE

[edmundog]

That's pretty funny. Imagine how funny it would be if it was one square pixel on a computer ten blocks away.

[foxmcloud555]

@edmundog HAHAHAHAHAH stop! I don't think anyone could handle humour that dilute! It'd be way too strong.

[miklitov23]

@edmundog I don't get it

[edmundog]

@miklitov23 Do you know what homeopathy is?

[miklitov23]

@edmundog no

[edmundog]

@miklitov23 It's a form of bullshit pseudoscience that says, among other things, that the less of an active ingredient there is in a solution, the more powerful that solution is. Most homeopathic "medicines" are statistically unlikely to contain even one molecule of what's supposed to make them "work", even though it actually wouldn't in the first place. This is clearly stupid, but so is homeopathy.

[miklitov23]

@edmundog Ahh alright thanks. 

[H4L0K1LL4]

@edmundog the more diluted the better! HERP DERP!

[snufleufugus]

@edmundog dude what

[edmundog]

@snufleufugus Not sure what you mean there.

[KLowD9x]

@edmundog If you're in to homeopathy, damned hilarious!

[willmott2k10]

It's funny because it's true. xD

[OniLinkPlus]

After looking at all of the support for homeopathy in the comments on this video, all I can say is...

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[oisinallen]

What the hell is going on with Bender and the Professor in the first few frames?

[DualcastBahamut]

@oisinallen In that episode, there is global warming. the professer gets hot, and bender reveals that his only weakness i fbeing shoved on his back, because, as the turtle next to him, cannot get back up.

[yanipheonu]

The best part is: How would anything involving medicine help GLOBAL WARMING? XD

[cs512tr]

Welcome to City-17.

its safer here.

thats what i was expecting to hear when the machine was driving.

[Dz1go]

look at professor's face... :D he's really enjoying watching bender suffer : ))

[matthaeus123]

The degree says "Evergreen State College" it's funny because i went there.

[neviusprime]

@matthaeus123 Same here. And so did series creator Matt Groening. And yeah....a lot of "degrees" for homeopathic medicine and underwater basket weaving come out of that joint. And speaking of joints.....

[borgeater]

@matthaeus123

What kind of motto is "Let it all hang out"

[Kingucktoad]

Yeah that pretty much sums it up

[hornplayerchris]

I love that he gets sprayed by the water cannon at the end.

[aureliosjc]

Only retards believe on Homeopathy

[kingdomofheaven666]

was that the voice actor of the brain?

[elwoodbluesx]

@kingdomofheaven666 Yeah!

[ratinanvalot]

@kingdomofheaven666 Quite possibly as Maurice LaMarche played Brain and he's listed as cast in Futurama as well.

[8DX]

Have to say it:

"He got a taste of his own medicine."

[Tassadarky]

@8DX I read that in David Caruso's voice followed by Roger Daltrey yelling YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!­

[Mattysmyth0593]

@8DX That is the best pun I've ever heard on Youtube.

[8DX]

@Mattysmyth0593 It was diluted and succussed by 100 braincells.

[IAmEvilTree]

@8DX All you needed was to put *Sunglasses* and a YEEEEAAAAHHH and this would be the TOP comment.

Just saying.

[HoneyPatchworks]

@8DX Have to say it: I love you.

[randomface54]

@8DX LOL! Well done.

[spiffythealien]

@8DX -starts slow clap-

[threadysparrow]

@spiffythealien - continues slow clap- Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo’ face You big disgrace Kickin’ your can all over the place

[Diggleborf1]

@8DX -claps uncontrollably-

[8DX]

@Diggleborf1 *takes off sunglasses.

But um.. I mean that was the only reason I laughed there... did you other guys not get the joke?

*puts sunglasses back on.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHH!!!

[Propolandante]

@8DX Oh my god I'm still laughing

[Ledwix]

@8DX Ahahahaha, WATER!!! You have the best comment I've seen in a long time...

[Spinwheeling]

@8DX

(puts on sunglasses) YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[dtothelu]

@8DX YEEEAAHH!!!!

[AzraelDarkness102892]

@8DX YYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

[MutuallyAssured]

The best part is that his degree is from The Evergreen State College.

[dark7element]

It's funny because it's true

[Nabo00o]

Atheists are just as religious as religious people, mwahaha.

[jursle]

@Nabo00o ...I'm sorry what? Since when did homeopathy = religion? Or atheism for that matter?

[8DX]

@Nabo00o Uh, like no? I'm an atheist and I'm not religious at all, fuckwit.

[Kisuul]

The cycle of medicine (Paraphrased)

2000 BC "Here eat this root"

1500 BC "Here try this poultice"

500 BC "That Poultice/Root is Pagan, try this prayer!"

1500 AD "That prayer does nothing try this elixir"

1900 AD "That elixir is a fraud try this pill!"

2000 AD "That pill is artificial... here try this root"

Gotta love the symmetry of life.

[Maeror2010]

@Kisuul

SMBC. Very nice.

[8DX]

@Kisuul Also: "Here try this rubber sheath" ;) - thankfully that'll stay alonside the coming poultice, prayer and elixir until the next pill comes along.

[XXGDUBSXX]

@Kisuul Wait, pagan in 500 B.C.?

[Big5000K]

@XXGDUBSXX Fall of Rome and beginning of middle ages? About right.

[XXGDUBSXX]

@Big5000K Nope, pagan is what people in abrahamic religions call everyone who has a a religion that isnt Jewish, Christian or Muslim. Emperor justinian was on of the first rulers to start repressing paganism and anything associated with it (Plato's philosophical academy) around the mid 500 A.D. after the fall of the western roman empire etc. You only really got the B.C. /A.D. wrong.

[XXGDUBSXX]

@Big5000K Still funny though :) I personally stay away from medicine alltogether and will only get medical treatment if I have large wound or something internal that can be "fixed up". I stay away from anything that would have me be on medication or in hospitals indefinately.

[dharlem39]

@Kisuul that's not symmetry, that's circularity.

[iwantsomecookies08]

@Kisuul Why is the prayer 500 years before Christ? :/

[cheezypotatoes]

@iwantsomecookies08 Hm, strange enough there ARE other religions before Christianity...