I think the Botox went in too deep
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It brings me no end of wonderment that anyone would listen to anything Jenny McCarthy says. Our evolved instinct to obey authority — if you sit still when the tribe leader yells "run!" you’re likely to become saber-tooth tiger nosh, and are unlikely to contribute to the gene pool — is clearly to blame here. Still, we also have large and I’m guessing generally unused portions of our brains which are built to override such foolish impulses.
Sure, Ms. McCarthy is something of a celebrity. She’s very pretty, attracting attention, and is actually very funny (yes, I have a sophomoric sense of humor sometimes), so it’s no surprise people might be tempted to listen to her.
But what she says is so mind-numbingly mind numbing.
Vaccines cause autism. She cured her son of autism. Her son is an Indigo child. And so on.
“I love Botox, I absolutely love it,” she said. “I get it minimally, so I can still move my face. But I really do think it’s a savior.”
I see. So injecting kids with scientifically-proven medicine that can save their lives and the lives of countless others is bad because of a fantasy-driven belief that it causes autism, but injecting a lethal pathogen — in fact, the most lethal protein known — into your face to help ease the globally threatening scourge of crow’s feet is just fine and dandy.
Got it.
Oh, say: can you excuse me a second? I need to go over here for a sec …
Aaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!
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If you want a little vaccination against her nonsense, read this spot-on op-ed in a student newspaper. It’s good to see some folks get it.
Tip o’ the syringe to BABloggees Philip W and Sparky.
“fine and dandy” made me remember G. Carlin
“Helium balloons at children’s birthday parties are so monumentally dangerous that I can’t believe they’re even legal. The science shows that they cause any number of neurological disorders and the number of both convincing studies and doctors who agree are growing exponentially. I, personally, cured my child of degenerative neuralgia caused by a helium balloon at a child’s second birthday party and now my baby is normal. We must stop this scourge.
Now, if you excuse me, my Hindenburg awaits to whisk me away on a marvelous adventure!”
Stealing graphics from Orac? Bad JREF President! Bad!
Major kudos to the author of that article from the Simon Fraser University paper. Well done, indeed.
I’d like to say something on this topic, but words fail. The picture sums it up nicely.
Huh? She’s shallow as well as selfish and stupid? Hoodathunkit.
Laughed out loud at the title and picture; too bad her influence isn’t restricted to “makes one laugh.”
Maybe they should replace vaccinations with Botox. At least then, people will be dying from easily preventable diseases with a smile.
Photoshop skills need a little work
There should be a sign in the green room of every talk show in America that reads, “Being the smartest person in a room full of idiots does not make you a genious”.
Or a genius.
Well, obviously beauty is more important than health (and intelligence) in Hollywood. I’m not surprised that she would risk her health for her career, but the hypocrisy is just terrible.
Ranson, I didn’t steal that graphic from anyone, I made it myself. Do you have a link to Orac’s graphic?
… or do you mean “The Stupid, It Burns” one? That’s from a different place entirely; click it to see. It’s used with permission from the artist.
Also, I think that Orac has only used the “The Stupid, It Burns” only one or two times. I have a feeling he credited Phil with finding it, but I could not find it in the time I had between parental duties.
Sorry, I meant Orac has only used the “The Stupid, It Burns” graphic only a couple of times. He has used the phrase many times!
Comets, global warming, alien invasion, plague, nuclear war, Godzilla: all ways I thought we’d go out as a species, but now it’s clear that the way the human race will finally do ourselves in is by listening to what celebrities have to say. Hopefully the next creature in charge will learn from our stupidity.
Wow. Umm, my tongue-in-cheek comment got taken far too seriously, and I apologize. In any case, I’m still amused at the general incestuousness of the skeptical blogosphere, whether it be in graphics, subjects, or, frankly, staffing. Fortunately, it keeps growing and adding new perspectives. Otherwise, I’d think we were all just sitting around talking to ourselves. I really hope this show takes off, for no other reason than to dispel that fear.
Anyway, this’ll teach me to be silly on a blog full of uptight, no-fun skeptics, with their “science” and “reality” and “facts” *grumble* ;P
Of course, it might help if my sense of humor was any good, too.
LMAO … this might be the comedic masterpiece of all skeptic society.
Well done Mr. Plait, very, very, well done.
“The Stupid, it burns” … LOL, that’s just classic. Wow, I can’t see, too much laughter …
“I see. So injecting kids with scientifically-proven medicine that can save their lives and the lives of countless others is bad because of a fantasy-driven belief that it causes autism, but injecting a lethal pathogen — in fact, the most lethal protein known — into your face to help ease the globally threatening scourge of crow’s feet is just fine and dandy.”
Not to mention eating her own boogers on MTV.
I could not find the actual video, but this is funnier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYejtgFJRQ&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=eating+boogers&hl=en&emb=0&aq=3&oq=eating+b
There’s no herd immunity against ignorance.