Bicycles and Hip Replacement for Dummies

What type of bicycle do you need?

Far be it from anyone here at the Antisocial Network to give medical advice (except, perhaps, when it comes to correcting common dumbassery). When it comes to your health and your body, we think you should stick to getting advice from professionals; by which we mean doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and other trained professionals; not a "professional freelancer" with a BFA in film. That's why today's DotD nominee is one such freelancer, Breann Kanobi¹, and we caught her attempting answer the eternal question, "How do I Choose the Correct Bicycle After Hip Replacement Surgery? " at SportsRec.com

Virus Safety, the Stupid Version

Viruses vs. bacteria

A physician of our acquaintance (the daughter-in-law of a staffer) bemoans the proliferation of "antibacterial" products. With just a few exceptions, she won't allow them in her home because she knows that overuse of the products is likely to evolve ever more resistant strains of bacteria. She, like us at the Antisocial Network, was absolutely flabbergasted at the ignorance she encountered when she read the article "How to Kill Viruses" that Melanie Fleury posted to azCentral.com (a niche site of eHow... are you not surprised?)

Weight Loss for Dummies

It's been a while since we came across the ridiculous prose that marks spun content but, then again, it's been a while since anyone here donned a metaphorical clothespin on the nose and took a look at Seekyt.com. Someone did, however, by plugging subduction site:seekyt.com into Google. Lo and behold, however, the one result had nothing to do with plate tectonics. Instead, it was "How to use meal replacement for Weight Loss," "written" – actually, cut-and-pasted from an internet spinning site – by "General Contributor" (the only author at Seekyt now); although the Wayback Machine says it was posted in 2015 or so by someone using the handle kenreVyes (sometimes known as Ken Reyes). The post, like all posts remaining on Seekyt, is now credited to "General Contributor."

Bottled Water for Health-Nut Dummies

Different brands of bottled water bottles

If there's anything that rubs our in-house scientists the wrong way, it has to be bloggers who spread health-related rumors on the 'net in hopes of lining their pockets. You know the ones: today they're touting diet X₂₃, but their posts from six months ago were all about how diet Y₉ has helped them lose six thousand pounds in twenty minutes. Unfortunately, Demand Media gave some of them a forum for spreading their misinformation in return for small chunks of cash; that's where eHowian Megan Clancy tried to tell people "What Is the Healthiest Bottled Water?" (now¹ found at AzCentral.com).