Why Information is Bad

By daturaonfire · Aug 30, 2009 · ·
  1. If you have horizontal ridges in your toenails, let me totally ruin your day: YOU ARE DYING CALL 911.

    This is Google's special magic: it can make even the most normal person into a gibbering hypochondriac. I got these little horizontal ridges in my big toenails, and I thought, "Oh, I'll google it and figure out what those are," and this is what it comes back with: "Beau's Lines are horizontal ridges in the nails that may be caused by nail infection, trauma, severe illness, malnutrition, diabetes, metabolic disorders, heart disease, and DEATH. Or they may be nothing, who knows!"

    The information age is a dark and scary place. ;_;

Comments

  1. Eoz Eanj
    Agreed.

    I was so much happier before I had access to the internet.
  2. CDRW
    Hey, it works both ways. It's very useful for convincing yourself that those lumps under your skin are benign limpoma instead of cancer.
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