it's "err," not "er."

I've heard it used just to mean what happens when one is falling asleep sitting up - the head nodding down, then suddenly jerking up; rinse, repeat. I see it happening on the subway all the time. Happens to me on the sofa every night! It does NOT look like what is in this video. When I first saw this headline I…

I am so so sorry. That cousin - UGH. How can someone be so cruel and heartless (and just stupid)???

I had seen the replies after my initial answer to you - I get that some of what you're saying here is based on what you learned in the discussion. I get that the playing dumb was on purpose, I just think that's a slightly shitty tactic. It worked for you but it was misleading nonetheless. And I don't think that people…

Are you under the impression that I was trying to convince you? I was putting forward the question. You answered it, and you answered it well. It's a little strange, though, that you didn't say all this to begin with - I mean, the element of playing dumb at the beginning rather than putting forth your reasons for…

I am curious as to your thinking behind it not being scientifically possible for it to get there any other way. Do you have specific knowledge as to the permeability of the gut vis a vis lactobacillus etc?

Since you asked for explanations as if you are dumb, and I answered before reading the entire thread, not realizing the level of detail you were looking for, I was trying to keep the concepts basic.

The natural state of affairs is that there are various microorganisms living in your body. Yeast thrives when the levels of normal bacteria are low. Eating yogurt helps keep the normal bacteria levels. Taking probiotics, or eating yogurt, therefore would affect your overall susceptibility to yeast. Not just a…

Thanks! The fact that we somehow turned this around instead of devolving into flames is oddly inspiring. Buzz returned! :)

Ok. You see me as being a buzz kill here, I see you as being the buzz kill. I see someone telling me I have no sense of humor and am ruining things for "the rest of us" as a bummer and a jarring one at that since I thought I was being reasonably friendly about it. I don't remember a time when I've had someone's…

You know, I said that I was not trying to be harsh or pedantic, and I tried to keep it light in my original comment. You've thus far said "being pedantic is never funny" and that I have "no sense of humor" and am apparently **ruining** Jez for "the rest of us."

I don't know. To me "in the butt" means anus/rectum. This is talking about the intestine, and I offered "gut" as something that's slangish but more accurate than "butt."

See, I think I tried to say this before, but honestly to me it seems like you're the one having no sense of humor here. My original comment was meant to point out the difference in a kind of cutesy way, acknowledging the desire for the humorous touch. I wasn't trying to be an asshole about it. And if you expand…

The colon is your large intestine, which is part of your gut. The term "gut" is used routinely when discussing the need for maintaining good bacterial balance etc...

wouldn't go far enough or be thorough enough. It's a liquid to cover more ground within the intestines. Suppository medications just go in a little bit, and are absorbed into the blood stream from there if it's something like, say, tylenol... But the purpose of this is to change the community of bugs living in your…

IIRC, the article sited said it can be done either by enema, colonoscopy, or endoscopically (through the tube in your nose, though I'm assuming it goes lower than the stomach).

I just didn't think it made sense for it to be wrong. I thought it had a goal of being informative along with amusing. Geez. I didn't mean to come across as even remotely harsh or pedantic... so from where I'm sitting it feels like you're the one who needs to lighten up a bit.

I know you're going for the funny, but "in your butt" makes it sound like they just smear some right in the anus or something. Is using the word "intestines" really that much of a downer? How about "in your gut"? Cute, but accurate.

If you needed one, you'd probably already be out sick!

Yes - sorry. I was obsessively answering everyone who didn't get the reference and clicked on you accidentally. :)