Okay, Natural Nancy, PhD....satire or not?

[Dr. Strange]

Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/NutritarianNancy/photos/a.924175207596122.1073741829.822937294386581/1177171835629790/?type=3

I honestly can't tell if she's pulling the stupid, or just trolling.

[bvf]

1. Clearly a spoof.

A take on the general ignorance of the average American consumer, and a demonstration of how easily it can be taken advantage of.

[Dr. Strange]

2. Here's her website.

http://www.stellarhealthinc.com/

I can't see it as a "clear"spoof. At least no more than Natural News is a spoof.

[bvf]

3. Hmm...

I see your point.

Possibly silly question here from a non-Facebook user:

Could somebody have hacked her account?

[Warpy]

4. Dihydrogen monoxide? Clearly a spoof.

The comments are pretty funny.

[Silent3]

6. The dihydrogen monoxide thing is clearly a spoof...

...but many woos bought into it as if it were serious, and passed it on with serious concern.

A few woos have enough of a sense of humor about themselves (rare, I know) to have seen the DHMO thing as funny, and spread it around as a joke. Since Nancy's Facebook page also has this:



...she's probably in the latter category.

But a willingness to joke a bit aside, I'm pretty sure the rest of her Facebook page and her web site is meant seriously, the usual "natural = good, artificial = bad" woo, with the typical anecdote-based, personal-experience-based, cherry-picking of exaggerated interpretation of isolated studies-based recommendations that this food and that food amazingly accomplish this and that wonderful health goal.

[progressoid]

8. Real or spoof, that picture is hilarious.

Also a little frightening...

[Nailzberg]

5. Nutjob Nancy is pretty stupid. She's real. It's her PhD that's fake.

[HuckleB]

7. She's real, but there is a spoof page, too.

It's hard to tell the difference, however.