DBWI: Goop was what everyone expected

Peppe

In 2011 Gwyneth Paltrow (also famous for her works as an actress, although it has nowadays been mostly focused on the MCU, where she is Pepper Potts/Rescue), founded "Goop", a "wellness and lifestyle" company, at the time, many thought it would be some kind of "new age" filled with sudo-science and some or other brand of medical insanity, but, surprisingly enough, the company ended up proving itself to be in fact a very matter-of-fact and serious company focused on things like personal training, diet and lifestyle counselling and supplements, and after 2015 also entered the business of pharmaceutics, and is considered as one of the major enemies of sudo-science, conspiracy theories and pseudo-medicine (Paltrow herself entered a rather violent debate with some people on the matter of vaccination and people thinking it causes autism, and everyone knows the fight with that Raw Water guy).

Now what, if people's original impression was the right one, and Goop was some kind of constantly criticized laughing stock?
 
Resurgam

Resurgam

Bougnas said:
OOC: Yes, and it's exactly what people expected, the DBWI goes back to the OTL situation.
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OOC: No, I know what a DBWI is. I've just never heard of Goop.

IC: I'd probably be much worse off. I joined two years ago and lost, like, 10 or 15 kilos. It works, it really does.
 

Peppe

Migrant_Coconut said:
She got into a fight with the Raw Water guy and I'm only hearing about it now? I am simultaneously upset and intrigued.
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First, how did you not know of that, do you live under a rock?!
Second, you need to see it, is kind of amazing how twitter posts turned into a debate and ended up with mutual restraining orders
 
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overoceans

It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Gwyneth Paltrow is the James Randi for the Millennial generation. This thread is ASB.
 
bunhead

bunhead

The ballet world would truly suffer. I say that jokingly, but I'm a professional dancer and man, half my colleagues (and me, I'm not lying) are in it. One of my friends is the ballerina in the ad from this past December. It's a great resource for athletes, because we need to manage our bodies and because it's not focused solely on weight loss, it actually helps dancers a lot, because we're very prone to eating disorders and it kind of reminds you like, "drink water. eat some protein. it's okay if you can't see every bone in your torso." If it was the psuedo-science disaster we were all expecting, I doubt it would really hurt anyone, but it would be disappointing. It's a great resource, and not having it would suck.

Also, we wouldn't celebrate the anniversary of her fight with the Raw Water guy at PA Ballet. He tried to use us for marketing and was a huge dick about it, and she was super courteous (and also a major donor!!) so we celebrate. Gotta love workplace traditions based around bashing pseudo-science.
 
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