Talk:How to Good-Bye Depression
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WTF? Prank? Advertisement (the user who created this left an HTML comment that it was not, so it most likely is)? This doesn't even deserve to be transwikied like the other "How To"s. --L33tminion | (talk) 02:42, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
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- Guess this is a case of strange but true. Seemed like nonsense to me, but I guess I stand corrected (well, the article isn't nonsense... the book may well be, but that's another matter entirely). Changing my vote to keep. --L33tminion | (talk) 19:58, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- The book is real and the article is essentially correct; a book was indeed published which claimed that proper regular constriction of the anus could cure mood disorder and other health troubles, and it did become a subject for hilarity. Whether that fact deserves commemoration is in the judgement of the beholder; I would vote for merge if an appropriate subject was suggested. -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:06, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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- Like what? Anus clenching? Fishal 22:36, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Like, to name a few possibilities (which may or may not exist) Medical quackery, Engrish, Internet memes... this book is an example of all three. Someone out there may know of a subject even more appropriate. -- Antaeus Feldspar 00:08, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Like what? Anus clenching? Fishal 22:36, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- This is really real? Man, the stuff some people write. Keep. - RedWordSmith 03:30, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep: real and noteworthy enough. —No-One Jones (m) 03:33, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep [1] —siroχo 03:35, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Disturbing title, but real book. I've heard about it a few times, so it is probably notable enough. I'm in favor of well-written articles about books. Factitious 03:38, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Famous hoax. Does that make it worth keeping? I think it's too transient, myself. Weak delete. Geogre 04:20, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- ISBN: 0595094724 -- Famous hoax? [[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:02, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, indeedy. You figure that Chariots of the Gods has an ISBN? What about Holy Blood, Holy Grail? Some hoaxes are famous for drawing pictures on the Internet. Some are famous for getting their books published. This one is not as famous as Chariots of the Gods, maybe not as famous as Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and definitely not as famous as The Da Vinci Code, but it's a famous hoax that is, at this point, in mid-bubble and froth. After it pops, will those future historians I always hear about who have no way of knowing the past except Wikipedia to establish that a high school existed need an article here? I don't think so. Geogre 16:29, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- An obvious keep. Amazon rank of 167,790, sure, but this book is rather... "notorious". [[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 04:51, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Isn't there a list somewhere of these books? A yearly thing? Anyone recall what it is? Anyway, this one is a vigorous meme. Keep all memes of sufficient vigour.Dr Zen 05:48, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Defreakinleet. We're not Amazon.--ExplorerCDT 06:48, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- ****Changing my vote to KEEP. The more I look into this, the more I laugh my pants off, especially considering this book's author may have found the proverbial "fountain" of youth (Ponce de Leon, be warned), as Nishigaki says:
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- "Having bowel movement 6 times, constricting the anus 100 times, and denting navel to spine 100 times daily enables a 70 years old man to make * * three times in succession without drawing out and to grow 20 years younger with a beautiful light in his abdomen"
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- I almost don't want to know what "* *" is...but it's just about as quacky as the Atkins Diet. —ExplorerCDT 15:39, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)****
- weak keep but only if someone can add counterarguments. As for the comment of RedWordsmith - people write even stranger things :-7 - Skysmith
- Keep. Mark Richards 16:32, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Weakest of keeps, but is it more customary to have the article listed under the author's name? I really don't know the policy for only marginally notable books and authors. Fishal 22:36, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Weak keep, I suppose. But a far better, and related way to cure depression is to read Le Pétomane. Antandrus 00:16, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Micro-fad. I say merge/redirect to Engrish. Gazpacho 01:28, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep due to cult following and noteriety. Gamaliel 22:01, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. We're not Amazon. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 18:03, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Hilarious! - Ta bu shi da yu 02:36, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- delete. Wikipedia is not a bookstore user:fledgeling03:42, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. I remember this book! It was once on Dave Barry's Christmas gift pick list, together with The Menopause Fairy Pop-up Book. --Woggly 12:42, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Although the book may sound absurd, the article certainly isn't. Hazzamon 15:18, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)
end moved discussion
Bring back the link to Rob Pongi's Constriction party!
[edit] See also
I'm not sure why the "see also" links were deleted. The muscle you use to constrict your anus is the pubococcygeus muscle, and a Kegel exercise is doing exactly that. —Ashley Y 07:39, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry, my bad. The whole article contains a single word (in the book title, too long that I simply skipped) that brings in the relevance the "See also". I was under an impression that the book is a "psycho" one. Poorly written article, which gives a total of zero information about the contents of the book. mikka (t) 23:58, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Rewrite, please. Please...
This is a terrible article. I've never heard of this book before, and I can't say I've got a clear picture as to what the whole damn thing is about after reading this article. Isn't wikipedia supposed to be an encyclopedia? This article sure doesn't stand up to encyclopedic standards. 213.172.254.69 06:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've got to agree. Funny or not, this entry sounds like it was written by a drunken eight year-old that's still giggling over the word "anus". Rootyb 20:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
