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I don't think it's necessarily that people on reddit are assholes - although they are being rude to her in some of the comments. It's just the demographic that uses reddit is generally not the demographic that is willing to hear anything about natural medicine.

It's the same reason reddit is largely atheist. The majority of the people who use the site (or at least the ones most inclined to mob together) are those who subscribe to a fairly strict materialist philosophy. Basically anybody who doesn't follow the current mainstream scientific view of the world is going to be expressing a minority opinion here. It's just something those with a different view of the world have to accept.

Hopefully she was aware before she did this AMA that anything about medicine outside a strictly modern, western approach is going to run into a lot of resistance.

All the best to your mom :)

Hey guys. First off just want to say that I am really digging Into The Wide. I'm listening to it very loud right now. Your last album is one of my favourite ever but it looks like you somehow found a way to top it!

2 questions:

• This new record seems to take your sound in a pretty new direction. Were there particular artists that you were listening to a lot while you were making this? I'm hearing some U2, George Harrison, and The Killers but I could be out to lunch.

• What is the story behind the 3rd verse of Empty House? "I got this limp from a favor I did / Some folks don't like charity / Copper pipe is worth more than you think / There ain't no point blaming me"? I love it but I don't know what the hell you're talking about haha.

Keep on making amazing music and please tour western Canada!

Hi Andy,

Big fan from Canada. Our band loves to jam on 'No Thugs In Our House'.

I read an interview a while back where you were talking about the accident in the studio that caused you awful tinnitus. Are you still dealing with that?

Cheers, and thanks for all the great records!