Placebo

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22 Comments

Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 2y (6 replies)

I didn't laugh, but I do feel like I might've.

einlander@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (5 replies)

But did you Live and Love?

samus12345@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y (4 replies)

abfarid@startrek.website · 13 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Needs punctuation...

SquirtleHermit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

!

abfarid@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2y

evasion

xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

When you're playing D&D but your unbalanced die is looking too much like candy

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I still have a half-joke conspiracy theory that the information that placebos work even if you know they're placebos is in itself benevolent misinformation to induce a real placebo effect about placebos you know are placebos.

abbadon420@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I feel dizzy after reading that.

Asweet@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So you’re probably not in the control group

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

Plot twist: They are in the control group, and are experiencing a nocebo effect.

Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

🐈‍⬛🔃

abfarid@startrek.website · 15 pts · 2y

This meme is a paradox. It's is and also isn't a placebo. Schrodinger's meme?

Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I feel better already

Morphit@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y

Your mind makes it real.

troglodytis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
dumbass@leminal.space · 6 pts · 2y

I hear a friend with weed is better.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I remember a product from years ago with the phrase "Genuine Placebo Effect" on the label. Wish I could remember what it was.

finley@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This somehow reminded me of Sturgis' reply when you build up Sanctuary during the quest of the same name.

No idea why, but that's how I read your post lol

finley@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
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someacnt_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Seems like getting even more attention, potentially thanks to Shrödinger effects

brrt@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Because the defining quality of a Placebo is how much of anything it receives

10_0@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
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yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

Rauschenberg's white painting was the OG placebo meme.