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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Smell my feetment

Give me something good to eatment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I wish I could remember what product this was, but many years ago there was some bullshit new age supplement that had "Guaranteed Placebo Effect" on the packaging.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

The trick is that its poison 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That's not what AIDs patients patients wanted. or trans youth seeking puberty blockers to reduce their suicidal thoughts wanted.