Oct 08 2008

Retail therapy at least as good as placebo?

Published by Dougal at 5:24 pm under Humour

From a Bad Science thread on Echinacea:

I tried SJW [St John’s Wort] a few years ago and it did seem to help but I have no idea if it was a real effect or not. I did a controlled trial, comparing it with shopping and found that it performed no better…

But was cheaper, and thus more cost-effective?

Have you ever been to Primark?

;-)

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  1. # Kenon 09 Oct 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Nice, though I suspect she’s not a presbyterian.

    I find if I spend lots of money, I get depressed…. well at least until I get the stuff home and get to enjoy it for what it actually is. The process itself isn’t helpful, but sometimes the toy/clothing is…