Cable wars over

[John Duncan]

Apparently at this year's Ig Nobel awards, Dan Ariely won for demonstrating that expensive fake medicine is more effective than cheap fake medicine.

QED

 

[Anonymous]

for hifi equipment, manufacturer often invest 30% of the product price to decorate its appearance, making it more lovely and elegant to look, so that among the components of the same sound quality, you often choose the ones looking attractive.

 

[Clare Newsome]

olddiamond:among the components of the same sound quality, you often choose the ones looking attractive.

As in hi-fi, as in life

 

[John Duncan]

Or the ones with the best knobs.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, lovely polished knobs.

 

[Anonymous]

JohnDuncan:Apparently at this year's Ig Nobel awards, Dan Ariely won for demonstrating that expensive fake medicine is more effective than cheap fake medicine.QED

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Expensive medicine is indeed more effective than cheap medicine. It uses the same principle as many cable suppliers...Placebo...

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sits back and grits teeth😉ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

EvilWolf:Yes, lovely polished knobs.

I think JD was referring to the feel of the knobs in his hand, rather than the previously allured to aesthetics.

 

[JoelSim]

@£120 for a haircut...

That's 12 haircuts, so I actually spend about 1/50th of my annual income on clothes and haircuts and every time I look in the mirror I'm still astounded at just how gorgeous I look

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[John Duncan]

As are we Joel.

Astounded at how gorgeous you think you look, I mean.

 

[JoelSim]

I'm sure the missus would be the first to say I look like a bag of s***e.

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[John Duncan]

And not the last, presumably?

Actually, how do they get away with it? Am always being told that "those shoes don't go with those trousers" or "that's a rubbish shirt" or "you look like your dad". But I say "your a--e looks fat in those" that one time............

 

[JoelSim]

Like water off a duck's back to me. I quite like looking scruffy and hate looking smart.

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[Thaiman]

JoelSim:

Like water off a duck's back to me. I quite like looking scruffy and hate looking smart.

that you, that is!

 

[Anonymous]

Thaiman:JoelSim:

Like water off a duck's back to me. I quite like looking scruffy and hate looking smart.

that you, that is!

It can't be - he is a tw@t?

 

[JoelSim]

Thaiman:JoelSim:
Like water off a duck's back to me. I quite like looking scruffy and hate looking smart.

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