What is Mechanical Placebo?
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An impressive looking device or scheme, that in fact, does nothing. It is commonly believed that pedestrian controlled traffic signals and signs warning that police monitor speeders by aircraft, are blatant examples.
Why are you pushing the "close" door on this elevator? It's just a mechanical placebo.
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A person exhibiting extreme quirkiness, dorkiness, and adorableness.
"My best friend, Jen, is so quirkdorkable!"
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A polystyrene cup Bob Fossil puts in his breast pocket after unsuccessfully bribing Howard Moon into fist-fighting a Killeroo (a killer ..
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An arbitrarily set 'maximum legal speed of travel' that is almost always disobeyed, except in horrible conditions. However, ev..
