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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The single flake that exists in every bowl of cereal that will cause milk to shoot sideways across the table when poured on it.
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melodramatic meltdown; freaking out; overwhelming emotional meltdown; depressed sob story
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