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[โ€“] Katzastrophe@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it was "The Thought Emporium"? He made two vids on it, one being a follow-up

[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

I looked and that seems right. I watched two videos on it, IIRC, and it was interesting and concerning.

At the end of the day, I'm not sure how much sympathy I can muster for people who are so superstitious that they'll buy that snake oil, but at the same time, the manufacturer is being incredibly deceptive. So I'm a bit split on the issue. At the end of the day, one thing I'm not uncertain about is that consumer protection should be stronger for such things.