[lbo-talk] money and s*x

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] Good point.  High prices create a perception of "better quality."
One  study of drug effectiveness found that mentioning the high price of a
drug to subjects had a positive effect on reported effectiveness (even
though it was a placebo).  I would imagine that the same principle is at
work in this case.

Wojtek

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM, James Heartfield <
Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> "What was your first s*xual experience, Simon?"
> He thinks for a moment. "I was about ten. This teacher asked us all to make
> little churches for a display, kind of a model of a church. I made one out
> of cardboard, worked very hard on it, and took it in to her on a Friday
> morning, and she was pleased with it. It had a red roof, coloured with red
> crayon. Then another guy, Billy something-or-other, brought in one that was
> made of wood. His was better than mine. So she tossed mine out and used
> his."
> "That was your first s*xual experience?"
> "How far back do you want to go?"
>
> Donald Bathelme, Paradise, page 19
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