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[–] [email protected] 152 points 2 weeks ago (63 children)

Essential oils. Homeopathy. Chiropractic. Reiki. Juice cleanses. Perineum sunning. Internet accelerator software. Iridology. Faith healing. Organic food. Oil pulling. Gold plated digital audio cables.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Everything marketed audiophiles, not only gold plated cables, but also anything that uses vacuum tubes because "they sound better"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I was buying a toslink cable recently and I shit you not, there was a gold plated optical cable...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn‘t that defeat the entire purpose of Toslink cables ? The light can‘t go through gold?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The connector was gold plated. Not a golden wire.

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