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TreasonousBastard

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Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:53 AM Jun 2019

Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit...

that I only recorded it because Jaime Pressley was on.

I have been infatuated with her since My Name is Earl but that's over now that she fell for his con. (Or if she was faking it, that's even worse.) And it's not like his act is up there with the best of them.

I have personally known people who tried desperately to deal with grief with psychics, and helped with interventions. Of all of the evils human are capable of, this psychic bullshit may not be the worst but it does deserve its own hell.

I saw the John Oliver bit in that other thread when it first aired, and it was great. He didn't have time to mention Randi or Houdini but he got it right. Houdini, btw, was grief-stricken when his mother died and went through famous psychics for years. Every one he exposed as a fraud.

OK, back to flat earthers and anti-vax hysteria...


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Just watched a Tyler Henry episode and will admit... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jun 2019 OP
In one of the shoppers' weekly papers I get... Archae Jun 2019 #1

Archae

(46,335 posts)
1. In one of the shoppers' weekly papers I get...
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 09:39 AM
Jun 2019

There's an ad for a "psychic."

Claims "99% accuracy."

A skeptical friend of mine went to her, and all she said were vague pronouncements, and stuff that was dead wrong.

The "psychic" had a fit when the friend pointed this out, and threatened legal action. (Naturally)

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