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* In a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yrY9YO3tc particularly amusing Avatar Abridged episode], Haru advertises a shampoo called Sexyfine that rearranges a person's DNA and turns them, well, sexyfine. Side effects included headaches, blood clots, green rashes, gonorrhea, albinism, thumb cancer, chocolate cravings, heroin addiction, pregnancy, ear mutation, increased risk of cyborg koala attack, the apocalypse, and [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Zutara]]. |
* In a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yrY9YO3tc particularly amusing Avatar Abridged episode], Haru advertises a shampoo called Sexyfine that rearranges a person's DNA and turns them, well, sexyfine. Side effects included headaches, blood clots, green rashes, gonorrhea, albinism, thumb cancer, chocolate cravings, heroin addiction, pregnancy, ear mutation, increased risk of cyborg koala attack, the apocalypse, and [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Zutara]]. |
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* ''[http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/20/side-effects-may-include-anything/ Side Effects May Include Anything]'' by Scott Alexander explains how bad it is even when [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|there are some derived numbers thrown in]]. |
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{{quote|[…] a patient who worries that Xolair might be causing their depression will Google “can xolair cause depression?”, and she will end up on this site that says “major depression is found among people who take Xolair”, which is one of the worst examples of [[Weasel Words|weasel words]] I’ve ever heard. Then she will read that there are entire support groups for depressed Xolair sufferers. She will find all sorts of scary-looking information like that Xolair-related depression has been increasing since 2008. And this is above and beyond just the implications of somebody bothering to write an entire report about the Xolair-depression connection! |
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In case you haven’t guessed the twist – no one’s ever investigated whether Xolair causes depression.}} |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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