That Mitchell and Webb Look: Homeopathic A&E

gudbuytjaneCited 3× on HN, 2015–2026

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A That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch in which a hospital A&E is staffed by homeopaths who dilute everything, leaving patients with nothing.

Used as a punchline in threads about snake oil, bogus tests and startup fraud, rather than recommended as such.

3 comments from Hacker News

@Terr_2026-04 · in “The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency”

In the sense of extreme understatement , yes, which is amusing since the "heavy lifting" is the other way around. Much like "The snake-oil suspicions looming over colored quartz and homeopathic water." [0] [0] ▶ this video

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@wstrange2016-04 · in “Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S”

> blood constituents are not evenly distributed at small volumes Clearly they should have diluted the samples further. ▶ this video

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@jamiesoncj2015-02 · in “Building Microservices the Lean Way, part 2”

Oh right. I didn't get it. I thought tech homeopathy was some new framework / library / approach I hadn't heard about. Maybe homeopathy.js or similar? On the plus side, your comment did make me re-watch this: ▶ this video

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