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Judge rules herbal tea purchase doesn't count as damages, personally attacks our entire lifestyle

Herbal tea and self-soothing purchases don't qualify as concrete damages in debt collection disputes

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 03, 2025
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Tea Time, by Frédéric Soulacroix, (1858-1933) (Public Domain)

In what might be the most personal attack on our coping mechanisms since Marie Kondo demanded we throw away our comfort clutter, a federal judge in Illinois just ruled that stress-shopping doesn't count as legal standing.

As reported by Courthouse News Service, our hero Faizah Siddique tried ta…

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