30 Things Which Are In Fact Big Scams, Yet Most People Don’t Realize It, As Shared By Members Of This Online Group

Yeah and it should cover it given how imperative dental well-being is.

It also puts the employees in the position where they're at the mercy of disrespectful and cruel customers, and sadly, that might be the point.

Not up to speed on other religions' history, but the way the Catholic church sold tickets to heaven in medieval days, just wow

This happens in evangelical charismatic Protestantism. There are "Word of Faith" preachers who promise a 100-fold return if you will just send them donations or buy their latest DVD/CD/Study book set. So sometimes poor widows and retired people will send in this month's rent money because they are sure that somehow one hundred times that amount will suddenly and magically appear, not exactly prudent or realistic. But the evangelists do report some amazing tithe miracle testimonies every now and then. If it works at all, it works for commissioned salespeople or independent businessmen who take on significant risks. It does not work very well for anyone on salary or a fixed income like a pensioner. They never mention this.

As written before. When the British and the Dutch sailed around the world to found new colonies. They encountered different religions everywhere. From this we can draw two conclusions: 1) Religion is so universal that it gives an evolutionary advantage to the group of believers. 2) God did not create man, the believers created their god.

This statement is logically flawed and objectively false. A scam is when you are denied a service after paying for said service, you don't buy religion, you believe in it.

How do you think the monks and priests paid for all the wine, churches and cathedrals they built?

Easiest way to control and manipulate the masses

I think this one kind of depends. Lots of churchs out there do demand a lot of money and don't give lots to the community. On the other hand, there are lots of struggling churchs that do give back. I however don't agree that faith is a scam. People have a right to believe whatever they feel is true, and religion can be very important to an individual. I think that if you are a good person you will not use it as an excuse to hurt others. And if you do, you are the problem. Not religion.

should be number 1

This feels like way too large of a generalization... every religion, ever, a scam? How do people feel okay with insulting so many culture’s beliefs based on the seedy history of just one or two religions?

100% this!!

SCAM number 1

Religions were created by men, but faith was given to us by God. And we all know how fallible humans are...

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Im agnostic anti theist so my sentiments echo many here, but I also see the flip side. Some people are so dimwitted and lack moral compass they need to be reminded once a week by an entity why they shouldnt commit incest or steal from neighbors. While we have laws they dont carry the threat of eternal damnation. Secondly is the matter of hope. Life is cruel and aging is the cruelest part of it. Convincing people that there is something better on the other side as their existence just gets more painful and lonely may not be a bad thing at all. My mother, a lifelong Catholic, passed away a couple of years and told me she was prepared to meet God. I was tempted to challenge her with science and logic but who am I to try and destroy her hope and solitude? Religion can be evil but there are many ways it can be a vehicle of goodness.

Wait till you learn about funerals

Exactly and our government wants to increase the retirement age to 70. I don't know anyone at the age of 70+ that is fit and healthy enough to work. Especially in the building industry. We get a few years fun until we start school and then we spend most of our lives as government drones.

Always ends with the masses supporting the leaders extravagant lifestyles while they dodge taxes and commit crimes.

Even if it worked, it would be only a trickle.

Diamonds are overrated.

Also free trials should not require payment details to automatically subscribe after the trial period expires

The companies pay lower and lower wages, people earn less, they cannot afford basic things, capitalism which is based on people buying stuff they do not even need, collapses.

Just mark it as spam

But, but, but the market will sort it out......

YES! Education should be free, as it's in everyone's right to study and learn

If age gave you wisdom, old people wouldn't almost exclusively read the Daily Mail.

this person's great grandfather is a saint : )

It's only getting worse. I was gonna buy a lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes yesterday but was gonna cost me approx $12. Which is insane.

Thanks to computers and automation we are more efficient than ever. And yet we work as many hours as our grandparents were. How is that aceptable?

I think you mean capitalism in general

They care about their profit only

"Covenience"

Worked at a vision center a long time ago. Those $250 frames you just bought? Cost the company less than $10.

In some places tap water is not drinkable.

I watched John Oliver (gem) talk about this. It's really crazy. Like I've said before everywhere you look it's f*ck people, give me more and more money.

It's often a substitute for direct discrimination. Since disadvantaged groups are less likely to have degrees, if you want to discriminate without breaking the law, a degree requirement makes it easier.

It should be automatic by default with the option to do the whole headache for those who want it.

We bought a lot second hand, and resold after they've grown out of stuff. At the moment were part of a "hand me down chain" 🤣 It saves money and a lot of waste

Advertising in general always seems to sneak its way into ad-free formats. Cable TV was like network TV except no ads....until they added ads. Youtube was finally like TV except no ads...until they added ads. Then you can always block the ads and just watch the video...until their paid promotional segments.

Also for instance here where I live in Florida the recycling center used to accept glass and then quit. I spoke with an attendant and they said the state quit taking it because there wasn't enough profit. That's not the point!

About a month after I bought plane tickets I got a message that they had to change my flights. My new return flight was a day later. I asked if they could change it back to the day prior as planned - these tickets were a good 9 months in advance so I know they had seats. They told me yea, they could change back - and the difference in ticket price is $750 please. I argued for a day and finally heard back sorry that was a mistake, it’s only $375 more. I said no - and they finally agreed to change my flight back to the original day free of (additional) charge.

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