Most of us like to think the world is a fair place. We rent-to-own appliances to repair the kitchen, pay to set up a router, and pack on ink cartridges for our printers that seem to have an insatiable appetite for these overpriced refills.
And there’s nothing wrong about it until you pause and think for a moment. Are we all just normalizing the ways companies make a profit off us without even realizing it?
When someone posted the question “What is clearly a scam but is so normalized people don’t notice?” on r/AskReddit it surely resonated with many. Amassing 85.7k upvotes and 47.1k comments, we have some of the most interesting and insightful responses that will make you go “wait a moment!”
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Most mega churches... I remember an interview with Kenneth Copeland talking about how he needed a private jet to spread religion
Minimum wages staying the same, while the price of virtually everything else rises
Funerals and everything to do with them. The funeral industry has insane pricing. Some of the funeral homes and vendors are even predatory, getting grieving families to pay upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, because “that’s what the deceased would have wanted”.
I personally don’t understand the big lavish funerals. Your dead so why do you care how your send of goes. I don’t care if I have a memorial, ceremony etc. I want to be disposed of as cheap as possible coz I don’t want my family to be in debt or pay thousands of dollars to legally dispose of me.
I kind of like the idea of being buried underneath a nice tree to become its food. I mean, I'd be dead anyway, it would be cool to be useful and contribute to something beautiful still. Hopefully, the view can also be a consolation for the grieving ones.
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I'm going for a direct cremation. In fact, I just want my body to be thrown away, maybe used as cattle feed. Once you die, you leave behind an expired vehicle.
Yup. Take out all the organs you can re-use and then feed me to the hogs. I wouldn't mind.
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I don't even plan to have a grave. I don't want my family to feel obligated to visit my dead corpse.
Adam Ruins Everything did a whole segment on this (Adam Ruins...Death). The s**t they put into your body to "preserve" you literally releases carcinogens into the earth as you decompose. Plus, WHY would you want to be preserved in an expensive, elaborate box that doesn't decay naturally where no one will ever see you again, and shaft that cost onto.your family? A body can be buried naturally without all the taxidermy bull--unless the deceased died of a really virulent disease like plague, it's actually perfectly sanitary and far more respectful.
I'm not 100% sure, but isn't a lot of that more prevalent in countries that prefer open casket? I mean, why bother embalming if no one's going to see you? Open casket in general is a bit weird. I'd rather remember grandma awake and laughing as she was on every visit, than looking like she's sleeping AS I'D NEVER SEEN HER IN LIFE.
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The funeral isn't for the dead, it's for the living. You want to gather friends and family to cry and laugh and remember? Or do you want to show off your money yet again? Do you want a marker to go to? Do you want their ashes in a simple cardboard box to scatter in the ocean or on a mountain top?
I am making arrangements so my friends and family know, when I shuffle off my mortal coil, they should have a memorial service at a brewpub and share their fondest memories of me over good craft beer. Remember me with laughter, not tears - though there will be a few of those.
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feed my corpse to wolves and coyotes and be done with it. Or a sky burial and make something grotesque out of my bones.
In South Africa the funeral industry is like the mafia. Insanely wealthy people getting gunned down by competitors.
YES. A MILLION TIMES YES. I'm a Mortuary Student atm, and I hope some day to run my own funeral home or something (if I don't head into forensics, my other interest!) and to offer affordable funerals. I don't exactly believe in a massive lavish funeral, but everyone deserves something respectable and their families deserve time to celebrate the life of, and to mourn, their loved ones. But even an "affordable" funeral can set someone back by thousands. It really, really shouldn't.
This is why I'm such a supporter of the "natural death"... phenomenon? movement? I don't really know what to call it, honestly. I want my loved ones to just sew me into a sack, and toss me into a hole in the ground. I don't want to be embalmed, I don't want to be preserved. I want to do it in a way that's as cheap and eco-friendly as possible. I wish more people knew that it's not actually illegal to bury a body yourself, you just need the necessary permits.
Same here. And plant a tree on top. Done and dusted, so to speak!
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I want to be put in a biodegradable box and buried somewhere cheap. I’m dead, why would I care at that point?
This. Just dig a hole,r oll me in, plant a tree, be done. The diff between what a funeral director pays for that coffin, and what the customer is charged? Epic.
when my grandfather died, i was so impressed by how he funeral home took care of every detail, made sure everyone was ok and had what they needed. i felt like it was a noble thing to do and i really thought about doing it myself. then i found out how much business is involved and was just disgusted. it doesn't have to be like that
I've stated in my Will that my funeral costs are to be kept to a minimum.
The funeral for my husband was around $5k, the thing that bothered me the most, was being cremated, but was still having an open casket. I had to pay $850.00 just to rent a casket for the view ing. And I agree, things are predatory, but in KY it is regulated by the govenement on what they can charge.
In Turkey, you do not need to pay, just if you want a stone on the graveyard you pay that. Municipal pays everything, even send some food to your house in the first day (it started 4 years ago) because you will be very sad so can not cook. If you die in a city and want to be buried another, they drive you there, too, free!
Stick it to the man. My father-in-law specifically asked to be buried in the cheapest casket. He was buried in basically a wooden box.
A burial at sea licence is £50 + cost of boat hire. Booze can be provided at wholesale cost. Bargain: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-service-marine-licensing/self-service-marine-licensing
I have made it clear to my family that upon death, I want anything and everything to do with my body taken for donation or research (find out why I got hit with certain afflictions earlier than "normal" to help others et al). Hopefully the only thing left of me -- for my family -- will be the memories.
This is why it should be legal to have a funeral pyre in your garden. With permission from the government and prior warning to any neighbours.
“That’s what the deceased would have wanted” is basically the same argument as the wedding industry has with "After all, it will be the most beautiful day of your life!" It works with guilt, which is just wrong on so many levels.
It's amazing how the wishes of the deceased always happen to be EXACTLY what the descendants want. Mind-blowing ... /s
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I'd like my partner to shoot a flaming arrow onto my boat as it heads off the edge of a waterfall. That'll definitely kill me.
I'm going for a direct cremation with an ultra-cheap coffin and no service of any kind. The few funerals I've attended in Britain were utterly meaningless (and expensive) affairs - the vicar at my grandmother's funeral referred to her by the wrong name throughout
If you can't legally do something yourself, in this case your family rather than you, those that can are able to charge as much as they like.
You don’t need a fancy coffin to be buried in. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, means when you go in the ground from whence you came, you leave no footprint to harm the earth, and your passing is only spoken on the winds, with love for those who, loved you. An 8,000 dollar coffin is ridiculous. It allows the metal to degrade and spoil the soil. Also, when I was a hospice nurse and I often help families find a really nice but inexpensive burial option, I found cremation societies offered a nice plan for any needs. A wonderful service, with a coffin, looked wonderful also! A small reception, and then once over, the family that stayed, to see their family member off, were always treated respectfully. They got the business, and word of mouth is worth a lot. They were respectful and kind. I plan to be cremated, so my family isn’t price gouged on funeral costs! Hubby also. Cremation Society of the South, was amazing. They were amazing.
Personally, I want someone to float my body out into the sea And blow me up with explosives Because I've always wanted to go grenade fishing That way I get to feed the fish one last time And any fish that float to the surface Can be eaten at my wake It seems like a fair exchange to me
In India, a burial can cost around $250-300 and this includes the coffin, wreaths, flowers, the undertaker's fees, the hearse and whatever permissions are required by church/religious place and government.
There are pretty big prices between funeral homes even in the same city. We show some of these prices on funeralfide.com
My husband and I decided to donate our bodies to science. No needless money spent on funerals, coffins, cremations, etc. We will be in heaven so no cares.
put my corpse in a pine box with holes on the bottom - no embalming FFS - and plant a damn tree over the remains. I'm gone - the things I wanted are no more.
When my step father died, Mum pulled me to one side and said, she doesn't want a wake, no after party, no fancy do of any kind. This will be left to you Lynn, no-one else. I kept my promise, much to everyone's disgust. I still don't know or care if anyone hates me for it, I kept my promise to mum.
I want to be cremated and tossed in the creek behind my house. Spend the money on a few bottles of Jack and a band and have at it in my memory!
I want my funeral to end with a drag show. There's nothing more life-affirming.
I'm donating my body to science. When they're done with me, whatever's left will be cremated. I'd like my ashes spread at sea - but hey, it's not like I'm going to know any different.
$10,000 casket just to bury it in the ground so it can decompose? Dumb. If you want a fancy casket, most places allow you to rent them for the viewing.
I literally want to be eaten by coyotes. Don't think that's legal tho...
Wrap me in a sheet m and Chuck me in the sea. I’d be so happy. With this .
There's a major casket company in our state which got a law passed at one point that even people who are cremated have to buy a casket.
An obituary for the newspaper was 1800 dollars. That is 4.5 $400 car payments. I am still shaking my head 20 years later.
We didn't have 'funerals' for either my Nan and Poppy. We had a party about a month later so overseas family could come. We laughed, cried and sang. Such great memories x
I know this is not typical,at least I pray it's not but, One of the more expensive funeral homes here in my area just got into trouble because they basically "lost" someone's loved one for weeks. In the f*****g garage of the funeral home. How the hell!? If I remember correctly they even tried to cover it up by trying to pass off another body to the family. I can't imagine paying the prices they charge and then they disrespect your loved ones in such a way. I mean I can't imagine disrespecting someone's loved ones like that at all really.
Pre-buy. Get better prices that way. You can have some control that way.
My grandpa wanted to be sitting in a chair, and we would be sitting in a circle around him, drinking Jameson and telling stories about him. So glad Grandma said NO!! 😂
I already told my family.... just get a big contractor bag at Home Depot, cram me in there and wave good bye on trash Tuesday. $3 well spent. You're welcome.
My sister works in the billing department of a funeral home. I should ask her about their payment plans and the like. Mind, she lives in Texas so a lot people probably like spending crap tons of money on funerals.
Try the fact that they are now and have been for YEARS presigning contracts with unsavory nursing home and care centers to collect and "take care of" deceased parties( usually give to the state or cremated) then they split any monies left owing to the old people in their pitiful little accounts. My mother accrued 5k because I bought her everything she needed over the years. They took great care not to tell me that she had any money owing when she passed. I had arranged cremation and paid for it, but when our usual funeral home went to collect her remains, some jacked up party was there saying they had a contract to"process indigent individuals" I flew down to the place and called the police to accompany me. Tldr; unsavory funeral home was shut down, supposedly and as far as I knew until then nice nursing home was fined 250k .I had zero idea that anything bad was going on. All I had seen was good care. I checked constantly. I believe this to be an administrative issue.
Here in the UK they are currently advertising this wonderful thing called Pure Cremation: for about a grand, they collect the body, cremate it, then deliver it to your loved ones who can then decide whether to have a service/wake or not. It's brilliant and makes so much financial (and emotional) sense.
I despise funerals. The sense of obligation to attend one disgusts me. I do not want a funeral when I pass and have already decided to donate my body to the state medical lab. I don't want anybody feeling like they are obligated to show up because I died. Hell, I don't want to be at my own funeral!
I don't know anyone who doesn't to be cremated and just thrown in the flower bed
I agree that funerals are a scam with the pricing...but you have to appreciate that people culturally make decisions when someone dies that are not yours or mine to make. Also, though, there are cultures that keep the loved ones remains in their family home forever, therefore no expensive burials.
My mother had a very simple funeral. $16000.00, plus the grave site, which was another $7000.00. That's not counting catering for 30 people.
My aunt is I think a fanatic about funerals. She follow everything to the rule. Every date, every meal, every charity event associated to that...People are expecting for a religious date because they know she will give something. She even bought furniture...for a service...which was given away.. Lavish food events and lots and lots of free stuff that is given away...to the priests🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I instructed my daughter to get the absolutely cheapest funeral possible for me. I am a practicing Christian and my salvation will not depend on how much money she’ll spend to humane burying my leftovers.
Well funeral homes are a business. I don´t think they make a lot of money, unlike the f###ing churches they are associated with. Make a will people, and ask your loved ones what they want! My Mum is 81 and completely clear that we should spend as little as possible. My Father died intestate and Mum even joked during the planing of his funeral that he would have been furious about how much we spent! Personally I would like to have my body planted under a young tree.
Not all funeral homes, I've been in the funeral industry for some time now. We can't control the cost of caskets and the opening/closing of graves. We do however control the cost of the services we provide and it sometimes outstanding what people expect of us and then expect to pay.
Anybody interested in natural/green burial or the US funeral industry in general should check out Caitlin Doughty (‘Ask a Mortician’) on YT. Super fascinating learning about different death rituals.
I come from a family of funeral directors/undertakers. The surrounding villages were only small and my grandad would know many of the families asking him to do the funeral. Many of them couldn’t afford to pay the fee in full so he ended up getting lots of things as part payment. He was given cars, one of which he gave to my mum and was our family car for years and a Polski Fiat truck, left hand drive with a removable cage. That gave me a lot of kudos amongst the lads at school cos they’d never seen one before.
I will respect my parents' wishes for their funerals (though they are planning ahead of time so we aren't in question on anything). If that's what they want, I'm fine with it. However, I've made it clear to my spouse that I do not want anything at all. I seriously want to be buried in the earth with nothing done but maybe have me wrapped in a sheet or something biodegradable. I'll be plant food, that's great to me. I don't want a headstone, casket, embalming, nothing. I don't see a point, but if someone wants something different, sure, I can support that.
Planned obsolescence, where products are deliberatly designed to have a defect or worse performance shortly after the warranty has expired.
''The customer is always right"
Biggest scam of all- the customer is usually an idiot and looking to get free stuff.
The original saying made perfect sense: “The customer is always right, in matters of taste.” If a customer wanted wear something ugly or eat something gross, you helped them out with a smile. It’s their money and their business, and you’re just there to facilitate that purchase. But once it got shortened and lost that meaning, it became a huge pain in the ass for employees and businesses, and a license to act like an entitled douche to customers.
The US tax system. “We know how much money you owe, but it’s up to you to figure it out and if it’s not right, we’re going to penalize you for not understanding the convoluted code.”
The fact that so many products require you to create an account and register it just to use it. This is starting to become so widespread. Even CAMERAS are doing that [things] now. Pisses me off so much. I don't want to be tied to some stupid cloud BS I just want to use the damn thing.
Phones themselves are terrible for this too. I should not need an apple or google account to have a phone I should be able to use it as a standalone device with just the cell service and that's it. All this sort of BS is only so they can spy on you.
I agree 100%, also I hate that you have to give permission to use your data to access most apps, websites etc. You should be able to use them without them selling your info to other parties.
College textbook prices.
It's crazy how ridiculous expensive they are putting even more of a financial burden on students
Unpaid internships. F*ck anyone who gives unpaid internships! People get exploited like sh*t in that and for what? Most times they don't even count. For what purpose?
I get so irritated when someone posts "unpaid but you'll be given a certificate". Shut the f*ck up and do the work by yourself you lazy ass.
Mobile game ads that show gameplay of a Call of Duty or Skyrim style game but in reality are just a spin-off of Candy Crush
I have downloaded so many apps from what is advertised in another game and then find out it is nothing like the ad at all. So now I don’t even bother. It’s essentially click bait.
Printer ink.
Omg yes, it is super expensive. Our old printer was cheap but we didn’t research before hand to find out that the ink for black was $38 and colour was $45.
Bottled water, like Dasani. Especially in places like an amusement park that mark ups the price a shocking amount. Also the average markup of bottled water is 4000%, which is outrageous, bc water is literally free most places
The diamond industry, specifically as it relates to jewelry. Everything that the average person "knows" about it stems from propaganda and advertisements created by DeBeers. They aren't rare, they aren't worth what you pay for them, they don't appreciate in value and are a terrible investment. They aren't special.
Health Insurance in the US. Costs a small fortune, never covers sh*t, and you still end up bankrupt if you're not rich and get sick or hurt.
Apple's headphone jack removal.
Supposedly was to make the phone thinner, but everyone puts a case on anyways. Samsung galaxy S10 was 7.8 mm thick with a headphone jack. Apple removed the jack with iPhone 7, which was 7.1 mm thick. That's great, but every iphone since has been thicker.
And very convenient to remove that, wait till the annoyance died down, then release airpods.
The whole thing was clearly a scam to artificially make bluetooth a borderline necessity right before releasing Apple bluetooth earbuds.
And everyone ate it up.
And the removal of the chargers “for the environment”. If it was for the environment then you would reduce the cost of the charge from the phones and also give the option to buy them for a small price. Now they charge the same without it and then charge you like 40 euros for the charger.
Gerrymandering. In most representative democracies, voters choose their elected officials. In the US, elected officials choose their voters.
Cat food. Look at the cat food at a random store, and see how the design brags about all the healthy vegetables they've crammed into your obligate carnivore's diet. Then check out the ingredients and see how corn, rice, etc. are often the first ingredients. Pet foods market toward humans by trying to appeal to human sensibilities, not genuine desire to provide your cat with the best diet.
When you buy kibble look at the ingredients. Like this post said the first ingredients are the ones that have a bigger %. You want the first ingredients to be meat and it to not contain a lot of wheat, beets, corn, flour or ash. Most fancy commercial brands are really poor in composition.
Members of Senate, Congress, and Presidential candidates, collecting money from corporations, big donors, and hiding it in campaign accounts, Pac's and Super Pac's, and then doling it out as they like. They no longer act as a government of the people and for the people.
Giving credit card details for a "free trial" and auto renewal fine print.
Heck, stop it after my trial ends. If I really liked it, I'll pay for it.
Manufacturers refusing documentation to private repair enterprises and requiring you to get your products fixed by the dealer. Basically, the reason for the "Right-to-repair" movement
YES. And making products "seamless" so that you CAN'T open them up to repair them (I'm looking at you, Apple), at least not without a ton of effort and higher than average risk.of damaging the product doing it yourself. This refusing documentation and all is just yet another scheme for them to wring money out of consumers and away from small businesses
The school picture industry. $80 for an awkward picture of my baby? Nah, thanks
$80 is insane. I would never pay that. Thankfully the average cost I pay is $35 for a basic pack which includes a class photo and about 10 individual photos of various sizes.
Application fees for colleges, apartments, etc.
HOSPITALS OMG
Lol ask them for an itemized bill (like everything they gave you and how much it costs) and they'll cut the bill down by like 50%.
Weddings. My wife and I got married in a post office and could not have asked for a better ceremony. It cost us the price of notary services and that’s it.
The exhorbitant sums spent on weddings, specially second marriages or where couples have lived together for years and often already have children, has become rediculous.
Working 40 hours a week
Or the entire concept of having to work, in order to justify being alive... many years ago I came across a quote by some economist (can't remember the name, sadly) who argued that most job positions are totally superfluous, but are maintained because of the whole "everyone has to have a job" thing.
Fashion, but also just clothing in general. No pockets on female clothes? More purses get sold. Thinner layers for women? Have to buy more layers. It gets marketed as being fashionable, but the clothing industry could roll out a marketing campaign for baggy rugged clothing tomorrow and get it trending if they wanted to.
Also, the clothing industry is a cesspool of child labor, human trafficking, and it has some of the highest carbon emissions and water waste of any industry on the planet, way worse than flying. One cotton t-shirt takes thousands of gallons of water to produce. Almost any synthetic fabric is a type of plastic, and you release microplastics upon washing.
On top of all that, we have repressive cultural norms and laws regarding the necessity of wearing clothing that come from Puritans and Victorians who thought table legs had to be covered and ankles were sexy. The idea that you should be embarrassed to be naked in front of other people is a cultural phenomenon, not instinct, and you can look at pretty much any tropical tribe to verify this fact that humans are actually generally normal around other naked humans.
Social media. From their happy beginnings they are now mostly a funnel used to ram as many advertisements into your mind as inhumanly possible. “Sponsored Posts” every third or fourth item - I see you, IG/FB/Red/etc. And that’s not even mentioning the extensive filtering network that “curates” the information you get to see when you are looking for something. “Curated information” is just a nice expression for you being conditioned to form certain opinions / buy more stuff. Social media groom minds
Reducing a price by 1 cent to trick our brains into thinking a product costs less than it actually is.
Starbucks. I pay $9.99 for 51 oz of Folgers Ground Coffee, roughly 380 8 oz cups. That comes out to about $0.02 per cup of coffee. At Starbucks, a Tall Dark Roast costs $1.85. I could have 92.5 cups of Folgers at home before I pay for 1 Starbucks. My tub of Folgers is worth $703.00 if I were to sell it at the same price as Starbucks. AND I’m using reusable cups every day.
Homeowner's insurance:
"Sorry, we're not selling new policies in Your Area right now because Thing just happened" where Thing = earthquake, wildfire, flood, and other things you might ... want to insure against?
"We don't cover That Sort of Problem." where That Sort of Problem = anything that actually happens to your house, due to weasel-wording loopholes
"You submitted a claim? We're going to triple your rates FOREVER after this."
Those registries that people pay money to “name a star”
The thing is no registry owns the stars so just because you name it, doesn’t mean it is actually named that or that you are the only person to name that specific star. You may call it Fred whilst someone has called that same star Wilma. You are literally paying for a piece of paper, nothing more.
Doing your own taxes, and paying to use a privately-owned software (or a service) when the government could totally do it for you, send you the details, and ask if it’s correct.
I would rather use an accountant, especially when our tax is a bit more complicated with all the deductions.
Annual college tuition increases. Why aren’t they held to a competitive pricing model as opposed to having to take out a mortgage to go to school? Everyone wants to talk about government paying for college education, but there is no conversation on why is it that expensive anyway? Especially when some unis have endowments in the billions that just the interest on those funds could literally pay the tuition for everyone that goes through the door.
Social media looks like free, harmless fun, but is more like selling your soul (and data), makes you addicted and sad. Most people notice, probably, but don't care enough.
Paying for cable tv. The whole idea of paying was to create a revenue stream separate from that of marketing. There are a few out there (HBO, I think) but generally we pay to access the content and still have to spend 20% of the time sitting through commericals.
Then streaming comes in and were free of advertisements again, for a bit. Now YouTube has tons of ads and other streaming services are talking about adding ads as well
I would never get Foxtel coz it is approx $60 a month when I can get Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime video, Stan etc plus all the catch up tv and YouTube for at least $20 less a month. They are an absolute rip off.
Most modern manufactured goods. Designed to not last, so you keep buying more.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the Internet that sells some sort of „millionaire education“ .
Every single one of them. They are all liars, most of them are not even rich to begin with! They fake it enough that some idiots buy it. You are customers to them. Nothing more.
A lot of self-help unfortunately is based on the falsehood that you can "accomplish it with this one trick." The One Trick will not get your weight healthy, get you that relationship with that person, put money in your pocket or make you happier. Real life requires nuance and complexity. And things that are hard and take time and effort. I wish there were One Trick but we need to deal with the situation we have, not the situation we wish it was.
Toothpaste commercial were actors filled their toothbrush with toothpaste too much which is unnecessary
You should only use about a pea size amount. In saying that though, I am just as bad as the actors and put on almost as much as what is pictured lol.
The fact that you have to pay to bury loved ones
I don't think the mere fact that you have to pay for burials is a scam, but the often high prices are equivalent to a scam.
Rent-to-own furniture and appliances.
I understand why it’s a thing coz some people can’t afford to pay for those big items upfront so rent to buy is one of their only options.
Lootboxes in videogames.
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So called influencers only exist because fools "follow" them.
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I hate you look something up once, and then everywhere else you go there are ads for it. This just proves that Google is stealing your information.
Look up random stuff to throw them off. Once I looked up a Breyer Horse figurine I still had as a kid (to see if it was worth selling). I had Breyer Horses ads for 2 months. I’ve had that happen with other things too. It is always great to throw off your algorithm because then you are not tempted to buy anything
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The biggest scam ever was Moon Boots. They didn't make me weigh less, and float for a little bit, I just bounced a couple inches off the ground, and returned almost immediately. I'd rather have had a Pet Rock, even though that was also a scam.
Why don’t these article authors just cut through the BS and label their articles “More Anti-United States” propaganda
Most of those things apply outside the US too.
Load More Replies... If you're checking out flights, every time you go back to a page for a certain flight the price is more expensive... They cookie you and then try and convince you you must buy now otherwise the price is just going to continue to increase. Clear your cookies and voila, suddenly the flight cost is back to the original price. Which is why I always browse flights in incognito mode.
This is 100% true, but the easiest way around this is to reopen a new browser in the incognito mode. The price will go back down every time.
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Add up the price of the value meal. You often pay a few more cents. When I get the 2 cheeseburber meal at McDonald's I order separately, and they say "Oh, you want the combo." "No." It might just be 2 cents, but, it's the principle. You're supposed to save money with a value meal, not pay more. And that 2 cents sure adds up for McDonald's, eh, with all that they sell?
The MSC sustainable fishing label...total scam! Watch Seaspiracy on Netflix..a real eye opener !
I don't have the guts. I know enough that pretty much every fish I would come into contact with, would have caused irreparable harm to the ecosystem. Regardless of whether they are farmed or wild. So I just boycott all fish. On the upside, I've heard the new kelp farming techniques are pretty amazing, they are nutritious, great for healing an ecosystem, and if sunk to the bottom rather than pulled up to eat, they deposit carbon on the ocean floor. Oil industry in reverse :)
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All of these are basically due to vanity and the fear of not fitting in with everyone else. So: be your own worst enemy and you'll never be at a loss for allies.
Having to use a hospital or a washing machine is vain?
Load More Replies... The idea that you should change jobs after a certain number of years (over here it's roughly every seven years). No, if you like your job and you like your company, and they like you, just stay. You'll get better at it, and usually the benefits will increase too.
No just capitalism, where CEOs are trying to maximize their profit for that year with no f***s given for longevity. There is a quote: You can become a millionaire though hard work, but to become a billionaire you have to screw over your employees, vendors and customers.
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I couldn't find Robux in this list like dude u have to pay to get insane dammm ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ
I disagree with the diamond rings for marriage. A diamond is a choice. And my husband chose to not give me a diamond engagement ring. However we did choose to get diamond wedding rings cause they last very long. They cost a lot but theyre supposed to last you a lifetime. Its not a scamn they could guarantee me that it would last a lifetime and otherwise they would fix it for free. A scam is ending up witj something cheap or ending up with nothing. A diamond ring lasts and my husband and i chose them. If you dont want one, dont buy one
15#. I totally agree. Also, I went to a camp about science and we learned that adding a certain chemical to water will change the water color. The closer to red, the less fitting it is. Dansani was yellow.
I'm getting saddened by how many people don't respect the religion of others.
Do you mean scientology? Its founder, the now deceased, L. Ron Hubbard is on record saying it is a scam. Or megachurches? There are a ton of christian options where the pastor is not also a money sucking ghoul. The label "religion" is not a get out of honesty for free card.
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Seems to me all you people want is free s**t. Nobody should ever have to work have to earn money to pay for things, it should all be free. Yeah that is real doable.
And cereal boxes that contain 80% air. They should pay a tax on airspace inside their box. And please don't say "just look at the weight!", it's false advertising, plain and simple.
begin plans on a war that will stop all of this and kill anyone that does this again
So called influencers only exist because fools "follow" them.
Load More Replies... I hate you look something up once, and then everywhere else you go there are ads for it. This just proves that Google is stealing your information.
Look up random stuff to throw them off. Once I looked up a Breyer Horse figurine I still had as a kid (to see if it was worth selling). I had Breyer Horses ads for 2 months. I’ve had that happen with other things too. It is always great to throw off your algorithm because then you are not tempted to buy anything
Load More Replies... The biggest scam ever was Moon Boots. They didn't make me weigh less, and float for a little bit, I just bounced a couple inches off the ground, and returned almost immediately. I'd rather have had a Pet Rock, even though that was also a scam.
Why don’t these article authors just cut through the BS and label their articles “More Anti-United States” propaganda
Most of those things apply outside the US too.
Load More Replies... If you're checking out flights, every time you go back to a page for a certain flight the price is more expensive... They cookie you and then try and convince you you must buy now otherwise the price is just going to continue to increase. Clear your cookies and voila, suddenly the flight cost is back to the original price. Which is why I always browse flights in incognito mode.
This is 100% true, but the easiest way around this is to reopen a new browser in the incognito mode. The price will go back down every time.
Load More Replies... Add up the price of the value meal. You often pay a few more cents. When I get the 2 cheeseburber meal at McDonald's I order separately, and they say "Oh, you want the combo." "No." It might just be 2 cents, but, it's the principle. You're supposed to save money with a value meal, not pay more. And that 2 cents sure adds up for McDonald's, eh, with all that they sell?
The MSC sustainable fishing label...total scam! Watch Seaspiracy on Netflix..a real eye opener !
I don't have the guts. I know enough that pretty much every fish I would come into contact with, would have caused irreparable harm to the ecosystem. Regardless of whether they are farmed or wild. So I just boycott all fish. On the upside, I've heard the new kelp farming techniques are pretty amazing, they are nutritious, great for healing an ecosystem, and if sunk to the bottom rather than pulled up to eat, they deposit carbon on the ocean floor. Oil industry in reverse :)
Load More Replies... All of these are basically due to vanity and the fear of not fitting in with everyone else. So: be your own worst enemy and you'll never be at a loss for allies.
Having to use a hospital or a washing machine is vain?
Load More Replies... The idea that you should change jobs after a certain number of years (over here it's roughly every seven years). No, if you like your job and you like your company, and they like you, just stay. You'll get better at it, and usually the benefits will increase too.
No just capitalism, where CEOs are trying to maximize their profit for that year with no f***s given for longevity. There is a quote: You can become a millionaire though hard work, but to become a billionaire you have to screw over your employees, vendors and customers.
Load More Replies... I couldn't find Robux in this list like dude u have to pay to get insane dammm ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ
I disagree with the diamond rings for marriage. A diamond is a choice. And my husband chose to not give me a diamond engagement ring. However we did choose to get diamond wedding rings cause they last very long. They cost a lot but theyre supposed to last you a lifetime. Its not a scamn they could guarantee me that it would last a lifetime and otherwise they would fix it for free. A scam is ending up witj something cheap or ending up with nothing. A diamond ring lasts and my husband and i chose them. If you dont want one, dont buy one
15#. I totally agree. Also, I went to a camp about science and we learned that adding a certain chemical to water will change the water color. The closer to red, the less fitting it is. Dansani was yellow.
I'm getting saddened by how many people don't respect the religion of others.
Do you mean scientology? Its founder, the now deceased, L. Ron Hubbard is on record saying it is a scam. Or megachurches? There are a ton of christian options where the pastor is not also a money sucking ghoul. The label "religion" is not a get out of honesty for free card.
Load More Replies... Seems to me all you people want is free s**t. Nobody should ever have to work have to earn money to pay for things, it should all be free. Yeah that is real doable.
And cereal boxes that contain 80% air. They should pay a tax on airspace inside their box. And please don't say "just look at the weight!", it's false advertising, plain and simple.
begin plans on a war that will stop all of this and kill anyone that does this again
