“We Have Literally So Much Information Now”: 35 Massive Scams People Are Still Buying Into

Years ago (early 2000s?) I had a relative who was into the Crystal Cathedral / Hour of Power. I watched a couple of his sermons on TV out of curiosity. I was very put off that most of what I saw during the "sermon" was "me,me,me, buy my book, buy this figurine etc" Very little if any actual reading / preaching from the bible. Just a disgusting money grab about donations and purchases. From stuff I read just now, that might have been the son. The dad started Hour of Power back in 1969 and may have been truer to his roots back then (I don't know). I found the whole setup off putting. I guess the crystal cathedral is a catholic diocese now. When they went bankrupt the catholic church next door bought it.

We can't because they have legally bribed too many Politicians.

I grew up being forced to go to a church just like this. The pastor had the biggest house on the lake, the newest Cadillac and wore expensive suits every day. Years later when I returned home from the military, he came into the restaurant I was working and was patiently waiting for the transgender waitress to get off work, he saw me and his face went completely pale 🤣

It's certainly been very prosperous for Joel Osteen!

Phony Elmer gantry! look it up!

Christmas can be nice though...

This should be way higher on the list

You know, this is something I saw a while back and it really resonates with me: We've gone from 'my religion says I can't do that' to 'my religion says YOU can't do that'. And this is exactly the reason religion, especially Christianity, is getting so much hate. I don't care if you're religious, I don't care if you are a Christian. What I care about is not having it in my face all the time. What I hate is Christians in government and other positions of power telling me how to run my life and taking away my rights that have nothing to do with anyone except myself. What I will fight against until I have no breath left is organized religion and Christians thinking they know better than me and everyone else how we should live, how we should think, how we should feel, how we should raise our kids and especially, how we should treat other people. I especially hate the hypocrisy of 'we love the sinner, not the sin'. BS. That saying is just an excuse for more Christian bigotry and violence against others who are different from them. You Christians cultivated the hate, you grew it, you marketed it, but now you complain about reaping the results. Too damn bad.

Lately, those smug, condescending atheists (or antitheists) with their "magical sky daddy" talks annoy me about as much as religious weirdos, especially the way they scream "ALL RELIGIONS!!!" when they mean three specific flavors of christianity and extreme Islam. I'm neither religious or atheist btw.

Gee, guess if I agree… A hundred thousand times yes.

Also dental insurance. Paying $200 a months and they pay $1000. People don’t realize they are paying $2400 to get $1000

Sad thing is, the example above is understating rather than overstating. Around 2010 I was paying $250 / month for an umbrella policy. I pay first $2,500 but insurance was there in case I had something major like a heart attack. Within a few years (and when I dropped it) they were charging me over $500 / month AND they raised the deductible to $7,500. for the past 10 years or so I've been on state medical and due to age, soon medicare.

Nevermind we pay 2x for healthcare than most other countries. Universal healthcare would help this, as all costs would be negotiated the same. but nooooooo its SOCIALISM! But don't touch my social security or medicare!

And it keeps getting worse. Insurance 20-30 years ago was much cheaper and covered everything. I broke my foot badly in the early 2000sand had multiple surgeries and dozens of doctors visits and my out of pocket cost was probably 250$ mostly co-pays an prescription. 2 years ago I went to the emergency room for chest pains and with my low deductible plan it was 1500$ out of pocket for an ekg and a bag of fluids. On top of that they treat you like garbage. I sat in a room for 7 hours waiting for someone to come tell me that nothing was wrong and go see your primary. Its nothing but a giant cash grab in the US.

I love my country Switzerland, but honestly we have an insane health insurance system. Obviously not as bad as the US and you would never be turned away, but I pay CHF 640 a month for basic insurance, then have a franchise of CHF 300. And because I was born sick they won't give me complimentary insurance and definitely not dental.

and any religion that pressures you to pay them $$. Also don't let preachers/ministers/priests/rabbis/etc. tell you how to vote.

The only positive thing about Scientology is that it encourages self examination. That, however, should be done with a qualified therapist, not an untrained fellow member using two soup cans wired to a "meter."

or we call it banking system

I want to be scattered from Blackpool Tower... no cremation, just scattered

While I agree even a small funeral and burial can be outrageous and we shouldn’t have to bargain in a time of grief in an unexpected death, it sucks how many people who don’t have much money have fundraisers to spend over $20k on a funeral. I understand wanting to have a decent send off but it’s getting ridiculous. My husband knows to donate my body to science or cremate me and toss me in the river. I kinda hope he dies before me because he will be lost and probably have a hard time with it.. Since his parents are gone his body goes to science. His dad would have been ok but his mom would have freaked out. She was a $20k funeral type of person.But complained about the price to hire someone to mow her lawn or fix her furnace.

I bought a wood chipper. Much cheaper. Seriously though even the most basic cremation is fairly expensive. I don’t want my family to was money on one. They can find a better way to celebrate or mourn.

I've told my hubs and girls that I don't want a funeral, to be cremated and my ashes used as fertiliser. Saves money and helps a tree....what's not to like?

True but I appreciate a chance to have a socially acceptable lavish party. I don't think anyone should be pressured to spend a lot of money, and unfortunately they are, but I enjoy dressing up and being fancy.

As an older American who has traveled to tip free countries and also places with very minimal tipping - I am quite happy to FINALLY see a lot of backlash happening against the tipping culture. A living wage should be baked into the wages. Tips should not happen or go back to being for over the top service. Restaurant owners posting guilt trip signs about how if you don't tip the servers will have to sell their children to pay the rent are obnoxious IMO.

I went to Knott's last week, and when I got a cup of coffee a tip screen came up. WTF Cedar Faire? $89 to get in and you want me to pay your employees, too? Pay people a living wage you cheap buzzards.

Anytime there's a post like this, you'll very rarely hear from a service worker agreeing with the post, because they make way more money with tips than they would with a decent wage. They don't want the tipping culture to change, nor does the restaurant industry, so change will have to come from customers first.

Other than servers, I have eliminated tipping. If an industry wasn't tipped 15 years ago, I don't tip them now. If I have to pay before I eat, no tip. If I have to do any work for what I'm paying for, no tip. I'm sick of tip culture.

But they're not

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"Don't p**s on my head + tell me it's raining."

It could happen any day now, so I vote against taxing billionaires because I could be one tomorrow!