Thursday, October 15, 2009

People....

I don't know where to start. Why do so many people I know (acquaintances, not friend....i can't really be friends with people like this) blindly believe whatever they hear about new products on the market? Do they enjoy throwing their money away on useless products? Do they not care they are essentially being scammed?

If it in anyway resembles a pyramid scheme you can be about 99.99% sure that your getting ripped off. Why? Pyramid schemes are NON-sustainable business models. That means the guy at the top realizes he's gonna eventually have to pack up and disappear. Why pack up and disappear when your selling an honest product that has a good customer base?

People are SO STUPID! sorry I have to rant. Why oh why do snake oil salesman continue to thrive? All these car products, nutrition products, anti-aging products, special water, exercise gimmicks....they are BOGUS!

-Octane boosters: More or less useless for this purpose. You'd be better off buying two gallons of 100 octane unleaded and mixing it with your regular gas, for the price of that fancy "octane booster".

-Gas mileage increaesers: Completely a joke. 100% no doubt. Don't buy anything related to this.

-Special high antioxidant drinks with flashy names and vitamins: Eat a healthy diet rich in fruits and veggies and this will do nothing for you. Its sure not worth its price, and your body can only make use of so many antioxidants at once. its like taking emergen-C. 1000mg of vitamin C? Your peeing out 3/4 of that at least. Good job on more money wasted.

-magic magnets making you live longer, not get airsick, ect: Again 100% fake.

-"Magic" water that is absorbed better because of its ionic properties or whatever other claim: If you took general chemistry in college you already know this is ridiculous.

-Get ripped in 10 mins a day for 6 weeks: If you expect to look like the guys/girls in these pictures, then you = fail. Maybe you could get ripped in 6 weeks if you were on powerful steroids and growth hormones (like the people you see in those pictures). Otherwise, getting cut and bulked at the same time? Good luck...


It's come to the point where I won't even argue a point with hardcore fan boys (and girls) of these products. In fact I usually say "good for you. We'll see how this works for you then". Then whaddya know, 3 months later they are not using said product anymore, but don't really feel like admitting its because they know they've been duped.

The point here is this: THINK FOR YOURSELF AND DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOUR SPOON FED. Also taking a basic course in biology, chemistry, physics, and marketing, will help you recognize bogus things.

*This rant made possibile by an acquaintance on facebook claiming how he's venturing into the buisness aspect of essentially being a snake oil salesman. Of course your product is legit.....sad thing is there is plenty of dumb people out there who will believe you*

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