Snake oil salesmen have been around as long as we’ve had snakes and oil. Conmen have been preying on our vulnerabilities for decades, if not centuries, and they find new ways to get us every year. Sure, maybe we’ve evolved past thinking a dubious «miracle elixir» that smells suspiciously like urine is going to make …
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20+ Old Posts and Past Declarations That Aged Like Milk
It’s very easy to be smug in the present, especially if we ended up being on the right side of history. We all know the internet is full of people doing stupid things, and this is never truer than when we look to its past (or when it’s representing the past). Everybody has made mistakes that …
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Uber Eats Gets Called Out for Sneakily Using AI Generated Pictures of Food on Restaurant Listing
For all that ordering takeout is theoretically as convenient as it’s ever been, there sure can be a lot of hiccups in the process. It’s all too easy for restaurants to share false advertising — some of them even end up not being real. We have never had more choice, and it’s never been so …
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25 Old Posts & Naive Declarations That Aged Like Milk
The future is impossible to know, that’s what makes it the future. If I could predict the future, I probably wouldn’t have gotten a tattoo of my Neopet from 4th grade. How was I to know that I wouldn’t be a Neo-head forever? We all make decisions that we will eventually come to regret. That …
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Everyone Is Blindsided By The Weirdest Ad Amazon Never Produced
Amazon is everywhere, and it’s difficult to find a person that hasn’t used their services at least once in their lives. Millions of people buy things from them on a daily basis, so it makes sense that they can afford to take a risk or two with their marketing strategy before the internet decides to …
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18 Times People Were Let Down By Dishonest Advertising
You can’t always be sure that what you purchase online is going to be exactly what the picture shows. All you can really do is read the reviews and, at the end of the day, put your trust in the Amazon gods. After that it’s up to the divine powers of eCommerce whether you get …
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Food Scams That Would Leave Anyone Feeling Betrayed
False advertising is never cool, but there’s something about false food advertising that kinda next-level stings. Looking forward to a pizza and then discovering it lacks cheese or boasts just one circle of pepperoni is practically devastating. There’s even a subreddit dedicated to this kind of betrayal. Onr/foodscam you’ll find tragic lies involving pizza, sandwiches, …
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