Who Falls For This Crap?
Posted on | October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
I know newspapers are hurting these days, as they have failed to keep up with the technological changes in the world. But are things so bad that mainstream papers have to take advertising dollars from outright scam artists? Are things so desperate for them that the editor can’t reject a fake-Amish-mantle-heater-energy-saving-scam-device-that-is-actually-made-in-China ad?
Here is the jewel that I found in today’s newspaper:
You would have to be pretty devoid of brain cells to think any part of this ad was real. URGENT HEALTH ALERT. Fake good-looking twenty-something scientists in white lab coats holding up test tubes and looking through microscopes, while the scam artist’s Cylapril product is (badly) Photoshopped into the photo. Ugh.
“Researchers discover main ingredient in new diet pill produces legitimate weight loss.” How much you wanna bet that the main ingredient is caffeine?
“Shipments being rushed … to meet huge demand” What morons are falling for this baloney?
I know it’s a free country, and I know that people should be free to waste their money however they choose, and I know that a fool and his/her money were lucky to get together in the first place, but I just can’t shake the desire to round up these scammer charlatans, force-feed them some useless diet pills, and then roast them alive on an overpriced Amish space heater.
Tags: amish space heater > diet pills > idiots > newspapers > scams > stupidity
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October 31st, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
Oh, how sad.
Well, not everybody has the ability to think critically about everything they read- and evidently, not everybody has enough humanity in them to avoid using deception as a form of marketing.