I think it’s a darn shame that people get used to scams AND end up accepting them because folks make them normal.
And, believe it or not, this kind of stuff is all around us…
What scam do you think is normalized by society?
AskReddit users shared their thoughts…
1. Hmmm…
“Detox drinks.
If only the body had a way of filtering out toxins…”
2. Ugh.
“Ticketmaster. F**k Ticketmaster.
On a similar note, booking fees for tickets.
Is the ticket not a booking fee?”
3. This one!
“Companies not disclosing salaries on job listings and encouraging staff not to discuss pay.
It only benefits the employer, but everyone goes long with it.”
4. The car game.
“The way we buy cars in general (with some exceptions).
F**k this nonsense of negotiating; what is this, a bazaar on the silk road?
Just f**king give me a take it or leave it price, and either I’ll buy it or I won’t.”
5. That would be nice.
“The easy-to-join, difficult-to-cancel subscription model.
If I can subscribe to something through a simple website form, I should be able to unsubscribe through the same means.”
6. A big one.
“Printer ink.
Every single company that sells printers sells them at a loss. They then make up their profits my making their ink cost an arm and a leg.
They even put special chips on each cartridge that will tell the printer not to work if it has been refilled.”
7. What’s the point?
“Coffins.
Y’all bury me raw, it’s not like ill choke on the soil…
I’d be d**d and the trees are going to have more nutrients.”
8. I didn’t know this.
“Insulin prices in the USA.
I did a research project for my science class, and learned that the man who discovered insulin didn’t patent it, because he wanted everyone who needed it to have it.”
9. That’s a shame.
“The majority of plastic “recycling” in the US.
Not only did corporations pass off the burden of dealing with it to the consumer while they just produce more and more every year, the majority of plastic beyond pop bottles isn’t even actually recyclable and will end up being shipped to small South Asian countries where it will be burned.
Its a huge scam. Metal and glass recycling still kind of works in some areas but where fresh water is scarce everything is net negative environmentally speaking, even paper.
Thank you for the awards and all but for real:
Please do your best to conserve, reduce, and do what makes sense environmentally for your specific region. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to conserve fresh water. The environmental costs of the impending/upcoming fresh water shortage in parts of the world will far outweigh any impacts from lack of recycling.”
10. You’re being watched.
“All this tracking happening with everything on the internet.
Social networks, ads, our banks, our phones with all those sensors. Everything is tracking us and collects information about us and they use it in some spooky ways. Either way I’d be happier if I at least could have more control over it or even maybe could make money from the data about me myself.
When you really see how deep this goes it kinda feels like something from 1984. Oh and also the ever growing attempts of companies to go against ownership and to keep control over everything even after we buy it.”
11. Loyalty.
“Company loyalty is such an outdated idea.
I work at a “good” company. My parents are shocked that I would ever want to leave. It’s such a good company why would you leave?
Because I could get paid more somewhere else? I work for pay. That’s how it works. Someone else is willing to pay me more, I’ll go there.”
12. A racket.
“The entire concept of Tax Season.
There is no reason as individuals we need to jump through all these hoops and in some cases pay exorbitant fees to have someone do our personal income tax filings. The gov already knows the exact amount you owe.
So why do we do it this way? Companies like turbo tax and lobbying groups representing tax lawyers have argued for years that we Americans prefer doing our taxes this way and that it’s better for society when they (tax companies) can charge citizens for it.
Seriously it’s a total racket.”
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