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The News on TV. Misinformation, disinformation and propaganda.
CBD products
Organic food versus GMOs. I think big farma is in on the organic food prices and put false narratives about the dangers of gmo foods.
I’m shocked that no one has said Essential Oils yet.
VPNs for internet access, at least the way they are advertised
AI, particularly in how the likes of microsoft are marketing it to businesses.
Credit card insurance. If stolen you’re only liable for the first 50 bucks
Anything sold by Gwyneth Paltrow in her online shop, which I will not name here so as not to promote it. In the best case, goods sold there will be harmless and entirely useless. In the worst case, they will cause serious harm.
MS Windows
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
There was no ‘Rich Dad’, it’s all made up snake-oil.
The American “food” industry, the American “health care” industry, American politics, the prison industrial complex, the military industrial complex, entertainment, right off the top of my head.
The American Dream… because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Absolutely. ETA: good to see you again. A happy surprise.
If you run a website: Paid SSL/TLS certificates. Free ones like Let’s Encrypt and ZeroSSL are just as good, and can be automatically renewed.
Not a product, but life coach feels like the snake oil version of therapy.
- Alkaline water
- Smart toothbrushes
- Chiropractors
- Yearly bug and pest deterrent spraying around exteriors of buildings
- Self help books
- Apps like Nerdwallet
Alkaline water = artificial spring water
Do you remember that influencer that started her day with alkaline water with lemon juice, the lemon juice being acidic neutralises the alkaline and makes it not alkaline water.
Those self help books just parrot the same things you would find in a wikihow article.
That’s snake oil peddler Gwyneth Paltrow if I recall
Yearly bug and pest deterrent spraying around exteriors of buildings
No, this actually does something.
I live in an all-wood house. (Literally a log cabin.) I’ve had issues with carpenter ants. Spraying permethrin around the house, and on their trails when I see them, has largely eliminated the issue. It’s a pretty concentrated solution, about 10:1, and has to be reapplied every few months (it does wash off, eventually), but it def. does the job.
You can get a less concentrated treatment for clothing if you’re going to be in areas with extremely high levels of mosquitos and ticks.
All of them.
