Biggest scams

[Jabberwocky]

- small dog beds for a growing dog. Just buy a big one. Or use blankets.

- most of Starbucks specialty drinks taste the same

- Saran wrap doesn't work

- fuck 401k. You could die tomorrow. If you really are dead set on saving, use a ROTH

- go to college in-state. The degree from where doesn't matter as much as the savings you'll get

 

[Jabberwocky]

@ghostandthedarknes
@Cheshire_Kat
@ions

I bet has some good ones

 

[Cheshire_Kat]

- go to college in-state. The degree from where doesn't matter as much as the savings you'll get

Even better than in state is distance learning
University of American Samoa
Go Sandcrabs !!!

 

[ions]

Publishing a book. With pretty much any publisher.
You're better off putting it into public domain. Save you some cash.

 

[hylite]

IMF and (the petro dollar)

 

[hylite]

 

[Cheshire_Kat]

Dunno Hylite ...

Lotsa people already got plenty rich mining the stuff. Just don't buy it at "market prices"

 

[ions]

I agree with @Cheshire_Kat Bitcoin is a hedge against hyperinflation.

 

[Electrum1]

ESG ratings

 

[The Shadow Self]

The global banking system.

 

[hylite]

 

[hylite]

 

[Jabberwocky]

 

[Jabberwocky]

I'd go out on a limb to even say Brita water filters are a scam too

 

[cosmic charlie]

"Be your own Boss, get our products at a discount and sell them to all of your family, friends and neighbors"

This company is running a straight up pyramid scheme, I've seen the way they operate in the lower income communitys in NJ. They have people walking door to door hustling this shit. They want you to get other people to sell for you as well, and you get a cut of their sales that go to the top for being a referral. It is all a giant scam on some overpriced shake mix, supplements...

 

[wirkdy]

biggest scams?
dude who sold a fucking airport he didn't own... happened in some country in Africa.

Also the fake US embassy/consulate selli g fake visas... also in Africa

 

[Electrum1]

If we're going that route, then Bernie Madoff and Jordan Belfort

 

[ions]

Psychiatry and antipsychotics anti depressants and anxiolytics.

 

[Electrum1]

Remember the fake Apple stores in China? I think there was one that got busted in NYC too

 

[alasdairm]

fuck 401k. You could die tomorrow. If you really are dead set on saving, use a ROTH

if you die tomorrow, you're going to lose access to your roth too

so that seems like an odd thing to say.

i have both 401k and a roth ira. my employer matches 50% of my 401k contribution. fuck that? no thanks.

alasdair