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What products prey on stupid people?

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  • #302
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    If your TV has a Saorview tuner built in you need to spend about 40 bucks on a Saorview Ariel. If your TV has no built in Saorview tuner you need both a Saorview box Approx 100 bucks as well as the Ariel.

    My cheapo rabbits ears that are a gazillion years old work perfectly.


  • #303
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    What the hell is a Mediatrix - a virgin Dominatrix?

    She beats you with a newspaper?


  • #304
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,415 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    jca wrote: »
    My cheapo rabbits ears that are a gazillion years old work perfectly.


    As was already posted way back on page 17 :rolleyes:

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #305
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,517 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Poisson Distribution wrote: »
    Have you ever tried cleaning a cheese grater?

    God no, that's what the staff are for.

    The dishwasher also does a grand job.


  • #306
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,021 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Poisson Distribution wrote: »
    Have you ever tried cleaning a cheese grater?

    Yes- I hold it under some hot running water and clean it with a dish brush. It's not terribly difficult.


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  • #307
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,421 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    Poisson Distribution wrote: »
    Have you ever tried cleaning a cheese grater?


    *goes off to "invent" a product for those who get real cheesed off at the thought of cleaning a cheese grater.


  • #308
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Engagement rings.


  • #309
    greencap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    RedTie wrote: »
    I just heard an ad for the latest HP printer that will "tell you when your computer is under attack"

    Sorry. What? :pac:

    Other products that prey on stupid people would be smartphones. If you update yours, spending 700 euros in the process, every year a new model comes out I probably dont want to be your friend.

    Also: Cigarettes. How, in 2017, have cigarette companies got new customers?

    What other products prey on stupid people?


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  • #310
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Engagement rings.

    Couldn't agree with that, they mark one of the most significant events in your life and certainly not a thing to get miserly about.


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  • #312
    greencap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Kennedi Spoiled Turnpike wrote: »
    Couldn't agree with that, they mark one of the most significant events in your life and certainly not a thing to get miserly about.

    No intrinsic value.

    Functionless. Huge depreciation.

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  • #313
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Glenster wrote: »
    Everything in this shop

    1935832233_f9f16ef4e1_z.jpg

    ah now , leave Mary out of this :)


  • #314
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    pleasant Co. wrote: »
    *goes off to "invent" a product for those who get real cheesed off at the thought of cleaning a cheese grater.
    JML probably have the patent for one of those.


  • #315
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    You know society has become too wealthy when a product called VIPoo hits our supermarket shelves.

    A fcuking €10 - yes, €10 for a tiny plastic bottle filled with scented water.

    Give me strength!!

    10 euro? Really? 10 f*cking euro because people are insecure over the notion that everybody shi1ts?


  • #316
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ....... wrote: »
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    You don't need to be into expensive jewellery to appreciate a nice engagement ring. It is likely going to be the most expensive piece any woman has and its a big deal to most women (but not all). I wouldn't advise someone to break themselves buying one (there is a very wide price range to suit all budgets) but I also would say its not something to cheap out on.
    greencap wrote: »
    No intrinsic value.

    Functionless. Huge depreciation.

    It has huge value to the couple, its certainly not function less and depreciation is of no concern unless you are planning to sell it which if you are you shouldn't be buying it in the first place.


  • #317
    Poisson Distribution
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4 ✭Poisson Distribution


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Yes- I hold it under some hot running water and clean it with a dish brush. It's not terribly difficult.

    I disagree, I think it is difficult, it takes a considerable amount of effort to enusre all the cheese is gone, at least the one I have used at least.


  • #318
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Poisson Distribution wrote: »
    I disagree, I think it is difficult, it takes a considerable amount of effort to enusre all the cheese is gone, at least the one I have used at least.

    If a cheese grater is only to be used for grating cheese is it really that important that all the cheese is removed?


  • #319
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,517 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Does diamond and gold really depreciate?


  • #320
    [Deleted User]
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    Does diamond and gold really depreciate?

    The price fluctuates, the price of the actual diamond may go up or down but the price of the actual ring will most likely be less than was paid for. Gold also has a whole sale price, if you melt down a piece of gold you will get paid by weight rather than the value of a ring.

    As I said though you aren't buying an engagement ring with the intention to want to sell it.


  • #321
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    ....... wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Why? It's very cheap and has a lot of great options. I like a lot of their own produced stuff and documentaries.

    You probably think people are idiots for paying when free options are available but if everybody did that then there would be no money in the industry and nothing would get made.


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  • #322
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    caniask86 wrote: »
    Cheese grater. Who even bothers grating their own cheese these days?

    Sometimes you want to grate different types of cheese in small quantities. Not just low grade cheddar.


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  • #324
    caniask86
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭caniask86


    lawred2 wrote: »
    It's actually the overpriced already grated stuff that's for the idiots

    Eh dont think so. one euro something for a bag of grated cheese in Aldi or Lidl.


  • #325
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    caniask86 wrote: »
    Eh dont think so. one euro something for a bag of grated cheese in Aldi or Lidl.

    That tastes like ****e , life's too short for eating crap out of Aldi/Lidl / Tesco , live a little .


  • #326
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,721 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    lawred2 wrote: »
    Does diamond and gold really depreciate?
    Newness depreciates. Very quickly.


  • #327
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,621 ✭✭✭worded


    caniask86 wrote: »
    Eh dont think so. one euro something for a bag of grated cheese in Aldi or Lidl.

    Try some "artisan hand made" genuine French, Spanish or italian grated cheese

    No comparison to cheap crap cheese


  • #328
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,421 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    some "artisan hand made" genuine French, Spanish or italian grated cheese


  • #329
    Nerdlingr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭Nerdlingr




  • #330
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,003 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Hot soapy water (not that tepid greasy soup that has already washed up three days dishes), swish it, wipe dishcloth down outside of grater - go in the same direction as the gratery bits, then same inside, swish it round a bit, done.


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  • #331
    moycullen14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 892 ✭✭✭moycullen14


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    I think there's a lot of pseudo-intellectual sneering at people who do the lotto. I'm sure that most people know the odds of winning are incredibly slim but while they have that ticket they can fantasise about having no money worries, taking exotic holidays, buying a beautiful home, driving an amazing car, looking after their kids' futures and so on.

    I have to do the lotto syndicate at work. Why? Fear of missing out. I have no real desire or expectation of winning millions but can you imagine being the guy who wasn't in the syndicate that won big ....... :eek:


  • #332
    Yourself isit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,257 ✭✭✭Yourself isit


    caniask86 wrote: »
    What medical degree do you have? SSRI cover a wide range of medications, they alter the serotonin chemicals and can be quite effective for many people for a range of disorders. Its very dangerous to throw out conspiracy theories on something you have no medical knowledge of. They are helping many people and if you do some actual research you will see how the drug actually works. Can't stand all these Dr Google's.

    Don't think an argument to credentialism works in a field that has historically seen homosexuality, and transgenderism as medical abnormalities and now doesn't.

    The DSM keeps increasing the number of mental illnesses. Pays to be cynical.


  • #333
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,587 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Yourself isit wrote: »
    Don't think an argument to credentialism works in a field that has historically seen homosexuality, and transgenderism as medical abnormalities and now doesn't.

    The DSM keeps increasing the number of mental illnesses. Pays to be cynical.


    You mean a profession that changes it practices as new evidence becomes available? Yeah that's not really how we want doctors to work is it.


  • #334
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Even though the lotto is technically a bad bet - the amount staked versus the win and the probability of winning, is a bet skewed in favour of the house - however that does not necessarily make it a bad idea to play the lotto. It is the single only avenue by which the vast majority of the population could ever come to a life changing sum of money. The single only chance by which you can give up working and live in the lap of luxury for life. To leave yourself that one outside chance of getting millions is not quite the foolish idea that many people make it out to be.


  • #335
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Oops69 wrote: »
    That tastes like ****e , life's too short for eating crap out of Aldi/Lidl / Tesco , live a little .

    Have to say I quite like aldi cheese, cheddar or mozzarella are the only cheeses I really eat anyway. I like their mixed cheddar and mozzarella savage on nachos, toasted sandwiches and fajitas etc.


  • #336
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,111 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    Even though the lotto is technically a bad bet - the amount staked versus the win and the probability of winning, is a bet skewed in favour of the house - however that does not necessarily make it a bad idea to play the lotto. It is the single only avenue by which the vast majority of the population could ever come to a life changing sum of money. The single only chance by which you can give up working and live in the lap of luxury for life. To leave yourself that one outside chance of getting millions is not quite the foolish idea that many people make it out to be.

    Yes but if your life hopes are pinned on that - you have other priorities.

    Many of these people if they won the lotto would want their own life back. Happened a good bit in UK.


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  • #337
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,587 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Yes but if your life hopes are pinned on that - you have other priorities.

    Many of these people if they won the lotto would want their own life back. Happened a good bit in UK.


    i'm willing to take that risk.


  • #338
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »

    Many of these people if they won the lotto would want their own life back. Happened a good bit in UK.

    I doubt that very much, even if they did it's most likely due to being stupid enough to announce it and go public that they won rather than say absolutely nothing about winning.


  • #339
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    Yes but if your life hopes are pinned on that - you have other priorities.

    Many of these people if they won the lotto would want their own life back. Happened a good bit in UK.

    So you're saying that it is a bad idea to become rich?


  • #340
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Kennedi Spoiled Turnpike wrote: »
    Have to say I quite like aldi cheese, cheddar or mozzarella are the only cheeses I really eat anyway. I like their mixed cheddar and mozzarella savage on nachos, toasted sandwiches and fajitas etc.

    Ok fair enough , different strokes and all that ....not mad about fajitas and nachos .


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  • #342
    ohnonotgmail
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    ....... wrote: »
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    yeah but i would be a miserable git with lots of money :)

    Seriously, money doesnt make you happy but it does give you a much nicer class of misery.


  • #343
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,111 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    So you're saying that it is a bad idea to become rich?

    You have a far far better chance of becoming rich on your own merits - it is a waste of productive human energy and money to.

    What exactly do you do after a year of winning the lotto - ring your mate on a Tuesday night to go for a pint - he says , "sorry I'm in work in the morning and to be honest I'm sick of you and your photos from Hawaii , also you live out in ****ing Howth - and it is a pain in the hole to get there and the pubs are **** too" "go out with your new mates - twat"

    http://www.thejournal.ie/lotto-winners-who-lost-it-all-1937004-Feb2015/


  • #344
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    You have a far far better chance of becoming rich on your own merits - it is a waste of productive human energy and money to.

    What exactly do you do after a year of winning the lotto - ring your mate on a Tuesday night to go for a pint - he says , "sorry I'm in work in the morning and to be honest I'm sick of you and your photos from Hawaii , also you live out in ****ing Howth - and it is a pain in the hole to get there and the pubs are **** too" "go out with your new mates - twat"

    http://www.thejournal.ie/lotto-winners-who-lost-it-all-1937004-Feb2015/

    But wait a minute - You're saying it's a bad idea to become rich?


  • #345
    greencap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    lawred2 wrote: »
    Does diamond and gold really depreciate?

    Not the materials themselves strictly speaking.

    But try selling off a ring. Jewellers won't give you anywhere near a good price.

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  • #346
    caniask86
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭caniask86


    Yourself isit wrote: »
    Don't think an argument to credentialism works in a field that has historically seen homosexuality, and transgenderism as medical abnormalities and now doesn't.

    The DSM keeps increasing the number of mental illnesses. Pays to be cynical.

    The first part I cant even.

    Regarding increasing the number of mental illnesses its not more that is increased its that we are more aware of different illnesses now. Also modern life can be more stressful as well. If you are ill and doctors says take this antibiotics and your infection will go? (for sake of argument we will say a kidney infection, which will not go on its own without an antibiotic) would you take that antibiotic? I can understanding questioning and seeking second opinions but at some stage you have to trust someone who has spent a long time studying etc. Not everyone is out to get you.

    Thats how we have evolved we now realize we should treat mental illnesses the same as other illnesses.


  • #347
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Cordless vacuum cleaners, power tools and worst of all the dreaded cordless garden tools...


  • #348
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    ....... wrote: »
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    So why say it's a product that preys on stupid people then?


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  • #350
    Ann_Landers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Ann_Landers


    On the whole diamond thing, I am fully aware of the whole early 20th century advertising campaign to popularise them but remember, diamond was a gemstone before that. That means that diamond, just like any other gemstone, was probably the favourite of some women before the campaign. Ask a crowd of late 19th century women what their favourite gemstone was and diamond would probably be mentioned alongside sapphire, ruby, emerald and the rest.

    So these days, I am sure some women do genuinely like diamond the best of all the stones and to them, it doesn't really matter what the resale value of the ring is. An engagement ring has huge sentimental value for the wearer. I'm not a jewellery person, so never got an engagement ring but I know my married friends could not care less what their engagement ring is worth. It's missing the point a tad to think that the resale price is the only thing that matters in a diamond ring.


  • #351
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    caniask86 wrote: »
    T If you are ill and doctors says take this antibiotics and your infection will go? (for sake of argument we will say a kidney infection, which will not go on its own without an antibiotic) would you take that antibiotic?
    Yes, because we know precisely how antibiotics work and outside of resistance cases they work in everybody in a pretty precise way.
    I can understanding questioning and seeking second opinions but at some stage you have to trust someone who has spent a long time studying etc.
    I agree, however most of these drugs are doled out by local GP's. They do not have the required level of training as psychiatrists. Not even close. The clue is in their title. Secondly medicine has a tendency to have "fashions" in treatments, where therapies become a meme for a time. Human nature. Thirdly much of the information on all drugs comes from the makers of the drugs and a few have been dubious in which studies they released.
    caniask86 wrote: »
    SSRI cover a wide range of medications,
    Not really. They operate in the same manner, different formulations from different makers, but all SSRI's. Again the clue is in the name. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.
    they alter the serotonin chemicals
    Well... not so much. The theory behind their action is that they increase the level of serotonin(and maybe other neurotransmitters) in the brain, by reducing the mechanism where such chemicals are reabsorbed by the brain. More serotonin more "happy". The problem being that a) it's impossible to directly measure the levels of serotonin in a living brain, so anyone who says "serotonin imbalance" is expanding on a theory, not a proven biological fact and b) Serotonin = happy is extremely simplistic a notion. Different people have different levels. EG women have less than men. Does this mean women suffer more mental illness?*






    *nope, rates about the same for both, may present differently though

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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