The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1imageIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s very different today. People have learned to get rich selling misinformation to morons. At least you knew Aunt Marge probably didn’t have a complete understanding of whatever she was telling you.
minus-squaremondo_brondo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoPeople have gotten rich selling bullshit for a long time. The term “snake oil salesmen” is not new.
minus-squarewrath_of_grunge@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agothe history of people getting rich selling bullshit goes all the way back to the time when there was bullshit, money, and rubes to sell it to.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI’m much less likely to ask Aunt Marge, at all, these days. She got so angry.
It’s very different today. People have learned to get rich selling misinformation to morons. At least you knew Aunt Marge probably didn’t have a complete understanding of whatever she was telling you.
People have gotten rich selling bullshit for a long time. The term “snake oil salesmen” is not new.
the history of people getting rich selling bullshit goes all the way back to the time when there was bullshit, money, and rubes to sell it to.
I’m much less likely to ask Aunt Marge, at all, these days. She got so angry.