Too many things in society seem to rely on the idea that no one will question them. Why do we work 40 hours a week? Well, that’s just the norm. Why does everyone spend tons of money on a wedding? It’s tradition!
But just because things have always been a certain way — and corporations have learned how to profit from that — doesn’t make it the best way.
Redditors are coming together in a recent thread to discuss the biggest “scams” that have permeated our entire lives and that nobody really talks about, at least in a way that affects change. So if you want to look at life through a slightly more questioning gaze, or maybe just get a little bit depressed instead, read on.
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Online convenience fees.
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The subscription based economy.
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Mom: tell me the truth and I wont be mad.
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The easy-to-join, difficult-to-cancel subscription model.
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That large global companies actually care about you.
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Click here to unsubscribe to this email notification.
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That we’re supposed to work for the rest of our lives.
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The entire wedding industry. To be clear, not marriage but weddings specifically.
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How the fuck does HEALTH insurance not cover dental and vision? what kind of shenanigans is that?
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Before telling people to make healthier choices, figure out why a burger is $9 and a salad is $18.
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The prices of anything baby related. Toys, food, clothes, etc. Was in a store on Saturday to get a cot mattress and cover. I cried.
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That the Fashion Industry is anything other than planned obsolescence, designed simply to get people to spend money for no reason.
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I’m sorry but the “grind” and “hustle” cultures only generate assholes. They think everyone else’s goal is to be rich as fuck, working 100 hours a week.
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Fuck diamonds. Moissanite is lab-grown, cost-effective, and is basically indistinguishable from diamonds. In fact, they can look even more brilliant.
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Paying exorbitant amounts of money for health insurance, and still having to pay boatloads of cash for any doctor/hospital visits.
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Buying a star and naming it. A waste of your cash and time. The only organisation that can name a star is International Astronomical Union.
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We work the majority of our lives, during our fittest years of health, for the promise of a golden retirement, when we will probably too old and ill to enjoy it properly.
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That climate change is up to each individual to go green. It was a campaign by BP that pushed the solution as each individual going green instead of the dozen massive corporations that account for the lions share of greenhouse gases.