myrmepropagandistI went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.
The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!
(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)
Do you think the people selling this are laughing at their customers or are they into it?
It's like a damn joke.
Carolyn@futurebird They are exploiting the idiocy common today. Just look at the "wellness" industry and US gov. People are steaming parts of their anatomy that are not supposed to have air introduced, sunning their nether regions to power up for the day, sticking so many things up their hinies that have no business there, are vilifying life-saving vaccines...
So this hat is like a harmless nothing that I am sure many will buy and somehow feel safer for the wearing...
Sigh.
I don't think these things are harmless because they are a symptom of people not getting real help, and because it's a rip off.
I don't think it should be so easy to make money telling lies and ripping people off with false medical claims.
AnnieBuddyI really hope it unrelated, but I saw 2 teen girls wearing what looked like tinfoil hats in a small town near me last week. I was thinking it was an interesting look 👀
@AnnieBuddy @futurebird It's disturbing that in the age of information, people are choosing ignorance.
But it reminds me of back at the beginning of the internet, in which authorities expressed concern with regards to pedophiles. Before the internet, they were generally isolated and they knew that what they were doing was wrong by social standards. The internet gave them community, to validate and justify their actions.
This is a greater manifestation of finding community as an outlier.