Thursday, August 01, 2013

What Happens When You Click On Those 'One Weird Trick' Ads?


Everything you say is true, and yet...



I thought I was completely immune to these obvious manipulations, but years ago I got a mail item that announced, "Your shoes have been shipped" and then went on for dozens of dense paragraphs of product information, and I thought "what the...!" and was immediately incensed that something was already on it's way! The gall of them - how could they do this! So I had to read all these paragaphs and finally get to, "but before your shipped order is picked-up, we will need your shoe size..." What a bunch of sneaky liars! But the wierd part was that as I fumed, I typed in my shoe size... and received one of the best pair of well-fitting walking shoes I've ever had.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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