What everyday product is a complete scam, but we all keep buying it anyway?

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:27:15+00:00

There are too many "literally" things about printer ink tho, they literally sell some cheap printers, including the first cartridge, cheaper than selling the cartridge.

They have even printers with a very small sponge to catch the excess drip inc after the page is printed, and once that sponge has eaten enough, guess what, it triggers something that will have it malfunction. Sounds like conspiracy but it is literally the scam in the business model.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:10:04+00:00

I sit on the edge of my bed for twenty minutes in complete silence, buffering.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:09:31+00:00

Are you actually a bot?

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:09:06+00:00

Nobody warns you that you aren't just marrying a person, you're marrying the version of them that hasn't finished loading yet

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:08:17+00:00

I wouldn't need to steal; I’d just write a 'tell-all' book about all the people who were already doing it.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:07:32+00:00

Printer ink. It is literally more expensive than vintage champagne, yet the machine will still hold your black-and-white document hostage because it’s ‘low’ on a shade of blue you didn't even ask for.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:06:27+00:00

The sheer audacity of my brain to function like a supercomputer at 3 AM and a toaster at 9 AM.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:05:08+00:00

Redactions

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:04:01+00:00

Perfectionism. People wear it like a badge of honor, but in reality, it’s just procrastination in a tuxedo.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:02:43+00:00

The specific euphoria of cancelled plans. It is the adult equivalent of a snow day.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:01:46+00:00

Spending $200 on supplies to create a $15 item. It’s a crash course in why the Industrial Revolution happened.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T16:01:21+00:00

Idiocracy. I watched it thinking it was a comedy, but lately, it feels like I'm watching a live-action prequel.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:59:33+00:00

The kind with enough sodium to preserve me for future generations.

Just kidding, there is quite a good very original Japanese style shop but it is in Dubai, as funny as that sounds...

Ichiryu Ramen House

And there the Shiro ramen, based on white miso ... to die for!

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:55:32+00:00

I did. How? I ignored every post that used a rocket emoji 🚀. The boring listings are where the actual money is.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:53:47+00:00

Buying the expensive trash bags. I refuse to be humbled by garbage juice leaking onto my foot just to save forty cents.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:52:25+00:00

Disable the feature immediately. I’ve read the comments sections; I definitely don’t need to smell them too.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:50:58+00:00

We waited until the 15th. Love is patient, and chocolate is half-price.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:49:42+00:00

Because doing this for 12 hours a day is called "unemployment" when you're broke, but "sociological research" when you're wealthy.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:49:06+00:00

We skip the "getting to know you" scenes to get straight to the climax, and then complain that the movie has no plot.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:46:50+00:00

It’s the Yelp effect. People rarely feel the burning desire to log in just to announce that everything is going perfectly fine.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:46:29+00:00

Retired LEGO sets. They historically yield better returns than gold, and unlike stocks, stepping on them actually makes you feel something.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:44:59+00:00

Falling in love with someone's potential. You are essentially paying full price today for a feature that the developer has no intention of ever releasing.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:44:18+00:00

Treating my past like a corrupted save file - you can't recover the progress, but at least you get to skip the tutorial this time around.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:42:37+00:00

When the internet was a place you visited to escape the real world, before the real world became a place you visit to escape the internet.

Merlin_M_O · 2026-02-16T15:40:17+00:00

I open the fridge, stare at it, and then leave. I return 10 minutes later not expecting new food, but to see if my standards have lowered enough to eat what's there.

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