Miss Cleo Part II
March 15, 2002 12:28 AM Subscribe
Miss Cleo Part II Who calls these hucksters? This is simultaneously hilarious and sad. Be sure to listen to the audio.
No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American people.
Part of me thinks suckers deserve to be taken, that this is nature's way of weeding the screwballs from the gene pool. A least the victim gets a good lesson in reality. Am I supposed to feel sorry for people who throw money at a TV fortune teller?
I know this attitude is uncompassionate, but I'm not really sure that this is the government's business. Part of the way free markets work is that the customer must look after his own interests. This is a little like taking the WWF to court because pro wrestling is fake.
posted by Erendadus at 1:27 AM on March 15, 2002
Part of me thinks suckers deserve to be taken, that this is nature's way of weeding the screwballs from the gene pool. A least the victim gets a good lesson in reality. Am I supposed to feel sorry for people who throw money at a TV fortune teller?
I know this attitude is uncompassionate, but I'm not really sure that this is the government's business. Part of the way free markets work is that the customer must look after his own interests. This is a little like taking the WWF to court because pro wrestling is fake.
posted by Erendadus at 1:27 AM on March 15, 2002
And if Miss Cleo can get sued, why not the Christian Preachers who beg for money? I bet the 700 Club would be a ripe target.
posted by Dantien at 6:05 AM on March 15, 2002
posted by Dantien at 6:05 AM on March 15, 2002
Erendadus: Pro wrestling is fake???
Great audio link. It's hilarious to see the documented cue cards for the phone "psychics," and then to hear them actually being used with a caller. It was also enlightening to hear the end-of-free-call tone right after the man gave out his personal address, but before any psychic reading was given. Shrewd, no?
posted by Down10 at 4:43 PM on March 16, 2002
Great audio link. It's hilarious to see the documented cue cards for the phone "psychics," and then to hear them actually being used with a caller. It was also enlightening to hear the end-of-free-call tone right after the man gave out his personal address, but before any psychic reading was given. Shrewd, no?
posted by Down10 at 4:43 PM on March 16, 2002
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