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Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Monday, July 3, 2023

Documented Type II "Vigilante Karen" Sighting in San Francisco

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A Type II "Vigilante Karen" was documented on Reddit harassing a father with his disabled child in San Francisco's Lands End ,...
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Sunday, June 11, 2023

Psychology of Karen V: The "How Dare You" Karen

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Previously, we had discussed the four sub-types of Karens; (NOTE: for consistency, I'll be using the term Karen, and "Ken" if ...
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Thursday, March 25, 2021

Psychology of Karen IV: The Robber Karen Sub-type

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Previously, we had discussed the three sub-types of Karens; (NOTE: for consistency, I'll be using the term Karen, and "Ken" if...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Psychology of Karen III: The Punisher Karen Sub-type

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A recent Reddit thread on r/entitledpparents has pointed out yet another "subtype" of Karen, which I am dubbing "the punisher...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Psychology of Karen II: The Vigilante Karen sub-type

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 Last November I wrote a post about "Psychology of Karen" , but I realized I had left something out... a subtype of Karen that bas...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Psychology of Karen: How willful blindness and self-righteousness lead to crazy behaviors

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In 2020, the name "Karen" became a pejorative, meaning a probably white woman acting in an extremely socially inappropriate manner...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

How to Combat Falsehoods: It's NOT a matter of opinion or being neutral!

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As a skeptic, it is often troubling to see the amount of bogosity available in public, much less the Internet, where anyone with some free t...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Scam Psychology: Theory on Stupidity, Scam, ponzi, and pyramid schemes

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Ever heard of Professor Cipolla's theory on stupidity? Neither have I until recently, but it explains quite clearly how the world works...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

How to be a cranky troll: Guide to IGNORE all useful feedback

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(Author's note: This is written as a contrarian piece... The advice is BAD for you, and you are meant to do exactly opposite of all this...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Mythbusting: The Trump University is based on (some) bogus research

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Trump University was in the news a lot, and it seems it may be the only thing that really got Trump riled up, as it's something he can...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

MLM Basics: Is there such thing as "good MLM"?

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The MLM Skeptic has been asked repeatedly, "is _____ a good MLM?" The short answer is: I don't know. The longer answer is:...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Stop Believing Bull****; Follow This Guide! (Bonus "Food Babe" debunking)

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The following guide was found on io9 via The Last Word on Nothing. It is easy to stop believing in bull****. After all, bull**** doesn...
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Scam Psychology: What Are YOUR Communication Vulnerabilities?

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Scammers are often very good communicators. They can tailor their message for a wide variety of audiences and they are quick in recognizing...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up: Part 3 of 6

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Charlie Munger (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You may have heard of  Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his p...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

BREAKING NEWS: TelexFree Sheeple Turned Lion, "occupied" TelexFree until police showed up

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According to various Youtube videos, all published today, a bunch of Telexfree sheeple apparently grew spines and decided to occupy Telexfre...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Guest Post: Vemma and Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich", part 4 of 6

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Previously we had SlayerofScams, a fellow scambuster on IGN , posting his essay on how people misconstrue Napoleon Hill 's advice to coe...

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 2 of 6

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You may have heard of Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet , one of the 5 richest ma...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 1 of 6

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You may have heard of Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet , one of the 5 richest ma...
Friday, February 21, 2014

MLM Absurdities: The "Big Placebo" industry that markets nutritional supplement woo

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Dietary supplements Do they actually improve your health? (Photo credit: Andrei Z ) In studying the network marketing industry, MLM ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Bad Propaganda: Found and Lost on Oprah's Website

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Given the amount of woo that had been pushed by Oprah and her various spawns like Dr. Oz, it's very ironic that her own quiz of what...