Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Super... Stupid?

As a mastermind, I expect stupidity. It's nothing new.
Reality dictates that there are far more idiots out there than there are intelligent individuals. It's like entropy really, people tend to devolve & gravitate towards the obtuse and one regularly encounters excellent examples of this.

* Example 1: A site where you pay a bunch of strangers to ship some unknown object to you. Of course, I applaud the creators of the site for their unique way of taking advantage of the gullible masses out there. Cleary no idea is too crazy or too strange to be successful.

* Example 2: A "dating site" exclusively for "good-looking" people. The creators now have their own reality show where you can follow the lives of the two male Directors as they conduct their business.
Firstly, I find it highly amusing that the "Directors" of the business consider themselves rather good-looking... I think these guys have been spending waaaay too much time with their reassuring mommies.
Secondly, a lot of the people whose pics are displayed on the front page, aren't exactly the kind of people you'd expect to see on a site that supposedly caters for the cream of the aesthetic crop.
Apparently the intent of the site is to provide a service to good-looking people so that they don't have to waste their time going through the profiles of unattractive people in order to find a date. Profile photos are submitted to a peer review, and one's inclusion into the site is determined by how the rest of the "beautiful people" rate your aesthetic appeal. Hmmm...
How do they factor different tastes in? What if some people don't like your hairstyle or the shape of your nose & yet others think you're the next Brad Pitt?

* Example 3: A travel agent for the afterlife - a site where you can book your spot in heaven. Yehp, they're for real. For just $15.95 these guys will guarantee you a spot in heaven, or "your money back"!
I get the appeal of this funny concept, but to pay $15.95 (the current equivelant of R163) for your get out of jail free card, is just plain... silly. But once again, kudos to them for milking the gullible masses.
(They offer group discounts, just in case you're planning mass suicide with your group of wacky cultist friends)

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