‘What’s a huge waste of money but people keep buying it?’ – 21 wasteful things

Show me the person who’s never fallen for an advertising company’s silky tongued persuasiveness and I’ll show you someone who’s either lying to themself or the rest of us.

Some things are costly but worth every penny, like the good toilet paper, while others are all style over substance, such as the ‘luxury’ goods that are the mid-price goods in a nicer box.

Over on r/AskReddit FlintTheDad had obviously been thinking about that kind of thing.

“What’s a huge waste of money but people keep buying it?”

Their question struck a chord with Redditors. There were too many responses to share them all, but most of these cropped up quite a bit.

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Chiropractors are snake oil salesmen who at best can make you temporarily feel better and at worse could cause permanent physical damage.
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Doordash is running my pockets bc I’m too lazy to put my pants on to drive to the restaurant.
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Extended warranty on anything. Those things have more holes than Swiss cheese.
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Homeopathic remedies.

The like-cures-like mindset leading to hogwash like pills made with bits of the Berlin Wall for separation anxiety is straight woo.
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Fad diets and the associated products.
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Drinks that helps balance your body’s pH.
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New electronics on a yearly basis. The differences in phones/computers are not that great between versions. You’ve gotta wait 4-5 years for appreciable differences most of the time.
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Disposable razors instead of a quality reusable razor.
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Distressed jeans.

What the hell people. They look like shit. They cost more to look like shit. Buy regular jeans and sooner or later they will look like shit.
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