Gold Tickets to Heaven

[TerranceL]

You're right! I should have looked at the other articles.:o

We live in a world where "Florida Man" is a thing and when you consider the things that he gets up to it's a safe bet to believe the article was real.

I don't blame you at all. People are crazy.

 

[TerranceL]

Satire site, article isn't legit.

What does it say about the state of society when we can't tell parody news from real news?

 

[dgiharris]

What does it say about the state of society when we can't tell parody news from real news?

*head explodes*

yeah, good point...

I was thinking of selling a ridiculous product, something beyond ludicrous with fantastical claims. It's amazing, the more insane your claim the more people are willing to believe it.

Like the people in the 90s who were selling that apricot seeds cancer cure . Then again, when you are desperate you will believe anything...

 

[TerranceL]

*head explodes*

yeah, good point...

I was thinking of selling a ridiculous product, something beyond ludicrous with fantastical claims. It's amazing, the more insane your claim the more people are willing to believe it.

Like the people in the 90s who were selling that apricot seeds cancer cure . Then again, when you are desperate you will believe anything...

Wow. I hate those type of people with a burning passion.

To take advantage of people when they are their most desperate is vile.

 

[TillICollapse]

I think this has inspired me.

I am going to put together a youtube series where I sell some ridiculous item, like tickets to heaven...

Wonder how much you could make if you put up a little vendor stand and advertised some ridiculous item like "tickets to heaven" for $1.

Think about it. I mean, even if there is a 0.000001% chance it can work, isn't it worth a dollar? That will be my advertisement slogan...

though, i'm not sure how Jesus will take it...

hmmm.... perhaps if on the ticket there are a few lines of Scripture...

then the tickets would actually be legit!!!!

everyone's happy

Reminds me of this.

 

[TillICollapse]

What does it say about the state of society when we can't tell parody news from real news?

It tells us that society hasn't really changed lol ...

 

[dgiharris]

Reminds me of this.

I remember the Y2K paranoia back in 1999. People were making money hand over fist selling Y2K insurance and survival kits and other "end of the world" type stuff.

Oh, just remember the Heaven's Gate cult. Man, that was craziness on a cracker. Not only did the leader get everyone to give him all their money and also give him their wives but he require all males to get "snipped" as well :o

that takes the cake for craziest concept ever sold. Man, he must have been a heck of a salesman ... best salesman EVAR!!!!!

 

[TillICollapse]

I remember the Y2K paranoia back in 1999. People were making money hand over fist selling Y2K insurance and survival kits and other "end of the world" type stuff.

Oh, just remember the Heaven's Gate cult. Man, that was craziness on a cracker. Not only did the leader get everyone to give him all their money and also give him their wives but he require all males to get "snipped" as well :o

that takes the cake for craziest concept ever sold. Man, he must have been a heck of a salesman ... best salesman EVAR!!!!!

What's sad, sort of ... is that I slept through New Years Eve of Y2K lol. I went to bed early, simply didn't care. I woke up around 1am or so because I heard fireworks lol ... went to get a glass of water, looked outside to see if I could see any real quick, went back to sleep. For me, Y2K was a peaceful sleep

 

[RDKirk]

What does it say about the state of society when we can't tell parody news from real news?

What it tells us is that "objective, factual journalism" was an artifact created by Edgar R Murrow that died with him, and the "profession" has reverted to what it was before Murrow's time.

 

[grasping the after wind]

*head explodes*

yeah, good point...

I was thinking of selling a ridiculous product, something beyond ludicrous with fantastical claims. It's amazing, the more insane your claim the more people are willing to believe it.

Like the people in the 90s who were selling that apricot seeds cancer cure . Then again, when you are desperate you will believe anything...

You'll even believe you can keep your plan and your doctor, insure the uninsured and save $2500 per year on your health insurance. And people think a solid gold ticket to heaven would be a hard sell after so many people bought that?

 

[TerranceL]

What's sad, sort of ... is that I slept through New Years Eve of Y2K lol. I went to bed early, simply didn't care. I woke up around 1am or so because I heard fireworks lol ... went to get a glass of water, looked outside to see if I could see any real quick, went back to sleep. For me, Y2K was a peaceful sleep

I was working for Citibank in their retirement division at the time.

Six months leading up to the date was old people calling in making sure we were taking ALL POSSIBLE MOVES to make sure nothing happened. Of course they had no idea what Y2K was.

Then for the next month after we had all the same people calling in to make sure their money was there then to tell us they weren't worried anyway.

 

[TillICollapse]

I was working for Citibank in their retirement division at the time.

Six months leading up to the date was old people calling in making sure we were taking ALL POSSIBLE MOVES to make sure nothing happened. Of course they had no idea what Y2K was.

Then for the next month after we had all the same people calling in to make sure their money was there then to tell us they weren't worried anyway.

I can only imagine lol.

 

[RDKirk]

I was working for Citibank in their retirement division at the time.

Six months leading up to the date was old people calling in making sure we were taking ALL POSSIBLE MOVES to make sure nothing happened. Of course they had no idea what Y2K was.

Then for the next month after we had all the same people calling in to make sure their money was there then to tell us they weren't worried anyway.

Actually, there was a reason to be concerned that financial transactions that occur between American banks and their Asian sisters might be disrupted.

In addition, the safety mechanisms put into place in fear of Y2K paid off on 9/11.

 

[actionsub]

If it was for Willy Wonka's chocolate factory tour, I would have bought one quickly.

Ever since I was mugged by a gang of rogue Oompa Loompas, I've been a bit leery of golden tickets to anywhere from anyone!