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If it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth. (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People have gotten rich selling bullshit for a long time. The term “snake oil salesmen” is not new.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

the history of people getting rich selling bullshit goes all the way back to the time when there was bullshit, money, and rubes to sell it to.