20 Examples Of Scams That Have Become Socially Acceptable But Shouldn’t Be

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The sign of a ‘good’ scam is that someone manages to weasel away your hard-earned cash from your wallet and you're left devastated. The sign of a great scam, however, is when the victim doesn’t even realize they’ve been swindled. Instead, they sit there with huge smiles on their faces, marveling at what a great deal they just got. All the while, someone’s laughing behind their backs.

Meanwhile, some things have become so ingrained into society that some folks don’t even stop to think whether their money would better be spent elsewhere. Redditor u/efd71f03 sparked an interesting thread after asking the internet about what people “refuse to view” as scams because they’ve been a part of the culture for so long. From engagement rings to Ticketmaster fees, scroll down to check out their most interesting insights. Bored Panda reached out to the author of the thread, u/efd71f03, and they were kind enough to share their thoughts on culturally-embedded scams with us. Read on to see what they had to say.

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My grandmother won the lottery, twice. Not huge, but decent, in the tens of thousands both times. Both times (and 10% of her income) she tithed the whole amount to the Catholic church. The Vatican is litterally made of gold and ivory, but they need my Grandma's paycheck? Her lottery winnings? That's a scam if ever I saw one. 40 hour work week. We should be on 32 hours and 3 day weekends. No loss in productivity. Donating money... ...to preachers with private jets Engagement rings that costs multiple months of salary and *must* be diamonds or else they are worthless. That's a tradition that's not even 100 years old. It's just the result of an *insanely* effective ad campaign by the diamond industry. Private health insurance, you pay premiums every month only to find out it doesn't cover what needs to be done. Homeopathy. It's 100% a scam, you're just getting filler tablets, I will fight you. Multi-level-marketing schemes. The American voting system (gerrymandering in particular) Tipping: makes no sense to me as an European. herbalife Tell you what. Property taxes - paying for what you already own? Now THAT'S a scam. -Dee Reynolds The fact that it’s very hard to find a job making any kind of decent money without going to college, yet you have to have a c**p ton of money to go to college The so called American Dream. The lottery. Just state sponsored gambling for poor people People forced to get married. Or else your relationship is not valid. Lets be honest. The prices of a classic wedding are insane. And all for one day and mostly to impress others. The government being accountable for how our money is spent. Rent increases due to "market value" with no upgrades to the property. I think most day to day things are now scams to a certain extent. I mean if you look at a scam as something that’s in place to take unfair advantage of a person, then most facets of life are scams. Even the most innocent concepts and programs can be viewed as scams, look at things like food donations to help the needy, maybe on the surface it’s not a scam… but it’s in place bc the way the current system is setup, it’s taking advantage of people and forcing others to step up and support them. Chopping a chicken wing in half and selling it as two wings.