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-Kruugar-  1 star
Posts: 210
Registered: 2005-3-4 14:35:00
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
How is it, that scam after scam of these silly bracelets keep getting debunked and people keep falling for it?

The company evenadmittedthat they are a fraud with no scientific support.
http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam

How many gullible people do you know who have boughten one?

 

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Hawkson  4 stars
Title: I AM AN ASSASSIN (SHH)
Posts: 1,791
Registered: 2001-10-23 22:57:09
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
I don't know anyone that has "bought" one.


p.s. - boughten is not a word.

 

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regulator_cracka  4 stars
Title: They finally recognized greatness.
Posts: 3,726
Registered: 2009-1-6 15:07:53
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
*Co-worker's


Crack an Engrish book once in a while.


 

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-Prismatic- [Archive]  3 stars
Title: Keeper of the Ratings
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Posts: 538
Registered: 2002-11-18 18:05:28
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
-Kruugar- posted:
How is it, that scam after scam of these silly bracelets keep getting debunked and people keep falling for it?

The company evenadmittedthat they are a fraud with no scientific support.
http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam

How many gullible people do you know who have boughten one?



I had an old man once try and tell me my cellphone is corrupting my aura and then proceeded to use the tricks those bracelet guys use to demonstrate it's "effects" on my "aura".

Old Man: "Put your phone on the counter and place your hand on it."
Me: *does it*
Old Man: "Now extend your other arm straight out, and try and prevent me from pushing down."
Me: "Okay."
Old Man: *Leans on arm, obviously pushing it down, nobody can resist that."
Old Man: "See? Now, take your index finger and make circles around the battery for thirty seconds or so, this neutralizes the effects on your aura"
Me, thinking to my self: "Oh jesus christ kill me now"
Old Man: "Ok that's been about thirty seconds, put your arm out again and watch"
Old Man: *proceeds to squeeze my arm with his hands and act about as good as a pre-schooler like hes pushing hard, clenching his jaw and squinting -- the whole works"
Old Man: "See?"
Me: "I know what your just did, it's a scam."
Old Man: "It's not a scam, son. I'm a doctor, you can trust me"
Me: "What kind of doctor?"
Old Man: "I'm a chiropractor, a nutritionist."
Me: "Neither of those are doctorates."

This is when he gets mad and walks away mumbling about how he was just trying to help me.

 

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Shazami  2 stars
Posts: 453
Registered: 2002-3-22 16:26:07
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
regulator_cracka posted:
*Co-worker's


Crack an Engrish book once in a while.





Um, you do know it's spelled English?

Don't mock someone if you can't spell as well...
Fairly_Gimp  1 star
Posts: 86
Registered: 2002-4-10 00:50:56
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
Shazami posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
*Co-worker's


Crack an Engrish book once in a while.





Um, you do know it's spelled English?

Don't mock someone if you can't spell as well...



Wow... Just... wow... really?... I mean, REALLY?!?

 

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Ibbeh  2 stars
Posts: 469
Registered: 2003-5-7 18:59:05
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
Fairly_Gimp posted:
Shazami posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
*Co-worker's


Crack an Engrish book once in a while.





Um, you do know it's spelled English?

Don't mock someone if you can't spell as well...



Wow... Just... wow... really?... I mean, REALLY?!?



...

 

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Gildash  3 stars
Posts: 515
Registered: 2001-4-26 16:26:13
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
Fairly_Gimp posted:
Shazami posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
*Co-worker's


Crack an Engrish book once in a while.





Um, you do know it's spelled English?

Don't mock someone if you can't spell as well...



Wow... Just... wow... really?... I mean, REALLY?!?



....

 

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Sgian_Dubh  2 stars
Posts: 446
Registered: 2003-4-7 10:19:52
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
My stepmom bought the necklace and the bracelet for my dad.

He knows it's profanity, but after 26 years of marriage, he's given up arguing with her over all the dumb new-age profanity she falls for.

 

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Chogram  3 stars
Posts: 945
Registered: 2001-8-23 02:52:32
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Co-workers wife bought a Power Balance bracelet.. : |
Our brains are very powerful.

Simply thinking that a bracelet is giving you better balance, or putting you in a better mood, may actually accomplish those things through increased confidence.

And to the comment above... Chiropractic has been accepted by the AMA to be legitimate therapy for over 30 years.
Some Chiropractors make ignorant claims, but a vast majority of them are legitimate practitioners.
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