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It's more about the cult of personality of Alex Jones or Gwyneth Paltrow. They aren't buying products to be healthy, they are buying products to be more like/to
by dfxm12 3y ago
It's more about the cult of personality of Alex Jones or Gwyneth Paltrow. They aren't buying products to be healthy, they are buying products to be more like/to support their favorite celebrities. While thinking about "blame", don't ignore that some people are working pretty hard to find & target these products to whales.
- mc32 3y agoBefore all this there has been GNC, taking advantage of the health conscious and gym rats. As well as a whole Whole Foods aisle dedicated to supplements and natural substances but can’t carry Aspirin! It irks me that they can’t carry aspirin and basic OTCs you can get at a 7-11.
- mrguyorama 3y agoEven CostCo is 110% in on selling overpriced "supplements" to an ageing, afraid, and underinsured populace. Surely this industrial quantity of random pills will fix me!
- pedalpete 3y agoBut who looks at Alex Jones and thinks "I want to have what that guys having"?
- pityJuke 3y agoThere is a, frankly insane episode of This American Life, where they take a look at one of the stories Alex tells about his childhood. The ending of it is remarkable: even though they are talking to people who know the story that Alex tells is false, absolute fiction... they still believe him on everything else. > It kept happening. All these people who knew for sure that Alex had been a liar back in Rockwall. A lot of them believed that what he says on Infowars might be true. They have a reference for him, like Coach Randy. It gives some insight into the personalities here. The segment of the episode in question: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/670/beware-the-jabberwock/act-two-12 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/670/beware-the-jabberwock/a...