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A ton of games use psychological tricks to get people to spend. Look at hearthstone from Blizzard. You have to keep buying cards until you get lucky... and you never do. The randomized fashion makes it so you never stop spending even though you are one card away from your ideal deck. It has all the elements of gambling minus the real life rewards. There definitely needs to be some sort of regulation — perhaps punishing the randomized reward mechanics.

I did the same in WoW :) Bought up all the versions of a certain item in AH and sold at extreme markup over time. As more came up on AH I’d just buy them all up and continue. This lasted for quite some time and I diversified into other items. Let’s just say I could afford anything in that game :)

It’s funny how we know testimonials are hand picked but still get influenced by them, even if they don’t feel authentic. Those star ratings must act as dopamine hits or something.

As a designer I often run into creative blocks. Sleeping on them usually brings clarity. I’ve made it a point to never hand over any project until I’ve slept on it and had a chance to look it over the next day. Almost always I’ll find something that needs fixing or that could be done better!

I read somewhere that it's much easier to convince people of conspiracy theories once they have doubt in one. It is my theory that the UFO phenomenon is a means of injecting doubt into people's minds to make them a bit paranoid and question the reality of things. Once they believe something is going on or have doubts, it's easier to sell them on other half truths, lies and conspiracy theories. I have no proof of this but I suspect a vast majority of ultra conservative voters exhibit mental frameworks of people who believe in conspiracy theories. UFO coverage could be means of creating doubt and reinforcing conservative behavior. In short - it's a play to create, recruit and retain the ultra conservatives for the sole purpose of voting. Of course I realize the irony of my statement considering this in itself sounds like a woowoo conspiracy theory.

Is this a surprise? Monsanto doing what Monsanto does to keep screwing people for profit. Take money out of politics, pay our public servants well out of taxpayer money, implement short term limits, problems solved. It’s not rocket science, but powers that be will not give up easily.

My biggest problems with Amazon:

1. Sellers pretending to be legitimate brands. I’ve bought things thinking I’m buying from this brand I know, turns out it’s just a copycat.

2. Accidentally buying used products which seem to be old models. I’ve made the mistake on a few occasions buying used when I specifically wanted a new item.

Amazon has plummeted in quality but I get a feeling they don’t care. Their ultimate goal is most likely to flush out the top sellers and replace their goods with amazons own brand.

I wish I could wake up naturally, when I feel rested, but my 2 y.o. Won’t let me. Also, my wife is nuts and thinks it’s lazy to sleep past 7. I want to wake up at 9... but have to be up around 5:30-6 every day. Thing is, I’m self-employed and have nowhere to be, no one to answer to. What went wrong...

I wish they would do this for politicians too. I see hundreds, possibly thousands of accounts spamming political propaganda garbage right at home.

It would be great if Reddit did the same too. Thousands of sock puppet accounts on Reddit.