I think we have all been in a situation where we have been scrolling Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook and been served an ad for a product that's too good to be true. And as tempting as it is to want to buy it, a little digging around proves that it doesn't do anything it promises.
Recently, Reddit user relaxandthink was curious about those products when they asked: "What's a modern day snake oil item people continue to buy?"
Well, the thread went viral with over 13.7K replies. Below, are the top, best, and most often commented things that people think are modern-day snake oil items:
1. "People peddling their courses on how to get rich."
"'How did I get rich? I tricked idiots like you into paying me money to tell them how to get rich! Also, I'm not actually rich.'"
2. "I had a family member diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer and then all of a sudden I go to her house and there are multiple bottles in the fridge of salt water that claims it will improve cellular health. One of her fellow scumbag real estate agents started pawning it to her for $40 per 1.5-liter bottle as it was supposed to 'cleanse her' or whatever. I told her that it was literally just salt water, and this guy was ripping her off and she got pissed off at me crying about, 'You don’t want me to live anymore do you.' Same thing happened when I told her that the magnetic healer was full of shit too."
"This is how my hatred of MLMs started. My aunt was dying of pancreatic cancer and some lady was trying to sell my mom açaí juice for my aunt to 'cure her.' We were facing a terminal diagnosis and trying to process that — it was completely cruel."