consumerism

Personally? I’m sick to death of hearing about Power Balance Bands and the popularity of these particular dodgy products — I’ve even ‘unfollowed’ people off Twitter until they’ve stopped railing against them. Yawn. Because, to my mind, once Choice Magazine has pointed out the obvious: This so-called exercise-assisting “hologram” is nothing more than a pricey [...]

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Live-Blogging – Skepticism, Scams And Consumerism

by podblack on September 4, 2010

I’m at the Skeptic Track room — about to watch Prof. Barbara Drescher, Richard Saunders, Dr Rachael Dunlop, Donna Mugavero and Tom Merritt talk about skepticism, scams and consumerism! Apparently there are a lot of Australians following the Live Stream, which you can find at http://www.skeptrack.org/watch-live. This is about the fifth panel of the day, [...]

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Little Kitten – Choice Magazine Awards The Shonk

by podblack on October 29, 2009

Cosmetics Industry Parody – ‘This video was shown at the awards show to highlight some of the reasons why L’Oreal (and, frankly, the rest of the cosmetics industry) deserves a Shonky.’ Choice Awards for Shonky Products! You can look forward to a future interview with Choice Magazine on the Skeptic Zone podcast.

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My Science is Hotter than Dr. Isis’s Naughty Monkeys Because… Yeah, monkeys can be bad. But not as bad-ass as my tango shoes. You’re saying you do science in those shoes? Science doesn’t require one to dress up pretty to get the job done. I could do a variety of things in these shoes, but [...]

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