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disconcerted? AdBlock disables the functionality of many websites, doesn't block ads on a lot of websites, and it doesn't seem to kill user tracking as it claims. I suppose it's a nice notion, but there is no way to block all ads everywhere... and the more ads they do block, the more functionality it disables on websites you want to use. Ad blockers can only give their "best guess" as to what is an ad and what is not.

In anycase I came across this article after typing in "this one trick ads" into google. Maybe all these other ads spawned from the concept of this acai berry scam. It is sad to see so many ads using the same ploy... because it means it must work... which means our society is full of idiots.

They usually go like "Try this one old trick that insurance companies hate! Lower your insurance rates by 80%!"

Several components to this retarded type of advert.
1. There is a "trick" out there that you don't know of.. in other words "quick and easy"
2. This trick is "old" making it tried and true... somehow inspires confidence I guess?
3. "XXX" Company/Profession hates this "trick"... playing on people's desire to "stick it to the man"
4. Lower your rates by 80%... somehow people always fall for the most unbelievable scams... so naturally a more ridiculous number will work better than a believable one...

Sad to see that most of society is this stupid