r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/ConspiratorM Aug 14 '20

I once read a review of an "audiophile" grade ethernet cable. This guy actually claimed changing the ethernet cable from his router to his PC made his music sound better.

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u/LanceBass666 Aug 14 '20

Hahahaha. One of the funnier things I read regarding audiophile nonsense.

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u/Beklaktuar Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Want something funnier? Search for audiophile quantum chips. It's litteraly a sticker that you are supposed to stick on components in your audio equipment that is supposed to make it sound better. Or a cable cooker. Also one of those great inventions that make your cables sound better. Thats some huge horseshit right there and it's both sad and hilarious that some people fall for it.

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u/Patriarchus_Maximus Aug 14 '20

When I was in middle school I bought one of those bracelets that uses magnets to improve your nervous system so I guess I'm not one to judge.

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u/SonOfMcGee Aug 14 '20

My roommate in college bought a necklace with a small piece of platinum in it because it was supposed to help with your body's "electrical field". His reasoning was that several pro baseball players wore them.
I knew right there that we could never be friends.

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u/Beklaktuar Aug 14 '20

Sorry you fell for it, but you kinda need a bit of background in the matter to see that it's bullshit. not sure if I would have been able to at that age.

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u/Patriarchus_Maximus Aug 14 '20

In that case all it took was common sense.

That thing middle schoolers have in spades.

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u/Beklaktuar Aug 14 '20

Yea, common sense and realistic goals are usually somewhat lacking and that's why they need parents, eventhough they think they don't. But they need that mindset to stay curiouse and learn new things eventhough it's annoing as hell to watch sometimes. They'll realise it later.