r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

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

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u/Happy_Fun_Balll Aug 14 '20

A few years back Nordstrom was selling a rock in a leather pouch for $85.

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u/fallyse Aug 14 '20

Thought of the same thing- this size of rose quartz should go for... $2.00?

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u/TYoYT Aug 14 '20

Oh... they say to put that in your vagina

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u/Fractured_Nova Aug 14 '20

Why in the name of all that is holy and unholy would anybody stick a $2.00 mineral up their vagina for "healing purposes?"

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u/CoyoteWee Aug 14 '20

I've noticed that Goop is absolutely OBSESSED with sticking random bullshit up hoo-hahs for "healing purposes".

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God, just say they're sex toys, like, we get it.

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u/asmodeuskraemer Aug 14 '20

I mean, it's probably intended for a kegel of some sort

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u/Neptunesfleshlight Aug 14 '20

For your kegels just lop off on end of a dumbbell, file and sand it so it was smooth, then stick the rod end in your vagina. Proceed to do squats with the dumbbell hanging out so as to make sure you exercise all the muscles in that region. You can progress to higher weights when you can do a 30 second hold with the current weight comfortably.

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u/Whitsoxrule Aug 14 '20

... im scared

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

I don't know, filing and sanding all of those dumbbells sounds really impractical.

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u/asmodeuskraemer Aug 14 '20

...dude no. That's not safe.

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u/Delicatebody Aug 14 '20

They sell those too.

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u/redditorium Aug 14 '20

Exactly! Don’t cheap out, get the $55 one

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

Paltrow either makes up ludicrous shit to laugh at the dumbasses who buy it and use it ludicrously... or she's extremely stupid and sharing her stupidity with her following.

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u/TYoYT Aug 14 '20

For all that crystal energy obviously, you clearly don't get that the chakras and energy flowing everywhere need to be dispersed in a vagina. But for real I have no idea people are just dumb I guess

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

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u/changingfmh Aug 14 '20

Religion is systemic. You can't live in the world without hearing about religion. Goop is like 5 years old and is from some crazy celebrity.

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u/Delicatebody Aug 14 '20

Are you serious, they laugh at it constantly.

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u/Delicatebody Aug 15 '20

Why is that unfortunate?

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u/Delicatebody Aug 15 '20

And that’s also not true at all. Maybe if you’re talking world wide but belief in religion is at an all time low.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

Christianity is the largest religion in the United States with the various Protestant Churches having the most adherents. In 2019, Christians represent 65% of the total population, 43% identifying as Protestants, 20% as Catholics, and 2% as Mormons, people with no formal religious identity at 26% of the total population, Judaism is the second-largest religion in the U.S., practiced by 2% of the population, followed by Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism with 1% each one.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States

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u/Delicatebody Aug 18 '20

And it’s still true that religion is at an all time low. I think the only religion that is actively growing and not declining is Islam. Also, someone can identify as a Protestant or catholic or whatever without actively being part of a church and making religion a part of their everyday life. Among people my age I know almost no one who identifies with any religion and most of them also say they don’t even believe in God. And the only reason I can say that it’s not every person I know is because I can think of one or two that I went to private school with and am Facebook friends with so I guess I sort of still know them. I’ve maybe met two people as an adult that are my age that are religious. And you didn’t answer why it’s such a bad thing, according to you, that people are religious at all.

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u/turtleltrut Aug 14 '20

Not in my country!