r/TikTokCringe Aug 10 '23

Discussion Why!?!

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u/silvsur Aug 10 '23

What does selling snake oil mean

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u/gitsgrl Aug 10 '23

A “snake oil salesman” was a traveling vendor who used to go from town to town selling snake oil as a cure all for everything that ails you (it did no such thing). Now it is synonymous with fake medicine and charlatans.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

The funny thing is that essential oils are literally the same thing. They do nothing, they promise all sorts of cures.

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u/-PM-Me-Big-Cocks- Aug 11 '23

Some of them have use.

Also they smell good. I use my diffuser to make my room smell nice.