Ads or links or videos that have a title that includes, "You won't believe what happened next."   Or, "...and instantly regretted it."  Like, "Watch Man Confront US Marine over Flag and Instantly Regret It."  How many people fall for that crap?  

Or "Shows That Have Been Cancelled" and they have a picture of some extremely popular show, which of course has not been cancelled.  They just want you to click through a slide show.   

Or the king of them all, "Motley Fool Issues Rare All-In Buy Alert"  which I have seen for SEVERAL YEARS.  How can this "All-In Buy Alert" be RARE if it's been running for SEVERAL YEARS???

Or the one I have fallen for several times: "Historical Photos."  The link includes a very interesting photo that draws me in because I want to know more about it, but 50 slides later, it isn't in there.

The fact that these types of things continue to flourish on the internet makes me believe there is a very large population of unintelligent, gullible people out there, who somehow manage to boot up a computer and surf around.

I'm reading a book about James Jesse Strang, a con artist in the 1840s who skipped town in upstate New York, leaving behind all sorts of debts and angry people, moved 600 miles to the West, and started a religious movement, naming himself king.  He had 12,000 followers even though to you and me, it would be obvious he based his movement on forgeries and lies.  People fall for all sorts of stupid crap and it hasn't stopped to this day.  We are stuck on a planet that is populated in large part by complete IDIOTS.

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