"A Cure for Brain Flab!
One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep unsightly ignorance away."
Apparently getting factoids emailed to you, for $19.95 a year, is analogous to going to the gym; and the marketing certainly plays up the feel-bad-about-yourself angle. Because of course, brain-building doesn't have inherent value; in order for its absence to be "unsightly," others have to notice it and care...
Can't people just pick up a book of their own choosing?
Besides, History.com does the same thing for free. =)
Can't people just pick up a book of their own choosing?
Besides, History.com does the same thing for free. =)
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There are a bunch of wierd things like this here - little portable math drills, etc.
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/sega-brain-trainer-replaces-brain-cells-lost-to-beer-and-bong-hits-143066.php
I dare you to buy a weird funky helmet around! Crazy foreigner!
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