People Are Sharing The Biggest Scams That Have Been Normalized (30 Posts)

11. Taxes

“The entire concept of Tax Season. There is no reason as individuals we need to jump through all these hoops and in some cases pay exorbitant fees to have someone do our personal income tax filings. The gov already knows the exact amount you owe. So why do we do it this way? Companies like turbo tax and lobbying groups representing tax lawyers have argued for years that we Americans prefer doing our taxes this way and that it’s better for society when they (tax companies) can charge citizens for it. Seriously it’s a total racket.” –Secksual_Energy

12. Employee loyalty

“The idea that Employees are obliged to have some kind of loyalty to an Employer. The Employer has paid for your services. They will drop you like a hot cake if they find someone cheaper. You cannot question that. Yet, if an Employee shows the slightest bit of disloyalty then: bang! It is not about the double standard of it. It is that Employers dismissing Employees is seen as normal but Employees dismissing Employers is an outrage. That is the bit that is normalized.” –passingconcierge

13. Job “experience”

“Job listings where it’s written “no experience required”, but then you keep reading and they go like “2 years+ experience required to get this job”. –SpeechlessSoy

14. The IRS

“Having to calculate our own taxes as U.S. citizens.” –HavingAGoatTime_1620

15. Freemium

“Freemium. The fact that there’s a word for it shows just how much we’ve normalized it. Everyone hates it but it’s still a fact of life now. It’s reached the point where I don’t even bother downloading new apps half the time if they say “in app purchases” because half of them are unusable without a subscription. When did it become not good enough to just outright buy a product and be able to use it?” –Slow-Sloth-91

16. Pyramid Schemes

“Amway.” –camelCaseCoder

17. Photography companies

“The $130 a photography company is requesting of me to release the 4 electronic photos they took of me during my university graduation procession.” –Tomato-Tomato-Tomato

18. Rings

“Diamond engagement/wedding rings.” –Terrell_P

19. Work

“If you get a career in what you love you won’t work a day in your life. Bullshit.” –floatingtoad

20. Fast fashion

“Being Trendy. Fast fashion. People buy unnecessary clothes just to keep up with the trend. Its totally fine, if you wear old clothes for years.” –Hardwiredbrain