"You Will Never Go Broke Underestimating the Intelligence of the American Public"

[datasuspect]

have you ever tried to prove the validity of this quote for fun or profit?

what did you do?

[sarge43]

1. What's to prove? That plane has left the hanger.

Millions of Americans voted for George W. Bush - twice.

[Brother Buzz]

2. DUzy material!

:thumbsup:

[datasuspect]

4. so what was fun or profitable to you personally about that particular application of the quote

i mentioned?

[sarge43]

6. Well, I never took on the general public, but

there's a couple of not so smart Air Force types who found out my momma didn't raise no fools. I'll have to leave it at that.

[datasuspect]

7. did you have fun or make money thereby?

[sarge43]

8. Some of the best fun I've ever had.

A perfectly constructed and executed administrative stealth cluster fuck.

[datasuspect]

9. rad!

[NJmaverick]

3. The real question is how can I profit from it?

:think:

[datasuspect]

5. that's part of the question i asked.

[KG]

10. no

and nothing.

[pokerfan]

11. I play cards with some of the strangest people

One of these guys swears up and down that for some unknown reason in Hold'em, an 'eight' is somewhat more likely to appear than any other rank. :wtf: So I know that he will always overvalue an eight in his hand. It's a small advantage to be sure but there's an eight on the flop and he's getting out of line despite overcards, odds are he's holding an eight and looking for another one on fourth or fifth street.

Another guy eschews mathematics altogether and will call any bet with any kind of draw no matter the pot odds. If I put him on a draw I will always overbet the pot knowing he's likely to call.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. do morals and ethics have to be involved?

[csziggy]

13. I sold an AOL CD for over $80 on Ebay - a CD I got for free and that most people threw away

Which of course is why it became a collectible for at least a short time. But it was not just Americans - I had people from the UK and France that wanted to buy it though I did not sell outside the US. The guy that bought it wrote a book on AOL CD collecting - and he had never seen that particular one.

[Name removed]

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[LostInAnomie]

15. I used to every spring break.

For a 10 cent string of plastic beads, women would flash their boobs at me.

If that doesn't scream "America" is sure as fuck don't know what does.

[cloudbase]

16. Just watch people

at a drive-up ATM and the OP will be confirmed.