The worst Mother’s Day gift of all time.
The last minute rush for Mother’s Day gifts is nothing new. Legions of forgetful (mostly) sons and daughters used to rush into drug stores, conveniences stores or whatever the closest center of commerce was. In the digital age, online gift shopping has replaced a lot of this last minute shopping. Chocolates, flowers, and gift certificates can all be ordered online with amazingly quick turn around.
According to this article from Australia, a new, disturbing trend is developing:
More Men Flock to Universal Psychic Guild in Time for Mother’s Day
Instead of receiving flowers that liven up a room, chocolates that make a nice treat, or even a gift certificate to buy something useful, men are resorting to psychic based crap. Wonderful.
Every survey I’ve ever seen indicates that by a vast margin, women are far more likely to buy psychic based crap. Online readings, horoscopes, phone readings are all popular with women, so of course, it’s a natural fit for men to buy for women the same psychic crap. It’s like kicking society when its down. First you have lazy forgetful men, who then compound the problem by pushing garbage. Wonderful
May 15th, 2007 at 11:00 am
If you look at the “psychic garbage” as purely entertainment, then it’s no more harmful than movies or watching sports. It’s silly and might make you feel good, which is what entertainment is all about.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I would suggest you watch Sylvia Browne on the Montel Williams Show, or old clips of Crossing Over with John Edward, and then tell me if you think most people who indulge in psychic garbage think it’s just entertainment.