{"id":839,"date":"2024-05-16T22:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:08:27","slug":"are-you-being-fooled-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukiwessling.com\/kidblog\/are-you-being-fooled-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you being fooled?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard the phrase “snake oil salesman”? Maybe not—no one has sold “snake oil” since before your grandparents’ time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But snake oil is sold in many forms on the Internet, and it’s your job to recognize it and reject it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What?? I hope I don’t get oil on my keyboard!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A “snake oil salesman” is someone who is selling you a fake product. These days, that product could be a thing…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"snakeoil\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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cure your acne in 24 hours with this new ointment!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

an idea…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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if you don’t act this way, no one will like you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

or even a factually incorrect “fact”…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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one million kids got sick this year by eating horse poop on a dare!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

People’s reasons—or motives<\/a>—for trying to mislead you vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n