Wait, people actually spend money on this!?

[roostuf]

thank you for notifying me about this, now my faith in humanity has fallen down another notch.

 

[Redingold]

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt douche.

Anyway, this sort of thing just makes me laugh, and then despair at the fools who are...er...foolish enough to buy into it.

 

[FallenTraveler]

Picture, if you will. It's 2:30 at night.
I'm watching some tv, and as is normal here in the Netherlands, after 1:30 the regular programming of the big commercial networks stops and is replaced with phone-sex ads.
Now, this is a pretty normal thing, and anyone over 16 years old who still gets a boner from watching a girl rub a Nokia 3310 across her bare chest, should be slightly worried.
So after hearing another woman moan suggestively what number to call to listen to a fictive story I press the channel up button again, to move from channel 6 towards my end goal of 11, where I have Comedy Central who is currently on a commercial break.
A few more channels of moaning girls pass me but I pay no attention to them any more.
These commercials are boring, and hardly arousing. But, I think to myself, they must be working on someone. Seeing as how about 6 major channels broadcast them each and every night.
Then I finally hit channel 11, and I see the all too familiar commercial about a electric power supplier.
"Ik zeg, doen!" any Dutchman, you know the one.
But before I can react to that, I go back a channel.
There was something odd about 10.
There was a girl, a phone number, and assuming a Nokia 3310.
But she was wearing clothes. And she was a lot older then the previous girls.
I noticed the title ASTRO-tv.

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

All drowsiness that was so useful a moment ago pops out of my head as I realize;
There are people, at 2:30, that seem to take a physic-hotline seriously, while it airs between nothing but prostitutes and phone-sex. They actually call these people for advice, who's sole business success was getting a air slot in with the smut.
I listened to the phone call she was halfway in answering, She saw the spirits had good things in store for this (assuming) middle aged, single woman. Financial success and if she followed the path of her guarding spirit, even love.
I was somewhat dumbstruck by the epiphany, so much that I actually missed the beginning of the second half of Married With Children.

Heh, Al Bundy is joining the senior citizen marathon.

My two cents: drunk people are drunk and depressed at around 2 AM, now, lot's of drunk middle aged women will definitely call in to the shitty phone psychic just because of that. Actually, the best time for those is at about 2 AM because people having issues usually stay up till around then... or theyre partying.

 

[Harkonnen64]

I was somewhat dumbstruck by the epiphany, so much that I actually missed the beginning of the second half of Married With Children.

Heh, Al Bundy is joining the senior citizen marathon.

Man, I miss Married... with Children.

 

[Gigano]

Well, these poor souls are welcome to seek my advice, and I'll properly warn them they are in grave danger of being taken advantage of.

...and thus need a focus line crystal rock for protection against this evil spiritual energy of malicious greed directed against them, which I just happen to sell for only 499,95$

 

[BigDeadMushy]

I have a standard test for phone psychics.
if they call me first,they just might be the real deal.
funny that none have ever managed to pass that simple test.I guess that's why they need to advertise between phone sluts.

 

[Jakub324]

Psychics? The idea makes me laugh. I once had to calm one of my friends down in HER house because she thought there was a ghost, and she went on to say her "Grandmother's aura was weak". I had to try really hard not to laugh , so I don't have a mammoth task believing someone calls that line.

 

[Cazza]

Prime time for drunk people getting home and wanting to watch some TV before bed.

 

[Tim Bayliss]

Nice post, some people are so bloody stupid!

Anybody who phones or has EVER phoned any hotline like this should be banned from using a telephone for the rest of their life!

And psychics..?

Please.

Anyone with more than 1 brain cell knows there is no such thing.

Same as Gods.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Let's see what Charlie Brooker has to say on the subject of TV psychics. Over to you, Mr. Brooker.

 

[iphonerose]

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt douche.

Anyway, this sort of thing just makes me laugh, and then despair at the fools who are...er...foolish enough to buy into it.

Not that it matters but douche could be spelt with or without the accent. I wouldn't usually correct someone, I only did it because that other poster was being a grammar snob and I was genuinely curious about the 'matter' issue. Anyway, I do sincerely apologise for being 'foolish'

Edit: quoting was all over the place there

 

[Sir Rammington Steel]

To each their own says I. If people want to spend their money on psychic hotlines or sex lines or whatever then they can go crazy. Supply and demand free market yadda yadda yadda. Not to mention since you can't prove or disprove them it doesn't really matter in the end. All about personal opinion.

 

[Redingold]

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt . I wouldn't usually correct someone, I only did it because that other poster was being a grammar snob and I was genuinely curious about the 'matter' issue. Anyway, I do sincerely apologise for being 'foolish'

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt douche.

Anyway, this sort of thing just makes me laugh, and then despair at the fools who are...er...foolish enough to buy into it.

Not that it matters but douche could be spelt with or without the accent. I wouldn't usually correct someone, I only did it because that other poster was being a grammar snob and I was genuinely curious about the 'matter' issue. Anyway, I do sincerely apologise for being 'foolish'

The word douche does not have an accent in. Urbandictionary does list douché as a word, but your use is still incorrect. Also, you kinda fudged up the quote boxes there.

 

[iphonerose]

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt . I wouldn't usually correct someone, I only did it because that other poster was being a grammar snob and I was genuinely curious about the 'matter' issue. Anyway, I do sincerely apologise for being 'foolish'

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

Not to be an annoying douché but altogether is spelled 'altogether'. Nice play on words though with 'matter' but I thought chemistry was the study of matter, no? Well...that's what breaking bad has taught me. Maybe physics is too

Not to be an annoying douche, but douche is spelt douche.

Anyway, this sort of thing just makes me laugh, and then despair at the fools who are...er...foolish enough to buy into it.

Not that it matters but douche could be spelt with or without the accent. I wouldn't usually correct someone, I only did it because that other poster was being a grammar snob and I was genuinely curious about the 'matter' issue. Anyway, I do sincerely apologise for being 'foolish'

The word douche does not have an accent in. Urbandictionary does list douché as a word, but your use is still incorrect. Also, you kinda fudged up the quote boxes there.

Ye it's fixed now, my bad

 

[Cavan]

I also noticed rows of homeopathic pills at the chemist today. Homeopathic pills do absolutely nothing but cause a placebo effect.

That's not actually as crazy as it might sound(the placebo effect does work aswell), a lot of ailments people come in for don't require medication and overuse of medication can cause varying problems on varying levels.

It's still an annoying scam that people take far too seriously, but it's a scam that might actually have some tangible health benefits instead of binging on painkillers or common hand out medications from their GP just to get them to go away.

The best placebos are likely just vitamin tablets with fancy names so it's just the placebo effect + increased vitamin intake to help you recover naturally from whatever is bothering you, no unneeded chemicals.

 

[Ranorak]

This is a physic-hotline.
And people are calling it, live, at 2:30 at night.
And take it seriously.

Not to be an annoying douché but its "Psychic". Physics are a completley different matter alltogether.

You are absolutely right, I corrected the word with spell check and clicked on the wrong alternative.

I suddenly want to watch all married with children episodes
which season was that marathon in? 4th, 5th?

Season 7, "Go For the Old"
According to wikipedia.

 

[Sticky Squid]

You don't see those things advertised around here anymore. I used to call the toll free numbers and when they asked for a credit card I'd give them the first 4 and then tell them they must know the rest since they were psycic.

Yeah dumb I know...but at 16 I thought it was funny and it really pissed them off

Honestly, that sounds like something great to do it sounds like it would really screw them over.

 

[Cheesus333]

I'm all for people believing what they want to believe. If tarot cards and palm-reading are your thing, then great. But taking people's money to lie to them? That's pretty messed up.

Tim Minchin said it best in his beat poem, 'Storm': "These people aren't plying a skill/They're either lying, or mentally ill."