Robert Anderson wrote:
> "John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com> wrote:
>> Electric Nachos <aint_lookin@chew.foo> wrote:
>>> I suspect that internet users are a harder sell because they're (dare I
>>> say it??) SMARTER than the average consumer?
>>
>>> If that's true, then I suspect that money is to be had from those who've
>>> never touched a mouse!
>>
>> That may have been true years ago, but today, just about anyone
>> can be on the internet. You see just as many net.idiots as you
>> do net.wizards. Just look at all the chain letters with made
>> up stories that circulate as the truth, despite being debunked
>> a decade or more ago. You find stupid people everywhere.
>
> And it is my contention that if someone has devoted their lives to
> marketing to stupid people (by virtue of them being stupid), then they are
> wasting their lives.

Who was it that said that nobody ever lost money by underestimating the
stupidity of the public?

If stupid people have money and will buy your product then why _not_ market
to them? Their money is the same color as everybody else's.

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