The store was designed before you walked in. Five manipulation tactics with industry names are doing the work on you every time you shop — the Gruen transfer, the decompression zone, the roach motel, confirm shaming, and drip pricing.
This episode names them, shows you what each one actually costs you, and makes one thing clear: you didn't fall for it. Somebody built it.
Sources referenced: the FTC staff report Bringing Dark Patterns to Light (Sept 2022); FTC v. Amazon.com — filed June 2023, dismissal denied May 2024, $2.5B settlement announced Sept 2025; researcher Harry Brignull's documentation of the roach motel; and the FTC's finalized rule on unfair or deceptive fees.
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88.MY ABSENCE DUE TO ILLNESS
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86.DECEPTION | MANIPULATION No Character, no Ethics... Your Good “friend”
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83.Automotive Cost Gas Tax Scam | Government's Latest Power Grab EP. 83
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82.Parasites Thievery Deception Profits Quid pro quo The Something for Nothing Great con
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81.The Needless and Unpunished Death of Marganne Allen Through the Oregon Department of Injustice EP. 81
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80.TELL ME... WHAT'S YOUR REAL PROBLEM? EP. 80
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79.Trump acts more like a mob boss than a president EP. 79
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77.How to Stop Being a Wage Slave EP.77
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76.Let’s Talk About... Nothing? EP.76
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73.Costco is in Big Trouble EP.73
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71.America's Current Blizzard - And Surviving Life’s Insanity, by Not Being Part of it. EP.71
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51.King Trump’s Distraction, Big Macs, and Operation Epstein. Ep.51
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50.America’s Best State to Live in? The State of True Security. EP.50
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45.Why A Fool and Opportunity Never Become Friends, Hell, They Never Even Get Acquainted. EP. 45
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44.A Humorous yet Serious Example of Allowing Stupid to Control Your Life. EP.44
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43.Magical Thinking: the Main Reason We Have So Many problems in the World Today EP.43
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42.The Most Likely Hated and Controversial Truth, You’ve Ever Heard. EP.42
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40.How the End of Money in the UK, Means the End of Your Autonomy EP.40 PT. 1
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39.It’s Time to Rethink the Meaning of “Community” EP.39
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38.SURVIVING THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS, PRACTICAL ADVICE TO ESCAPE THE CIRCUS. EP.38
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35.HAVE PROBLEMS? THE BEST ADVICE IN THE WORLD IS USELESS WITHOUT THIS ACTION. EP.35
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34.APPLIED SYMBIOSIS: A METHOD VERY EFFECTIVE IN OVERCOMING LIFE'S PROBLEMS EP. 34
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