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If you lie about what you're selling, then that's fraud.


Um, yes. It doesn't have to be fraud to be wrong.


But my point is that in the snake-oil analogy, the only reason it's wrong is because the salesperson lies about the benefits of the oil.


The PUA is lying about the benefits of sleeping with them.


What benefits are PUAs supposedly promising and not delivering on?




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