I tricked myself into working out 3 times per week

Re:I tricked myself into working out 3 times per week by mellosouls on Sunday September 04, 2022 @03:13PM (#32716636)

Your argument only works in the short term - if you fail consistently in the long term you will realise the service is not working for you and they will lose you as a customer.

Failing intermittently in the short term - and losing money for it - will cause any rational actor motivated by the financial argument - as you clearly are - to try and work out why and fail less, hence proving their service is working for you.

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Re:I tricked myself into working out 3 times per week by wpietri on Monday September 05, 2022 @09:12PM (#32731436)

I am not particularly motivated by money, so no, that's not me.

In the long run, there are no scams, no dubious businesses, no casinos, no ponzis. In the long run, we're all dead. But in the short term, people lose money all the time on stuff that doesn't work for them. Is this one of them? Apparently not for some people. On the other hand, MLMs have plenty of people who talk them up while losing money, so it's hard to say from the outside.

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