Nextel, Avril Lavigne and Other Over-Hyped Ripoffs

Advertising executives are geniuses at getting the general public to buy or endorse things they wouldn't normally need or like. They are adept at getting us to ignore the obvious and embrace useless inventions as if they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. There are a few things that are still popular today even though their pointlessness or overrated existence has already been pointed out. Expensive walkie talkies, tap water in a fancy bottle, and pop stars who insist they are rock/punk icons are just a few of the creations from advertising giants made to con us out of money and worthy attention.

Nextel phones

While some enjoy the general service that this company provides, others just adore the walkie talkie feature. It's this aspect of the phone that put Nextel on the map, and while it can make sense for construction workers or those who work in a loud environment, people tend to use this irritating feature in all the wrong places for all the wrong reasons. The Nextel chirp and extremely loud conversations can be heard in banks, libraries, and in the general public, annoying everyone within a large radius and letting everyone hear the caller's business. Shoppers yards away hear that someone's husband didn't pick up dinner, or that someone's boss wants that report on his desk tomorrow. Twenty first century adults have been conned into using expensive walkie talkies, devices used when most of us were children and far too young for grown-up cell phones. Knock on texting all you want, but at least it's quiet and doesn't annoy the heck out of everyone around you.

Bottled water