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superpatriotman

(6,249 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 03:57 PM Dec 2012

I am a product. The more people die from my use, the more product I sell. What am I?

I am guns.

If I pitched this marketing plan to investors, I'd be run out on a rail.

Yet GUNS:

Inelastic demand;
Dealers everywhere - legit and on the DL;
Fanatical consumers;

Are guns a religion?



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I am a product. The more people die from my use, the more product I sell. What am I? (Original Post) superpatriotman Dec 2012 OP
Any of a number of big pharma meds. Lionessa Dec 2012 #1
Crack Cocaine? Oxycontin? NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #2
Pron? superpatriotman Dec 2012 #3
"pron" is the Internet misspelling for "Porn", or pornography. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #5
Good thing then that gun deaths are at a historic low and steadily declining hack89 Dec 2012 #4
alcohol ? former-republican Dec 2012 #6
Herpes? mindwalker_i Dec 2012 #7
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
5. "pron" is the Internet misspelling for "Porn", or pornography.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:07 PM
Dec 2012

Also, "teh" instead of "the" to indicate freeperishness or rash typing.

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