# California Psychics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** radio-podcast\ **Created:** [May 28, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-psychics/1002163 "2024-05-28T00:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-psychics/1002163/1 "2024-05-28T00:24:19Z")
I don’t believe in psychics. At best, they are skilled observers. More often, they seem to play the odds and talk in generalities. You could probably be a pet psychic. “I am seeing your dog… now I see a favourite bowl or toy… does this mean anything to you?” But something fascinates me about the “California Psychics” commercial they run on comedy radio. 1. They play this trippy new age song that contains a lot of whistling. I wonder how that appeals to their core audience; why that particular song was thought to appeal. Do believers enjoy Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith or something? 2. They point out 99% of psychics “were not good enough” to qualify for their program. Sure, everyone gets the same few on staff. But how did they wean out the impostors? “You should have seen you were required to apply to our company…” 3. They guarantee life-changing readings. How would such a guarantee work in practice? 4. Their introductory offer is attractively priced, I guess, only $20 for 20 minutes with a psychic appropriate for you. Guaranteed. Are the regular prices and percentage of repeat business high enough for you to develop your psychic abilities? “Madame. Did you recently lose a friend, loved one or acquaintance?” _”Yes. Twenty-three years ago.”_ “THAT RECENTLY???!!!”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-psychics/1002163)._