# What industry is most built on bluff and bull feathers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994 "2020-08-01T16:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/181 "2020-08-25T17:25:59Z")
A little, but if you wear it and wash it a lot, not so bad. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/182 "2020-08-26T21:56:29Z")
I see so much of this on Instagram and so much of it is absolute trash. I always wonder what makes people think they’re qualified to offer life advice to others-- and if they think they’re actually helping anything other than their own wallet? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/183 "2020-08-27T01:41:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The way I imagine it, a corporate lawyer examines the law with a loupe in order to tell management something to the effect of “Section 3 says clearly that you are not allowed to shit in the river; however in section 7 Paragraph 2, it says that you are allowed to pour water in the river, which means that you can fill a bucket, take a dump in it, and then pour the water from the bucket into the river – there is no requirement for you to inspect the water in the bucket for turds.” It seems as though a business lawyer focuses on figuring out how a company can stay within the law while doing what they are not supposed to do. That was a great analogy, and for that, I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/184 "2020-08-28T18:06:30Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > People in my Facebook fig growing group are starting to sound like wine snobs You’ll know that some product based on a fruit or vegetable has gone too far into snobbery when they talk about the terroir of whatever it is. According to Wikipedia, besides wine, the term is now applied to “… coffee, tobacco, chocolate, chili peppers, hops, agave (for making tequila and mezcal), tomatoes, heritage wheat, maple syrup, tea, and cannabis.” I’m sure figs are not far from making that list. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/185 "2020-08-28T19:07:26Z")
Have we mentioned mattress companies yet? They show scary pictures of mites, say that half your mattress are these huge scary bugs, and you have to replace it every 7 years or something. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/186 "2020-08-30T12:59:20Z")
Yep. I’ve worked for twenty years in the biggest corporate law firms in the country. The chairman of the financial services department of one, who had a couple of big investment banks as clients, had a motto. It was “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994/187 "2020-08-30T14:34:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Have we mentioned mattress companies yet? > > They show scary pictures of mites, say that half your mattress are these huge scary bugs, and you have to replace it every 7 years or something. At least one manufacturer of air filtration devices is using the same ploy in a TV ad, showing a dense shower of airborne mites in a living room. There’s plenty of bullshit in _that_ industry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-industry-is-most-built-on-bluff-and-bull-feathers/916994.md?page=9)