So I recently found out that my mother has been purchasing &

ignorance is bliss

>>8621644
True, and if there wasn't a massive monetary cost to this crap, I wouldn't care and let her have the placebo from them, but I can't stand by and let her support something that is essentially a pyramid scheme with little to no basis in scientific literature.

I'm just afraid that because I often call her out on supporting pseudo-science crap like "healing crystals" for example, that she won't listen to anything I have to say due to her confirmation bias.

We know you're right. the problem is with the way you approach the topic. nobody like to be called a retard. fake interest in her product. listen to her. then introduce cheaper alternative. show her pop sci vids of your new product. I would try vitamins. they are cheap and lots of people shilling for them. also, pirate some book on the topic and make your own essential oils. she might even make some herself if you show her how easy it is. Nobody like wasting money, make her understand that money could be spend elsewhere.
good luck anon

Those are techincally essential oils in that the body requires consumption of them. But introduce her to fish oils and vegetable oils, because it's the same thing just not (as) overpriced. And if she eats any fried foods than she gets hella plant oil in her diet

>>8621686
I wouldn't call my own mother a retard, it's just venting my frustrations here that I talk like that. I'm going to just try to approach it by explaining how it's a pyramid scheme, and that she should look for cheaper alternatives like you said. I looked up some on Amazon that are much cheaper than Doterras scam for example.

>>8621691
She doesn't really eat them, she uses them for "aromatherapy" or whatever, she has this little oil diffuser thing, as well as just rubbing them on her hands / feet, etc. Says they help her relax, which is probably just a placebo, but if it does actually help her than I wouldn't care, but they are so goddamn expensive.

>>8621628
I hope you don't blame Mormons for that. I'm Mormon myself. There's stupid people in every religion.

Yes, essential oils are bullshit. Good luck convincing your mother.

There's a lot of scientific research on essential oils, some very important in depression

>>8621628
essential oils are fucking great, some of them are components for synthesizing mdma and they sell them without keeping records of purchase for cheap prices.

>>8621628
Teach her how to extract essential oils by distillation; should be easy
Show her extraction from lemongrass or citrus rind for example

Learn what an essential oil is:

>Essential Oil
>noun
>a natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic fragrance of the plant or other source from which it is extracted.

You can make these yourself rather easily, so long as you have a semi-fresh source for the plant.

>>8621628
You could pretend you are interested in using the oils but ask her to find some type of published scientific research on the properties. She probably won't be very successful in her search, and hopefully some doubt will arise in her. Then you can find a wholesale vendor that sells the oils at a reasonable price and markets them for food/industry etc. Show her that and she will see they most likely are not what this site claims.

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>>8621704
>There's stupid people in every religion
heh
hehe

>>8621628
Show her this thread...

>>8621691
No dumb retard, they are called essential oils because they contain the essence of the plant, ie. the characteristic scent of the plant.

Just because that company is a scam doesn't mean essential oils by themselves are.

it's a big business full of buzzwords

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WFHNBPW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=marketorder-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00WFHNBPW&linkId=93d95920311cdbb7dd73876d9bcfa6a3

>>8621628
ayy lmao in highschool I knew the daughter of one of their higher ups

got in early and made like 50 million in asia

I think this is more of a /g/ problem. You need to take control of her router and spoof their website.

Then, you pocket her money and send her bottles of scented olive oil or something.

>>8624376
ayy wait wrong mlm

but same idea

>>8621671
So buy it in bulk and let her have her pleasure. Placebo's have real effects and in many cases are stronger than traditional medication.

>>8621628

What is even creepier is that alot of those things are sold as supplements which are unregulated.

In other words, you could basically put anything in it and not get into too much trouble.

Anyway, you are asking the wrong board. Ask /biz/ because they have persuasive skills.

>>8621704
This is a Christian board. You're not a Christian, so please leave.

>>8623658
>dumb retard
>retard
>dumb
Thanks for clarifying their Einstein ;)

>>8621628
Superior men cheating inferior women out of their money? Sounds good to me.

That money is worth twice in their hands than in your mom's. I mean, this is the kind of shit only a woman would believe lol. I think it may be time become an entrepreneur myself. That said I only have pencils and shit I use for math... wait.

Hey girls, I'm selling 'Essential carbon life pieces'. They are thin cylinders of powerful carbon with spirit energy. 50$ a piece. They cure cancer.

>>8621628
Convince her of an alternative pseudoscientific health thing that is superior in every way. Thing is, you both invent and supply it, for cheaper than the things she buys into now.

It's dirty and tricky, but you can get her wasting less money and then only on you.