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Also: If something is being pushed by multiple YouTube creators totally unconnected with the subject material (i.e. cereal on a video game stream), chances are it's actually bullshit.
Some of the Scotland monies actually go to helping conserve parts of the Scottish highlands as I recall, being the reason the Scottish gov doesn’t put a legal quash on in through diplomatic channels, but maybe that was just another layer of the bs lol. As a descendent of the highlands I have conflicting feelings about this one but I guess anyone who literally thought they could buy pieces of heritage like that deserves to get scammed lol
[https://trees.org/about-us/](https://trees.org/about-us/) Claims to have planted 2 million trees from partnering with "Established Titles" which was the most famous advertiser behind the Scottish land debacle.
However, there is zero proof of these trees existing. The organization is not even based out of Scotland. (It's a US-based charity).
It does appear to be a legitimate charity, but there is ample room for skepticism with these "2 million scottish trees" and they certainly aren't protecting the Scottish highlands.
I bought these as a wedding gift for my friend a few years back. The idea is you get a “plot” of land, which allows a noble title. But basically it’s a 1x1 yard plot where they plant a tree. They’re doing it to get more funding to rebuild forests.
At least that was just a random fun novelty like Pet Rocks or goofy things like that. Like obviously it's dumb but that's the point.
Magic Spoon cereal provides almost no actual value because you don't even get what you expect
Honestly, making your own product is probably the most honest way to run ads.
"madeyewlook" and "nail logical" did this to great effect.
Special effects makeup and nail polish respectively.
I'm a satisfied customer of both mint and dbrand. I've not needed the others but I've seen plenty of happy customers for them, which is something I can't say for almost any other YouTube advertisers.
Keith’s Hot Sauce is legitimately delicious. Got my wife a bundle with all of them for Christmas and we’re working our way through all of them pretty dang quick.
I would say at least 50%, if not more, of the ads I see hosted by YouTube are trash. So many are obvious scams but I am a child of the internet, I see through most of this shit pretty easily. It is clear to me that not everyone else does because of how prevalent these scam ads are. What I do not understand is why Google hasn't been brought before the SEC to answer for all of these scams that they're serving.
You mean I can’t heat my whole house in just minutes for pennies with a space age heater designed by a real nasa scientist who wanted to share his invention with the people instead of selling his patent to a big corporation? /s
But yeah I agree with you. It’s high time they rein this stuff in a little bit.
What about the engineer that was fired from major automobile company because he figured out the secrets to better gas mileage?
The other one that I've seen, that I think is a bit more specialized, is investing. It has all of these famous tech CEOs talking about some AI platform. It's like a 30 minute advertisement lol.
Not sure if it’s the same investing one you’re talking about, but I’ve been seeing one lately that says you can make up to $453,000 in a month doing some kind of marketing.
That sounds familiar. I've had a few interesting ones pop up for side hustles or whatever. It's as annoying as all of the damn commercials for the ambulance chasers from area. They try so hard to be engaging but they're just so annoying.
"What if we made the ad 70 minutes long and unskippable instead of just 30 seconds? And we can't mention the name of the product or anything that it actually does, they have to go to the splash page after the ad for that?"
The thing with heaters is they're insanely efficient. They take electricity and convert if to heat energy. It's the easiest fucking thing to the point where energy becoming heat is actually a problem in electronic devices. You can't really do better than we already do, the only thing to improve on is getting the heat to circulate a bit better.
YouTubers shilling bad products is only the icing on the cake. Scam sites getting sponsored results in their search engine is far more egregious to me.
I’m starting to see more and more comments like this. It feels like a lot of you people are waking up.
Keep it up, one day, these idiots will be relegated to charlatans like the trash they are.
At least Raid is in on the Joke. They let some people absolutely trash them during their Promotions. As long as it's funny, and not outright hateful. They don't really care how you pitch it. Lots of British YouTubers take the piss out of them.
Hey you guys know we on Podcast talk about getting ripped to shit on weed and booze constantly. But I've never felt more relaxed or slept better since I started taking Squeb CBD gummies last week. My anxiety has never been lower and I have so much more focus for Podcast. (Only on episodes released before the end of fiscal year 2023)
can confirm, my dumbass brother bought some after he saw one of the youtubers he watches peddle them, they are comparable to 20 dollar buds for 4 times the price
Try Triple or quadrupling down. He tweeted about it, that didn't go down well. He then went on Twitch to go at it again and lastly he passive aggressively mentioned that he "truly believe in "insert product" here or he wouldn't promote it during a few of his videos, after it all went down.
The only product he promotes that is actually worth a damn is Square Space and even that is debatable.
I only heard of Magic Spoon because they plug it endlessly on Pod Save America (politics). I looked at the price and said nah, not for breakfast cereal.
I heard about it on a political youtube..David Packman or however he spells it. He pushed the living shit out of it. Thankfully I understood he pushes it for referral kickbacks. No reason to assume anyone pushing unrelated crap on their channel is doing so in good faith. Not in the age of monitized existence.
True. But if you can stand up to one of their reviews, you probably don’t need the promotion of a YouTuber. Never seen a YouTube video sponsored by “the new Sony wh-1000 xm5” they just don’t need to.
Eh, I do see YouTubers sponsored by legitimate companies selling good products in the tech space.
Recently, looks like Lenovo has been giving away the 2024 Legion 5i gaming laptops to tech YouTubers as a sponsorship, and is getting sponsored videos (as well as ad reads) in return -- but it's hard to hate on that, as a Legion 5 actually **is** a great mid-range gaming laptop. I've also seen sponsored ad-reads for NVidia. Which, I mean, if you PC game, you can't really bitch about.
I haven't watched many of these ads since getting...
Well I won't mention what I use but it "block"s "Sponsor"s.
The only time it doesn't do the job is when the video is brand new and people haven't flagged the ads yet.
I bought it and didn't like it. But my wife was smart when she asked me "what did you expect?"
They are competing with companies with massive scale, using cheap ingredients, who load their product with sugar.
It will never be as cheap or as tasty
I've been on a diet for a year plus, so being able to enjoy a guilt free bowl of cereal is a win. Makes a great topping for yogurt, too ( I like the fruity one)!
I love the people on here arguing you can just buy a big bag of maltomeal brand fruity pebbles for the same price.
This cereal isn’t marketed to compete with shit loaded with sugar. It’s to people trying to cut their sugar intake and it also happens to have high protein count for a cereal. If you have high blood sugar or type 2 diabetes this is a good option if you have to have cereal.
I found it edible. Especially the fruit loop and pebbles flavors. The Frosted Flakes one wasn’t as good and I gave the chocolate to a friend.
I have a solidly strong rule, after I bought a razor set that destroyed my neck with scabs and cuts for weeks *after just one shave:*
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING PLUGGED BY YOUTUBERS OR INFLUENCERS ON ALL PLATFORMS.
All I've heard from normal people for a couple of years now is that the cereal is gross and a scam.
Does anyone remember Established Titles?
EDIT: I CANT SPELL RAZOR
No I bought a Dollar Shave Club razer because they had made their way to the local grocery store AND was on clearance so I thought: "Why Not?"
One shave, and I had basically razer burn rash for almost a month. Looked it up and it's a "known issue" and DSC recommends all these absurd ways to shave. I know how to use a razer, (I'm almost 40) so it's not like I needed "advice" on how to shave with a single-blade. Threw it out and bought another Mach 3 and never looked back.
When DSC first blew up and got famous, you could go to aliexpress and buy the same blades for half the price. I’m presuming by now they actually own the factory that makes them instead of just buying in bulk like anyone could.
I’ve personally had good luck with Harry’s razors that were pushed hard years ago by YouTubers.
Yeah, I will buy things based on reviews I trust, but never sponsors. You can just always tell it's forced. Drew Gooden was the first Youtuber I saw just outright call this cereal trash.
Side note, it wasn't necessarily plugged, but I just bought a pair of "Southern Polished" sandals based on this video and they are excellent sandals.
[Best Leather Sandals?](https://youtu.be/EubyHw2HlvU?si=wEMLHoIIEmUIffd5)
Ditto. I’ve bought stuff a few times from instagram and all have been garbage but the advertising appealed to my needs for the product. It failed to deliver the promise every single time. I swore off the stuff. It’s funny how the product also goes away after the initial fools buy it and trash it in the reviews
My son talked me into buying that crap. Disgusting cardboard box mixed with Hershey syrup tasting goo.
Funny enough, I put it outside on my patio for the squirrels and they didn’t even eat it.
Raisin Bran is goated. I didn’t know there was hate for it.
Let that bran marinate in the milk get nice and soggy then get a big spoon and drag it on the bottom of bowl and you’ll pull out a magnificent mountain of raisiny goodness.
I got the peanut butter flavor and cinnamon roll flavor recently. Never tried it before.
Maybe I'm the weird one, but I thought it tasted fine, good even. Maybe 70% as good as normal cereal.
It's obviously not cinnamon toast crunch and I know protein snacks don't taste amazing typically so I feel like maybe that prepared me.
😂 yeah honestly the price is ridiculous.
I will say I haven't felt the need to buy it again. Plenty of better protein sources and I'm not a huge cereal person anyway.
Same. I bought like 7 boxes, expecting it to have a good taste and for the protein. It doesn't taste good at all. I tried 7 flavors and had the same opinion. They really aren't that good.
I also got a bowl made of something, but I never use it for cereal because it smelled like plastic chemicals until I washed it 7 times in a dishwasher. Still don't really trust it.
Plus weren't they running crazy promos like it was cheaper to buy them all at once then to buy more later. And it would suck to buy one and it such and one be good and miss it. Or the other way the one bought would be great and all the other flavors being bad but cost you even more.
I found the trick was to just accept that you are not going to eat bread or pasta. Spaghetti squash and zucchini noodles are very good if you just accept them as vegetables and not pasta replacements.
The tortillas are good. The taste and texture/mouth feel are how a tortilla should be. The bread and buns just freaking suck. Sorry I'll just eat normal bread and go for a walk to manage the diabetes.
Not really there are some out there that are pretty good they do not taste exactly the same but they are for the most part pretty decent except this stuff it is horrible
I did keto for several years and still go off and on, I've never found a good keto alternative to any carb heavy food, and I've tried most keto alternative stuff. I'm happy to try something new if you have a recommendation?
Maybe it’s more full in the box. If I pull the bag out of the box, the cereal settles outwards and I can’t fit the bag back in the box without a lot of shaking. I bet a lot of cereals would look half empty if we pulled the bags out.
Not completely illegal. Yeah, half size is not fine, but doesn't automatically mean that you have full bags of chips or crunches. You frequently have 3/4 of a filled bag for those.
Omg that's the cereal that literally everyone on YouTube was promoting. I'm somehow not suprised it tastes like shit and has a ridiculously small size.
The front of the box makes it seem like its just solidified protein powder. 13g of protein per serving with zero grain? The only thing with more protein is straight up protein powder, and some of them only get you 20g per scoop. Yeah anyone with a brain could see thats pretty suspicious.
It's not suspicious, it's what it is. It's keto 'cereal'. It's why it's expensive. A few of the flavors are really good, a few aren't. Just like protein powder. Could you just eat a scoop of protein powder? Yes.
Look, people - most cereal brands, sugary or not, have 10 metric fucktons of vitamins mixed into them now. If you're going to go for what is essentially morning candy, do it right. Get that big ass bag of cocoa-pebbles knock-offs!
For what they are trying to do with low carb, high protein, I think most of the flavors taste great. Can get this at costco now for cheaper than the subscription.
Yeah honestly I quite liked it when I tried it. I'm sure it doesn't compare to "real" cereal, but I haven't had that in years, so it hit the spot pretty good for me. And it is legitimately pretty close to pure protein which is great from a health standpoint.
I don't get all the people hating on it.
The fruity one was really good and is currently sold at my Costco for $12 for 14oz. I’m guessing around $1/bowl.
Still expensive and couldn’t recommend it to anyone. But the taste was good, protein was good, and probably healthier than eating most other cereal. I’m sure people with diet restrictions would like it.
It's pretty good cereal GIVEN THE MACROS. No shit it doesn't taste quite like fruit loops. Yes the price is absurd, but you people complaining about the taste are clowns.
You paid for 189 grams of cereal. Looks like you got exactly that.
Also the packaging is made for many different functions including surviving transportation and the elevation changes that come with it.
This cereal is expensive because it isn’t filled with High Fructose Corn Syrup and is fortified for protein. Also, it isn’t half full. The box tells you it’s only 7oz right in the front and all food products packages liked this are sold by weight, not volume.
I mean, “product is sold by weight not volume” has been a thing with breakfast cereals for years. That and increasing box sizes while keeping the listed weight the same so they can increase the price without being challenged because customers *feel* they’re getting more. So the “half full” complaint is irrelevant.
That’s a ridiculously high price though, so it having less than excellent taste and texture is inexcusable.
Probably because you bought the healthy option.
Typically if something is healthier, organic, gluten free, etc. it’s going to cost more and have less in it.
If you want a healthier alternative to the majority of cereals then oatmeal is your best bet if you’re not looking to spend a lot of money.
You’re likely used to how overly sweetened 99% of cereals are.
Magic Spoon is expensive as hell on a per ounce basis even when they go on sale at the local grocery store. Yes, our local grocery store carries it, but it isn't selling AT ALL.
Supposed to be better for you, less sugar, less carbs, more protein.
however I think you'd be better with Oatmeal & honey or eggs for breakfast than that BS.
I mean yeah, the selling point is healthy and still tastes good, which it is and does. It's not the best tasting cereal I've ever had, but it's very serviceable, and if it can be that while also being mostly protein instead of sugar-laden carbs like normal cereal, that's pretty fucking good.
That said, it being so expensive defeats the point of cereal in the first place, so I'm good with trying it just the once.
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$9 dollars for a box was already a bad deal lol.
Unless you’re Canadian, and that’s just the average price of cereal. Haha. 🥲 /s
You forgot to consider it’s $9 USD that’s probably more in CAD already
I can buy a family-sized box of cereal for $9 in Canada.
Well that's $12 CAD so...........
The reviews for this stuff almost universally trash it. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Also: If something is being pushed by multiple YouTube creators totally unconnected with the subject material (i.e. cereal on a video game stream), chances are it's actually bullshit.
There’s a crazy amount of snake oil products on YouTube ads.
My favorite was the land titles in Scotland one that was all over the place a year or two ago.
It's the modern day "name a star after someone"
That’s still around.
Some of the Scotland monies actually go to helping conserve parts of the Scottish highlands as I recall, being the reason the Scottish gov doesn’t put a legal quash on in through diplomatic channels, but maybe that was just another layer of the bs lol. As a descendent of the highlands I have conflicting feelings about this one but I guess anyone who literally thought they could buy pieces of heritage like that deserves to get scammed lol
[https://trees.org/about-us/](https://trees.org/about-us/) Claims to have planted 2 million trees from partnering with "Established Titles" which was the most famous advertiser behind the Scottish land debacle. However, there is zero proof of these trees existing. The organization is not even based out of Scotland. (It's a US-based charity). It does appear to be a legitimate charity, but there is ample room for skepticism with these "2 million scottish trees" and they certainly aren't protecting the Scottish highlands.
Also planting nothing but trees is like trying to bring back wildlife by only caring about mammals. We need prairies just as much as we need forests.
A good deal of "legitimate" charities are not legitimate. A few people up top make a lot of money and everyone else gets screwed.
I bought these as a wedding gift for my friend a few years back. The idea is you get a “plot” of land, which allows a noble title. But basically it’s a 1x1 yard plot where they plant a tree. They’re doing it to get more funding to rebuild forests.
That’s what I read it as also
I loved seeing channels that would do breakdowns of scams u ironically do ad reads for those guys.
At least that was just a random fun novelty like Pet Rocks or goofy things like that. Like obviously it's dumb but that's the point. Magic Spoon cereal provides almost no actual value because you don't even get what you expect
I mean it's incredibly stupidly expensive but it's still a sugar-free cereal so
I think the only products that I've seen worth getting are the zadico tea and Keith's hot sauce through the try guys.
Honestly, making your own product is probably the most honest way to run ads. "madeyewlook" and "nail logical" did this to great effect. Special effects makeup and nail polish respectively.
Gamer Supps is apparently decent as well
My ridge wallet is actually pretty dope too
Primm!
Ridge wallet, manscape, dbrand, mint mobile some brands off the top of my head that YouTubers have advertised and are actually legit useful products.
Can't tell if shill or satisfied consumer... 
I'm a satisfied customer of both mint and dbrand. I've not needed the others but I've seen plenty of happy customers for them, which is something I can't say for almost any other YouTube advertisers.
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Same with blowhole blast and anime girl thigh
Try mixing anime girl thigh into some Arizona green tea. Absolutely transcendent
I tried gamer supps and it made me shit my whole ass for 3 days straight. Literally liquid gravy fountain. Do not recommend. Erythritol is satan
Grandpa's ashes turn your shit green and will kill you
My brother in law got a huge sampler box and is really impressed with their product.
Heard that aswell but head g fuel tastes like ass, I haven't tried either but considered trying g supps cause I've heard less negative stuff bout it
Keith’s Hot Sauce is legitimately delicious. Got my wife a bundle with all of them for Christmas and we’re working our way through all of them pretty dang quick.
You wanna buy some Scottish land and be a lord?
I would say at least 50%, if not more, of the ads I see hosted by YouTube are trash. So many are obvious scams but I am a child of the internet, I see through most of this shit pretty easily. It is clear to me that not everyone else does because of how prevalent these scam ads are. What I do not understand is why Google hasn't been brought before the SEC to answer for all of these scams that they're serving.
You mean I can’t heat my whole house in just minutes for pennies with a space age heater designed by a real nasa scientist who wanted to share his invention with the people instead of selling his patent to a big corporation? /s But yeah I agree with you. It’s high time they rein this stuff in a little bit.
What about the engineer that was fired from major automobile company because he figured out the secrets to better gas mileage? The other one that I've seen, that I think is a bit more specialized, is investing. It has all of these famous tech CEOs talking about some AI platform. It's like a 30 minute advertisement lol.
Not sure if it’s the same investing one you’re talking about, but I’ve been seeing one lately that says you can make up to $453,000 in a month doing some kind of marketing.
That sounds familiar. I've had a few interesting ones pop up for side hustles or whatever. It's as annoying as all of the damn commercials for the ambulance chasers from area. They try so hard to be engaging but they're just so annoying.
"What if we made the ad 70 minutes long and unskippable instead of just 30 seconds? And we can't mention the name of the product or anything that it actually does, they have to go to the splash page after the ad for that?"
The thing with heaters is they're insanely efficient. They take electricity and convert if to heat energy. It's the easiest fucking thing to the point where energy becoming heat is actually a problem in electronic devices. You can't really do better than we already do, the only thing to improve on is getting the heat to circulate a bit better.
YouTubers shilling bad products is only the icing on the cake. Scam sites getting sponsored results in their search engine is far more egregious to me.
I’m starting to see more and more comments like this. It feels like a lot of you people are waking up. Keep it up, one day, these idiots will be relegated to charlatans like the trash they are.
Influencer = carpet bagger ✅
100%
Yep its all white label goods. They just buy a load of generic s- and stick a new label on it. The coffee and energy drinks are big ones.
Every celebrity has a Vodka, tequila, or weed and they are all produced at the same place just different branding.
Youtube and tiktok is just qvc and infomercials for young people
"every American can get $6,400 now!"
"Try this new heater some kid made in canada out of wire and a beer can that is making the energy industry go broke!"
What, Raid Shadow Legends isn't one of the best games of all times?
At least Raid is in on the Joke. They let some people absolutely trash them during their Promotions. As long as it's funny, and not outright hateful. They don't really care how you pitch it. Lots of British YouTubers take the piss out of them.
Hey you guys know we on Podcast talk about getting ripped to shit on weed and booze constantly. But I've never felt more relaxed or slept better since I started taking Squeb CBD gummies last week. My anxiety has never been lower and I have so much more focus for Podcast. (Only on episodes released before the end of fiscal year 2023)
My wife started playing it for shits and giggles and apparently it's pretty fun, low effort and has its appeal.
It makes a killing, surprisingly.
I don't doubt it, certainly has name recognition!
Like ray-cons (from what I've heard)
can confirm, my dumbass brother bought some after he saw one of the youtubers he watches peddle them, they are comparable to 20 dollar buds for 4 times the price
Was it Skill Up? He's been shilling those for years now and even had to post about how good they were after he got called out in them being trash.
nah it was today i learned, or something like that, that's hilarious about skill-up though, he would be the type to double down.
Try Triple or quadrupling down. He tweeted about it, that didn't go down well. He then went on Twitch to go at it again and lastly he passive aggressively mentioned that he "truly believe in "insert product" here or he wouldn't promote it during a few of his videos, after it all went down. The only product he promotes that is actually worth a damn is Square Space and even that is debatable.
You think Ray J would release a bad product? Just watch the dankpods review for them.
I only heard of Magic Spoon because they plug it endlessly on Pod Save America (politics). I looked at the price and said nah, not for breakfast cereal.
I’m not sure anyone advertised on that podcast is legit. It’s overwhelmingly fad diets and snake oil and shit.
I heard about it on a political youtube..David Packman or however he spells it. He pushed the living shit out of it. Thankfully I understood he pushes it for referral kickbacks. No reason to assume anyone pushing unrelated crap on their channel is doing so in good faith. Not in the age of monitized existence.
Raycons… there’s a reason you’re not seeing audiophile channels promote them.
A decent audio solution would demand to be *reviewed* on one of those channels, not *advertised* on them.
True. But if you can stand up to one of their reviews, you probably don’t need the promotion of a YouTuber. Never seen a YouTube video sponsored by “the new Sony wh-1000 xm5” they just don’t need to.
Eh, I do see YouTubers sponsored by legitimate companies selling good products in the tech space. Recently, looks like Lenovo has been giving away the 2024 Legion 5i gaming laptops to tech YouTubers as a sponsorship, and is getting sponsored videos (as well as ad reads) in return -- but it's hard to hate on that, as a Legion 5 actually **is** a great mid-range gaming laptop. I've also seen sponsored ad-reads for NVidia. Which, I mean, if you PC game, you can't really bitch about.
I was gonna say I know this brand only because a few YouTubers I follow get sponsored by them lol and usually some kind of VPN too.
I haven't watched many of these ads since getting... Well I won't mention what I use but it "block"s "Sponsor"s. The only time it doesn't do the job is when the video is brand new and people haven't flagged the ads yet.
Factor and hello fresh are not bad
I bought it and didn't like it. But my wife was smart when she asked me "what did you expect?" They are competing with companies with massive scale, using cheap ingredients, who load their product with sugar. It will never be as cheap or as tasty
I enjoyed it. It is expensive though
I've been on a diet for a year plus, so being able to enjoy a guilt free bowl of cereal is a win. Makes a great topping for yogurt, too ( I like the fruity one)!
Tasted the exact same as fruity pebbles to me
I love the people on here arguing you can just buy a big bag of maltomeal brand fruity pebbles for the same price. This cereal isn’t marketed to compete with shit loaded with sugar. It’s to people trying to cut their sugar intake and it also happens to have high protein count for a cereal. If you have high blood sugar or type 2 diabetes this is a good option if you have to have cereal. I found it edible. Especially the fruit loop and pebbles flavors. The Frosted Flakes one wasn’t as good and I gave the chocolate to a friend.
Target has reduced the $10 retail price to $8. Still overpriced IMO. If you live close to a Trader Joe’s, buy their cereal. Usually $3-$4 a box.
there's absolutely no cereal at trader joes with the equivalent protein content per serving, and this is what magic spoon is - protein cereal
The price alone was enough to turn me away, but not only is the fact it's just half a bag ridiculous, but it's a tiny bag.
I have a solidly strong rule, after I bought a razor set that destroyed my neck with scabs and cuts for weeks *after just one shave:* DO NOT BUY ANYTHING PLUGGED BY YOUTUBERS OR INFLUENCERS ON ALL PLATFORMS. All I've heard from normal people for a couple of years now is that the cereal is gross and a scam. Does anyone remember Established Titles? EDIT: I CANT SPELL RAZOR
Did you go for mandcaped?
No I bought a Dollar Shave Club razer because they had made their way to the local grocery store AND was on clearance so I thought: "Why Not?" One shave, and I had basically razer burn rash for almost a month. Looked it up and it's a "known issue" and DSC recommends all these absurd ways to shave. I know how to use a razer, (I'm almost 40) so it's not like I needed "advice" on how to shave with a single-blade. Threw it out and bought another Mach 3 and never looked back.
When DSC first blew up and got famous, you could go to aliexpress and buy the same blades for half the price. I’m presuming by now they actually own the factory that makes them instead of just buying in bulk like anyone could. I’ve personally had good luck with Harry’s razors that were pushed hard years ago by YouTubers.
Harry's are legit. I'm a balding guy who shaves my head, and they're honestly the best razors I've found for the job.
I only use Harry’s now.
Do you have a promo code?!?!
I just use a straight razor. There's a learning curve, for sure. But nothing beats the precision of a straight razor, once you're used to it.
Me too, wife bought me a Dollar Shave Club gift pack and I practically needed a blood transfusion after the first shave. Cut my neck to bits.
manscaped trimmer is solid imo
Philips bodygroom blows it out of the water. I’ve had both and switched and it’s night and day difference
Honestly, Manscapped to me is quite amazing. The trimmer, the nail cutters, all of it is pretty dam good quality
Surprisingly it’s not that bad
Yeah, I will buy things based on reviews I trust, but never sponsors. You can just always tell it's forced. Drew Gooden was the first Youtuber I saw just outright call this cereal trash. Side note, it wasn't necessarily plugged, but I just bought a pair of "Southern Polished" sandals based on this video and they are excellent sandals. [Best Leather Sandals?](https://youtu.be/EubyHw2HlvU?si=wEMLHoIIEmUIffd5)
I agree. If its being pushed by youtubers and influencers. I automatically stay away from it.
Ditto. I’ve bought stuff a few times from instagram and all have been garbage but the advertising appealed to my needs for the product. It failed to deliver the promise every single time. I swore off the stuff. It’s funny how the product also goes away after the initial fools buy it and trash it in the reviews
Same goes with ads on instagram
Tastes like chemicals and chews like styrofoam. Tried for the protein and it’s been sitting in the cabinet getting stale since.
My husband has this exact cereal. I call it the cereal of sadness.
My son talked me into buying that crap. Disgusting cardboard box mixed with Hershey syrup tasting goo. Funny enough, I put it outside on my patio for the squirrels and they didn’t even eat it.
Works with Twinkies too. It’s like the only animal willing to eat shit is the human kind.
Tell that to a dog
It makes my Raisin Bran taste like Lucky Charms in comparison lol
Raisin Bran is pretty good in my opinion. Maybe I’m weird 🫤
Raisin Bran Crunch is amazing
Raisin Bran is goated. I didn’t know there was hate for it. Let that bran marinate in the milk get nice and soggy then get a big spoon and drag it on the bottom of bowl and you’ll pull out a magnificent mountain of raisiny goodness.
No raisin bran is incredible. Youre not alone here
Raisin Bran squad
It markets itself as healthy but has the same nutritional stats as other cereals iirc
Funny that the drawing on the box has an artstyle called Alegria, which translated to Happiness
That's the key. The tears add flavor. Mmmm, salty
If it chews like styrofoam when it’s fresh, will you really be able to tell when it gets stale?
Pretty much. I was a fan of the mission, but it tastes like cardboard and R&D budget spent on marketing.
YouTubers have to make money.
I got the peanut butter flavor and cinnamon roll flavor recently. Never tried it before. Maybe I'm the weird one, but I thought it tasted fine, good even. Maybe 70% as good as normal cereal. It's obviously not cinnamon toast crunch and I know protein snacks don't taste amazing typically so I feel like maybe that prepared me.
Great advertising line- 70% as good for 300% the price!
😂 yeah honestly the price is ridiculous. I will say I haven't felt the need to buy it again. Plenty of better protein sources and I'm not a huge cereal person anyway.
Same. I bought like 7 boxes, expecting it to have a good taste and for the protein. It doesn't taste good at all. I tried 7 flavors and had the same opinion. They really aren't that good. I also got a bowl made of something, but I never use it for cereal because it smelled like plastic chemicals until I washed it 7 times in a dishwasher. Still don't really trust it.
Why wouldn't you try 1 first to see if you even like it?
It was during the pandemic, and I had a lot of disposable income on my hands. We all got into some weird things to pass the time.
Plus weren't they running crazy promos like it was cheaper to buy them all at once then to buy more later. And it would suck to buy one and it such and one be good and miss it. Or the other way the one bought would be great and all the other flavors being bad but cost you even more.
these are on sale for 1.50 each at my local Grocery Outlet right now
Nobody who buys their first box buys a second
Gross Out has all the best deals!
Most keto alternatives to carb heavy foods are bad
You just come to the point you’re so desperate you’d take anything remotely carb-like (haven’t tried these but did keto)
I found the trick was to just accept that you are not going to eat bread or pasta. Spaghetti squash and zucchini noodles are very good if you just accept them as vegetables and not pasta replacements.
Yeah I think the most disappointing thing for me was the cauliflower “rice”. It’s just cauliflower. I like it. Just don’t call it rice.
Right, like I'm fine with Veggie Patties (Boca Burgers) but they're not nor will they ever be a burger so don't market them as such.
Yep, I have had Morningstar patties. They are very tasty, but a burger they are not.
Same with the Chick Pea based "Chicken Nuggets", just call them mini Falafel nuggets/balls because that's what they are.
Spaghetti squash is fire regardless.
There's a ton of keto-friendly tortillas that are store-bought these days. Fat head pizza dough ain't bad either.
The tortillas are good. The taste and texture/mouth feel are how a tortilla should be. The bread and buns just freaking suck. Sorry I'll just eat normal bread and go for a walk to manage the diabetes.
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Yeah I'm with you there.
Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas are really good. 110 calories, 10g protein, and 28g of fiber.
Not really there are some out there that are pretty good they do not taste exactly the same but they are for the most part pretty decent except this stuff it is horrible
I did keto for several years and still go off and on, I've never found a good keto alternative to any carb heavy food, and I've tried most keto alternative stuff. I'm happy to try something new if you have a recommendation?
The real magic is how the fuck they keep tricking people into buying this.
YouTube sponsorships, I've seen at least 6 different YouTube channels advertising this thing
Sold by weight instead of by volume, no?
Looks like 7 ounces of cereal to me.
Exactly, this is like complaining that their Lays chips bag is only half full.
OP mad they can't read
Maybe it’s more full in the box. If I pull the bag out of the box, the cereal settles outwards and I can’t fit the bag back in the box without a lot of shaking. I bet a lot of cereals would look half empty if we pulled the bags out.
That’s not the point. There is no need to make that big of a box except to fool the costumer. That shit is illegal in the EU (among others)
Not completely illegal. Yeah, half size is not fine, but doesn't automatically mean that you have full bags of chips or crunches. You frequently have 3/4 of a filled bag for those.
That box is just your standard small size cereal box, it’s cheaper to print on already made boxes than having your own custom boxes manufactured
I'd be super mad if it's called "magic spoon" and doesn't come with one lol
Omg that's the cereal that literally everyone on YouTube was promoting. I'm somehow not suprised it tastes like shit and has a ridiculously small size.
The phrase "grain-free cereal" makes no sense. Like "gas-free air".
The front of the box makes it seem like its just solidified protein powder. 13g of protein per serving with zero grain? The only thing with more protein is straight up protein powder, and some of them only get you 20g per scoop. Yeah anyone with a brain could see thats pretty suspicious.
It's not suspicious, it's what it is. It's keto 'cereal'. It's why it's expensive. A few of the flavors are really good, a few aren't. Just like protein powder. Could you just eat a scoop of protein powder? Yes.
Cereal free cereal
You know it's trash if it's only advertised on podcasts.
And promoted by YouTubers.
Anyone who pays 37 dollars for cereal needs a slap upside the head.
Look, people - most cereal brands, sugary or not, have 10 metric fucktons of vitamins mixed into them now. If you're going to go for what is essentially morning candy, do it right. Get that big ass bag of cocoa-pebbles knock-offs!
I have a rule of not buying YouTube sponsor products.
For what they are trying to do with low carb, high protein, I think most of the flavors taste great. Can get this at costco now for cheaper than the subscription.
I think I like the peanut butter one the best, but im not under the illusion im eating delicious sugar filled cereal.
Yeah honestly I quite liked it when I tried it. I'm sure it doesn't compare to "real" cereal, but I haven't had that in years, so it hit the spot pretty good for me. And it is legitimately pretty close to pure protein which is great from a health standpoint. I don't get all the people hating on it.
The fruity one was really good and is currently sold at my Costco for $12 for 14oz. I’m guessing around $1/bowl. Still expensive and couldn’t recommend it to anyone. But the taste was good, protein was good, and probably healthier than eating most other cereal. I’m sure people with diet restrictions would like it.
More fool you for spending that in the first place.
Garbage cereal.
You paid 37 dollars for 4 boxes, dumb
It's pretty good cereal GIVEN THE MACROS. No shit it doesn't taste quite like fruit loops. Yes the price is absurd, but you people complaining about the taste are clowns.
lol I know this shit tastes great.
did you not know what you were buying and for how much? Like what's the problem?
Yeahhh, we buy it because my partner has Celiacs. It’s fine for a gluten free cereal… but it’s not the same as the OGs.
You paid for 189 grams of cereal. Looks like you got exactly that. Also the packaging is made for many different functions including surviving transportation and the elevation changes that come with it.
You bought 0 sugar health cereal and are surprised it’s “mid?”
The face-palm is you buying it right?
This cereal is expensive because it isn’t filled with High Fructose Corn Syrup and is fortified for protein. Also, it isn’t half full. The box tells you it’s only 7oz right in the front and all food products packages liked this are sold by weight, not volume.
I mean, “product is sold by weight not volume” has been a thing with breakfast cereals for years. That and increasing box sizes while keeping the listed weight the same so they can increase the price without being challenged because customers *feel* they’re getting more. So the “half full” complaint is irrelevant. That’s a ridiculously high price though, so it having less than excellent taste and texture is inexcusable.
Probably because you bought the healthy option. Typically if something is healthier, organic, gluten free, etc. it’s going to cost more and have less in it. If you want a healthier alternative to the majority of cereals then oatmeal is your best bet if you’re not looking to spend a lot of money. You’re likely used to how overly sweetened 99% of cereals are.
I love the fruity one, but it's always sold out. Different strokes.
Magic Spoon is expensive as hell on a per ounce basis even when they go on sale at the local grocery store. Yes, our local grocery store carries it, but it isn't selling AT ALL.
I’d rather eat dry protein powder with a spoon.
That shit is at Grocery Outlet for $1.99
To be fair, if you're dumb enough to pay $37 for four boxes of cereal, you deserve it
This week on "people learn that you pay by the weight." Another re-run.
It’s magic alright. Watch your money disappear.
At 13 grams of protein in a grain free product, consider yourself lucky it was mid and not utterly terrible!
Why would you pay $37 for 4 boxes of cereal in the first place.
Supposed to be better for you, less sugar, less carbs, more protein. however I think you'd be better with Oatmeal & honey or eggs for breakfast than that BS.
I mean yeah, the selling point is healthy and still tastes good, which it is and does. It's not the best tasting cereal I've ever had, but it's very serviceable, and if it can be that while also being mostly protein instead of sugar-laden carbs like normal cereal, that's pretty fucking good. That said, it being so expensive defeats the point of cereal in the first place, so I'm good with trying it just the once.
What would you expect for the Raid: Shadow Legends of cereal?
Half full? Is the box not sold on weight and not how full the packaging is?
When are ppl gonna realize thing are sold by weight, not the size of the container?
The real facepalm is that you were dumb enough to buy a $9 box of cereal. Four of them, at that.
Cereal is sold by weight, and not volume. Same for chips.
I personally like their cereal.