How Do We Know What’s Real Anymore? | Josh Smith From #485 | The Way I Heard It

The default position for any advertising should be "This is a lie"

YouTube is a major offender. 90 percent of the ads I see are for fraudulent products. It is to the point I just assume all ads are fake.

I used to be amused by ads. Now I HATE THEM ALL, NO EXCEPTIONS. I don't believe ANYTHING ANY OF THEM ARE SAYING.

Mike nailed it. Defrauding is rampant.

The amount of fraud in our country, almost exclusively perpetrated by China and to a slightly lesser degree, India, is so staggering that you have to purposely try to avoid seeing the problem.

They are not in a basement on a laptop. They are in a corporate office conference room.

Hopefully this comment can be shared with Josh. I bought several of MKC knives during 2025 as I planned to give them as XMas gifts along with some MKC swag. I wasn't sure if they would appreciate the MKC worksmanship and the MKC story ... fortunately I bought directly from MKC as I had no idea of all the fraud. The MKC knives and swag were very well received and in fact I had to order another MKC jacket. God Bless.

THANK YOU MIKE, I’m 69 years old, when I was young man I went to 2 Trade schools to learn how to weld , at the same time I was going through an Union Ironworker Apprenticeship Training Program completed it. Thirty years of work and also became a Union Representative. As a Union Representative I would visit the Trade Schools and non-Union Sites to seek out qualified AWS-Welders. I have always Appreciated Your Encouragement to the Uneducated to learn Trade Skills, College isn’t always the Answer. Retired Union Ironworker and former Union Business Agent.

As with anything that starts out with good intentions, Ai has become the tool of deception for some.

I work for a major sunglass manufacturer and their really speaks to me… lol. It’s disgusting all the knockoff, fake product out in the marketplace.