Do NOT Read This if You’re EASILY Offended

byParthaB

4.1K followers

4 years ago

Okay, first things first - I just know that there are some of you who are perhaps easily offended, and yet you still decided to click on the title and start reading this blog post.

Even though you were forewarned, yet your curiosity got the better of you.

You just couldn’t help yourself could you?

Shame on YOU.

Yes YOU, I’m talking to YOU.

Don’t look behind you. Don’t cower away. And DON’T even think about hitting that back button on your browser to run off.

You’ve been caught.

You’re here now.

You’re easily offended, but you just couldn’t do as you were told.

So, in keeping with the title of this post I feel it is my duty to add something that some may find offensive.

I notice many people, Wealthy Affiliates or otherwise, love to begin a blog post with a motivational phrase or saying, typically by a historical character or present-day celebrity.

Therefore, I shall follow suit.

However, due to extreme budget cuts (and the lack of “motivational phrase research”) you’ll have to make do with a saying created and first said by ME.

Apologies for my lack of celebrity status, although I have seen this phrase repeated numerous times on the World Wide Web, ever since its inception (it’s mine and don’t let anybody tell you any different).

Without further ado (and this is as offensive as this post is going to get - but you were WARNED).

“Live Each Day Like it’s Your Last. But Pay Your Bills & Wear a Condom Just In Case it Isn’t”. - Partha Banerjee, circa - 1999

Have You Ever Noticed That People Just Can’t Do As They’re Told?

It’s true isn’t it?

If we’re warned or specifically told not to do something, 9 times out of ten we’re just going to go ahead and do it anyway,

I can’t be the only one who sees a “WET PAINT” sign and just has to touch it.

I’ve been warned, there is no rhyme nor reason for me to go anywhere said painted object, and yet I wander over casually and touch it.

I then make a face like an upset 3-year old child, bottom lip jutted out, close to tears, frowning eyes and forehead, as I hold my hand out for all to see - of course, covered in paint.

I remember at a family barbeque many years ago, my mother told me not to touch the coals. They were HOT and they would BURN.

5 hours in A&E (ER to my friends across the Atlantic) and my inability to hold my burger, never mind eat it, proved to me that she was possibly right.

Never mind curiosity killing the cat, the BBQ almost destroyed Partha.

Where Am I Going With This?

From providing Site Comments here at WA I’ve noticed many of my friends/colleagues have review sites, as in the vast majority of their content is product reviews. This seems to be especially true within the MMO niche.

When you’re reviewing that many products you’re going to come across many Stinkers.

However, I love the fact that they keep it real, are extremely detailed and honest in their reviews, and do not recommend that anyone purchases these products.

Wealthy Affiliate is then ALWAYS offered as a suitable alternative.

With that said, a recent chat with someone who shall remain nameless, LOL, and they revealed that even some of the worst products that they review, products that they give a definite thumbs down, products they have given a rating of 0 or 1 out of Ten, have provided them with some regular sales.

PEOPLE JUST WON’T DO AS THEY’RE TOLD.

It’s Human Nature

I guess you could say that it’s human nature that we often do things that we are told not to do.

We rebel.

We go against general consensus.

We decide that we probably know better.

Now I’m not suggesting you go out there and find the very worst products available in your niche and then start filling your sites with reviews of these anomalies, BUT..

My nameless friend also revealed that a fair few of these “people who didn’t do as they were told” and purchased the dross, returned a few weeks later, subscribed to his email list, and in some cases even reached out via email and contacted him looking for suggestions.

I believe they did this because they could see just how honest and helpful the website owner was trying to be and therefore felt as though they could trust him.

And isn’t that what we are all eventually aiming for?

We typically produce content in the positive when it comes to our articles, blog posts, social media sharing, videos, etc. but how often do you focus on the negative?

Have you ever produced “Wet Paint - Do Not Touch” content?

Just looking at things from a different perspective.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Thank you for reading (even those of you who I specifically told not to read this, Haha).

Partha