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SYSK Choice: Why Hidden Fees are “Gotcha” Capitalism & The Origins of Slang

Something You Should Know

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How to Deal With Hidden Fees

Mike Downey: What happened at the beginning of this podcast happens to me every time I get on an airplane or I'm in a room for a while. He says that there are supercomputers at all of these large companies that run the numbers constantly and they know exactly what color entices us, how much money we're willing to pay. How come some slang lasts and other slang comes and goes? In some cases, maybe slang fills a hole in the language that there isn't a word in English that fits for that situation at that time.

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