My job forces me to interact with the public on a day to day basis. It's the same job I have had for about 7 years, although the employer has changed twice and I now work for myself. In that time I have interacted with a lot of people. What has become painfully clear to me is that a majority of people are more likely to take advice from some clown on the TV or a guy a work who knows somebody that knows something, rather than me.

"I read on the internet...."! Gawd I hate those words. I know when a client comes into my office and begins a conversation with "I read on the internet" or if they are carrying a copy of a weekly magazine that had an investing piece in it, it's going to mean a swift but certain pain in the ass for me.

There have been so many times in my seven years in the financial business that I have wanted to look a client squarely in the eyes and say "you're a fucking moron, now get out of my office!" Oh ya, that would be sweet.

I'm not saying I am right all the time. Fuck, I'd be happy being right most of the time! Well okay, some of the time, but my point is this. Okay, I don't have a point I just wanted to vent a little, no wait, I do want to make a point and it's that people have stopped questioning the source of the information they accept as truth.

We are living in a time when media outlets are quoting bloggers as sources of information. Is it the bloggers that are to blame? No, of course not, not even the ones that are just making shit up. It's the public. The consumer is to blame for accepting this. One of my favourite movie quotes is from Men In Black. J asks: "why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it." K responds: "a 'person' is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

The heart breaking thing is I think it's true. People, the collective consumer I have grown to hate, although I make my living off them, are a bunch of panicky, dumb and dangerous animals. Oh well, what can you do?