manipulation of emotions. I collect lots of very old seed catalogs - back then, they used the same sort of thing - bashing other companies, descriptions far in excess of reality - everything they could do in advance of doctored photography!

that falsify variety histories to create a buzz that lead to sales. I've seen a tomato I named, Cherokee Purple (an old Tennessee variety I named in 1990), described as "an old, rare eastern European variety finally available for the first time due the fall of the Iron Curtain"!

Of course, when you point these things out, you are either met with anger...or just ignored.

Luckily, I also think most humans wouldn't pull such nonsense. Unfortunately, there are so many of us that a small percentage of scumbags can make things rather unpleasant.

Happy Fourth!