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Getting down. I think I need to burn through Raised by Wolves (if only HBO kept it up for streaming) followed by a Journey chaser to lift the spirits.
I feel I should type something but now that I've started, the inspiration is lost.
I wanted to keep that first comma but felt that it might be too much so it was removed.
I wanted to keep that first comma but felt that it might be too much so it was removed.
Watching some of the sting videos on YouTube, many times, it seems like they get a slap on the wrist; like say getting shamed in front of a crowd, and then they are right back at it again.
the truly sad thing is that a lot of said scams are being run by people who are locked up in an indentured agreement (i.e. they must meet a quota to get their freedom again).
Originally Posted by Death Proof
I read an article recently that said people with narcissism were easy targets because of their personality disorder.
The thing that fascinates me is how often the person in question is ostensibly aware of how shady it is and falls for it anyway. I'm sure disproportionately it's ignorance, but a not-insignificant percentage of the time it's someone quite superficially smart or savvy. The logic being that those people are savvy enough to think they can't be fooled, but not savvy enough for that to be completely true.
Being super ignorant about scams is fine as long as you have the self-awareness to know you're ignorant and account for it. A savvier person with less self-awareness might be at equally high risk.
Being super ignorant about scams is fine as long as you have the self-awareness to know you're ignorant and account for it. A savvier person with less self-awareness might be at equally high risk.
Originally Posted by Torgo
Last Week Tonight has a good story about one kind of popular scam lately called Pig Butchering, by the way.
Part of the problem with pig butchering is that they target lonely people who refuse to believe the beautiful young Asian woman is actually some Indian guy working in his cousin's basement. I read an article recently that said people with narcissism were easy targets because of their personality disorder.