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pleasestopasking

@ pleasestopasking @reddthat.com

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  • Have you or someone you know ever fallen for a scam? What happened?

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  • I feel like part of falling for this is being in a job where you don't question management doing stupid shit that shouldn't be your job. I works hope that $5000 would ping your bullshit meter, but I could easily see falling for a more believable story. Maybe not at a fast food place but like, a big office or some place where there are bullshit parties. Especially with a spoofed email or text rather than a voice call. "It's [some fake appreciation day] and I need to bring in cake/gifts, I don't have the business card on me, buy this $200 gift card and give me the info."

    If you're stressed and have a shitty boss with no boundaries, I could see it working.

  • Have you or someone you know ever fallen for a scam? What happened?

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  • One I fell for: last minute, I needed to take a cat on a flight. I was googling what I needed to do for the airline and ended up with a scam number. The issue was I didn't even have to click through to the site, I'd like to think I'd have caught on. But the number was bolded in the suggested results without having to click through toanywhere. I was in a panic getting ready for the flight, so I wasn't on my game.

    Immediately after I gave the person my credit card info over the phone, like literally the minute I hung up, I realized that it was so obviously a scam. Called my credit card company and had them block the charge and change the card number. Definitely not the pain in the ass I needed right before a trip, but it made me more cautious for the future and luckily I didn't lose any money.

    My sister fell for one I couldn't believe. A kid was washing windows on the side of the road, she said she didn't have any cash and he said, "That's okay I have cash app, I'll type in my name." She handed her phone over and he cash apped himself $2000. No recourse since cash app isn't a real bank transfer. Expensive lesson to learn.

  • Have you or someone you know ever fallen for a scam? What happened?

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  • Wow, what an absolute scumbag.

  • Have you or someone you know ever fallen for a scam? What happened?

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  • ...is a pig butchering scam something that didn't involve actual pig butchering? Or....

  • What is the lowest quality product you’ve ever purchased?

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  • At this point, pretty much anything purchased on Amazon. Nowadays even stuff that looks like it's from a legit seller can end up being a knockoff from a scam seller because of their warehouse storage logistics. Or they sell a high quality item long enough to get good reviews on the listing, then switch it out with some cheap piece of shit to take in the dough until the rating is tanked, lather rinse repeat. It's just becoming more and more like Wish/Temu where the listings are straight up lies and they just rely on people not wanting to do through the trouble of a return.

  • What is the lowest quality product you’ve ever purchased?

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  • Please tell me you stopped ordering from Wish. This is literally the business model, hoping that people won't try to initiate a return.

  • Why are there no large demonstrations in the USA against Donald Trump's policies?

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  • So protests need to find some other goal and some other message.

    Let's-a go!

  • I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?

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  • Honestly, even if they're not leaving permanently, who knows how much longer the Smithsonian will last if things keep going the way they are.

  • How do you cope with drug holidays?

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  • I've never taken concerta but I have taken a different SNRI and I'd start to feel like utter shit by the afternoon if I forgot to take it in the morning. I would be way more worried about skipping an SNRI than a stimulant, personally.

    I don't do drug holidays. I know a lot of people do, but I just can't function. It makes sense that when you don't take the medicine that helps you function, it's really hard to function.

  • Which well known public figure would you say is washed up and desperately trying to cling to relevance? (No politicians)

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  • And Jordan Catalano

  • What do you do to improve your workflow(s)?

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  • I use Autokey to automate many, many small things. I have abbreviations I type for words, and phrases and it replaces them for me.

    Yes, stuff like this saves me so much time in the long run. I have shortcut abbreviations I type for my zoom link, bookings link, phone number, email. Generic ticket closing response. Hex codes for colors in my work palette. Even kind of long bits of code when I find myself reusing them frequently.

  • Well paying skills to do as a side job?

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  • This is a way to spend money for a looooong time before it is to make money

  • The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state

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  • How can someone be in the same socioeconomic class with someone who makes $100k more than them per year? Both of those people cannot be middle class whatever that means anymore

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    What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?

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  • It's pretty clear based on this response that you don't understand the concept, Matt.

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    What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?

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  • You sure do assume a lot, huh? I'm not going to explain it better than the top comment of the thread already did. You should read it. You should also take some time to think about how you come across.

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    What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?

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  • Wow.

  • What apps have you tried to "de-google" yourself?

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  • Holy shit I've been using markdown message boards for years andyou just blew my mind

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    What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?

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  • Anyone so convinced of this has never been raped.

    I have in fact encountered a bear in the wild, a mama bear with her cub. They weren't interested in me, just crossing my path trying to get to the river. I stopped walking and started talking so they'd know I was there. They went on their way, I waited a little bit to make sure they weren't coming back, and then I went on mine.

    I've also been raped by a man I thought was my friend.

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    What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?

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  • A viewpoint from someone who would choose the bear:: I don't think all men are by default violent sexual predators. It's much more about the fear that we won't be believed.

    Nobody questions whether you wanted to be attacked by a bear. Nobody makes the case that the bear just made a mistake and we don't want to ruin his future. Nobody suggests that you lead the bear on then changed your mind. It behooves us to be wary of being vulnerable with men until we have more information about the specific man we're engaging with because of things go sideways there's a good chance we'll be blamed.