You know… In my life I’ve had to talk a few people out of scams.

I know they were scammed, it’s blatantly a scam, the evidence is overwhelming, my experience is solid, everyone I know of’s experience says the same.

Yet they will argue with you back and forth and never really be satisfied because they want to believe it so much, and I imagine it stings a good bit being told you’re being ripped the fuck off and you’re too stupid or inexperienced to understand that.

I’m never confrontational about it, I just make it very perfectly clear that proceeding would be extremely ill advised, and that even their own worries brought them to me asking for my opinion because they trust my judgment.

It scares me how long it takes to convince them, and how often in the end they come to me a month later and I ask them how it went, and they went and bought it anyway, for whatever far fetched rationalization they managed to construct for themselves.

Psychology is real, psychology is simple, all it takes to control humans is to have no care for anything but yourself.

WELCOME TO FINANCE! There are no rules, and if we break them, we remake them!

This is a case where I literally both hate the player and the game.

I’m making four flights soon with the Boeing 737 Max 8. I’m sure the software is probably all updated and debugged properly.

24/7 propaganda like it’s a central American CIA psyop from the 60’s… How did you think something like Trump happens?

Wait, does that work though? Pinging people with @? I mean Lemmy has a lot of nifty features I’m just only discovering…

It’s socialism! And socialism is bad, in case we weren’t clear on that. Under socialism, healthcare doesn’t work, infrastructure crumbles, power and money is concentrated among a few oligarchs, people can’t afford to pay for rent or food, crime and corruption is rampant, police systematically abuse their powers, the courts are overwhelmed, prisons are overcrowded, there’s violence in the streets, and you don’t have any real voice and your vote doesn’t matter.

How would you like living under THOSE conditions, huh? Exactly. Vote R!

Sure, but remember, he is an impotent old man who gets nothing done but also somehow runs a shadow conspiracy centered around Pizza Hut!
At least that’s the mainstream story and we’re DEFINITELY sticking with it!

Excentrically tattooing swastikas on my face.

edit: jesus, “Christmas minstrels” was not something I expected from the jolly season.

Hm? That is not an article I have read. All I know is something about resurrected pickle babies. And carrots.

Ah, the comment you mean! Well, I’m glad I stopped reading before that part. It’s the only way to stay sane nowadays.

Even better, he’s a moderate centrist! What’s not to like, or dislike!

You do realize I didn’t actually vote for a dead terrorist, right?

Ooof, this one was new to me. My surprise level still hovers stably at 0%.

I keep forgetting just how many scandals they’ve been involved with, and the serious negative influence they’ve had on how business is done with regards to digital as well as physical goods.

The virgin IT tech tears in here are real.

Oh it’s unlimited all right! But everything above some data threshold will be transmitted at 10 kb/s. See, they upheld their part!

If you’re paying, you can eat a slice and throw the rest in the face of a gay hobo or something. No need for friends.

Gender anything is navel gazing masturbation, and I’m fucking tired of hearing about it.

This is Polska. Law is fluid here.

IT Crowd is niche. Casablanca is not niche.

Here’s looking at you, baby boo.