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"Life hacks" like this are part of the larger category "crimes that Americans like to brag about". There's some strange cultural thing where people are proud o
by habosa 9y ago
"Life hacks" like this are part of the larger category "crimes that Americans like to brag about".
There's some strange cultural thing where people are proud of telling others how much they can get away with. You hear this all the time when talking about taxes, "yeah I figure out how to put all my personal travel down as a business expense". It's especially egregious with warranty/insurance fraud, such as when people drop their phone in water and then pretend it's a manufacturer's defect.
None of this really bothers me, but we wonder why companies look to nickel and dime us all the time. It's because we can't be trusted! Give the american consumer an inch, and he takes a mile. We have an adversarial relationship with almost everyone we buy from / sell to, which I think is a big source of pain and inefficiency.
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- berberous 9y agoI think you have the cause/effect reversed. People don't want to fuck over their local coffee shop. But companies have consolidated into giant monopolistic mega corps with no humanity that try to fuck you over, which makes returning the favor an enticing idea.
- gumby 9y ago> There's some strange cultural thing where people are proud of telling others how much they can get away with. I am not a fan of many aspects of American culture, but I certainly disagree with your assertion. In fact I would go farther and say that in my experience Americans are less likely to do this than the majority of other countries. It's why you can buy a trainer full of grain sight unseen or sell something on eBay. Kind of amazing, actually. We focus more intensely, as we should, on the bad news or violations. But overall Americans don't have a zero-sum mentality and stick to their word, which is why the society and economy have done as well as they have.
- tngoe87nkea 9y agoAmericans? From the article: >traveller Przemek Jaroszewski found that he couldn't enter an airline lounge in Warsaw From a Wired article[0]: >As the head of Poland’s Computer Emergency Response Team, Przemek Jaroszewski flies 50 to 80 times a year and from the original article: ... >He also hasn't tried his attack against US airport lounges. So, he's not an American and didn't do any of this in America. Why don't you stop being such a bigot? [0]https://www.wired.com/2016/08/fake-boarding-pass-app-gets-hacker-fancy-airline-lounges/ https://www.wired.com/2016/08/fake-boarding-pass-app-gets-ha...