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> There was a timer counting down, and the website promised participants that they could double their money. It is amazing how people fall for these scams. Th

by jussij 6y ago

> There was a timer counting down, and the website promised participants that they could double their money. It is amazing how people fall for these scams. They seem to forget the time tested truth which is "if it sounds too good to be true then it ain't".

kingkongjaffa 6y ago
Avg person today is frankly stupid about many areas of modern life. Our education systems no longer equip people to handle the modern world.
- alisonkisk 6y ago
  Scams have been going longer then you have been alive. It's not a modern failure of education.
- bhaak 6y ago
  I don't think that's a problem of the modern world. It just wasn't as easy previously to learn about all the stupid things people did. But note that the person in question has studied and works at a marketing position in the IT industry. Not sure if he qualifies for "average". All kinds of people can be stupid at times.
globular-toast 6y ago
They've already bought into crypto which, for many, is just "free money".
reader_mode 6y ago
Sounds like he already had 10 BTC, he probably got sold on "investing in BTC", price jumped since he got in so when you're riding high on easy wins why wouldn't another one come just as easily - sounds like easy come easy go to me. I'm ambivalent about the tech, economics, environmental impact, but what ticks me off about BTC and crypto is the proselytizing idiots that it attracts - it's the modern day Jehovah's Witnesses. I rented an office recently and there was a bunch of "bitcoin investment strategists" in the space next to me, and this one guy in particular trying to sell me on the idea that we should get into blockchain development because that's going to be the future of everything ... You could sum the guy up as mouth breeding idiot on first impression and that didn't change as he kept talking. Really typical for the crowd IMO.

by jussij 6y ago

kingkongjaffa 6y ago

Avg person today is frankly stupid about many areas of modern life. Our education systems no longer equip people to handle the modern world.

alisonkisk 6y ago
Scams have been going longer then you have been alive. It's not a modern failure of education.
bhaak 6y ago
I don't think that's a problem of the modern world. It just wasn't as easy previously to learn about all the stupid things people did. But note that the person in question has studied and works at a marketing position in the IT industry. Not sure if he qualifies for "average". All kinds of people can be stupid at times.

globular-toast 6y ago

They've already bought into crypto which, for many, is just "free money".

reader_mode 6y ago

Sounds like he already had 10 BTC, he probably got sold on "investing in BTC", price jumped since he got in so when you're riding high on easy wins why wouldn't another one come just as easily - sounds like easy come easy go to me. I'm ambivalent about the tech, economics, environmental impact, but what ticks me off about BTC and crypto is the proselytizing idiots that it attracts - it's the modern day Jehovah's Witnesses. I rented an office recently and there was a bunch of "bitcoin investment strategists" in the space next to me, and this one guy in particular trying to sell me on the idea that we should get into blockchain development because that's going to be the future of everything ... You could sum the guy up as mouth breeding idiot on first impression and that didn't change as he kept talking. Really typical for the crowd IMO.