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I chuckled. April fools is about pranking people. Ya'll need to relax. I get that for some people this is a lot of money, but these people aren't stupid beca

by waheoo 6y ago

I chuckled. April fools is about pranking people. Ya'll need to relax. I get that for some people this is a lot of money, but these people aren't stupid because they're poor, they too can figure out it's a prank. "That's funny, I didn't order 500 euro of pizza. No way I'm gonna pay that." Please stop white knighting poor people by simultaneously implying they're retarded.

vbernat 6y ago
From Twitter feeds, it seems many people cancelled their credit card in case of a fraud. This is quite annoying. Hopefully, some of them also have been told about that by their banks.
- lopatin 6y ago
  Yep. My immediate thought would be that my credit card info was stolen. It's a mean spirited prank which also manages to be not funny.
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mafuy 6y ago
In case that was not a troll... This statement is absolutely wrong. You make it sound like everyone is being rational all the time. Scams are at a similar level of credibility and they do work very well in practice. If I'm told I won't be able to pay rent next month despite working three jobs, which already stressed me out to no end, then it can definitely happen. But that's not all. Even if we stay rational, we still have the responsibility to consider that the account had been hacked, or that an accounting error happened, etc. That will take some time to resolve. Maybe I'll incur financial cost in addition to wasted time, e.g. by canceling a credit card or involving a lawyer. What will you do if your prank made me panic, or made me waste resources? Will you take responsibility? Do you think Deliveroo would find it funny if I send them a bomb threat in response? It's just a joke after all! Yes they had to close their office and it cost them millions, but... it was just a prank, so chill, dude. Haha. It's a funny as hitting someone's head with a shovel.
- waheoo 6y ago
  Bomb threat would be illegal. A very large bill might do the trick. They might even pay it, it's a pretty old school scam, sending invoices to random companies, usually some receptionist just rubber stamps it.

by waheoo 6y ago

vbernat 6y ago

From Twitter feeds, it seems many people cancelled their credit card in case of a fraud. This is quite annoying. Hopefully, some of them also have been told about that by their banks.

lopatin 6y ago
Yep. My immediate thought would be that my credit card info was stolen. It's a mean spirited prank which also manages to be not funny.

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mafuy 6y ago

In case that was not a troll... This statement is absolutely wrong. You make it sound like everyone is being rational all the time. Scams are at a similar level of credibility and they do work very well in practice. If I'm told I won't be able to pay rent next month despite working three jobs, which already stressed me out to no end, then it can definitely happen. But that's not all. Even if we stay rational, we still have the responsibility to consider that the account had been hacked, or that an accounting error happened, etc. That will take some time to resolve. Maybe I'll incur financial cost in addition to wasted time, e.g. by canceling a credit card or involving a lawyer. What will you do if your prank made me panic, or made me waste resources? Will you take responsibility? Do you think Deliveroo would find it funny if I send them a bomb threat in response? It's just a joke after all! Yes they had to close their office and it cost them millions, but... it was just a prank, so chill, dude. Haha. It's a funny as hitting someone's head with a shovel.

waheoo 6y ago
Bomb threat would be illegal. A very large bill might do the trick. They might even pay it, it's a pretty old school scam, sending invoices to random companies, usually some receptionist just rubber stamps it.