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Ah, yes, it’s the people who got scammed who are at fault. Everyone should always be ultra suspicious of everyone around them, no happiness or fun allowed. \s
by gessha 4y ago
Ah, yes, it’s the people who got scammed who are at fault. Everyone should always be ultra suspicious of everyone around them, no happiness or fun allowed. \s
I want to live in a world where I can trust a random stranger, not suspect them of robbing me. Justifying some extra protections like a pin or a fingerprint check to finalize a transactions should not be this big of a deal.
- rowls66 4y agoI think that most other people would as well. Unfortunately, there are enough people willing to take advantage of that good will that you are a fool if you are not somewhat suspicious.
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- yeahsure22 4y agoYou do live in that world. You can trust random strangers but not ones the look like “youths” in Baltimore. Use your brain to asses the risk level.
- knodi123 4y agoCan you give me more detail about what physical characteristics define a "dangerous youth" in Baltimore?
- hoofhearted 4y agoOnes who are under 16, but are smart enough to intentionally extort drivers on the main thoroughfare to T. Rowe Price and Legg Mason’s headquarters lol They are all actually pretty intelligent individually, and they come up with some pretty clever things to get into. A bunch of them come from rough homes, and they are usually taking the cash home to support their family, even at 15. They are supposed to be in school, but they skip to go squeege because they don’t feel like the things in school are relating to their struggle. They have tried the regular 16 year old jobs, but that doesn’t pay enough to cover their struggling mom and siblings. Instead of losing out to low wages and income taxes, they find it much easier to pick up a squeege from a gas station, and start making some instant cash in tips. These kids are super smart lol. Pressure breeds diamonds. They know how to hack the Lyme scooters and ride around and commit crimes. They know how to scam you out of your cashapp balance. And they really know how to download and build burner handgun kits from Defense Distributed :(
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIf you choose a stranger at random, you can likely trust them. If somebody chooses you, you're not choosing at random.
- gessha 4y agoTechnically yes, because you’re not choosing at all but they’re still random to me since they’re not from my circle.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIt's not random at all. They're selected from the pool of people who will approach you. Let's simplify. Say that 1 in a million people pull the stranger needing help scam, and will approach you given the opportunity. Everybody else will only approach you if they actually need help, which is rare, say 1 in a million. So in that scenario 50% of the people approaching you are criminals, compared to 1 in a million who are actually criminals.
- throwawaysleep 4y ago> I want to live in a world where I can trust a random stranger This is and always has been utterly delusional.
- gessha 4y agoI disagree and I think it’s a matter of perspective.