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Scamming is fun, you don't have to be predictable or reliable or follow social norms, and your ceiling is limited by your own desire rather than a time schedule

Scamming is fun, you don't have to be predictable or reliable or follow social norms, and your ceiling is limited by your own desire rather than a time schedule or a pay structure. (Of course, these days some scammers run firms with office space, schedules, and incentive structures!) Also, a score yields some satisfying resentment; you're getting one over on those bastards. I think a lot of people don't really have a good theory of mind of career criminals. The vast majority aren't regretfully finding themselves driven into crime; they like it and it's fun.

daniel_reetz 2y ago
Exactly. It's cousins with the hacker mindset. And it is fun & comes with a thrill. If your mindset is "crime bad, criminals stupid, why?", you might try getting away with something sometime. It's a special pleasure.
- sniggers 2y ago
  Hacking doesn't hurt people, theft/scamming does
  - fragmede 2y ago
    depends on if you're a black or white hat hacker. black hat hackers absolutely go around hurting people
LargeWu 2y ago
It's a hard way to make an easy living.
- quacked 2y ago
  It's funny because it's just as grinding, repetitive, and nit-picky as normal work is. But I think the big draws are the excitement and the fact that you can do it on whatever schedule works for you, meaning you only work when you feel like you need cash. You're not in the rat race.
BizarroLand 2y ago
I mean, who among us wouldn't watch 6 months of television with all of our spare time and take a bus from Ohio to LA for $331,381.55 in cash and prizes? (Roughly adjusted for inflation) After all, it made for gripping television that is still being talked about today, they didn't lose on the exchange.
- throwaway173738 2y ago
  If you think about it you’re basically describing engineer number one at a startup.
  - BizarroLand 2y ago
    Hmm... Any startups looking for an engineer? I don't want to brag but I can watch the hell out of some TV

daniel_reetz 2y ago

Exactly. It's cousins with the hacker mindset. And it is fun & comes with a thrill. If your mindset is "crime bad, criminals stupid, why?", you might try getting away with something sometime. It's a special pleasure.

sniggers 2y ago
Hacking doesn't hurt people, theft/scamming does
- fragmede 2y ago
  depends on if you're a black or white hat hacker. black hat hackers absolutely go around hurting people

LargeWu 2y ago

It's a hard way to make an easy living.

quacked 2y ago
It's funny because it's just as grinding, repetitive, and nit-picky as normal work is. But I think the big draws are the excitement and the fact that you can do it on whatever schedule works for you, meaning you only work when you feel like you need cash. You're not in the rat race.

BizarroLand 2y ago

I mean, who among us wouldn't watch 6 months of television with all of our spare time and take a bus from Ohio to LA for $331,381.55 in cash and prizes? (Roughly adjusted for inflation) After all, it made for gripping television that is still being talked about today, they didn't lose on the exchange.

throwaway173738 2y ago
If you think about it you’re basically describing engineer number one at a startup.
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  Hmm... Any startups looking for an engineer? I don't want to brag but I can watch the hell out of some TV