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Anon explains scam callers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I don't understand this either. If someone offered me to make me rich by paying him 10 bucks on the street, I'd tell him to fuck off and evaluate my chances in a fight and/or escape route. But as soon as a computer is involved, some people's brain shuts off or something.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We're still great apes

[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't sound very great to me

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Have you seen lemurs and stuff? They're tiny.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

But as soon as a computer is involved, some people’s brain shuts off or something.

Well, you see, according to some mythology, the internet is the place of all ideas; thus it is compared to Platon's notion of "heaven".

Now, people have been told for generations that "heaven is a good place", and since the internet approximates heaven, people trust it way too much.