• thefartographer@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      My wife and I got scammed like that years ago. We met on Omegle back when it was new and then got married nearly a decade later. Fucking internet scams…

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      11 months ago

      The fact is that you’ll be filter fed morons who impulsively spend money AND have the money to spare.

      This is the same rationalisation the gambling industry used.

      And then the gaming industry.

      And we know from those instances they’re often not morons, they have mental health issues, or are exceedingly lonely. And they often don’t have the money to spare either, those dollars are food being taken out of their or their family’s mouths.

      But feel free to tell yourself whatever robin hood bullshit you need to if it helps you sleep at night.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t try and make out that this is some sexist thing, you and tumblr OP are both trying to justify scamming people who you think are bad or stupid. This is the justification that every scammer uses, from the Indian call centres who install malware on old people’s computers (because they are rich and they deserve to be scammed) to the full-on sociopaths who set up pyramid schemes (they deserve it because they’re stupid enough to trust me!)

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      11 months ago

      Girlboss, slay.

      To the people criticizing her: yeah sure it’s bad, but then, why are the top comments defending the OP? Surely OP is doing the same thing right? Right? Oh but he’s a man doing it to women…