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bitcoin bastard posted:If they're already parked at the gas pump they probably do just want gas. If they're coming up to you with a gas can, they probably don't.
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The_Book_Of_Harry posted:Often very untrue. I had a junky buddy who made a couple hundred bucks a week this way. Eventually, he'd have to switch parts of town, but our city was big enough. Gas Can Man is a real scam.
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Aren't stories about how panhandlers are secretly rich and faking their mental illness like one of the oldest urban poo poo that didn't happen myths? They exist for a reason, so you can feel better about not giving bums money.
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Homeless people 1. Want to be homeless. 2. Are faking mental illness. 3. Are just going to drink/gamble/do drugs/whatever with the money. 4. Are secret millionaires. I can't remember the other ones, but people spout one of these things near-constantly. Again, I'm pretty sure these stories exist, that people are constantly saying and repeating these things, because the natural impulse when you see somebody in need is to help them. Keeping one of these ideas in your head helps you not do anything, makes it okay.
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Apr 7, 2016 19:06
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All these CD scams just sound like a mugging with props.
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May 8, 2016 09:55
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As in, if I come up to you in a clown suit, and I do nothing other than wear the suit and pressure you in a vaguely threatening manner for money until you give in, that's not "the clown scam" that's a drat robbery.
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May 8, 2016 09:57
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bulletsponge13 posted:Thanks to this thread, I was paranoid to get bootleg DVDs from the bootleg guy at Atlantic City Comic Con. It didn't matter that he didn't have anything I wanted, I didn't even really look due to paranoia. I got scammed buying some really low-quality homemade Exosquad DVDs on Ebay when I was 18 and a fool. Beware any bootleg DVD sellers, always, always. It's "paranoia" in the sense that excessive handwashing is paranoia. Beneficial even if you do it for the wrong reasons.
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May 17, 2016 00:18
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SubjectVerbObject posted:I used to work for a college that did research involving elderly participants. They were paid for their time, but since it was income, a 1099 firm would be filled out and the income reported to the government. Because of this they had to fill out a w-2 type form. That or a high portion of older people have been scammed at least once.
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May 29, 2016 23:47
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Like I said upthread, it's a mugging with props.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:00
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drunk asian neighbor posted:did you actually read the link or are you just patting yourself on the back for some weird reason It can be both!
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Jun 13, 2016 02:20
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200 is a carton, and he's talking about six cartons. Looks like a little over.
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Aug 29, 2016 05:50
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Lutha Mahtin posted:I'm not an expert but every Buddhist thing I've studied is against guilting people into giving of themselves. The concept I am familiar in Vipassana meditation is called dana, which my meditation teacher says is (paraphrasing here) the idea of generosity: the idea of giving freely and receiving freely too. There may not be an exact equivalent in all other schools of Buddhist thought, but the idea that you should not try and take advantage of others' generosity is very consistent with the Four Noble Truths, one of the core teachings of the Buddha. I have some knowledge of buddhism, but only the traditions of Tibet, and from what I can remember begging is cool, and good. It's a spiritual thing that monks and pilgrims do. The begging bowl is practically a sacred object. Hustling people for money and forcefully conning them into greater "donations" is definitely not okay.
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Aug 30, 2016 04:28
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I've had this idea for years: a service that helps you stage photographs of you doing wonderful things that you could use for the purpose of getting a job or for your social media profiles or whatever. Our guarantee: no Photoshop, only honestly fake pictures. There would be a sliding scale of costs: you helping an old lady across a street would obviously be a cheaper picture than you teaching a class of third-world children how to read.
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Oct 25, 2016 09:37
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froward posted:can you get a picture of me riding a bear, leading a cavalry charge onto ISIS trenches? No request we can't fulfill.
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:B-b-but why didn't tell that before I gave them my bank details???? What a waste of council tax We paid for your hacks
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Oct 30, 2016 00:14
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Aren't those things just scams to get people's personal data to sell to marketers and stuff?
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Celery Face posted:There's this aggressive crackhead in my city who has been using the same "My dad is a chief at an up island reserve and I need just ten bucks to stay at the hostel" story for years now. He once called me a stuck up bitch (fittingly enough, he has a fedora and a greasy ponytail) for ignoring him after he told me to smile. Even the other panhandlers think he's a dick apparently. That sucks because in any front facing business you need to be friends with your coworkers.
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Apr 25, 2017 03:55
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Bogan King posted:The other panhandlers are his competition though not his coworkers so them not liking him could just be professional jealousy. There are two ways to look at this.
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Apr 25, 2017 04:21
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The real lesson is to just loving pay people what you owe them and if you can't then come clean and give an honest explanation rather than just hoping everything is going to work out somehow.
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May 15, 2017 05:36
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I'm always amazed by how many people think it's some kind of government organization.
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May 22, 2017 04:21
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Absurd Alhazred posted:That's because it stands to reason that there should be. Also it has "Bureau" in the name. But it's just so incredibly easy to find out that it's a business/scam.
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May 22, 2017 06:31
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froward posted:Hey just posting to say I haven't kept up with the thread at all, but if there's anything you guys want me to edit into the op let me know via pm or irc. We have such fabulous opportunities to show you.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:58
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The lesson from the last 15 years is that people are willing and genuinely want to pay for their content, but they aren't willing to jump through a million hoops or pay more than they think the service is worth. This lesson has been entirely lost on content providers.
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Jun 23, 2017 05:42
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If you're extremely paranoid, even nice hotels will let you use a debit card at check-in. They don't want to do it, they'll put a big hold on your bank account which could last for weeks after you check out, and you won't be able to charge anything to your room, but, hey, nobody else will either.
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Jul 26, 2017 06:23
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Thanatosian posted:Yes, this would be exactly what I'm referring to. I don't see a difference.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:59
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Please donate at the $10 level so I can just get a couple of bucks for the bus to go see my sick mother at a job interview.
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Oct 28, 2017 04:04
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Michael Corleone posted:My dad has Lifelock, I told him he is dumb but he has NEVER had his identity stolen, so it works. I swear I made this same post in this or another thread like a year ago. A real life example of the rock that keeps tigers away.
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Jan 18, 2018 02:41
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Mafia guy, shareholder, potato, potahto. The major difference is if a mafia guy breaks your legs you're going to heal a lot faster than it takes for something negative to fall off your credit report.
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Jan 29, 2018 04:23
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The gas can is just a prop, gas can men want money.
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May 9, 2018 14:44
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Capital One sends an email if I give a large tip at a bar or restaurant. That's hypervigilance!
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shame on an IGA posted:The BBB is a shakedown racket that belongs in this thread as content. Yeah they are the worst and their persistence in the American public consciousness is incomprehensible.
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Eric the Mauve posted:I consider it more of a feature than a bug to keep everyone who takes the BBB seriously out of my customer pool, but that's just me You are insanely naive if you actually think there's a government agency with teeth that enforces best practices and protects consumers. Probably a good mark.
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Jul 1, 2018 05:47
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Don Gato posted:At this point in time I'm pretty sure telemarketers know more about where I live and my job than my own family does. We're beginning to enter a phase where, eventually, companies will have so much information about people that they will know you better than you know yourself. Every advertising experience will involve you having a crushing epiphany about yourself, coming to grips with a savage Truth. Every store will be full of people crying and frantically texting their loved ones while they try to buy some new shoes.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Hi hello I would like to ask/know what the thread opinion is on STAR CITIZEN It's a scam.
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He promised a game where you could live in a sci-fi space world, and be a cool dude there. This appealed to sad people, who were duly separated from their money.
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