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0 pointsonlyrealcuzzo4y ago0 comments

> We will lose actual human beings in this.

There will always be people trying to scam people, and always people who get scammed. It's hard to feel bad about an inevitability.

I get it if it's someone you personally know - but otherwise - it's just how the world works.

It's like getting sad when a cheetah catches a gazelle.

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ISL4y ago· 2 in thread

It is different. People scamming people is like cheetahs engaging in cannibalism.

Cheetahs, generally, are likely to be opposed. As long as there are sufficient prey/resources to go around, there is no intrinsic need for cheetahs to eat cheetahs.

onlyrealcuzzoOP4y ago

Okay - that's cheetahs. Humans have an intrinsic need to scam other humans. It's been happening since the beginning of written history.

If we're trying to blame modern technology for a rise in scams - that seems misguided. It's better to just acknowledge that you need to be on your toes for scams from other humans. Some people are gonna fall for the scams - it's inevitable.

babypuncher4y ago

> Humans have an intrinsic need to scam other humans.

I reject this hypothesis; only assholes have an intrinsic need to scam other humans. And rather than accept this as an inevitability, the assholes should be regulated and ostracized to the point where their impact on humanity is negligible.

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