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Cake day: June 21st, 2023
  • ophelia@lemmy.catoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Why are scammers so extra?English
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    1 year ago

    I know I’ll probably get dogpiled for saying this, but I’ll say it anyway. It makes me really sad to see these things because they’re targeted to people who aren’t “willingly stupid”. Learning disabled and the elderly primarily. I’ve also seen foreign teenagers who grew up without technology in very corrupt government systems fall for similar messages.

    It really breaks my heart. We should be protecting these people, but there’s so many comments here blaming them.

    “Stupid people” aren’t the problem here, the scammers taking advantage of the most vulnerable populations are.

  • ophelia@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What content do you miss on Lemmy?
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    1 year ago

    The Herman Cain award made me sad. It’s people who are just the right mix of stubborn, alienated, uneducated, and gullible to dig their heels into something that really made no sense. And then dying because of it.

    I wish I was smart enough to find a way to help them instead, but I always get too frustrated talking with them before I even begin to get close.