I don’t think you understand how determined the buyers are once they’ve been convinced by the scammer. I used to work for a major retailer that had signs at the register AND messages that the customer had to accept on the signature pad confirming they didn’t believe they were being scammed before going through with the purchase.

Additionally, my team was instructed to call me over any time they had a customer who they felt was being scammed to try to talk to them. Sometimes, I was successful, but other times I wasn’t. There is still one guy who goes in weekly to buy $500 of various gift cards for his overseas “girlfriend” on WhatsApp. I tried talking to him multiple times and he became increasingly angry at the conversation. I just had to accept I couldn’t help him.

There’s also a good chance many or all of the hostages are dead.

I think this encapsulates NYC to perfection

It’s wild how conservatives have been led to believe that people shouldn’t make a livable wage doing whatever job needs to be done.

Then, when people don’t want to work for shit pay, they cry that “nobody wants to work anymore”.

Thanks for looking it up. It was a few years ago, so maybe I messed up the details along the way or the local branch manager was just being a dick to prevent a lost membership.

About time. Retro Fitness gym wanted a notarized letter from someone I know explaining why they no longer wanted the membership. Absolute insanity.

Is there something I’m missing? It wasn’t clear to me that he doesn’t have a mask or can’t get one.

It will never be $30,000 or less. He did the same thing with the Model 3.

You really just can’t believe anything this guy says regarding his products.

Safari. Use DDG in browser, but primarily use Perplexity for searches via its app.

While I agree with him, it’s also a stupid thing to say out loud during the election when they’re CLEARLY trying to sway moderate and uneasy right leaning voters.

I know someone who was born in Palestine (but spent most of his life in the US) who will be voting for Trump because, and these are his words, “I just think he’ll be better”.

Not even worth having the convo.

Maybe though I don’t like using someone’s addiction to poke fun. He did a really good job of overcoming it originally and then pissed it all away like so many other’s left in Trump’s wake.

It’s amazing how this guy managed to basically throw away everything he had accomplished for a grifter who doesn’t even give two shits about him.

Fuuuuck it’s addictive. Love that I get it with Apple Arcade.

I’ve never heard the term “genericized trademarks”

I’ve always heard and read it as proprietary eponyms.

He admitted to selling the laptop but claims the girlfriend gave it to him to sell, but he certainly had possession of it.

I still believe the death sentence should be removed from the table if there’s even a shred of doubt which there is plenty of in this case.

I think it’s reasonable to say he might still be guilty. The victim’s personal items were found in his car, after all.

However, there’s doubt and execution leaves no room for doubt. The fact that they’re willing to murder a man whose guilt/innocence is in question is unconscionable.

What the kid did in unconscionable and, IMO, unforgivable. That said, it seems like his parents were real pieces of shit and he didn’t stand much of a chance of being a functional person himself.

Thanks for sharing. Glad you’re happy.