There's definite Paranoia Fuel in this to say that almost anyone you meet online could do this to you. It's crazy to say the least. Phishing emails made me paranoid when I first learned about them and hopefully, I'm the right kind of guarded for stuff like this.
Guten Morgen
Redmess
Actually the dating sites are full of Only Fans creators who prey on lonely men. That's a whole different story.
Optimism is a duty.
Lost in Space
I finally got around to watching the segment and I have to say that I agree with Oliver's conclusion: the only way these scams will stop is if people stop falling for them.
Sure, I get it: the people executing the scams at the ground level are often victims themselves, but what am I supposed to do with this information? "This guy pretending to be a sexy lady who needs my help to get her passport out of hock could have a metaphorical gun to his head. Does that mean I should send him money so he gets to eat?"
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Redmess
Well, what you should do with that is refrain from trying to get back at them or trying to get them into trouble. That's the takeaway - that the person trying to scam you is not the one responsible for scamming you, and trying to get back at them may get them hurt or killed by a criminal gang.
And stop falling for it? This is not a question of dumbasses not thinking things through. Some of those people on the segment did think things through, even verifying through third parties. They did everything they could have reasonably done to avoid a scam, and they were still scammed.
Anyone could fall for this sort of scam under the right circumstances, even intelligent people like us. That's the scary thing about it.
Optimism is a duty.
Effectively they become your best friend, and when your best friend tells you about a great opportunity they found you don't doubt them.
Redmess
Right, it's about becoming friends and letting your guard down, and then they betray you, because the criminal cartel forces them to.
Optimism is a duty.
This sounds like a parody of american business.
You lost!
I watched the Boeing episode Tuesday night with my mom. Yeah I already don't like flying…
This didn't help with that at all. I really hope they fix all their problems because the last thing I want is to be on a plane that's got design flaws that'll force it to crash. All those fatal accidents that could've been avoided…
My God. Again, dread immediately comes to mind because I don't want to get on a plane that's gonna run the great risk of coming apart or falling out of the sky. In fact, I'm sure no one does.
Lost in Space
It's important to remember that commercial air travel has an incredibly good safety record. Even if you get on a 737 MAX 9, you're almost certainly going to be fine. But that record is maintained by aggressive attention to detail, and that's what Boeing has been showing signs of messing up lately.
As an avid follower of human spaceflight, I've seen similar problems in Boeing's Starliner crew capsule program: shortcuts taken that lead to safety problems, plus a lack of effective regulatory oversight. At least in the latter case, once the problems cropped up, NASA went back and grilled the company until it did things properly. However, that's led to $1.4 billion in cost overruns and Boeing's leadership coming out and saying, "Well, that's the last time we do fixed-price contracts," missing the point like a blind archer in a windstorm.
The company has to fix its shit from the top down, meaning a complete retooling of its leadership, and that may simply be too much to ask. If so, one of the bastions of engineering excellence in this country — indeed, in the entire world — may be nearing its end.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 7th 2024 at 12:23:00 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
I am somehow - entirely illogically - retroactively glad my trip to the US last year was in an Airbus.
But the only term I think that can summarize this entire story is "Coporate Cancer"
Edited by 3of4 on Mar 7th 2024 at 11:03:07 AM
"You can reply to this Message!"
After watching this, the characters from Scrubs getting away with absurd, potentially career-ending behavior doesn't seem so unrealistic.
The non-main story segment was about Mark Robinson. God what a nutcase.
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That man just wants any kind of attention he can get, negative or not. He's chaos-incarnate.
God this medical system's a nightmare. I'm shocked any of this has been able to fly. You'd think I'd learn by now.
Surprised he didn't bring up the Supreme Court ruling that every state who either removed Trump or was considering removing him had no choice but to accept him on the ballot. Speaking of the SC, if Thomas's deadline to accept the offer expires and he doesn't take it, will John make the same offer to ALL the members in that case? Heck, will he reveal he drafted up personal offers to EVERYONE and then the first two or three to accept get them!? Haha.
God I hope that's his plan. That would be amazing.
Edited by futuremoviewriter on Mar 14th 2024 at 11:22:35 AM
Am I a weirdo?
As someone who works in the medical field, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. There aren't a lot of bad doctors, but it's absolutely impossible to get rid of them. I've heard coworkers tell me things like, "Never go to that doctor. He got fired from our hospital for trying to cover up his mistakes by tampering with medical records, and then he immediately set up shop in the clinic next door."
Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
Not a cat
Anybody read the comments section? Yikes!
If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
Redmess
Never read the comments section.
Optimism is a duty.
Still watching the latest episode. Main story this week is Student Debt.
Secondary story was on the Tik Tok ban attempts by Congress. Plus a return of "Coming Up on Inside Edition"! 
Not a cat
Btw, it's been a month. Did Clarance Thomas accept that deal? 
Redmess
Is that a question? Of course he didn't.
Thomas was never going to accept the deal, if only because the stuff he gets from his "friends" is worth way more than a million per year. The point of the stunt was the fact that John could make the offer at all with absolutely zero legal consequences.
He did remind Thomas about it on the episode, though, saying he had only a few hours left to accept the deal.
Redmess
Well, of course he did, because he is a troll. But I don't think anyone had any serious expectations that he would take John up on the offer.
Optimism is a duty.
It sounds like every other type of financial scam, like a Ponzi scheme.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.