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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• vane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Add “AI Agent” to something everyone’s doing like “Tooth brushing AI Agent.”

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• Alpha71@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The best scams are either holistic/psychic stuff or Hi-fi Audio.

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  • BioDriver@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    High Fi audio is actually legit to a point. Over $300 (well, $400 now with tariffs) is when the scam begins

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    • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not necessarily. For headphones it can go higher. I’m currently looking at hifiman unveiled.

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      • CaptSneeze@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This sequence of comments has me cracking up.

        “I need a thing to make suckers out of morons” … “You should sell them audiophile shit” … “Well… some audiophile shit is ok… up to point… then you become a sucker.” … “Actually… you’re not a sucker at all if you spend a bunch of money on this shit. Here, take my money!”

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      • BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If you’re talking about the Susvara unveiled or whatever they’re currently 15k aud. That is fucking wild.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A good scam is all about finding a way to bypass bs detectors. Appealing to greed or fear while adding a sense of urgency are the classic ones for good reason. But you’ve got others like appealing to in group/out group dynamics, distrust of institutions, ego, desired self image, laziness, carelessness so much more. You’ve also got those selecting to trigger anyone with a bs detector to only spend time on those without one.

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• entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ok - hear me out.

  We get idk 1000 of us poors to buy some cheap land in the Midwest. Up in Appalachia.

  We sell “Rapture Survival Communities”

  They’re $999/month and you’ll get a hidden bungalow community complete with bunker. We’ll fill it with doctors and pastors and birthing women.

  BUT YOU CANT KNOW THE LOCATION UNTIL THE RAPTURE HAPPENS. You don’t want any pesky liberals finding it and gaying up the place with their liberal demonic child sacrifice transness.

  We will deliver coordinates via analog radio and Morse code once the rapture has started.

  By business plan makes Sam Altman hard in his butt:

  1. Collect money
  2. Don’t build anything.
  3. repeat

  When they come screaming for proof and receipts and refunds… Just gaslight them and buy a politician.

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  • WildPalmTree@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If I were an “angel”, I’d go with you. I like the cut of your jib. You have what it takes. If only 1) me business angel 2) you pitch-deck. We would clean-up the business space.

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• utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unfortunately for you you don’t have what it takes. You need to be a proper psychopath to scam others.

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  • Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This. The worst thing for any salesman to have is scruples.

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  • tio_bira@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sometimes i observe so many ways to get easy money and don’t have to hard work, than i remember than my parents raised my scruples and moral… Would be so easy if i wasn’t

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m working on the grift of all gifts, if you want in, you can buy shares of my grift for $100 each.

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  • Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wanna help me convince maga that citrus makes people gay? I think we could solve a lot with that.

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  • Atropos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And if you don’t trust this guy, I offer grift insurance for only 15% of expected value!

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