RevK Jul 31, 2024

That is genius!

Update:

LOL, someone reported me to, err, me... The first report I have ever had!

Seems I have to clarify.

All junk calls I get, are either not legal under PECR, or actually fraudulent. I am assuming this is the nature of this call. If not, then not so funny.

I have zero sympathy for someone that works for criminals. Arguing that the only job you can get is working for criminals does not justify it. Sorry. But that is my free speech opinion.

So I won't be suspending myself.

Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@revk I'm not sure you understand how much stress this person has put on a delocalized worker, who's already alienated in normal conditions, having to follow a route made by white collar workers. He may have a family to feed and he isn't the problem himself. He may have been fired, or at best he's lost an hour of paid labor while fearing losing his job, in great distress.

This is only funny for ignorant people, and there's arguably racism in that. Do better.
Show threadTwobiscuits🚴‍♂️ Jul 31, 2024
Cold calling is illegal. And then there are actual scam calls – and these have reached a prevalence that makes me reluctant to answer the phone to an unknown number. Which isn’t great since I am a freelancer and have no way of knowing whether it's a potential client trying to contact me? This is criminal activity that's messing with the functioning of essential infrastructure. Personally I wouldn't take the call. But fucking with their systems is ok afaic.
Show threadOcéane
@twobiscuits Did you read me carefully? Indeed, messing with their systems is OK, especially by legally threatening their employers. Putting someone who, I will repeat, does a sweatshop job on the brink of losing it isn't.
Jul 31, 2024 at 1:07pmWeb
Show threadTwobiscuits🚴‍♂️ Jul 31, 2024
@oceane Ok if I ever have a burglar, I must remember to help them find what they're looking for in case the gang doesn't pay them …
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@twobiscuits Is burgling a systemic problem? I do not think it is. It is at most a reaction to systemic problems (such as the defunding of our public school systems, too long work weeks increasing joblessness + a too low minimum wage, or a lack of resources for hospitals and psychotherapy; a lack of family subventions; and so forth).
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@twobiscuits If I was presented with the choice of losing my Nintendo Switch or letting a teenager get abused by their schoolmates, however, since this is closer to the topic at hand, I'd assure them that they could get away with my Switch then I'd bake some pancakes.

I'm a bit virtue-signaling here, but this is just a gaming tablet. I'm 28 years old.
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@twobiscuits I mean honestly, I could get rid of my Switch for much less than that. I could get rid of it on a whim. I could forget it at a remote hotel chest and consider it lost without giving a shit. It isn't people. It's a game.

I can hardly see something that would have enough value at my place to let people get hurt. So honestly this is a bad example.
Show threadKattenpööt 🕊️ 🏳️‍🌈Jul 31, 2024

@twobiscuits

Thank you for providing me with an example for straw man fallacy.

@oceane