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 threadNangpa 🇳🇴Jul 31, 2024

@oceane @revk

Maybe I can't read, but the topic here is not skin colour, nationality or race - not even close...
So, I don't see the racism issue

Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@Nangpa @revk Because this kind of call center is often abroad, and because the call operators are often PoC.
Show threadNangpa 🇳🇴Jul 31, 2024

Sorry, @oceane

Fediverse is worlwide with people/users from around the globe and we can't be too "woke" all the time.

I don't mind "woke" people but this got nothing to do with this post by @revk

Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@Nangpa @revk Indeed but speaking as a white person I can tell you without a shadow of doubt that when white people think about call center scams they think about brown people. If harming a call center scammer is harming a brown person, then this post is embedded in a racist culture and in racist practices. I didn't say that revk was racist, and I have the luxury not to have to jump to conclusions. I'm just saying, I will repeat, that "there's arguably racism in that".
Show thread24😷-185Jul 31, 2024

@oceane @revk @Nangpa There are call centres in India who make fradulent calls to English-speaking elderly people about their computer.

They are brought down by hackers because Indian authorities won't do anything and are often bribed by local politicians.

The bosses make hundreds of money by selling inefficient computer protections. The cold-callers barely hide their joy when they see a well-fed bank account and when they are caught about lying about their identity, they resort to insults.

Are you seriously suggesting that nothing should be done against that because that would be considered as racism!?

Show threadRevK Jul 31, 2024
@240185 @oceane @Nangpa I was not considering race at all.
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@revk @240185 @Nangpa (I didn't mean to imply you did. I said there was "arguably racism in that [i.e., in the context in which this message was written and shared]".)
Show threadOcéaneJul 31, 2024
@revk @240185 @Nangpa You should understand that there's an historical precedent here with neo-Nazi instances leveraging "free speech" as an excuse. You probably aren't aware of it, but your update feels even more [in]appropriate than the image itself for this reason.

[Sorry for the belated typo fix]
Show threadRevK 

@oceane @240185 @Nangpa Sorry to hear that - I am puzzled it has now got in to race, which was not in the original post at all. Indeed, I rarely get calls that don't sound like they are in the UK, but that was not my consideration at all in the post.

Junk/fraud calls are a plague on us all, and this post was an amusing rebalancing of the nuisance caused by them.

What of all the people on low wages trying to make a living who are interrupted by junk callers.

Jul 31, 2024 at 3:13pmWeb