Sat Apr 18, 2015, 08:53 AM

Saying dumb shit for attention and profit.

Since this is a thing now, I wish the Internet would stop playing into the hands of the latest horde of scammers, attention-seekers, and general idiots. The latest trend seems to be to wait until the conditions are right, say something so vile and stupid that it pisses most normal people off, and then sick like-minded morons on any resistance.

Another trend is to be an asshole and then mysteriously have a GoFundMe page set up in your name. How convenient. It's almost like people are being scammed or something...

Can the Internet stop falling for such obvious trolling? Of course not. It never will. Not when every idiot with extra cash falls for the same textbook idiocy over and over again.

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Saying dumb shit for attention and profit. (Original post)	Oneironaut	Apr 2015	OP
Don't blame "the Internet." It's people.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2015	#1
True. You would think that, after the same	Oneironaut	Apr 2015	#2
once again	olddots	Apr 2015	#3
God put this OP next to the Bachman OP in Latest Threads for a reason.	IADEMO2004	Apr 2015	#4
There has always been stupid...	world wide wally	Apr 2015	#5
no shit	arely staircase	Apr 2015	#6
Oh. Sorry...	SidDithers	Apr 2015	#7

Response to Oneironaut (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 08:58 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (105,765 posts)

1. Don't blame "the Internet." It's people.

People have always done dumb things and perpetrated scams and all that other stuff. The Internet makes it easier to spread the crap, but it's people that are doing it. "The Internet" isn't "falling for obvious trolling" any more than telephones are responsible for phone scams. People are doing it. They are the trolls and the trollees. If you want people to be less dishonest, evil and stupid, good luck with that.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:01 AM

Oneironaut (4,510 posts)

2. True. You would think that, after the same

type of trolling happening over and over again, places like Memories pizza wouldn't have made a cent. It's not because of the Internet, but it's annoying that this sort of thing isn't called out for what it is.

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:02 AM

olddots (10,237 posts)

3. once again

The medium is the message .

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:11 AM

IADEMO2004 (4,994 posts)

4. God put this OP next to the Bachman OP in Latest Threads for a reason.

For a good laugh.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026527005

Bachmann: God Punishing US With 'Economic Disasters, Natural Disasters' Due To Obama Presidency

i thought this gerbil brained moron left the station?????

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 09:25 AM

world wide wally (21,242 posts)