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April 27th, 2003, 03:32 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
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Nope Thermo, you understimate the human race. 
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April 27th, 2003, 03:38 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
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thermo, im glad you have such high opinions on humanity but the answer is, as they said, ALWAYS YES. Greed, agreed, but i also want to get that money, do i run out to the hotel?
Nope Thermo, you understimate the human race.
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My friend, you must be young or unexposed. In my life’s experience, which included some time in the third world and a few moments behind the old iron curtain, I have found that the human ability to be stupid is exceeded only by it’s ability to believe as fact that which is unsupported by
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April 27th, 2003, 08:21 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
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Are People Really Dumb Enough?
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The question is what do you trust more: your luck or statistics. A lot of people trust their luck much more. That is why casinos and sport betting companies are for. |
April 27th, 2003, 09:56 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
thermodyne, i am young. and i know how powerful is the greed drive. but i have my, if limited, experience to judge by. i am not a foolish youngling.
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April 27th, 2003, 09:58 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
ack i wont be getting into this discussion too deep... it all depends where and how you lived and your view on the world. im not that bad inclined towards humanity, i just... enough.
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April 29th, 2003, 02:46 PM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
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i am not a foolish youngling.
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May 2nd, 2003, 07:43 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
A similar scam went around Australia at the start of the year. The few people who fell for it, mostly High-Profile Solicitors, CEOs & Professionals, were taken on a free holiday to Spain, including flights and hotels, and were taken to the Bank were the assassinated Nigerian President laundered his US$16 Billion dollars.
Unfortunately this bank was now in receivership and the Son of the Nigerian President needed money and legal assistance to re-open the bank before he could get the money...
The Australian Police claimed they caught the people causing this scam, but their Crime Figures are a scam in its own right...
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