Of course all the scammers they reference are niggers.
Something I've noticed is the young people have very little intelligence on the internet compared to at least what it seemed like in the early days when I was on there around those ages. It's too normal to just share things freely. Simple things I've heard of sharing passwords and accounts is almost common. Stupid ass Fortnite accounts full of hundreds of dollars of skins, gone, because their dumb ass thought some dude on a Discord app was going to help them. They are just morons and I can't speculate as to why. I specifically remember when my cousin was 13 essentially having to tell him, "you are about to get your credit card stolen, you are a dumbass, stop now or I'm calling your mom to make you stop." I almost never had to go that far. Then you take in the common hoe-ness of young girls. My understanding, they share that shit almost freely by that age, that's not just random online chicks, but those these kids know in person. I don't get the idea that the boys really like to, but the girls manipulate the shit out of them, especially the spineless ones. Add in the scammers and here we are.
Oh and I've gotten scam e-mails demanding money for compromising photos like they mention too. It's just a new Nigerian prince. I know damn well it's fake because such photos do not exist. I'm sure if they had gained access to all of my stuff they'd find some things. They would not find nude photos.
Something I've noticed is the young people have very little intelligence on the internet compared to at least what it seemed like in the early days when I was on there around those ages. It's too normal to just share things freely.
Part of this is that with the advent of social media, and Facebook more specifically, we lost the constant mantra from our elders to never tell anyone your real identity on the internet because there are ne'er do wells out there. Now everyone just posts with their home address and social security number next to their face. It's absolutely unconscionable for anyone who grew up with a dial-up connection.
However I think the notion that there's very little intelligence is real. Gaining access to the internet itself used to be more or less intelligence gated due to the relative complexity of the technology involved. Now any 70 IQ retard and get access via a smartphone they bought at the mall without having to ever see a command line or configuration file. Even the kids on the internet back then were the offspring of comparatively more intelligent people, so the overall intelligence level of those on the internet was higher even among the kids. Now we have the third world alongside all the domestic mouth breathers and everything's gone to shit.
Non-empirical evidence but I've noticed I struggle to find people my age on social media, such as if I try to look up an old schoolmate or something. They just don't exist. We also knew to never put shit out on the internet.
That's a good point on the barrier to entry too. I didn't think of that but it's true. I couldn't imagine explaining to some how to get to a game in my Dosbox without just reading the commands out to them word for word.
I have relatives from East Germany who refuse to get on any social media because it sounds too much like the Stasi. I thought it was stupid at first, and now sort of agree with them.
Something I've noticed is the young people have very little intelligence on the internet compared to at least what it seemed like in the early days when I was on there around those ages.
Eternal September and it's consequences have been horrific for society as a whole.
Something I've noticed is the young people have very little intelligence on the internet compared to at least what it seemed like in the early days when I was on there around those ages. It's too normal to just share things freely. Simple things I've heard of sharing passwords and accounts is almost common.
About 2 weeks ago a work group chat I was in that was set up by our shop steward had an incident like that. A new hire sent his bank account and routing number, in plain text, over text message, to at least 20 people. The shop steward literally had to beg people not to run off with that information and delete it.
I can confidently say that I don't have many moments where my jaw literally dropped open, but that was one of them. It was literally a moment where I thought, "am I the same species as this thing?" to myself.
I was taught not to reveal personal information on the internet at a young age, that it would get stolen by 1337 haxorz and sheeit. Apparently nobody born after 9/11 was taught that.
Of course all the scammers they reference are niggers.
Something I've noticed is the young people have very little intelligence on the internet compared to at least what it seemed like in the early days when I was on there around those ages. It's too normal to just share things freely. Simple things I've heard of sharing passwords and accounts is almost common. Stupid ass Fortnite accounts full of hundreds of dollars of skins, gone, because their dumb ass thought some dude on a Discord app was going to help them. They are just morons and I can't speculate as to why. I specifically remember when my cousin was 13 essentially having to tell him, "you are about to get your credit card stolen, you are a dumbass, stop now or I'm calling your mom to make you stop." I almost never had to go that far. Then you take in the common hoe-ness of young girls. My understanding, they share that shit almost freely by that age, that's not just random online chicks, but those these kids know in person. I don't get the idea that the boys really like to, but the girls manipulate the shit out of them, especially the spineless ones. Add in the scammers and here we are.
Oh and I've gotten scam e-mails demanding money for compromising photos like they mention too. It's just a new Nigerian prince. I know damn well it's fake because such photos do not exist. I'm sure if they had gained access to all of my stuff they'd find some things. They would not find nude photos.
Part of this is that with the advent of social media, and Facebook more specifically, we lost the constant mantra from our elders to never tell anyone your real identity on the internet because there are ne'er do wells out there. Now everyone just posts with their home address and social security number next to their face. It's absolutely unconscionable for anyone who grew up with a dial-up connection.
However I think the notion that there's very little intelligence is real. Gaining access to the internet itself used to be more or less intelligence gated due to the relative complexity of the technology involved. Now any 70 IQ retard and get access via a smartphone they bought at the mall without having to ever see a command line or configuration file. Even the kids on the internet back then were the offspring of comparatively more intelligent people, so the overall intelligence level of those on the internet was higher even among the kids. Now we have the third world alongside all the domestic mouth breathers and everything's gone to shit.
Non-empirical evidence but I've noticed I struggle to find people my age on social media, such as if I try to look up an old schoolmate or something. They just don't exist. We also knew to never put shit out on the internet.
That's a good point on the barrier to entry too. I didn't think of that but it's true. I couldn't imagine explaining to some how to get to a game in my Dosbox without just reading the commands out to them word for word.
I have relatives from East Germany who refuse to get on any social media because it sounds too much like the Stasi. I thought it was stupid at first, and now sort of agree with them.
Eternal September and it's consequences have been horrific for society as a whole.
I could not possibly be more nostalgic for pre-AOL internet.
About 2 weeks ago a work group chat I was in that was set up by our shop steward had an incident like that. A new hire sent his bank account and routing number, in plain text, over text message, to at least 20 people. The shop steward literally had to beg people not to run off with that information and delete it.
I can confidently say that I don't have many moments where my jaw literally dropped open, but that was one of them. It was literally a moment where I thought, "am I the same species as this thing?" to myself.
I was taught not to reveal personal information on the internet at a young age, that it would get stolen by 1337 haxorz and sheeit. Apparently nobody born after 9/11 was taught that.