* I've been conned - well, more cornered than anything. Not
       online but IRL as a teenager. One of those "throw the
       basketball" and win a plushie. New York City. I actually
       knew the scam from the first throw but felt myself
       surrounded and felt as if I *had* to continue. Before i knew
       it, all my money was gone. Then he gives me $20 back of my
       money and says "double or nothing". Ugh, it was awful.

       It happens. I mean, you have to believe _something_ of what
       people say. All they have to do is lie convincingly and that
       doesn't take much.

       2+2 always = 4. See, a convincing lie. Easy.

       Thankfully, I was raised on shows like, "Fight Back with
       David Horowitz on NBC" (consumer activist show) in the 80s,
       learned to stay close to the driver on field trips, and got
       a crash course in male bigotry and sexism in the media in
       1990. Oh, and an avid reader of Consumer Reports as a
       teenager and read lots of "don't accept what people tell you
       just because it's what you want to hear" type messages
       hiding in science fiction books, TV shows, non-fiction
       books, even the church I grew up with (Methodist).

       So... while I was probably born to be a sucker, I got good
       enough training to manage not to get conned... although
       getting cornered irl is another story - hence, why I like
       the Internet better; more time to think
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       [4]Kenneth Udut Oh and a steady diet of George Carlin's
       "it's all bullshit" philosophy. Big influencer - and a
       general "New Jersey" 'I don't believe it even if I see it
       unless I *want* to see it and it makes sense to *me*
       personally" attitude.



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