Trump is the political equivalent of those spam/scam emails with intentional misspellings designed to filter out folks who won't ultimately fall for the scam
Trump is the political equivalent of those spam/scam emails with intentional misspellings designed to filter out folks who won't ultimately fall for the scam
Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.
Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.
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58let me tell you about this secret knowledge lamestream media doesn't want you to know
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Is this a shower thought?
31It is not.
0I'm pretty sure the answer is no unless they are browsing the internet in the shower. Also it still wouldn't be a thought
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Sir this is showerthoughts
18Lol, think folks can't read time stamps, mate?
1What? I don't have any doubt you can read a timestamp.
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This post was reported for being a news article not a shower thought. Also it seems like several of the comments are concerned that it is political.
There isn't a rule against posting a link. The article does seem relevant and OP's thought isn't taken from the article, it seems unique, like something you might think of in the shower after reading the article.
There isn't a rule against political posts. Many posts have some component of politics to them.
Thank you all for being civil with each other. Thank you all for commenting and reporting when think something is pushing the limits on what should be considered a "shower thought", it's an abstract concept, so social pressure is helpful in shaping the community. I try to error on the side of being permissive.
As always, I am open to feedback.
Edit: spelling, ironically
17He’s to politics what submarines are to aviation.
16And, with any luck, when he finally implodes he'll take a few billionaires with him.
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10*Truth
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The misspellings are against spam filters
8Could be both, I've gotten emails where a word is spelled correctly some time, and then spolled wrong other times
17I see whot you did there.
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It’s to identify people that are an easy mark, and avoid people that are more observant.
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Would around 50% of Americans fall for an email scam?
6Truthfully? I'd bet an uncomfortable percentage of all people fall for common email scams all the time. But trumps base doesn't represent 50% of the country. More accurately, 33% of Americans fall for it, 33% push against it, and 33% don't think it's a big enough problem to mail in a form letter once every 4 years.
15I mean, if the ex president of the United States sent out the scam email, perhaps!
10He does. Frequently.
"Buy commemorative coins, crypto, watches and Bibles to own the libs!"
I've seen my grandma's email.
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Its actually around 20-25%% if you account for the popular vote (which was not close) and people who did not vote, despite being eligible.
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Honestly, these stories are sad. Half the reports even end with them holding out some hope that their money is still in some fake account (because they have screenshots!), or that the person that conned them was not the perpetrator.
4I’ve tried multiple times to respond to these scam emails, I honestly don’t know what you have to say to get scammed. I’m totally ready to quickly go buy a temporary credit card from target or whatever
4That’s why I’m voting for Rachele Fruit!
3those spam/scam emails[sic] with intentional misspellings
.... like 'emails'? Do your 'emails' have 'datas' in them?
-5What are you on abuot
4they're saying "email" is the plural of "email," and saying "emails" is like saying "datas" as the plural of "data," which is weird since "emails" is definitely valid.
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.... like 'emails'? Do your 'emails' have 'datas'[sic] in them?
You mean ‘datums’?
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