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    • taniwharugby
      taniwharugby @Kruse last edited by

      @Kruse yeah there was a show I watched years back in the UK where they engaged in conversation with the scammers and even arranged to meet up to handover the fee to enable them to collect the millions....

      I got an email from my companies CEO a few years back, and yep, was one thing spelt incorrectly, although given my boss was supposedly asking me to click on a link to buy something, I kinda knew it was off!

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      • Snowy
        Snowy @Kruse last edited by

        @Kruse said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

        I got one from Hong Kong a couple of days ago

        Probably one of my unemployed pilot mates, so definitely not legit, didn't trust them when they had a job, (most of them are white so you're O.K. on the racism side - if you're white?). If you aren't then you are a racist.

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        • Crazy Horse
          Crazy Horse last edited by

          We often get phone calls at work telling us there are warrants out for our arrest and what we need to do to make them go away 😀

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          • mariner4life
            mariner4life @Crazy Horse last edited by

            @Crazy-Horse said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

            We often get phone calls at work telling us there are warrants out for our arrest and what we need to do to make them go away 😀

            It's amazing what you can do with an apple card...

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            • taniwharugby
              taniwharugby @Crazy Horse last edited by

              @Crazy-Horse

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              • taniwharugby
                taniwharugby @Hooroo last edited by

                @Hooroo I heard on the news the notes looked very real and were used to buy drinks in the 'tron

                🤦

                https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123629830/fake-money-used-to-buy-drinks-in-hamilton-nightclub

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                  • mariner4life
                    mariner4life @Stockcar86 last edited by

                    @Stockcar86 said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                    holy shit @Gibbit is an full on actor now?

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                    • Bones
                      Bones @mariner4life last edited by

                      @mariner4life mildly brown guy with glasses = Gibbit. Brilliant.

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                      • Victor Meldrew
                        Victor Meldrew @Crazy Horse last edited by

                        @Crazy-Horse said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                        We often get phone calls at work telling us there are warrants out for our arrest and what we need to do to make them go away 😀

                        These arsehole scammers wreck lives by targetting vulnerable people with this sort of stuff and with fake virus scams. Almost scammed an elderly neighbor out of £300 a few years back

                        There's a whole community of anti-scammers taking these arseholes on. They get access to the scammers PCs , work out who's running the scams, steal files showing who's been scammed, wreck scam call centres and work with police and banks to get the money back. Def. the good guys. Search Youtube for Jim Browning Scammers

                        Another scambuster called Peirogi has some hilarious videos and an alter-ego grandmother called Vivian Rogers. Worth a watch.

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                        • taniwharugby
                          taniwharugby last edited by

                          this could go in the awesome thread too...

                          https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/123645466/tvnz-breakfast-celebrates-serial-killers-fred-and-rosemary-wests-wedding-anniversary-on-todays-the-day-segment

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                          • Snowy
                            Snowy @taniwharugby last edited by

                            @taniwharugby said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                            this could go in the awesome thread too...

                            Made me laugh, wish you pricks would stop doing that.

                            Anyway, at least I'll recognise the Wests in hell now.

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                            • Tim
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                              • taniwharugby
                                taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

                                wow

                                A judge has directed the 83-year-old dementia sufferer should be freed, to take effect in three months to allow time for somewhere to be found to care for Vincent.

                                In 1968, he pleaded guilty to seven charges of indecent assault and was sentenced to the open-ended term of preventive detention.

                                Today he would probably avoid going to prison completely.

                                EDIT: Heard on the radio that the assaults were on young boys, so no way he'd have avoided prison.

                                “He has been refused parole at least 48 times, most recently on 19 August 2019. He is apparently New Zealand’s longest serving prisoner.

                                https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/123723717/alf-vincent-83-nzs-longest-serving-prisoner-is-to-be-freed

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                                • Siam
                                  Siam @taniwharugby last edited by Siam

                                  @taniwharugby my first thought was that removing this fella from his lifelong, safe environment into the care of a strange place and people would be about the most stress you could put him under.

                                  This isn't an act of kindness. He's not going to skip about delighted at the modern world infinitely elated by his new found freedom.

                                  Another fine example of the "saviours" making themselves feel better to the detriment of the victim.

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                                  • Snowy
                                    Snowy @Siam last edited by

                                    @Siam said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                    @taniwharugby my first thought was that removing this fella from his lifelong, safe environment into the care of a strange place and people would be about the most stress you could put him under.

                                    This isn't an act of kindness. He's not going to skip about delighted at the modern world infinitely elated by his new found freedom.

                                    Another fine example of the "saviours" making themselves feel better to the detriment of the victim.

                                    Suspect a prison may not be the best place to deal with this:

                                    "Vincent had stage five dementia and a range of other health issues. He appeared not to know his name, did not talk clearly, had no self-care skills, and required help for all his daily activities."

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                                    • dogmeat
                                      dogmeat @Snowy last edited by

                                      @Snowy give him internet access and he sounds like he'd fit in here just fine.

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                                      • Snowy
                                        Snowy @dogmeat last edited by

                                        @dogmeat said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                        @Snowy give him internet access and he sounds like he'd fit in here just fine.

                                        There is some evidence that he may already be here.

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                                        • taniwharugby
                                          taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

                                          one of the stupid algorithm generated sites that show on Stuff

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                                          If you can be arsed clicking through it, that snake is surprisingly not from NZ, but from SA...am guessing that means those hot Russian chicks that live within 500m of my house wanting me arent real too.

                                          https://www.articlesvally.com/worldwide/snakes-ob/11

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                                                • Nevorian
                                                  Nevorian @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                  @taniwharugby said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                  one of the stupid algorithm generated sites that show on Stuff

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                                                  If you can be arsed clicking through it, that snake is surprisingly not from NZ, but from SA...am guessing that means those hot Russian chicks that live within 500m of my house wanting me arent real too.

                                                  https://www.articlesvally.com/worldwide/snakes-ob/11

                                                  For hot Russian chicks nearby I would be able to accept a Saffa snake in greater aucks

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                                                  • Nevorian
                                                    Nevorian @Tim last edited by

                                                    @Tim said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                    Is accidentally lighting yourself on fire a crime?

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                                                      Tim last edited by

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                                                      • Snowy
                                                        Snowy @Nevorian last edited by Snowy

                                                        @Nevorian said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                        @Tim said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                        Is accidentally lighting yourself on fire a crime?

                                                        I suspect that is part of "the stupid shit". The wording may be a bit poor.

                                                        He was most likely prosecuted for setting a pizza shop car on fire and plead guilty.

                                                        Setting himself on fire is just a bonus for us all.

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                                                            mariner4life @Stargazer last edited by

                                                            @Stargazer said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                            this will be very very hard to top for the funniest thing i see today

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                                                              • Bones
                                                                Bones last edited by

                                                                https://www.independent.co.uk/news/woman-ruled-dead-in-2017-fights-to-be-declared-alive-woman-woman-house-status-paris-b1789052.html

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                                                                    Snowy @Tim last edited by

                                                                    @Tim That is pretty bloody funny.

                                                                    Moral judgement irony - or just didn't like kids...

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                                                                        • taniwharugby
                                                                          taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                          https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300209953/a-french-woman-ruled-dead-in-2017-fights-to-be-declared-alive

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                                                                          • Stargazer
                                                                            Stargazer last edited by

                                                                            I don't read articles on Newshub's site (unless they're about rugby), so didn't read this one, but geez, the tweet!

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                                                                              JC @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                              @Stargazer The jokes just write themselves, don't they? Mrs JC read that out to me yesterday and it resulted in some very unsavoury banter.

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                                                                                Snowy @JC last edited by

                                                                                @JC said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                                                @Stargazer The jokes just write themselves, don't they? Mrs JC read that out to me yesterday and it resulted in some very unsavoury banter.

                                                                                They sure do, and I'm not going to ask.

                                                                                I would like to see the reaction if a male star produced a sausage shaped food product and labeled it "this tastes like my penis".

                                                                                It really is very amusing (I have the sense of humour of a 10 year old).

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                                                                                • antipodean
                                                                                  antipodean @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                                  @Stargazer said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

                                                                                  I don't read articles on Newshub's site (unless they're about rugby), so didn't read this one, but geez, the tweet!

                                                                                  She seems upset at now living in a fishmonger's residence.

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