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View Poll Results: The person reporting the alleged crime is:
A Victim 9 4.64%
A Crook 12 6.19%
A (expletive) Moron 75 38.66%
Both 2 & 3 98 50.52%
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Old 08-08-2022, 03:41 PM
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Our hobby is a bizarre place. My favorite part is that 7 people (at present vote) here think his story is legit or mostly legit and he is an actual victim.
By now I would have thought triple digits. 7 shows the planet has hope.
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Old 08-08-2022, 07:40 PM
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I'd vote #4 but I'd add #5....which is, this is all an insurance scam..Just my
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By now I would have thought triple digits. 7 shows the planet has hope.
I’d love to hear from some of them for their full thoughts on why this story makes sense as a possible event.
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I’d love to hear from some of them for their full thoughts on why this story makes sense as a possible event.
Careful what you wish for...for my sake, Greg.
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Old 08-08-2022, 09:04 PM
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Careful what you wish for...for my sake, Greg.
I may come to regret it…
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I may come to regret it…
Maybe the missing detail is that what the "thief" said, and what the "victim" misunderstood, is that $99,000 of the $100,000 was non-fungible.
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Damn! 155 responses & just 9 think he is a victim
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Damn! 155 responses & just 9 think he is a victim
...and roughly 7 out of every 8 respondents think he's a moron.

An (expletive) moron, actually.
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