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by dogruck 2967 days ago
It always makes me smile when I see the hoard of people proudly step forward, and boast, “oh yes, here are examples of how I’ve cheated various systems!!”

Which is fine. That’s human nature.

But. No shame.

1 comments

Not sure I see anything shameful here. More like clever.

I’m reminded of that guy[1] who earned tons of airline miles by taking advantage of an ill-thought-out pudding promotion.

1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Phillips_(entrepreneur...

Clever and unethical aren’t disjoint. Lotta clever thieves and scammers.