• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Oh yeah. I used to get 2 or 3 of those every Sunday afternoon. I got used to it and eventually didn’t mind as long as they left some real money with it, but the first time you think you’re getting $20 and it’s just a piece of garbage is a real disappointment.

    Do they really think someone’s going to want to join their church after getting jerked around like that?

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      They’re jerking themselves off. This way they can feel like they’re doing God’s work, and they can afford to do it all the time.

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      Well, yah. This is like why the Nigerian Princes put spelling mistakes in their phishing emails. You don’t want to hook the smart ones.

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      They probably think they are giving you real money. A lot of these folks are prosperity gospel cretins that think God financially rewards the faithful. From their perspective, if they succeed in converting you, they may be giving you a tip worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s twisted.