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[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Damn I need to start scamming MAGAs. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to start a new career in the scamming industry?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shopify commercials tell me they're all I need to make a business.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I used to work in web development and I cannot tell you how much I detest Shopify and its incredibly outdated scripting language. It's an awful product to work with. Customers used to come in with their Shopify site which they now outgrown and wanted it upgraded, and it was always easier and therefore cheaper to just throw the entire mess away and start again from scratch.

So seriously if you want to do well in business don't start with a Shopify site, just get something custom from the start, it'll end up cheaper in the long run.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I should have put the /s in there but hopefully your advice finds someone that needs it!

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

If you find something and go "nobody could possibly fall for that!" then you've found your MAGA grift.

[–] maz1@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Everything you need to know is in the article.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Affirm their biases with the face of a pretty young blonde woman

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll sell you my how-to guide for £99.99

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay, send me the login details for your checking account and I'll post the money directly to your account.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago

##########

Password same, thanks.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

find something to do that puts something positive into the world instead?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Harder to monetize unfortunately.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yeah but you don't end up scamming senile old ladies who chose the wrong political party 60 years ago and have no idea what republicans have been doing the last fifteen years or really any of what has happened the last fifteen years but really don't deserve to be made homeless for the crime of getting dementia.

[–] magnetosphere@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

People who don’t even try to stay informed help maintain an America where it’s possible to be made homeless for the “crime of getting dementia”. Being bankrupted by medical debt isn’t normal in most other countries. The American right wing’s willful ignorance is bad for the entire planet. Countless individuals suffer because of their laziness and greed.

We owe them nothing.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

60 years ago was the height of the Civil Rights movement. If those people chose Republican then, I have no sympathy for them now.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I bet he could do more with that attitude and a big sack of idiots' money than with the attitude alone. There's also a certain poetry in undermining their efforts with their own money.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You could run for office as a republican, they have teams of support people that will coach and help you hone your craft.