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Question of the day
Do you trust people less than you did before?
If so... why? 
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12-02-2013, 11:57 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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I give people the benefit of the doubt but I don't trust them.
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12-02-2013, 12:24 PM
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Location: SoCal
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12-02-2013, 12:27 PM
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Definitely less.
With cheaper faster communications (VoIP, high speed internet) traditional scammer type places such as Asia and Africa can make thousand of phone calls to try to trick you out of your money, and troll the internet looking for clues, leads and possible ID thefts. |
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12-02-2013, 12:35 PM
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I never trusted them to begin with.
If you don't see the way a given person is trying to screw you over, take advantage of you, rip you off or otherwise mistreat you it just means they haven't gotten around to it yet or you're just not very observant.
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12-02-2013, 12:37 PM
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Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Before what? Did I miss something?
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12-02-2013, 12:37 PM
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Sleep with one EYE open....
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12-02-2013, 12:38 PM
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I've become more cautious in the last ten years, but I'm not a cynical as P-O-P.
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12-02-2013, 12:41 PM
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The only person I trust is Obama.
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12-02-2013, 01:05 PM
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What did they say? WHAT DID THEY SAY!!!? People suck more than anybody. |
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12-02-2013, 01:44 PM
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how do you tell if someone wants to take advantage of you? - when they have taken advantage of you-
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12-02-2013, 02:31 PM
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I sleep with a rottweiler under my pillow and I'm not afraid to use it. |
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12-02-2013, 02:39 PM
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…….
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12-02-2013, 02:59 PM
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I think lying to get your butt out of a jam has become the norm. Politicians, athletes, celebrities all pretty much take it all the way to the end until all evidence points to them being in the wrong. Then they go to rehab and put the blame on drugs, alcohol, sex addiction, etc.
The younger generation sees this and follows their lead. I think a person's "word" will be extinct soon. Nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions.
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12-02-2013, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I was a very trusting person prior to about 5 years ago. Then I was involved in a lawsuit after a 930 owner and broker tried to screw me royally.
Today, my wife divorced me after 15 years. She, I and our 4 young kids all live in an entertainment-starved blue-collar town of fewer than 5K people. I lost more money on this than I thought I'd ever see in my now shortened life. As a result of these events, I trust maybe 5 or 6 people in this world and I hate that almost as much as I hate her lawyer. |
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12-02-2013, 05:07 PM
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Trust is something that is earned. I only trust people I know I can trust.
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12-02-2013, 08:23 PM
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Sounds awrful. My condolences to all. |
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12-02-2013, 09:09 PM
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I used to be a trusting person thinking the best outcome was an outcome that was the best for everyone concerned. That's the mind set I went into the work place with. But there I learned people would lie, backstab, manipulate, and do anything they could to get a step up. I have to confess I never subscribed to that and believed in getting ahead by hard work and accomplishment. I was mildly successful even using that philosophy, but people said I marched to a "different drummer." I learned at work not to trust anybody. As far as the general culture is concerned, I agree with Craigster.
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12-02-2013, 09:14 PM
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people no.....POLITICIANS YES
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Let's just say that I now understand Shakespeare fully. |
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12-03-2013, 01:36 PM
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