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[–] [email protected] 286 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Someone who does not appreciate those who steal from exploitative global corporations, is not someone worth knowing.

[–] [email protected] 162 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The entire reason the McDonald's app exists is so McDonald's can have variable prices to rip you off based on what they learn about your habits.

I hardly classify using their services in unintended ways as "stealing".

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

If tech went down for six months, they'd offer you a discount for hopping on one leg while rubbing your stomach and patting your head.

Besides data collection, the main purpose is to get more money out of people willing to pay more without missing out on people who won't pay that much.

It's tiered pricing where they're fine with you selecting a tier, as long as they steer enough to the higher one l.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe not something you show off on the first date. Got to lay down the Marxist theory first.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

They're chicken nuggets, he's not Robin Hood.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can appreciate those who steal from corporations but I sure as hell don't want to implicate myself by being with them when they do it lol

A guy I hung out with in college told me about all the ATMs he stole and asked if I wanted to go with him next time.. I said maybe another time and then never spoke to him again. I didn't want to be associated with him when he eventually got busted...which he did...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know the details of these nuggets, but I'm guessing they used multiple sessions to use a coupon code multiple times or something of the sort. More just exploiting a poorly set up system than theft.

Stealing ATMs is significantly different and definitely more illegal in my mind.

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[–] [email protected] 210 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Nobody got anything to say about her reply?! She could have just ghosted him but instead gave an honest reply.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Many people who get mad at getting ghosted also often get mad at the "bullshit" reasons they get, so you're not going to hear a lot of praise.

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

i can't help but think that if your first date with someone is drive thru mcdonalds, maybe that should have been the first clue

[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My first date with my girlfriend was at a Wendy's and we took the bus to get there. That was 2005. We got married in 2009 and just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. It doesn’t matter where you go or how much you spend, it just matters who you’re there with.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

If your first date is a glorious scam heist, the future looks promising

Maybe don't order carnist options though

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

a glorious scam heist

You son of a bitch, I'm in.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

Maybe don't order carnist options though

Why not let people excercise their liberty to decide for themselves. Plus how is this relevent to a date a majority of people are omnivorous anyways

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Was their comment one of those ‘self-identifying without being asked’ moments? Certainly feels stereotypical to me. But, it couldn’t be that obvious.

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

A while back Taco Bell and T-Mobile was doing some promo where you could get a free taco each week (or something like that, it's been years) for "T-Mobile Tuesday". The code wasn't unique, but it's use was tracked on the TB account. TB at this time also didn't have a captcha for new accounts.

I also had a Google Workspace domain that had its email rigged to accept and deliver any email sent to its domain regardless of what was before the @.

A bit of C# later and I had a Taco Generator going, on command it would generate however many orders at whatever TB I choose. I'd just roll up and say I had 12 orders for cm0002 LMAO

No one ever said anything until the one time i pushed my luck and had it generate 24 tacos, then the manager was like "Better not be this high again, I'm cool with the 12"

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago

That's a cool manager.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’m cool with the 12”

hehe. That's what he said.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Honestly, fuck you.

I managed a pizza place for six years and I cut the scam orders down to 10% of what they were when I took over. We were insanely busy in the fattest city in the USA.

Aside- I don't mind giving food away, I always made sure there was food for the staff, even made my own recipes for everyone that's so much better than what you can order at [corpo store]. During the busy season we had 40 employees and I made sure they were all fed and made sure they had food to take home to their families if they were in a bad spot. I was actually making less than minimum wage because I was exempt salary at the federal minimum and I worked 50-70 hours a week. We also fed homeless people as long as they took what we had and didn't demand we cook something for them.

Back on topic- Scammers are not starving people, they're just assholes. We had one guy who was getting one free pizza each week delivered to his fucking boat. I mean this guy was getting a free pizza with no tip delivered during the busiest part of the busiest day of the week for years! When I told him to never call again he called me every name he could, and threatened to call the police. I had so many people threaten to come over and fight me when I refused their scams. I would drop everything even in the middle of the shittiest rush to shut down a scam. Scams hurt everyone and especially hurt the drivers who got $2.15 an hour. Scammers never tip.

For any food managers who read this, I developed a technique I call the broken record. In a cheery voice, I would say "I'm sorry sir/ma'am but without a verified order I'm unable to issue a replacement." They would but but but but and I would say "I'm sorry sir/ma'am but without a verified order I'm unable to issue a replacement."

Sometimes they would hang up after two. Sometimes I would say it eight times in a row. But that's all I would say once I was sure they were lying. It worked fucking fantastic and the more they cussed me out the better my day would get. They would say the most ridiculous shit like the pizza put my daughter in the hospital. And you want another?

Years of this combined with knowing pathological liars since I was a child means I can spot a liar right away. I am very fucking good at knowing when someone is lying. I don't mind when people exaggerate a story a bit for fun, I do it myself, but liars can go fuck off all the way. They do not care about you, only what they can get from you.

Thanks for coming to my Fred talk.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tbh, my biggest takeaway from that is tipping and sub-minimum wage need to go die in a fire. That corp used you and your employees as a meat shield to soak up the financial consequences for flaws in their shitty system.

You and your team are victims of wage theft.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah at the end of the day this is another example of corporate greed and them taking advantage of the people on the front line who are measured in dollars and cents where the CEO is measured in percentage of quarterly revenue.

That being said the people who don’t need a cheap pizza but rather just want to game the system or to prove a point of what they can get are the same as the people that refuse to tip because the tipping system is bad. They are costing the corporation pennies while making someone’s day really shitty.

Class warfare isn’t only against those of a different class, it can and is manufactured to make you angry at those next to you so we bicker amongst ourselves as the the actual guy on his boat would never order this pizza to begin with and has his own private culinary staff.

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[–] [email protected] 123 points 3 weeks ago (27 children)

That's kind of like going up to a display that says "free sample - one per customer" and taking several samples. And doing so on a first date, like: this is who I am. It's not really bad or anything, it's just... kind of weird and embarassing.

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[–] [email protected] 116 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Find someone who appreciates you, chicken nugget wizard

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

I'm a tech guy. I dont mind the occasional redistribution of wealth from corporations. I can even appreciate exploits found in the wild like this or doing hacking when it doesn't hurt people.

What this signals, though, is that you are cheap. I side with the girl on this. It's a date. Pay for the meal and show her you can be normal first.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Split the check. It's 2024.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

How is it still expected for men to pay in this day and age. When I'm on a date I'm looking for an equal partner, not a dependent.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, he was trying to come off as a cool hacker, but that's not why she's brushing him off.

It's because he said "I'm in."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Eh, I dunno why everyone is so negative about this. A knowledgeable person, free food, and (I suppose the critical point) I'm into this stuff too, so fuck yeah let's go. And whipping out that knowledge boner on the first go? Shit, setting the bar kinda high. What's in store for next time, gonna joyride in a new car after you take control of it remotely? Oh just take me now, I'm ready~.

Just gotta remember to torch it after, evidence is a bitch. Or so I've heard. Ehem. Anyway... nuggets, not a big deal, but knowledge is sexy af.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Besides. Fucking mcnuggets?

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What am I missing? Is there a “free 10 nuggets, 1x per customer” kind of thing going on?

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 weeks ago

When you sign up on the app as a new user that's exactly it.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As a straight dude, I'll date ya Eli. Absolute legend, showing character and something different.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I woulda thought this guy is a scammer and too would have moved on

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Great first date if you meet on one of the infosec mastodon instances, but otherwise you just look like a dirtbag, yup.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

There's a bunch of context missing from this. Did he tell her hey, I know a cool way we can get free McNuggets? Or did he just ask her out, took her to McDonald's and randomly pulled out a laptop with android emulators to get free McNuggets? Context matters a lot.

If it's the second one, it's giving me these vibes: :1000011193

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

stuffs deep fried chicken paste in mouth

your loss !

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You need to pull an anarchist for this to work out for you.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago

Showing off tech skills, sticking it to the man, and getting chicken nuggets? You're great and dodged a bullet with that girl. Find someone who appreciates you!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I hope a shit ton of folks do this and they only lose money with the apps. they are bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

Back in my day, we'd hack the local convenience store without computers. Walk in, stroll to the fridge, put cold beers in the inner pockets of the jacket and then walk out.

For some weird reason this also didn't impress the girls. They'd rather hang with the affluent fuck boi who paid for stuff with his parents money.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago

The only downside I'm seeing is that now you have 30 nuggets.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Anyone here who wants pro dating moves for 2024:

Have the ability to change your sheets right in front of your date, at least twice.

Own towels, not just one towel but sets of towels. Like an adult.

Have soap & toilet paper & hand towels in your bathroom(s)

Basically having a stocked linen closet will go a long way.

Also try being rich and fucking hot.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I just need to share that this series of images caused a wild multiple-hour-long argument between two autistic people in a group chat I'm in, one complaining about the undue work caused by the 3x10 McNugget orders, and the other saying "nah man its fine plus this is awesome it means the guy is trying to be frugal!"

I'm talking thousands of written words poured into argument for or against this individual's actions, sourcing expert testimony from friends and relatives that work in fast food, and even harsh words questioning individuals' respect for fast food workers. I'm honestly surprised nobody left the group chat because of this late night battle of wits

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Not to mention that the "date" was to McDonalds.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How to class it up:

  1. Display tech proficiency
  2. Donate to her favorite charity
  3. Share ill-gotten nuggets
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