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Comment by tobib | Hacker News Reader

What's your point?

You choose to do it because you don't care about giving your face picture to someone, fine. You're in a totally different position, financially independent I assume, you can weigh your options.

A homeless person might not be in a situation like that. They're much more vulnerable and possibly willing to do things out of sheer desperation. Things they wouldn't do if they were in a different situation.

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Don't wear yourself out moving those goalposts. First you accuse him of lying about what he said; then when he offers proof, suddenly it doesn't matter whether he's willing to do it himself or not.

It wasn't my intention to accuse them of lying. I guess I genuinely don't understand what their point is.

All I (unsuccessfully) tried to point out is that the two scenarios are different.

Is there any right to privacy on a public street? I thought anyone can photograph you in public, you have zero recourse, and most times you won't even get $5.

True but the $5 is more paying for data hygiene and organization because you can't get people to standardize naturally and the fewer confusing factors the better.

I don't know, you can do this to all sorts of scenarios. How many men are vulnerable to attractive women and will do all sorts of ridiculous things out of sheer desperation if a cute woman comes on to them? These men wouldn't do it in other situations like if they were already coming from a place of abundance, or if they had low T.

How many people in need of money do all sorts of desperate things like take a job they hate? How many HNers are working jobs they actually hate? Or they're being taken advantage of because they don't have the backbone to stand up for themselves? etc. etc.

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