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Expect to continue being amazed in 2041 when they still work and in exactly the same way.

There's a sucker born every minute.

Not all of these people are suckers. Some are in neurological decline due to age (not necessarily dementia). Point is, don't always criticize the victim. Sure, there are some victims who should have known better. But not all.

Whether a person should have known better or not doesn't change the fact that these bad people shouldn't be doing these bad things.

I don't know why or how it got fashionable to dismiss someone having something terrible done to them by saying "they should have known better" but every single time it's bullshit.

I have a feeling it's a thought terminating cliche to help out of the state where you know something terrible happened to this person, and there is nothing you can do about it.

How does that relate at all to my comment? I think you replied to the wrong thread?

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