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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Riding down a mountain road on a bicycle, going 50 mph, without a helmet on.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Interest based loans. It’s completely legal to use debt to kick the poor deeper into the gutter so that they can never stand up again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most investment instruments, apparently, going by the reactions I get when I explain shorting IRL. It's like people think there's only a few approved transactions and doing anything creative (or actually standard but clever) must be a crime. Feudalism's over, guys.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Political parties sending you a reply-paid envelope that says it'll enrol you to vote postal ballot, with a return address that sends your information to that party, so long as they eventually do forward your info on to the Electoral Commission to register you for a postal vote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have no idea what any of this means

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Using multiple free trials.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been paying .99 cents a month for Hulu for 4 years straight because I just use a new email every Black Friday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have to change your payment method every time as well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

No. I always use the same Paypal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Taking a penny instead of leaving a penny.

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