Yeah, makes sense. I think it's just a little honeypot for fools that don't do their research. 1 prompt to Claude would have saved me the pain, probably. ("Research" isn't even that hard nowadays!)

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trwhite 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Or maybe... you know... read

	▲	lutr 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's true, doing things carefully can avoid a ton of problems in life. I guess I wasn't expecting to have to use my full attention for a little "side mission". And I'd already made peace with losing those $5. "It's time to relive them for just $5" didn't really sound like you can get them back, in my defense.
	▲	uberex 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		the whole part about dark patterns is to be technically not doing the asshole thing while getting most people to fall for it.