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Re:My friends who cheated in interviews are getting promoted by guhidalg on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:35AM (#35888903)
> I think you don't realize how it's a dog eat dog world out there and people will do anything to succeed.

The grifters and cheaters of our world are an opportunity cost. Who knows how much more productive or fair the world would be if we didn't tolerate them? By allowing them to succeed, we deny a world where they wouldn't need to exist.

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Re:My friends who cheated in interviews are getting promoted by boondoggle16 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @02:29PM (#35891393)
Where would we be, if we didn't tolerate those that drag us down?

Careful, this kind of thinking leads to ideas which are unacceptable in the current world :)

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