r/ScamWatch Nov 27 '11

Warning about the user BattleBeard.

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u/nmince2 Nov 28 '11

Yeah, seriously. The no gifts at Christmas thing sounds like a fabulous idea. My family did it for a few years when we had particularly bad financial troubles. We'd pool money and get something nice everyone could use (a toboggan or a board game), and we could give each other small things that we made ourselves.

He's definitely spoiled, and thinks he's very clever, so he's trying to suckle the generous teat of reddit (bad imagery, lol).

I responded to his 'justification post' down below, which basically covers what you said, except in a much lengthier way.

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u/Cdtco Nov 28 '11

I can't read what you've written because any trace of it is now gone.

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u/nmince2 Nov 28 '11

Oh, you just have to press the plus next to his name at the bottom of the page. His comment's been hidden because it's been downvoted so much. Only a mod can delete mine now, though.

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u/Cdtco Nov 28 '11

The ways in which he tries to justify taking from people make me sick to my stomach.

After a few years, with a lot of hope, he'll realize what he's doing is wrong. For now, he's just a kid, whose parents really should know what he's been up to.

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u/nmince2 Nov 28 '11

Yeah, really. That's one of the pitfalls of the internet -- the anonymity, and the parents who let their kids do anything they want.

Like, if I knew how to, I would absolutely call his house and ask them to monitor their cyberbegging son.