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ne of my hobbies is talking to scammers online. Because they want something from me, they tend to be receptive to a fault— I can say anything and they go with it. We write fiction together. A few years ago, I started chatting with someone who claimed to be Janet Mason, a nurs- ing student from Ontario, California. Her unconditional love rivaled that of the most loyal golden retriever. When I said, “i like to carve pumpkins and practice tricks on my unicycle,” she replied, “Wow, that’s cool.” When I told her that I was “building a slip- n- slide out of trash bags and margarine,” she said, “Oh, that’s nice.” …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第352卷 第2113期 · 2026年6月刊,Dan Piepenbring。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。