me: hi I'm a programmer.
person: can you hack facebook?
me: no
person: I think you can and you just don't wanna say it
me: no I'm a programmer not a network specialist
person: but you do things with computers, you must know right?
me: no I just said I'm not a network specialist
person: yes but you do know computers
me: what you are saying is that I as a car mechanic should somehow know how to fix a plane because they're both "vehicles". It doesn't work like that.
person: wait, you're a car mechanic too? Could you fix my exhaust?
me:
:nko_facepalm: no you insufferable div that's not what I meant
person: wow you're an asshole, forget I asked you anything


I think I've had a conversation like this like at least 20 times in my life, I'm convinced they were just playing a game of psychological skip rope in order to manipulate me into doing something for free.

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@fristi Provided a freebie once for a former friend who used my knowledge to get herself into a banking securities job. Then she had a FaceBook melt down on me which ended like you might expect. Mocked me, blocked me, and came back to ask me if I could help her handle an inventories audit. And, as usual she expected me to do it as another freebie.... So, I told her f*ck you, there's the freebie now f*ck off. Last I knew she was blaming me for being passed over because I wouldn't help her.

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