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[โ€“] klebstoffgeniesser@feddit.org 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

In Germany there was/still is this scam happening, called "Enekltrick", where people (mostly men) impersonate grandchildren to get into the pockets of the elderly, and a rap group made a song about it.

The refrain goes

That's the grandchild scam

We're taking your grandma's pension away

She won't even notice, she's too senile

She can give us something, she doesn't need much anyway

Ohh, that's the grandchild scam

We're taking your grandma's pension away

And for political reasons, that's okay

Your grandma probably voted for Hitler back then anyway

I think in that context I kinda get the resentment but if you really wish for someone to suffer as idk some kind of punishment, that's pretty fucked up

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

I can't tell if that song is for or against the grandchild scam, it seems to just kinda state that it exists.