HiloJulie - So, what you're saying is, our kupuna is just too stubborn, or dumb to listen to "woke youngsters" then. Sure is a sad indictment of our kupuna "boomers" now don't you think? But then, isn't that a typical Gen X on up thought process?
As Edge (on my non-POI-one-of-the-good-ones list;) pointed out, there have always been scams and will always be scams. If anyone chooses to ignore repeated warnings and insists on give their money to a Nigerian Prince or Uncle Kimo's too-good-to-be-true boiler room investment, then that's on them, regardless of age. That's how personal responsibility works, and as I'm not addicted to making up fantasies to avoid dealing with reality that many in your generation seem so prone for, I just get to call it like I sees it (with references!)
If you believe a kupuna you care about is making poor financial choices there are steps you can take:
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/01/...takes/amp/
Maybe the BBB should hire some 80-year-old to be the "Media Engagement and Digital Campaigns Manager" instead of a young studly looking Cameron? That way, the kupuna boomers might just listen up?
Sounds like a good job for a retired boomer - let us know how it goes.
While not giving anyone an idea, but how much longer before "Tutu" gets an AI generated video call of her "not dead" husband and gives up everything she has to for him come back home?
Scammers, and most everyone else it seems, are way ahead of you.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/27...new-scams/
*or regulated? by the Tech companies themselves?
Why would they do that? The tech companies make money from the scams via fake ads and overall engagement driving more eyeball hours and yet more ads. Gotta maximize those quarterly profits to boost that stock price at any cost!
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/m...025-11-06/
[Facebook's parent company] "Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue [or $16 billion] would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads..." (more at link)
Oh look, another local traditional media warning from a Millennial-ish Secret Service lady and a GenX-ish researcher - nothing to see here I guess, move along, think there's a catheter commercial up next - (I can post a different local news story about scams targeting the elderly for the next several dozen posts if that helps - make sure I'm doing my part to inform those that choose to be uninformed)
As Edge (on my non-POI-one-of-the-good-ones list;) pointed out, there have always been scams and will always be scams. If anyone chooses to ignore repeated warnings and insists on give their money to a Nigerian Prince or Uncle Kimo's too-good-to-be-true boiler room investment, then that's on them, regardless of age. That's how personal responsibility works, and as I'm not addicted to making up fantasies to avoid dealing with reality that many in your generation seem so prone for, I just get to call it like I sees it (with references!)
If you believe a kupuna you care about is making poor financial choices there are steps you can take:
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/01/...takes/amp/
Maybe the BBB should hire some 80-year-old to be the "Media Engagement and Digital Campaigns Manager" instead of a young studly looking Cameron? That way, the kupuna boomers might just listen up?
Sounds like a good job for a retired boomer - let us know how it goes.
While not giving anyone an idea, but how much longer before "Tutu" gets an AI generated video call of her "not dead" husband and gives up everything she has to for him come back home?
Scammers, and most everyone else it seems, are way ahead of you.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/27...new-scams/
*or regulated? by the Tech companies themselves?
Why would they do that? The tech companies make money from the scams via fake ads and overall engagement driving more eyeball hours and yet more ads. Gotta maximize those quarterly profits to boost that stock price at any cost!
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/m...025-11-06/
[Facebook's parent company] "Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue [or $16 billion] would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads..." (more at link)
Oh look, another local traditional media warning from a Millennial-ish Secret Service lady and a GenX-ish researcher - nothing to see here I guess, move along, think there's a catheter commercial up next - (I can post a different local news story about scams targeting the elderly for the next several dozen posts if that helps - make sure I'm doing my part to inform those that choose to be uninformed)