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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 92 points 2 days ago (7 children)

This isn't a conspiracy...

It's the reality of using Hotmail as a business account in 2025.

Which is frankly nuts.

But the author even says the same thing happened to them before too

[–] Vince@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yep, I don't remember the exact phrasing, but in these situations, I assume incompetence before I assume evil intent.

Maybe it is intentional but the incompetence is in how obvious they are.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetentance

Is the saying, but it's definitely not always true.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's more like some of the best evil can be hidden behind incompetence for quite a while

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I mean, the phrase is for associates and random people you run into for one specific interaction

Basically:

Give em the benefit of doubt

It doesn't mean if your neighbor kicks you in the balls everyone morning, you still try to shake his hand tomorrow.

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