Generosity vs. being defrauded: helping when you can't sort it out
The story sparks a long reflection: the hosts debate whether to help people when fraud is possible. A host admits he passed up helping because he feared being scammed — 'you run the risk of not helping legitimately' — and argues giving a fixed amount beats trying to arbiter every case. Nathaniel adds the principle that people can't scam you out of money you were willing to lose anyway, and a host lands the thesis: 'their behavior doesn't get to dictate your behavior.' A host also recounts the 4 a.m. porch-tire guy who turned out to talk like a drug distributor.
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