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Good recommendations for documentaries that can be watched on YouTube? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm pretty open to all varieties as long as the narrators voice isn't terrible.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The BBC made an excellent documentary on pig butchering scams:

https://pi.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=bW4wYV0V-5s

I knew someone who was a victim of one of these scams from 2019 - 2023

Edit: Sorry, you specifically said youtube. Cringe Link O'Chest moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4wYV0V-5s

And I also commented twice. Ugh, what a train wreck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ha! And I can still read it even after you deleted it. How embarrassing /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

We mere mortals can never truly delete anything on Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I thought you said:

The BBC made and excellent documentary on pig butchering screams

I was like fuck 😳

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lmao but fr I wish that scam had a different name, one that makes it a bit more apparent how the scam works. I get the idea of the hog being fattened and slaughtered, but that's way too metaphorical imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh that’s funny. I thought pig butchering scams involved, somehow, shenanigans around the business of literally butchering pigs. Geez