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>'How fat is Kim Jong Un?' They terminate the call instantly,

I'd think it just takes a blessing from the dear leader to mock his rotundness in front of the evil capitalists, as long as it brings in the dough and the corporate secrets.

I would think the people doing this are not the lowest level foot soldiers but are somewhat closer to elites and as such can afford to be a tiny bit cynical if the dear leader signals his approval.




On one such call with a scammer I called him out and said he’s from North Korea. He got a bit mixed up and started rebuffing me. The call got cut off mid-sentence, as if someone else pulled the plug.

There are other tell tale signs that you can watch out for (at least for now)


In this case the person doing the mocking is the interviewer. I don't see why the interviewee doesn't just say, "I have no idea" and let the interview continue. Why would that be forbidden?


I'd ask him to estimate, being able to do Fermi estimations is a skill engineers need to have: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/19567/how-did-en...


Totally. "Let's simplify, and assume a spherical Kim Jong Un in vacuum..."


The only correct answer is that he is a rippling mass of pure beefcake muscle.


Like Cartman from South Park, if the interviewee responds, "he's not fat, he's big-boned!" that would be at least 20+ points for culture fit right there.


That would be a failing answer.


> I'd think it just takes a blessing from the dear leader to mock his rotundness in front of the evil capitalists, as long as it brings in the dough and the corporate secrets.

The Muslim fundamentalists to did 9/11 shaved their beards to look less suspicious.


Yeah, I'm pretty sure this whole thread is rather silly because if this is a game of chess their next move is very obvious.




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