Chargebacks and time blindness

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. In this week’s episode, James Ball delves into the terrible TikTok advice on how to commit credit card fraud via chargeback, and Lucy Reade unpacks the internet discourse surrounding whether perpetual lateness is a moral failing or a disability. Chargeback links: https://www.tiktok.com/@carrington.fisk/video/7501457984606899502 https://www.tiktok.com/@scrunchieluxe/video/7605450123618962708 https://bsky.app/profile/sesmith.lol/post/3mp4ri524n52x Lateness links: https://x.com/dilrhubarb/status/2069348621208948746?s=20 https://x.com/ShayWoulahan/status/2070019497809854697?s=20 https://x.com/privatebirb/status/2070179903786655762?s=20 https://x.com/Brien_Jackson/status/2070284553046884474?s=20 https://www.tiktok.com/@chaotic_philosopher/video/7255063782970445098?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers Subscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

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