Malcolm O'Brien wrote:
>> So the user feels "ripped off"
> 
> I'm starting to think that none of you were around when the expression 
> was coined.
> 
> "Ripped off" means: They took your money and gave you NOTHING (or 
> something that appeared to be something valuable but which turned out to 
> be worthless).
> 
> "We're going into your pockets to give you something you neither want 
> nor need" is "extortion".

Oh, like the IRS!  ;)


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