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nocturna-iv · 1 year

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Be careful of messages like this and do not give out your information.

This is a scam that targets authors and fanfic writer, and the scammers try to take advantage of other people's desires for success or recognition.

#scammer #scam likely #scam warning #scammers #Scam going around

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marypsue · 1 year

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So if you follow me (and aren't just stopping by because you saw one of my funney viralposts), you probably know that I've been writing a bunch of fanfiction for Stranger Things, which is set in rural Indiana in the early- to mid-eighties. I've been working on an AU where (among other things) Robin, a character confirmed queer in canon, gets integrated into a friend group made up of a number of main characters. And I got a comment that has been following me around in the back of my mind for a while. Amidst fairly usual talk about the show and the AU and what happens next, the commenter asked, apparently in genuine confusion, "why wouldn't Robin just come out to the rest of the group yet? They would be okay with it."

I did kind of assume, for a second or two, that this was a classic case of somebody confusing what the character knows with what the author/audience knows. But the more I think about it, the more I feel like it embodies a real generational shift in thinking that I hadn't even managed to fully comprehend until this comment threw it into sharp perspective.

Because, my knee-jerk reaction was to reply to the comment, "She hasn't come out to these people she's only sort-of known for less than a year because it's rural Indiana. In the nineteen-eighties." and let that speak for itself. Because for me and my peers, that would speak for itself. That would be an easy and obvious leap of logic. Because I grew up in a world where you assumed, until proven otherwise, that the general society and everyone around you was homophobic. That it was unsafe to be known to be queer, and to deliberately out yourself required intention and forethought and courage, because you would get negative reactions and you had to be prepared for the fallout. Not from everybody! There were always exceptions! But they were exceptions. And this wasn't something you consciously decided, it wasn't an individual choice, it wasn't an individual response to trauma, it wasn't individual. It was everybody. It was baked in, and you didn't question it because it was so inherently, demonstrably obvious. It was Just The Way The World Is. Everybody can safely be assumed to be homophobic until proven otherwise.

And what this comment really clarified for me, but I've seen in a million tiny clashing assumptions and disconnects and confusions I've run into with The Kids These Days, is that a lot of them have grown up into a world that is...the opposite. There are a lot of queer kids out there who are assuming, by default, that everybody is not homophobic, until proven otherwise. And by and large, the world is not punishing them harshly for making that assumption, the way it once would have.

The whole entire world I knew changed, somehow, very slowly and then all at once. And yes, it does make me feel like a complete space alien just arrived to Earth some days. But also, it makes me feel very hopeful. This is what we wanted for ourselves when we were young and raw and angrily shoving ourselves in everyone's faces to dare them to prove themselves the exception, and this is what I want for The Kids These Days.

(But also please, please, Kids These Days, do try to remember that it has only been this way since extremely recently, and no it is not crazy or pathetic or irrational or whatever to still want to protect yourself and be choosy about who you share important parts of yourself with.)

#also Kids These Days please if nobody's told you: you can't send cheques through email #and if somebody sends you one through email They Are A Scammer and Yes They Are Scamming You #that's not related I just am constantly tearing my hair out about how many people of ALL AGES don't know that #something something something invoking the fuck word in the hopes it will keep this poast from search #i love how the internet has created Magic Words Of Power #unfortunately most of those words perform the action of 'summon jackass idiots to comment on your post'#i am paraphrasing the comment that was left on my AU fic because I am too lazy to go looking for it right now but #it was very similar to that wording #this is just a thing that has been rattling around in my brain and it was finally smoothed out and polished enough to come out

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 2 months

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caterpillar? more like cu. more like cunty. cuntypil. um.

#you're honor he's a bastard and a capitalist but despite his faults i love him very much #so i think he should be Absolved of all crimes and allowed to stay silly w/ it #he's really The Guy of all time...#cant wait to see more of him!!!#man now i gotta go listen to his audios i need to hear his goofy ass voice again <3 #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #howdy pillar #blowing him a kiss and then chucking the communist manifesto at his tube head #i could radicalize him...#no actually i dont think Anyone could #he doesnt even get paid. he's out there scamming and lying for shits and gigs #i fear that he's beyond redemption but That's Okay!!!#i support howdy pillar rights AND wrongs <3 #i have faith that he'll pay through suffering The Horrors and fuck knows what else <3 #i need him to get tossed around like a ragdoll in a rabid dog's mouth #tear the bitch apart! (said so so So affectionately)

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rottengurlz · 3 months

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paranormal investigator that fakes all her haunts and doesn't believe in ghosts until her boyfriend who "accidentally" died started haunting her

#her name is emelia and her traits are noncommittal ambitious and high maintenance #she definitely didnt push her boyfriend down the stairs after finding out he was going to leave her #and tell everyone she was scamming them #i <3 women who do crime #he doesn't even try to scare her he just breaks her all her belongings because he can #and will passive aggressively follow her around and slam the door in her face before she goes into every room #mysims #sims 4 #simblr #the sims community #ts4 simblr

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northern-passage · 5 months

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i thought there was a call to boycott the entirety of black friday and cyber monday?

i think there are people on tumblr & twitter that are advocating for a full boycott (which is good), but specifically with BDS & according to their website they're just calling for a targeted boycott against puma, HP, and marvel for black friday and cyber monday (along with the other targeted companies)

personally, i'm also boycotting starbucks (for their treatment of unionized workers) as well as a few of the other companies not listed in the immediate full boycott list.

as of 11/22 on their twitter, this is what they shared:

1. Consumer boycott targets - The BDS movement calls for a complete boycott of these brands carefully selected due to the company's proven record of complicity in Israeli apartheid.

2. Divestment targets - The BDS movement is pressuring governments, institutions and investment funds to exclude and divest from as many complicit companies as practical, especially weapons manufacturers, banks, and companies listed in the UN database of business involved in Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise, as well as the WhoProfits and AFSC Investigate databases of companies enabling the occupation. Below we give some of the targets we are campaigning against.

3. Pressure (non-boycott) targets - The BDS movement actively calls for pressure campaigns against these brands and services due to their complicity in Israeli apartheid. We have not, on strategic grounds, called for a boycott of these brands and services, instead we strategically call on supporters and institutions to mount other forms of pressure on them until they end their complicity in Israeli apartheid.

4. Organic boycott targets - The BDS movement did not initiate these grassroots boycott campaigns but is in support of them due to these brands openly supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.

ultimately the companies listed under the first category you absolutely should be boycotting 100%.

and i'm not going to tell you to not also boycott black friday, especially since it coincides with the temporary 4-day "truce." like i said, i know there are groups that have been advocating for a full boycott this weekend along with protests; there were hundreds today, from Washington, DC, to Massachusetts, to California, to Florida... i shared the creator's day because they do that every other month or so on itch.io anyways & i wanted to link the BDS information alongside it. they may update in the future as well and call for more targeted boycotts as the holidays ramp up so i suggest bookmarking the website or following them on twitter, and look for a campaign near you to get involved directly.

BDS has also called for a global day of action on November 29th, which includes intensifying all targeted boycotting campaigns.

#i did see a post going around calling for a full black friday boycott on tumblr but i wasn't able to find it again #tho it doesnt seem to have been directly from BDS #but other pro-palestinian groups instead #i always encourage boycotts to be clear. they work #i dont really like.. participate in black friday in that way. im a retail worker lol #but i'd say if you're typically someone who makes a weekend out of it then... maybe go to a protest this year instead #like you dont need the shitty deals anyways it's all a scam. trust me #anonymous #ask

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topicaltropic · 18 days

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Doodler, scam likely & well actually

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #bouba/kiki effect for scam & well actually while also trying to do a wordworld esque thing to have going on #want doodler to be more abt silhouettes & pareidolia which i dont think i did that great of a job at but #think im most open to playing around w it more given its abt pinning down what cant be pinned down #i view scam likely less like a corporeal being and feel like emphasizing it as a concept. a goof if you will

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kuijoon · 25 days

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i lied here’s another one

#ignore how the two flames are in different artstyles ❤️#anyway #been spinning sampo and his relationship with money around in my head #like a lot #on one hand he has a near obsession with money but still states epsilon’s obsession with it as one of the reasons why he dislikes epsilon #(in the cn text at least which IS the original sooo)#then he also starts flaunting cash before even opening his mouth when some snipers are after him #ik offering money so some guys don’t kill you is reasonable but he lets go of it so easily it feels like he doesn’t really care about it #like getting the money through scams and stuff is the fun part for him not actually owning the money #imagine risking your head just to get some cash you don’t really care about anyway #what if you burn it #wouldn’t that be funny #sampo koski #my art #hsr

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rye-bread-soda-iceberg · 5 months

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Madame Brughel Poisson before and after I have a little business chat with her

#we discussed the most recent scams going around town #before our afternoon rye bread soda iceberg #hsr #honkai star rail #star rail #hsr sampo #sampo koski #sampo #hsr fanart

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xynnoix · 2 years

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As promised, here’s the most chaotic group in my Throne of Bones AU

They’re scam artists LMAO

masterlist

They probably have their own thing aside from the main group. But I reckon they will be the one keeping this AU from getting too depressing AHAHHA

#lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk #monkie kid fanart #lmk fanart #monkie kid au #lmk au #monkie kid jin #lmk jin #monkie kid yin #lmk yin #monkie kid bai he #lmk bai he #lbd's host #throne of bones au #xynart #my art #they going around scamming people lmao #don’t let that child fool you

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batwynn · 6 months

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I hate that I’m here… again. I’m so sorry that I’m here again. But once again I’ve been trapped in a difficult situation that I’ve tried literally every way to avoid, prepare for, and roll-up-my-sleeves and do it myself. But at every turn we’ve been ignored, let down by professionals, etc. until I’ve been forced to go into debt just to heat my home because others can’t seem to take any responsibility for things that they’re responsible for. This is genuinely my last ditch effort to find even a little help. I can not go through this again. I’m exhausted, sick, and trying my best to scrape together some commission work while dealing with a really bad flare up of my autoimmune disease. (Hooray) I’m coming up short no matter what I do, and I’m desperate.

Please, if you can, donate and/or signal boost this!

For every donation received, there is a ‘anything goes’ offer of art! Please contact me here or anywhere on social media/email if you’d like to request something!

#donations #gofundme #heating assistance #mutual aid #community aid #the amount may go down if LIHEAP goes through #they were weirdly really nasty this year at the new office #and I don’t know if we’re going to get it #regardless of the fact that we live below the general poverty level #anyway #I can provide screen shots and receipts and bills #I genuinely don’t mind showing these I know there’s a lot of scams going around #I can also show photos of the actual items in my home #and anything else you need #also #I’m so sorry #I’m so sorry I’m asking for fucking help again #I’m sorry #I promise this is the last time #I’m not doing this again #I thought this was over and we were safe the last time #but that came crashing down in the worst worst way #because it came with the loss of an amazing person #who I wish I had had more time with #anyway I’ll stop now

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idkhowtopickausername · 2 months

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I read an article recently about a mutual aid organization/collective in Goma in eastern Congo called Goma Actif that is providing aid to people who have been displaced by the recent attacks and they have a GoFundMe that could use support

They also have social media pages on Instagram and Twitter that show some of the work they are doing

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 8 months

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cant scribble it out bc its too Involved but here's a Laughingstock thought that just feels Right:

im imagining them sitting down and going through a list of pet names to use for each other. like Howdy has a clipboard, Barnaby's sitting across the counter, they're going through the list and striking out the ones that don't work. playfully teasing each other about certain suggestions, losing it over a Bit where they try to call each other the names in the most sickeningly sweet lovey-dovey voices and see who cracks first, mutually making fun of some options, getting flustered when they find one they like. yeah <3

#also for some reason my brain is latching onto howdy calling barnaby 'dove' i dont know why #it just feels right that they'd actually make a List and go through it #in my mind they got julie to whip up the list for them since i feel like she'd have Ideas and Knowledge on the subject #maybe she goes around the neighborhood and asks everyone for suggestions #its a very casual yet domestic scene in my mind...#chatting over the counter As They Do (their love language <3). howdy with his clipboard & barnaby with his soda #every once in a while Howdy has to step away to tend to (scam) a customer and barnaby watches with no small amount of fondness #at some point wally comes by and asks what theyre doing & Learns Something New #an exchange i have in my mind is:#howdy - making a suggestion: Darling?#wally: yes?#howdy: ...#barnaby: ....#howdy: *scratches out endearment* that'd be a no #laughingstock #maybe... maybe barn calls howdy 'lovebug'#other ones i think fit are like... 'steady' (mutually used) & 'doll/angelface' (howdy @ barn) & 'handsome/gorgeous' & pal (romantic)#i also feel like they'd have fun making up stuff on the spot #absolutely random words. its a running bit they have #they call each other literally the first thing they can think of - cereal. jam jar. sponge. freshly squeezed lemonade. lawnmower #im not very funny but They Would Be about it #another running joke i think they'd have #would be using more 'traditional' pet names around others just to get the Exasperated Sighs and Annoyed Groans #but then as soon as they're being serious about its the most random weirdest endearments you've ever heard #and its rarely the same one twice #OUGH I HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS ABOUT THEMMMMM

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clobertina · 22 days

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WARNING, THERES A PRETTY BAD DISCORD SCAM GOING AROUND!

⚠️IMPORTANT!!⚠️

I've gotten a message from this kind of scam and even had a friend fall victim to it.

someone will message you in DMs (typically a friend who fell victim to the same scam and got their account compromised by these people) The scammer will tell you that they wanted to make a friend on a site (typically a gaming one) but got hacked by pressing a link, they will say the person that hacked them had the same name as your account here on Discord.

They will say that they were mad and got people to mass report your account but realized it was a misunderstanding and reached out to help you. They will then send a FAKE YET CONVINCING screenshot showing that you only have a short amount of time to make an appeal as well as providing you the name of a mod you can message to fix the problem.

However, if you message the mod and give them the personal account info they ask for (seemingly to help with the situation) they will use this info to log into your discord, change the account's email and password, then kick you out. They will then use YOUR account to do same thing to your friends. Sending them the same exact message (albeit with changed names) they sent you.

DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM, I thankfully had a friend in a server I'm in who noticed something was fishy with the messages when I fearfully shared the DMs for advice on what to do. They knocked some sense into me and made me realize the suspicious nature of these messages.

—Here’s evidence (my experience):—

(notice how their response completely ignores my comment about one of my friends being hacked?)

—heres a video (By SomeOrdinaryGamers if you know em):—

youtube

—here’s a link to someone’s experience:—

toyhou.se/~forums/5867.service….

—Here’s evidence to one of my friends getting hacked by this very scam:—

(IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE READING: in his DA journal, he doesn’t realize that he was not ACTUALLY IP banned by Discord but got his account compromised, thankfully though, he has come to realize he was actually hacked and same with the friend so sent him the message, so if anyone gets confused when reading, here’s your explanation)

#warning!#there’s a discord scam going around!#Youtube

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salvadorbonaparte · 3 hours

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ok i agree with you about most of what you listed, but whats wrong with believing in ghosts? thats a pretty common belief spanning most cultures and religions

I don't know how to answer this without making some people very angry

#Ghosts.... aren't real #And while the belief in like the concept of ghosts alone isn't harmful as far as I'm concerned #It has no scientific basis #And it's another one of those slippery slopes towards going around trying to 'read energy'#Or paying money for seance scams #Or being pulled into other esoteric or supernatural concepts with much more harmful ideologies #Like the people online who believe biblical angels and giants exist or ancient aliens are real #Which a lot of people think is harmless but is actually rooted in creationism and often things like scientific racism and antisemitism #asks

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emc2beans · 7 days

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Has anyone else been receiving asks from random non-follower blogs asking for donations? I go on the blogs and it’s just donation soliciting posts so it seems kind of sketchy but idk.

#possible scam #my stuff #I think I remember a similar scam going around tumblr at some point but idk

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dupliciti · 14 days

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what ghost haunts you?

the ghost of rotting truth.

you are an actor. you are a performer. you bow to an audience of none but yourself && the gods that know you are a liar. this pain && this longing once drowned you, but time has passed. you were congratulated for your healing. but grief’s icy hands remain inside of your chest, cupping your heart. grief is hooking its fingers under the ridges of your ribcage. with time, it will tear you open. you are meant to bleed slowly. the agony will softly devour you from the back of your memory, && you will smile through it all like it doesn’t hurt, taking your bow when the performance is over. but when the curtains close, do you crumble to your knees ? who reaches for you ? when the healer falls, who checks to make sure they are alright ? silas melvin wrote, ❝ you’re so polite with your sadness. you don’t want to ruin this for anyone. ❞

tagged by: @deathsmaidens uwu tagging: @iiryoku, @raytm, @forbelobog, @totrailblaze, @voidfragments, i have zero idea who has already been tagged so YOU reading this if you haven't already

#okay the fact that the whole actor / performer thing is in this KJSDGHJ #but uh that last bit is kinda what i rest upon when it comes to like how sa.mpo pursues elation... so like yeah he ruins people's days and #potentially lives by stealing and scamming. but when it comes to actually including someone in on fun - yknow something a little more #harmless. i really do believe he tries his best to make it tolerable at the very least. he wins if he can get you to go along with it #and even if his disgruntled frustrated or bothered. despite showing brief glimpses through his features here and there he is always wearing #a smile even around someone he doesn't like sO. how would you know if he's truly in pain? for all his fun for his colorful past a fool #chooses their path in order to have laughter as the truth as their medicine if you will for everything... so how would you know #( dash game; )#( ◇ ᵐʸ ᵈᵉᵃʳ ᵃᵘᵈⁱᵉⁿᶜᵉ┊ ooc; )

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