Reblogged prospitianescapee
New Secret Knots comic: "Cryptid".
Reblogged some-stars
I miss when I would get Tumblr asks that actually said things and weren't just digital panhandling scams.
If I was a sociologist, I would definitely be doing a study on the methods and language of charity scammers. Especially the use of emojis, and identification by copied messages vs stock phrases.
For example, these four are all the same, with only slight variation in #1:
(I actually have duplicates from some of the "self-identified" anons above.)
But these two anons share the same new stock phrases:
"days are heavy" / "days that feel impossibly heavy."
Fascinated with the random person who commented on this post saying they've reported me for "genocide denialism."
Not to put too fine a tin foil hat on it, but:
- That is the kind of threat someone involved in these kinds of financial scams and the social engineering behind them *would* make! It's a threatening statement to the existence of my blog which usually means heightened fear/anxiety of the target, which makes people more likely to fall for a financial scam. Social shame and embarrassment are also heightened emotions! Bullying works! This would make an excellent social engineering counterpoint (if tugging on heartstrings doesn't work!) and might even be effective on many people!
- Sure, you can search the supposed connected usernames those anons claimed and find out specifics that way — but not a single one of those screenshots I showed specifies what they're referring to! The IDENTICAL messages from four "different people" never actually mention what their "family's struggle" even is! There's zero fucking context in the space of those messages. They're all IDENTICAL. I literally cannot be committing denialism about anything specific because those asks don't actually say anything I could be denying. How does this person know that these anons aren't a recently impoverished Nigerian prince?
- So now you're asking why don't I just click on the usernames and find out more details? Simple. Because they're fucking fraudsters who sent me the same message like, six times with 4 different usernames attached AS ANONS. Why as anons if they have their own blogs and could send the messages that way? SIMPLE AGAIN: because if they're not logged into the blog accounts, you could have whole teams of people copying and pasting these anon asks to various Tumblr users constantly, and you can probably just bypass the ask limits by changing VPNs or going incognito or something. This is a DEDICATED scam. Is it a bot? MAYBE! But that also would explain some of why it doesn't work *while logged in* to the blog accounts — because being anon probably makes it easier to focus on volume.
Anyways a fool and their money are soon parted.
While we're on the subject of the incredible gullibility some people display on these scams, I'd just like to remind everyone that most online scams these days are being run out of massive scam farms, which often employ human trafficking.
Falling for these isn't just an 'oopsy doopsy, you're out some money' sort of a thing. If you send money to obvious scammers and if you platform obvious scammers, you are very likely directly financially supporting modern day slavery. That's not an exaggeration, and I'm not being alarmist. Please read any of these articles on the subject if you don't believe me:
This is what you are supporting when you send these people money. It's not a neutral act to give to these scammers; it's a horrible, evil act, because in most cases, it directly supports horrific exploitation. And if you really were fooled? If you gave to one of these scammers and you really had no idea what you were probably supporting? Then I'm sorry, but digging your heels in and insisting that the lies you were fed are the truth helps no one. Take your blinders off and face reality, and start doing better.
Reblogged headspace-hotel
I went looking for how pixel art was typically being done up to the 90s, because I just assumed it was usually with something similar to MSpaint by then.
It wasnt.
Reblogged petralemaitre
some of you guys need to see this
I knew the rhyme was going to be sandwich. 😂 An excellent choice of food, person who made the video.
Reblogged petralemaitre
so my family went to the tulip fields and my little sister didn’t have a good time at all
WHY IS THAT ONE FUCKING TULIP A DIFFERENT COLOR I WOULD BE UPSET TOO
it is the chosen one
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it must be the main character in the anime
charlesoberonn
It got funnier when I realized just how many tulips are in this picture.
“In a world where tulips were yellow, one dared to be different…”
Every spring this picture comes back around and every spring I crack up
at first you just see the row of tulips in the foreground, and it’s funny
then you see the rows stretching back for yards and yards, and it’s even funnier
chongthenomad
Heyo so I’m throwing a big ol party after quarantine if this hits 1 mill so uh if anyone’s out there pls help embarrass my sister even more 7 years later
Happy 22nd of April, everyone!
10 years of embarrassing OP’s sister!
Let’s make it 11!
Reblogged ducktoothcollection
quick question why does your cat command you to print something on the printer
he really likes to watch the printer print. It seems like he thinks there’s some kind of creature in there that I have the mysterious power to summon that he can then hunt for sport?
he sticks his entire arm inside the printer and breaks it if I don’t put some kind of physical burrier between him and the printer but like he purrs so loud when it starts printing and will beg harder for people to print things than he will for treats.
he just loves hunting the printer so much. he even tried to climb inside the place the paper comes out of the printer when he was a kitten.
No matter where he is in the apartment if the printer makes a noise he sprints full speed. He also knows which button to press to get the printer to print like the ink levels info and alignment sheet, so you have to make sure it’s off or locked up or he will print nonstop himself and then attack the printer and jam it.
is it inconvenient that my cat is obsessed with the printer? yes, but damn if it’s not also adorable.
I don’t actually have a ton of photos of him sticking his whole arm in there though because stopping him from jamming the printer is usually a task that involves all of my arms and also all of my roommates arms.
Thinking about the post because I had to unplug the printer today because he broke into the closet and printed the info sheet 3 times in a row and did bite me when I tried to stop him
The face of a boy who is sulking because I expelled him from the printer closet.
the good news is that my cat is so happy, the bad news is that my sticker cutting machine that I got recently instils the same curiosity and lust for violence in my cat that my printer does so no matter what I do I will not know a moments peace.
[ID: Three photos of a black cat. In the first, he's looking intently at a printer as a job prints. The cat is blurry, indicating movement. In the second, he's sitting on top of a printer in loaf position, looking at the camera. In the third, he's stretched out on the floor looking at the camera. /end ID]
Reblogged prospitianescapee
Tumblr blog @whateverhappenedtocreamymami : gimmick blog where someone RPs as a couple of washed-up 80s magical girls re-enacting the plot of psychological horror film Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (1962)
Contents of askbox: "do you support lgbtq" "FYI you should reblog a fundraiser or two just to show you're not ableist you know! I don't think you are but some people will think you are ableist if you don't!! :0" "girl just put BLM in your header it is literally THREE LETTERS lol" "Minky Momo your silence on the repeal of Roe v. Wade is deafening" "(1/6) You have a platform and with that comes a certain level of responsibility" "you should collab with pjackk"
Most recent post (April 2022): "water"
Reblogged waxjism
i keep making big clit pussy coffee. pkease send help
Reblogged wisdomeagle
haven't painted these guys for some time
watercolor on paper, available
Reblogged aboxthecolourofheartache
three different people on my post about installing a trashcan outside my house have now complained that people SHOULD be holding onto their trash instead of just tossing it in random people's yards ("it's not that hard!"). like... good for you; do you want a fucking prize? we could engrave a nice little "congratulations on missing the point!" placard for it and everything.
meanwhile, my yard continues to not have beer bottles in it anymore.
Reblogged venndaai
i really do want to see what the alpha quadrant yelp reviews for quark's bar are like. do they fuck with him. does he get 100% negative reviews from bajorans for working for cardassians
bigearedman
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I was informed this was a family establishment, but to my suprise my young sons were exposed to absolute DEPRAVITY! I wanted to take them to witness gambling and how to profit off it, but the females attending were FULLY CLOTHED! To add on to that, I heard the waiters mentioning the uni*n word in front of my children! I will not be returning.
dakhurboy76
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even the forces of two wars blowing through the station this bar is located in wasn't enough to dislodge the stickiness off the tables that probably was there since terok nor. two stars because the dabo girls were nice to me
targlova
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The drinks are good but the owner wouldn't do anything about the shapeshifter rudely investigating me for a murder I didn't commit
thewinnatemyson
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i'd boycott this shithole for profiting the cardassian occupation of bajor but i don't think they made any profit
Rom
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This is where I met my absolutely lovely wife and the best stepmom to my son ❤❤ Happy anniversary babe every day I wake up I am overjoyed to get it to spend with you!!!! One star off for worker exploitation and sexual harassment of employees
glinnAwesome
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Whoever thinks that anti-Cardassian racism isn't real hasn't tried their kanar
Reblogged distractionactivated
the author's barely disguised open wound splattered livid and filthy across everything they create
Reblogged zeppeline
Just wanted to put a plug in for one of my new fav websites, Can I Play That?, which focuses on accessbility reviews of video games by disabled gamers. As someone with a dexterity/mobility disability in my hands (carpal tunnel) I NEED games that allow easy and convenient ways to push buttons to do stuff and let me rebind keys at will. I’m now checking Can I Play That? before buying games since their reviews are ++. They include accessibility reviews for deaf/hard of hearing and cognitive disabiliies too.
@thebibliosphere maybe something for you/your followers
Ooh, neat!
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I'm going through user-made tilesets for an old DOS mahjong solitaire game and I found what's possibly the most evil one
I uploaded it to the internet archive so you can play it in browser. It's hit or miss if this'll actually work for you, though, it's super slow (or should that be soup-er slow?) for some users (like me)
way more playable by using the windows 3.1 version:
Reblogged petralemaitre
At some point when Jason and Dick are hanging out Dick goes on a rant about how as Nightwing he can’t lose it like red hood can and how he is sick of everything and how he is angry and how he would love to be able to lose it like red hood does every night just once
About a week later when Dick got back to his apartment after work there was a red hood suit crafted specifically for Dicks measurements with a note saying
“Go nuts Dickhead”
Now he should NOT do this it was a bad idea…but Jason is out of town for a couple of days and he wouldn’t want the ally left unprotected
Bruce was very confused when he saw his son who was supposed to be out of town blow up a warehouse
He was even more confused when said son looked like he had lost some of his bulky muscle it wasn’t super obvious but he was Batman and that was not red hood
He was gonna go stop the fake red hood when cass put a hand on his arm and said that he needed this and to let him have his fun
Dick blew shit up didnt hold his punch’s got to say the things he wanted to say but couldn’t cause they were to mean as Nightwing
Jason and Dick never discuss this but when ever Jason’s outa town he always makes sure that the red hood suit is on his brothers bed
Reblogged zeppeline
Okay, I was not expecting this at all and I have to admit, I have not listened to any music from Chappell Roan before, my fault and that is going to change...but this is hauntingly beautiful and it's beautiful to see so many people come together to do something for not only themselves, but for this video too.
This needs to be shared everywhere really, it really is beautiful.
I know this song well but hadn't listened to it in a few months, and this version just made me cry and made me think about various queer regrets and frustrations I had during the era I grew up in. It means so much to see people come together to sing this.