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callofdudes · 1 year

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✨COD as text messages✨ (incorrect quotes)

(may or may not scar you)

Soap: I need to go to the hospital.

Gaz: Why?

Soap: Everytime I close my eyes I can't see!

Gaz: Idiot.

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Rudy: Wanna come over? No one's home 😏

Alejandro: Be there in a few minutes 😍

Rudy: K

Alejandro: I'm here where are you?

Rudy: I told you no one is home

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Price: Hey do you have any condoms I could use? I really need one for tonight.

Soap: Captain?! WTF!! Do you realize who you just texted?

Price: Ya I know that I texted you son. And I also know that you have some. I need one is that ok? I don't want to make the same mistake again.

Soap: Is the mistake me?

Price: ...

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Gaz: Dude what is your street name?

Soap: Lil Marco

Gaz: You live on a street called Lil Marco?

Soap: Ohhhh you meant my address?

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Alejandro: How do you spell 'me'?

Rudy: ummm... M and E

Alejandro: You forgot the D

Rudy: There's no D in me...

Alejandro: ...I can fix that

Rudy: I'm blocking you

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Nikolai: How was Price's surprise party?

Soap: it was great! We scared the cum out of him!!

Nikolai: Soap that's not funny.

Soap: omg! I'm so sorry I meant cum

Soap: NOOOO! I meant we scared the *CRAP out of Price!

Nikolai: ok because the other ones my job :)

Soap: ...

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Alex: Dude how drunk was I last night?

Gaz: Well, at one point I convinced you to try and bite your own nose.....

Alex: Then what happened?

Gaz: You were rolling around on the floor for an hour screaming "ITS GETTING AWAY ITS GETTING AWAY!!!!!!"

Alex: I hate you more then words can express....

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Soap: Simon there's a moth on the outside of the bathroom door can you get rid of it?

Soap: Pls hurry because I'm going to cry

Soap: Simon

Soap: Ghost!

Ghost: Ghost is dead. You're next. Love, Moth

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Price: In a meeting

Laswell: Are you in a meeting?

Price: No, why?

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Soap: You're so beautiful.

Soap: Let me take you out. I wanna get you a table at Liv

Soap: Boy I wanna write a song about us

Soap: What u want me to call it?

Ghost: Restraining Order

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Alex: What does IDK, LY & TTYL mean?

Gaz: I don't know, love you, talk to you later.

Alex: OK, I will ask Farah

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Price: How is practice going?

Ghost: Terrible I want to stab everybody here

Price: Okay just don't get any blood on your clothes

Ghost: You're a military captain you shouldn't be codoning this

Price: Don't tell me how to live my life

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Soap: Dude

Soap: Buttholes are like pockets

Soap: Like you can store stuff up there

Soap: And keep it safe

Gaz: no they are not

Gaz: do not do that

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Soap: Hey

Ghost: Hey

Soap: How are you

Ghost: I am fine. How about you?

Soap: I've been better

Soap: I'm actually really surprised you texted me

Ghost: You texted me

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Price: Hi babe, what are you doing?

Nikolai: Nothing much, 'em really tired. Just going to sleep now babe. And you?

Price: In the club standing behind you

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Gaz: So, I hear you like bad boys

Alex: Yea

Gaz: Well, I'm not trying to impress you or anything but my bedtime is 7:00, but I go to bed a 7:02!! WHAT NOW!!

Alex: IS THAT EVEN LEGAL???

Gaz: Idk, I just like living dangerously

Alex: MARRY ME!!!!

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Soap: How could you?? I trusted you and you cheated on me!!!

Soap: Oh, sorry Simon That was meant for (guy)

Ghost: Oh.

Ghost: On a completely unrelated topic, have you seen my shotgun anywhere?

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Nikolai: You got a letter.

Price: Ok.

Nikolai: From the bank, I think.

Price: Ok.

Nikolai: Tasted important.

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Ghost: Come downstairs and talk to me please. I'm lonely.

Soap: Isn't Gaz there?

Ghost: Yes, but I like you more.

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I don't know where this idea came from. I found a few funny screenshots that made me think of these guys so I went down a rabbit hole to make these. I'm sorry for any trauma these may have caused 😂. Let me know if you want to see more!

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vegasandhishedgehog · 1 year

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Just a non-comprehensive list of all the things P'Jojo touched on throughout the entirety of The Warp Effect:

The harm of forcing teens to promise absolute abstinence from sex while not providing space for safe and open discussions about it

Some people have a strong sense of their sexuality/gender identity. Others don't

Even guys who seem like good ones can do horrible things and be unaware. They are not required to be forgiven no matter how guilty they feel

Being single by choice is not shameful

Fwb is not shameful either

No one has any right to expect more out of a relationship when you have communicated what you are up for up front

Female friendship is a beautiful, wonderful thing, why would we pit so many bad bitches against each other when they're cooler as friends?

Nonsexual kinks are valid and with the right person can make for a beautiful relationship

There are several methods for pregnancy and it's important to discuss things with your donor (if you've chosen one personally)

Listen to your partner! It is actually possible to be together for a decade and still be unaware of something they like/dislike!

You can be forgiven for being shitty in high school but that is not up to you, it's only up to the person you have wronged

Always know the age of whoever you're talking to so you don't accidentally sleep with a minor

Fatphobia and transphobia have never been cool

Trauma hurts and the journey to work through it is difficult. It's not wrong to want to reconcile with someone and find that you can't. It's not wrong to try to push past it numerous times. It is not your fault someone ruined what should be a good experience for you

Nonsexual intimacy is valid and the right partner will work with you to understand your needs

The choice to have children is a really big one and no it should not be an excuse to keep the relationship together. The choice not to doesn't always have to break it up either

Abortion is a personal matter and should be done safely and legally

STDs have all sorts of origins and are an important matter to address in terms of being polyamorous or even going from one partner to the next. They are also not a reason to feel shame and are simply a matter of getting proper treatment and abstaining from sex while healing. Straight couples can get them, it isn't just a gay stereotype

Anyone can have a romantic relationship and not have sex

Parenting from afar isn't being responsible, but it is still possible to create a relationship with your estranged child

Dick size is nothing to be concerned about - you can find someone who enjoys a sexual relationship with you no matter what

It is so important to see your doctor. If that doctor makes you uncomfortable, though, you should be fine to leave and go somewhere else

Gay does not mean pedophile and it's important for you and your children to know the difference because there are gay teachers and coaches who have enough on their shoulders

Cheating doesn't have to include anything physical if you're seeking pleasure from someone who is not your partner and have not discussed such things with your partner or the person you cheat with

Sex work should not be criminalized and more of us need to standing up for the rights of sex workers

Masturbation is normal and doesn't have to be treated as sad or pathetic

Cishet people can be amazing allies. You can have your group of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trans people with a bunch of them included and it can be a fabulous group

Casting agents that don't allow for body and gender diversity don't deserve their job

The show gave us a whole PSA on pelvic exams????? HELP??????

ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE SEX NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE, ORIENTATION, OR IDENTITY IS - ALWAYS HAVE A PROPER DISCUSSION AND STICK TO WHAT EVERYONE CONSENTS TO. ALWAYS

I swear I'm still missing stuff but everything that The Warp Effect said is so special to me

#the warp effect #thai shows #gmmtv #p'jojo

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malevolentcast · 1 year

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you probably already know about this but an articles been put out about rusty quills shitty business practices and general shady behavior. if you havent already, you might be getting messages about it soon. just wanted to send a heads up in advance

Yes I saw and read it.

I'm choosing to believe the motivations of those involved, in spite the poor optics of them being from another network (and even quoting what "they" pay as an example of "good" companies), were an attempt to be morally just. That is to say, I have no ill will towards the author, their editors and everyone who contributed.

To be clear; if Rusty Quill has treated employees poorly they should be held accountable, I say if not as a way to not believe those affected but because "alleged" is used more than a dozen times in the article.

Additionally, no employer should ever yell at an employee. Again, if that happened, they should apologize and do better.

That being said…

I don't appreciate articles speaking on behalf of me or, frankly, trying to rope me in without my consent or request. I recognize they weren't attempting to give me a voice, just those who are affected, however the author has only now allowed shows to reach out, after the damage has been done and chose to speak for me nonetheless. Additionally, the article says that if I remain silent, it's because I can't speak out - which is just nonsense.

From my experience; I've had nothing but great experiences with Rusty Quill. They're a network. They host my show. What else do I need them for? Contracts, NDA's and all the legal aspects that the article seemed to make such a big deal about… are very normal. I think this is part of not understanding how large companies work.

For example; I saw tweets upset that people shouldn't have to sign an NDA to look over a sample contract which… is exactly what you do when you're looking over a sample contract.

I was a General Manager of a small rental company for 10 years prior to trying my hand at Audio work and renting a water cooler had more stipulations than RQ's agreement. Contracts are meant to be all encompassing. If you don't agree with stuff, you cross it out and ask it to be changed. If you’re upset at the way large companies work, your fight is misdirected with addressing just one company. The article also mentioned something about "Taking Money Upfront" and stuff like that, which failed to mention you don’t HAVE to take money upfront - furthermore - most shows on RQ did not do that.

In any case, this isn't meant to be a dismantling of the article. I don't want to invalidate anyone's experiences or frustrations. Who knows what more may come to light, all I can speak of are my experiences and frustrations.

So why I'm frustrated? Well, I saw a few tweets and posts boycotting RQ shows, which included mine. So that sucked.

Overall however, I think the article was done in poor taste and felt like virtue signaling more than something trying to be helpful. I think, personally - and I say this with all the genuine sincerity - it seemed written from a perspective of inexperience and naivete. It is not the Watergate scandal people think it is.

And for the people who are upset that "peoples lives were ruined" when they were let go… yes I'm sorry people lost their jobs. I lost the aforementioned GM position as well when the owner of the company sold the company out from under me. Not because I did a bad job or because I made a mistake, just bad luck. It sucked, sometimes people lose their jobs. That doesn't mean I can't have an opinion on what I feel is an article meant to stir the pot. After all, shouldn't I express my perspective as a show on RQ (which, like, isn't that what the article was meant to be about?).

Anyway, those are my thoughts. For what it's worth I think you should still read the article! It has some great thoughts…

…but with all things, read it with an informed opinion; remembering that it was written by the Director of Marketing for another Podcast network, who references their own network within their "expose" as an example of a network with "good practices", during a time that they're recruiting for new shows and that every single show on that Network has openly supported the article - retweeting it almost instantly, during the final days of their competitors successful Kickstarter.

The disclaimer on the article about the Authors association with F&F wasn't put until AFTER they were called out. Odd that an expose on uncovering the truth would be less than transparent when posting…

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mayajadewrites · 13 days

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Sweet Secret (Levi Ackerman x Reader)

Pairing: Levi Ackerman x F! Reader CEO Levi Ackerman coming in hot. I've been wanting to write a CEO Levi/Sugar daddy Levi story for a hot minute. Enjoy! Story Summary: You needed a job. Ackerman Inc was hiring for an in house assistant for none other than the CEO: Levi Ackerman. He's known to be essentially the worst to work with, you decide to take the job and take on the challenge that is Levi Ackerman. Will your relationship remain professional, or will their be monetary value added to the stakes? Or possibly even... love? ao3 Chapter Sixteen: Promise let me know what you guys think!! i love responding to comments and it inspires me to write more :)

You drop your phone on the marble counter which causes Levi's eyes to go wide. "Text me the hospital name right now." You almost scream into the phone. The woman on the other end of the line agrees and hangs up.

Sobs leave your throat as tears stream down your face. Your upper body is on the counter as your sobs mix with screams.

"Hey, what happened?" Levi pressed his hand to the small of your back. "Where is she?"

"She-she overdosed." You hid your face from him. The coldness of the counter stung against your cheek as you cried.

"Let's go." Levi grabbed one of his sweaters for you as he found his keys, shoving them in his pocket.

"You don't have to come with me." You finally lifted your head, rubbing the back of your hand across your tears. "Though I don't think I'll be working tomorrow."

"I'm not working tomorrow either." He pulled his sweater over your head, bringing your hair outside the neckline. "What is the address?"

You tell Levi the address of the hospital that you were sent. He tapped the numbers and letters into his phone. "It's about an hour out."

"Let me put my slippers on." You walk to your room and grab some UGG slippers that Levi recently got you after you complained your feet were cold. When you emerged from your room with your purse, Levi was staring at you. His phone was nowhere to be found and all of his attention was on you.

"Are you ready?"

You nod in response as you spot his hand reaching for yours. You can't remember the last time, if ever, he's held your hand. You took his hand, yours considerable smaller, letting him lead the both of you to his car.

During the car ride you couldn't help but cry. You feel so... helpless. Alone. How could this happen? You did your best, your absolute best, to make sure that Alexis turned out nothing like your parents.

"Hey." Levi's voice interrupted your thoughts. "This isn't your fault. You can't blame yourself for someone else's decision."

You stayed silent as you took Levi's words in.

"You hear me? None of this is your fault."

"I know." You let out a sob. "I just wanted so much better for her. She must've been using since she moved into that apartment."

"You can bring a horse to water but you can't make it drink."

"That was a very dad thing of you to say." You let out a laugh. Levi chuckled along with you as he drove, his left hand on the steering wheel.

When you looked out the window, Levi's hand wandered to your plush thigh, where he gave it a soft squeeze and left his hand there. You felt butterflies in your stomach at his touch. You've thought about this moment many times before.

His eyes were grey clouds that were filled with comfort for once. They weren't ice cold and dismissive like you've seen.

"I'm here, ok?" Levi spoke as you drove through the darkness.

"Promise me you'll be here, Levi."

"I promise."

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You were finally led to the room where your sister is. Levi was never far behind you, usually comforting you with his touch.

She was hooked up to a bunch of machines.

Her eyes were closed as the monitors beeped. You watched her chest rise up and down, giving you just a bit of hope that she'll be okay.

"Are you a relative?" A doctor walked into the room.

"I'm her sister. Legal guardian."

"Ah, okay." The doctor tapped on the clip board. "She overdosed so bad we had to bring her back to life. We were scared that she lost too much air in her brain. She could have a long road of recovery ahead of her."

Tears welled up in your eyes and Levi squeezed your hand. "He said recovery, though." He spoke into your ear.

"She'll be recovering in the hospital for awhile. Maybe a few weeks. Maybe a few months. If she wakes up."

"But... you think she'll be okay?" You had a sliver of hope in your voice.

"I can't promise you that. I don't know when she's going to wake up, and I don't know if she will."

"Okay." You wipe a tear from your eye. "How long can I stay?"

"We don't allow overnight vistors, but you can come every day until 6."

"Can she hear me?"

"Yes."

You bring a chair next to the hospital bed as the beeps of the monitors flood your ears. You take Alexis' hand, giving it a slight squeeze.

"You're so fucking stupid." You whispered as tears fell down your face. Levi was giving you space and speaking to the doctor, probably about rehabilitation programs.

"I raised you so much better than this. I didn't want you to turn out like them." You watched her face - unmoving, tubes in her mouth, eyes closed. "You better wake the fuck up. I will never forgive you if you don't. I love you too much for you to die before me."

Levi stared at you as he listened to whatever the doctor was saying. He's so... put together. And you're not. You're a mess.

Your parents are addicts.

Your sister is an addict.

Why would he ever want to be with someone like you?

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As days went on, you visited your sister every day. Levi would drive you and he would work remotely. Each day was the same - your sister wasn't awake yet. But Levi never left your side.

"Listen, Levi." You turn to face him as you leave the hospital. "I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to deal with me, with this anymore." You waved your hands around you.

"I need you to stop thinking you know what I need. Or want." Levi took a sip of his to-go tea. "You should try asking me."

You can't help but pout, because you truly think you know what he wants.

"What do you want, Levi Ackerman?"

"I want to be there for you. I want to deal with whatever you throw at me."

You tilted your head to the side, thinking about the words that just left his mouth. So many words, but you didn't know exactly what he meant. But you also didn't want to ask.

Just in case he doesn't mean what you hope he means.

You nod as your tears fall down to the pavement. Your mental health has been at an all time low and tears are almost sure to burst every time you blink.

"Let's go home."

You almost dragged your feet into the house and Levi noticed. He also noticed your hair wasn't combed like it usually is, and you haven't done your skin care regiment in awhile.

"Wait here." Levi pushed you gently by your shoulders to your bed. You resorted to your phone to distract yourself from the wait.

You hear the water start running, and then a lighter. Then, Levi left the room and brewed a pot of tea. He brought you a cup, in your favorite mug.

"Follow me." Levi took your hand gently as he lead you to the bathroom.

He had filled the tub with warm water and lit a few candles around the bathroom. He kept the lights on the lowest setting, careful not to hurt your already sore eyes from all of the crying.

"Levi," You let out a breath that you felt like you've been holding in your stomach for days. "You didn't have to-"

"Shut up. Take off your clothes."

"Levi!"

"Are you gonna get in the bath fully clothed?"

You rolled your eyes and pulled your shirt over your head, kicking your pants to the side. Levi also undressed, but it wasn't in a sexual way. When you sat in the tub, he slid behind you.

His large hands rubbed along your skin, allowing you to close your eyes. You leaned your back into his chest as he rubbed - his thumbs digging into your shoulders.

The bathroom had a lilac and euculyptus aroma - the most calming and relaxing scent. Soon enough, Levi took a cup of water and let the liquid fall onto your hair.

He then shampooed and conditioned your hair, letting his fingers dig into your scalp. You finally let your body relax for the first time in days.

You've been in fight or flight mode, but right now you're relaxed.

You're home.

With Levi.

You almost fall asleep when he taps your thigh with his hand, giving you the signal to get up.

"I was almost asleep." You whine, standing up out of the bath.

"You can go to sleep soon." He wrapped your body in a towel, then handing you your robe. "Turn around."

You follow his direction and you feel a brush in your hair. This man is taking care of you.

The brush glided down your hair and he got rid of any knots. He was so careful with his touch, he didn't want to hurt a single hair on your head.

"Your hair has gotten longer." He said lowly.

"It has. I just wear it curly a lot so you can't tell."

"It's beautiful."

Levi ran his fingers through your hair with oil before he went and washed his hands. You inhaled the scent of your hair - vanilla and coconut.

"Goodnight." Levi nodded as he took one step out of your room. His back was to you now. His broad shoulders filling out his t-shirt.

"Levi?"

"Mm?" He turned to you.

"Stay."

#levi ackerman #levi ackerman x reader #levi ackerman fanfiction #levi x reader #levi ackerman fanfic #attack on titan #levi ackerman smut #aot #levi ackerman attack on titan #levi ackerman x you #ceo levi ackerman #levi attack on titan #levi aot #aot levi

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ineffablegoblin · 8 months

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Good Omens Season 2 | Aziraphale's Actions on the Gameboard

This has definitely been discussed in great detail, but it keeps playing in my mind every night, so I'd like to add to the discourse.

@inhonoredglory did a great job at characterizing Aziraphale, showing the Job connection, and connecting his decisions to Michael Sheen's emotive and powerful beliefs. It has put into words a lot of the feelings and thoughts I'd been having since I first saw the show (and I have been watching it every night on repeat like its a song). The different theories about Metatron, the book of life, and coffee are interesting and great coping mechanisms to manage that intense final scene, and who knows what Neil will reveal in Season 3, but they don't consider the bigger picture outside of Aziraphale and Crowley.

Good Omens is fundamentally about the ineffable game of life that God plays. It is unknowable and unpredictable. Season 2 is supposed to be a bridge between two very intense life-shattering events. Season 1, and the novel, focus on preventing the end of the world. Season 3 (unwritten novel 2) must be equally big, if not bigger. There has to be more to it than just a relationship at stake.

We can't simply forget the Heaven and Hell still WANT the end of the world. They still want a big war. They are willing to go to extreme lengths to do so, and they're exceptionally eager to bury their 'institutional problems'. Metatron himself says that he needs an angel to lead 'the second coming'. He definitely is being some sort of manipulative, but the trap of heaven is also an opportunity to make a real difference.

When we look at Aziraphale in Episode 6's ending, he is very clearly reluctant and torn. He shows as much in his facial expressions, his tone, his mannerisms, and even his words. He mimics the conflicted hand movements and behaviors that he uses when lying as he addresses Crowley. He is very capable of trying to hide things from everyone he deems dangerous or at risk. He does this with Crowley (when he discovers who the antichrist is) and with God (when She asks about his sword). He also says that he does not want to go back to heaven when he speaks to Metatron about the offer. He says, pained, 'I think I-" before agreeing that he does not need anything and leaving with Metatron. He is in tears at the decision he has to make. He takes an emotional look at his bookshop and the windows and all the memories he has made of himself and his books and his drinks and his Crowley.

He very clearly KNOWS that "the something big and horrible" is coming. His decision is him choosing Crowley and his bookshop and earth because 'nothing lasts forever' and it won't last at all if he does not do something about it. Minutes before this he was under threat of being completely erased from the Book Of Life by the Archangels. Who's to say they won't erase him if he runs away with Crowley? Give him coffee (agreeing to Metatron's offer) or give him death (the destruction of earth and everything he loves and Crowley and himself).

It is true that Aziraphale would NEVER willingly give up his books and precious words. He would never abandon Crowley. It is emphasized until the end of the show. But if his books and his stories and diaries are about to be lost in some big horrible event, shouldn't he try to save it? Is his bookshop not worth giving up momentary comfort for? Is his life with Crowley not worth that sacrifice?

It's all part of the game. I think Aziraphale understands that to beat the game, he has to play it by the rules and beat it from the inside. He thinks in a fairly black-and-white way (or light-grey and dark-grey way) and he clearly knows Crowley will not agree with him. His "I need you" is as powerful as Crowley's kiss.

Think about it. If he just abandons the game, he loses by default. He has no control over what the other players do. We like having representatives in policy making when we vote, right? We have legal LGBTQ+ rights in some countries because someone went into the room of decision makers and fought for it. He knows has to be in that room to make a difference, or else he risks losing everything. And it's not as if he and Crowley haven't been separated before.

I mean, let's say you have a partner you love and you both run a business you love and have friends you love, but it's illegal to be gay, and you're both very gay. Your partner says you both should just run away and move to a cottage and live and be gay together in peace somewhere remote because the government would arrest you or your neighbors might stone you if they found out. But you know that no matter where you go, they might always find you and kill you both. You like the business and friends and little apartment in the city that you share. Now, say you suddenly get an offer from a colleague, who you may or may not trust, to be involved in the law-making, and you know the bill on Gay Rights is being re-written and evaluated. As much as I personally prefer living in quiet cottage, I could very well see myself choosing to take that seat and try to make a change. It would let me keep everything I love. It would keep me and my partner safe. It would let me keep other people like me safe (ineffable bureaucracy). It would be the right thing to do; the good thing.

He and Crowley must both know that they love each other. They have loved each other in their own way forever, and have spent years apart and been just as strong at their next meeting. Aziraphale had heart eyes from the moment they met in heaven. They play a very intentional game of rescue and meet-up. Aziraphale is very capable of taking care of himself, and Crowley does not need to rush to his aid when he senses something is wrong, but they both do that whole dance anyway because it's their version of showing their love with the human expressions that they have comfortably tempted themselves to enjoy (food, alcohol, collections, plants, books, cars, etc.). But they can literally have forever together. Aziraphale believes that they can survive this separation, especially if it means saving earth and their relationship in the long-run. His face says that it was a hard decision to make. Why would they want to save the humans in the bookshop, and save Job's children, and save Elspeth, and then suddenly not care about all the people on earth? Aziraphale has gone along with death and loss when it was part of the rules given by god in the past, but he did not like it. He cares about the rules. Playing the game by the rules can let him make a change in a very controlled and safe way.

Aziraphale is complex and not perfect. He is a person with strengths and weaknesses. He may be influenced by trauma or manipulation or something else, but people often make big decisions for multiple reasons. Aziraphale picked his character and is rolling the dice. He has to play this game by the rules. Neil is (hopefully but also not hopefully) setting up the board for something far bigger than Season 1 and I am so excited (but not) to know what it is.

#in this essay i will #good omens #good omens season 1 #good omens season 2 #go1 #go2 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy #metatron #neil #neil gaiman #something is wrong with me this has consumed my whole life and brain #thoughts #good omens series 2 #good omens s2 #anthony j crowley #good omens spoilers

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mistysblueboxstuff · 1 year

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i have really bad anxiety so i usually would never do this, but. your art is some of the most beautiful i've ever seen. it's more than simple portraiture, there's so much love and personality in it. your art looks joyful and i truly believe it's bc you're notably in love with your craft.

art is nothing without soul, imagination and the ability to be inspired. art comes from who the artist is, how they've experienced and viewed life and all the ways that manifests mentally, emotionally and physically. you can't program technology to have an organic imagination or to get inspired from said nonexistent imagination. it can only ever steal from the imaginations, creativity and hardwork that already exists.

it's not new for people to devalue other human beings in an attempt to fill some personal void and it's not right, and it should always be argued against. life becomes miserable when people stop being able to connect with each other and we often do this through art. it's a way of trying to reach each other or to simply make others feel something.

when people don't value themselves, they cling to what they can do to compensate for what they think they can't or hadn't been able to. this debate on the moral and legal integrity of ai art stems from built up internal frustrations where one side (pro ai art) think they've finally found a way to make themselves valuable (under capitalism) and feel personally attacked by those (anti ai art) who they believe already possess inherent value bc of their ability to contribute to society via a notable skill.

our current social economy sees to it that there's an entire generation that feels behind due to the pandemic. they think that this is a good way to catch up or a quick and easy way to feel good about themselves. so when you tell them ai art is bad (bc it is), they lash out thinking that their ability to catch up or feel valuable is being taken away from them or that you're trying to tell them that they're undeservering of feeling good or valuable (even tho you're not).

it's not a justification, but in order to argue against anything, you have to understand why such a bad thing is so persistent in the first place and why people defend it.

artists are so fucking valuable, it's undeniable and ai art wouldn't exist without any of you. you all have every right to be outraged and to talk and vent about it bc you all deserve more respect than this. capitalism fucks everyone over in the end, some people will be very slow to willingly realize how this has applied to them and their sense of self worth.

you've worked incredibly fucking hard to get where you are. don't let people on the internet make you want to tear your hair out. doing things to build community and human connection is still valuable. some people — living under capitalism — see everything as monetitary and can't fathom how harmful this is when applied to art and other human means of building connection, community, etc.

life should not be dog eat dog and i promise you, your art is one of the most beautiful and necessary contributions to life you could every make. you're doing a wonderful job and i really want you to internalize that.

(this was written to support misty and all other artists against ai art, this isn't for anyone else. if you decide to be argumentative, argue with your bedroom wall. i'm not responsible for how you interpret, process, react or respond to anything not addressed to you. neither is misty or any other anti ai artist. i'm not arguing with strangers over the internet. cope and seethe.)

thank you so much for such a wonderful, insightful and supportive message, nonny. i can't tell you how much it means to me and I'm sure other artists will appreciate it as well. thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#thank you #my brain is chaos rn so this really helps #reply #anonymous

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It feels so nice to see you back on my dash. I hope you're doing fine and that the treatment I saw mentioned is going well and it's about nothing too serious. Sending you love, strength and a hug 💞✨

Thank you, and a very big hug for you. It's always lovely to see and speak to you likewise. I hope you're doing well and staying healthy.❤️❤️❤️

I have a really hard time wanting to open up about my health, but I guess I may as well since it is a source of mystery for people and they may feel confused at my random withdrawals, and I do intend to meet a good number of you one day (or would like to) so it may be more practical to fill you all in ahead of time of doing that.

Before I get into it...I hope people will understand and respect my refusal to gain pity. I don't want anyone's pity. It doesn't help me cope or better my life in any worthwhile context. I really don't like getting excessive attention, or false positive attention, for conditions that I do not want to have. I'm only sharing in the event I need more quiet time or need to address something on a personal level that affects my pursuits of healing/coping.

I am getting checked for migraines and seizures. I have a history of brain injuries (two of them) that have resulted in concussions and whiplash before. Both of these incidents involved getting hit near the temple by something metal (and heavy) and affects the right side of my head. They occurred at two different jobs that either did little or absolutely nothing to treat the conditions and too much time has passed to seek any kind of legal justice.

This comes at the expense of my suffering difficulties with breathing and being susceptible to sinus infections (I require nasal surgery and can't get it till I'm cleared by the Neurologist as I need to be put onto anesthesia and the seizures may cause the injections to be rejected), having osteoarthritis that impacts my neck and also a reverse cervical curvature in my neck. This doesn't even account for everything else that is bothering me and needing attention. I've been very held up in life due to lack of financial support till recent years.

It is all a matter of diligence at this point in my life. I have to keep up with and on top of specialists, and hope for the best while maintaining the effort it takes to gain the desired results of progress. It'll be a lot to handle at first, but I have a feeling it'll get much easier once the ball is rolling and I have more answers. Other than that, I'm taking it one day at a time and resting/pacing myself. I am trying to maintain a practical and not just ideological mindset regarding my health....with that said, I feel it in my gut this season will be the start of a big turnaround for me and I'm looking forward to all of it. ❤️

#ask #asks #answered

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amalgamasreal · 1 year

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I wrote this originally to send to a family member who had just turned 18 last year after they asked me for life advice, don't know who needs to be told this but I figure there's no harm in putting it here too:

Recognize that you're going to be legally seen as an adult and that your actions really have consequences. You can't get away with things that you might have been able to get away with before under the auspices of being a "child" and unless you're lucky and have parents that will stick their neck out for you then your actions are wholly your own.

Don't send nudes to random people just because they ask, but if you do make sure they don't have anything identifiable in them, that includes your face, tattoos, location, etc; once something has been sent is can NEVER be unsent.

Don't shitpost on your main accounts that are tied to anything real like your personal e-mail address, real name, physical address, or anything related to your job. Don't ever listen to trolls that try and get you to use your real name on open social media sites, anonymity is your friend. Before if you got doxxed maybe it would effect your parents and maybe your social life, now it can have long lasting consequences for you a decade from now or later.

Never talk to the cops without a lawyer present that works for you, cops are not your friend, and even if you've done nothing wrong it doesn't mean that you can't do time for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

Open a banking account in your own name, don't include your parents, don't include your significant other, make it wholly your own. Make sure it also has a savings account and make sure you're always putting something in there for a rainy day. It doesn't have to be a lot at one time but it always adds up.

And this one is from personal experience: If you're going to get your first tattoo, make sure it's not something small and on your back. That's a big canvas and you might want to use it later, if you're getting a small tattoo put it in better place. Also, unless it's really speaking to you, don't ever get flash.

#life advice

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anamericangirl · 2 years

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(Pt 1) A common pro-choice argument is the “back alley” one (“if it’s not legal women will get illegal abortions and die”). Now, on one hand, statistically most “illegal abortions” are performed by doctors and deaths in developed countries are very rare (SecularProLife did a good job demonstrating this, as did PP Pres. Calderone (ironic) (see: “Illegal Abortion as a Public Health Problem”). (Pt 2 coming)

(Pt 2) On the other hand, Dr. Garrison Romalis has claimed to have treated “thousands” of women in life threatening danger due to illegal abortions. Does this betray the statistics? Is he right? I don’t know. I just don’t know. I am Pro-Life, I will always try to be Pro-Life, but claims like this make me think.

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There is nothing wrong with doubt or coming across an argument that makes you think and it's hard to know what the reality is when there are conflicting claims.

But I don't think one doctor saying he treated "thousands" of women in life threatening danger of illegal abortions refutes all the research we have from multiple sources on the subject. And when I was looking around for his claim, what I found was he had had "thousands" of cases of "septic abortions" come to him. And that doesn't necessarily mean these abortions were done illegally. Septic abortions can also be the result of a miscarriage, sometimes referred to as a "spontaneous abortion." Regardless, I don't know the details of these cases but I don't think his experience betrays the statistics.

We know that prior to Roe, most "back alley abortions" were performed by medical professionals in their offices and that the number of women dying due to "unsafe" abortions is not as high as the fear mongers would like us to believe.

The truth is, it is not Roe v Wade that made abortions "safe." Even prior to Roe, the death rate due to illegal abortions was on the decline because of the introduction of things like antibiotics. So the idea that all these things will disappear if abortion is illegal is just not based in reality.

As pro lifers, we want to preserve the lives of as many people as possible. Having abortion legal kills a far larger number of people each year than the amount of women who might die from illegal abortion.

Besides, the goal is not to just make abortion illegal and stop there. A woman does not have to choose to get an illegal abortion. That is an avoidable scenario for her and just because we can't control what people might choose doesn't mean we should keep murder legal. We also need to address the situations that make women feel like abortion is their only option and provide them resources and help so that they don't feel the need to resort to an illegal abortion.

#anon #answered #abortion #pro life

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sage-nebula · 2 years

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For those wondering, these are the topics I was going to send my university's official tumblr anon hate for:

1.) The fact that they charged hundreds of dollars per year for parking passes but there was never enough room on campus to park since they frequently destroyed parking lots to build new buildings.

2.) The fact that the campus was only three streets big but they bought public safety yet ANOTHER brand new SUV that was just used so they (public safety) could drive up to McDonalds (which was literally one street over from campus)

3.) The fact that adjunct faculty and staff members were WAAAY underpaid (I was being paid $15k UNDER what the national average for my position was, and I worked there nine years only one 3% increase in the entire nine years)

4.) Despite this, the administration (and in particular the provost and president) routinely got yearly bonuses of around $10mil

5.) When the student paper called them out on this in a forum meeting, the administration responded by slashing the school of communications budget by 1/3rd so the paper had to let a lot of the staff go

6.) The school spent $1mil to buy the president a second house in the area so she could host parties there

7.) The school claimed to be inclusive yet wouldn't let a trans student change his username and email address because he didn't have a legal name change on file. Meanwhile a faculty member was able to have his email address changed to a nickname without having a legal name change on file either

8.) When we had a student employee sexually harassing another student employee and reported it to the Title IX coordinator (the student himself reported it, and we, as his supervisors, also reported it) we were told that the Title IX coordinator was "looking into it" and then we got ignored. The student graduated with nothing having been done for him.

9.) Despite spending millions on houses for the president and bonuses for the president and provost etc, the students still had things like tiny desks that no one could comfortably sit in and elevators that routinely broke in the main hall because there "wasn't enough money in the budget" to fix them

10.) This is something I just heard about so I'm not sure if it's true or not, but allegedly when one of the chess team members came out, he was made to resign from the chess team, although they still let him keep his scholarship (which included free room + board) so long as he didn't report them for it. Again I don't know if it's true or not, but considering how they handled other queer issues (see point 7 above, I was personally involved in everything in point 7 because I was working at the IT Service Desk and yes, I fought as hard as I could for that student but just got shut down because "policy says a legal name change is required" and even when I pointed out that was bullshit because of the aforementioned asshole faculty member I was ignored), it wouldn't surprise me

11.) Although we at the IT Service Desk had received threats of violence against us on multiple occasions (often with firearm related threats), the higher-ups in the IT department were still pushing to have the IT Service Desk accessible by the public and when I pushed against this because of the aforementioned threats, I got told "you can't protect the students forever, they have to grow up sometime"

There are probably more reasons I wanted to send them anon hate but honestly these are the ones off the top of my head. The student employees I worked with were (mostly) great, the people on my team were great, but man, the school administration was corrupt as fuck and I hated the higher-level IT employees because of how little regard they held for the students and their safety and enjoyment of the job. But again, the official university tumblr had the ask box shut off and tbh it's probably for the best because it was probably some poor student worker handling it anyway, but still. I hated that place so much. So glad I don't work there anymore.

#also the parking passes were hundreds of $$ per year for employees as well #i couldn't afford it lmao. they literally paid me so little I couldn't afford it #so I'd just '''''illegally''''' park and throw away the parking tickets when I got them #public safety are not real cops so they couldn't do a single fucking thing to me #oh point twelve would be they wanted us (the IT employees) to park WAY IN THE BACK of our building #back on an old tennis court that got cars broken into and ppl assaulted bc there were no lights #i said ''fuck that'' and parked in the main parking lot anyway #bc we closed at 10pm and I wasn't looking to get assaulted #got chewed out for that multiple times but w/e #anyway whenever anyone asks me if my old uni is a nice place to work i laugh and then say ''no''#bc it was awful. beyond awful #i feel so bad for the people who still work there now

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Downpour when I was told only drizzle.....

She asked me what I did to get assaulted so I said nothing but not know crazy history....and enough beat authors to understand an avoidance survivalism

A library is a cop building and you have to avoid their creepy Nazi ladies or they will assault you till you lash out at them and their male cop friends can gang rape you for losing control

Uhm my peace can be very effective...I don't raise my hand at anyone and plans back fire I start looking like officer moldenhauer and my cop friends get to rape her for stepping up at a woman and they respect and love women

I told her their library public workers they trace their ancestry to slave holders and just believe in slavery I didn't do anything to her....

She stalked up at me after a long hard night of attempted party attacks where there was so much traffick I suspected gun shots from cocaine trafficking fruitive aspects and new to remember fire drills stay low to the ground and don't move

Its believably suffocating as a marginalized person to not be allowed that people's genocide over

Then rain stalked us up into the one outside ground cover a small cell that trapped me and this Indian man I think I cant differentiate because of Delhi between Indian and African culture so much is appropriated and exchanged

Africans show off they have an Irish lilt but something about his flamboyance appears Indian

Then this library worker stalks up to me after 16 or so hours of hostage crisis for the neighbors to have some creepy freaky sport work party

She stalks up to me and tells me my stuff is in the way so I remind her of Tex will do it if she plays tex...most people who make demands tip immediately she expected me to bend stoop and lift freely for her and most people maybe think about confessing that their an NRA freak but that Tex will do it was way my Tex finally will completely address imbalance most privy bitch had better not be in my theatre seat or dinner chair soon

So i had to have an emotional episode and ask my other homeless hostages when non obligation will finally be immediate gratification felonies

She asked me what started the civil war so I said mercy from saint John John Brown attacked Harper's ferry....and Robert e Lee killed him and his family for leaving northerners in asylums to fund slaves weapons....something suspicious like committing asylum holds for weapon wealth lending finally murdering them in poor houses

You have to pray to saint John to not steal all ya have with return violence that's disproportionately shocking....people will plan to shoot that librarians pregnant belly for sending us all to mental sterilizer euthanasia back stabbers....pray to saint John to be a little reasonable or there will be even more poverty if it can't say it's sorry

It threatened people with mass sterilization and the one birth appointment Rosemary's baby

I use to think it was legal for populations to saint homeless people and no most people who see gross bitch still on a homeless persons plan filter money out of a system as easily as it was filtered in they go legally take id from bars and stop letting stupid bitch eat my meal out

Secret garden and nativeism the children scare me that way their all little princes and princesses with a beautiful bitch look on a sex pot mommy

I was suppose to be angrier about the children's teacher and I get scared of the children it's scary to see the universe create a homogenous people where a lot of unborn has existed there is so much missing for their people here I also get kind of scared of them

They love and respect women and they know my state allows opioids so they will passify me awhile and pat my hand that it will be okay and that library lady will just go away to her boss...her boss will tell her she can and she is suggestible to so that is the study isolating what will do it my boss and compass only has to tell me division of labor isn't clear and i shouldn't ever job under conditions and I will do it so she tries to kill me

That Italian restaurant across the street kept stealing food from the world conservation corporation or volunteer labor and pricing it for work and service it didn't perform so it also is just gone after a lot of bloody murder screaming

The library lady acted like a nigger it wants respects and ass and polite living and it can't perform any relevant profession to have those things in life she is kind of worse then a nigger and enlisted black man at least works for the appreciation expected

Its a scary public worker that wants to watch us all the time I was in her face you think the poor

Homeless have less evolution to their street fighting then upper classes and that library lady is like a dog about violence

That's what I did it's rabid and I wouldn't get out of her face

Romance novels it's an upper class white lady it may be was very very poor itself and street fought to body guard and protect a professor....

His stuff she just

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wildflowerswildhorses · 8 months

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Also how pissed I was when Kahldun said that thing about 'if Carisi was good with Murphy being back' or something like that, implying that he knew that Declan was the father also, who the hell are you to said that? you know nothing about Carisi or Amanda or their relationship or his relationship with Jesse, stay in your lane thank you. Also not a lot of people knew that he was the father at all, I bet only Sonny, Liv and Fin, so that means Murphy told him, to a total stranger, that he had a daughter and it was Rollins daughter, like how fucking dare you do that in the first place?!!! She decide who to tell because she's the parent, not him, he should have asked Rollins first at least if it was ok for him to tell people, which I bet the answer would have been no! He doesn't get to come back after 6 years and spill left and right to people like he has any rights, he lost them when he decide to leave for his job after claiming 'we will talk absolutely yes we will talk about it' and then he evaporated. I don't care if he regrets it now, taugh shit, if he would have really really cared he would have done something anyway to at least help a little despite her telling him that she was doing this alone, she gave him an out and he took it that fast and gladly. Now Jesse is a whole person you can't come back when you want and decide to disrupt her life because you feel bad and have a guilty conscience. Glad that Amanda told him as much and that she didn't need him but I would have put him in his place more assertively, writers were to nice to him. I wish Sonny would have been there and be able to talk about it with Amanda. I wish they would do a adoption storyline in 25 and address this better and well (and get Al ass too lol).

Honestly, Liv and Amanda weren't even really that close back when she was pregnant with Jesse - so I'm not even sure Liv knows. It could really only be Carisi if anyone knows. What the fuck kind of audacity does Murphy have thinking he's allowed to fucking tell anyone when he has no right to talk about or even talk to Jesse. He gave up that right when he didn't bother to be around.

And Kahldun nosing his way into Amanda's business just pissed me off anyway.

Like Murphy doesn't care and you'll never convince me that he does. Because if he did care, he would have given up undercover for his kid, he would have made an effort, he would have asked about Jesse instead of asking if Amanda was fucking seeing someone.

Amanda should have told him to go fuck himself or called him the fuck out for taking advantage of her (cause he did) - but ya know Warren was up the character's ass so that wasn't gonna happen.

I'll be glad if we never see or hear from or about those deadbeats ever again. Adoption storyline or not - there's no way Murphy's name is on Jesse's birth certificate because he wasn't here so legally he wouldn't have to be put there. As for Al - I'm fully convinced he walked out on Billie the day she was born after Amanda turned down his propose and that he doesn't give two shits about the kid, so I can't see him fighting - so like just have him sign the papers off screen and be done with it.

#answered asks #svu talk

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theleanbean · 1 year

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Got a scam job offer in my email this week. I knew to be cautious after working in a bank for a year and encountering all different types of fraud, but I know that not everybody has that experience. I want to make something that sort of gives people a warning on what to look out for

Unprompted (did you apply to this? if not its probably fake) If this place is so great why would they be reaching out to you of all people? Do you know anyone at the company?

Check the Company Website. The "interview" offer that I got was for an actual company but the company did not list said position on their website. Even if a company has an employee in mind they legally have to list said position in order to comply with equal opportunity laws. Likewise you still have to apply for said position, they can't just interview you without an application. I've heard of some scammers making fake companies and fake websites, do your research see if you can find a history about the company.

Names Didn't Add Up. Do your research on the names listed in the email, sometimes scammers will lie and say that they are someone they are not, but both the "HR" person and the "interviewer" weren't listed on linkedIn or the company's website and their names brought up nothing. I'm nobody and even when I google myself in incognito it brings my website, my LinkedIn, and my Instagram. If these people are as high-level as they say they should have some digital footprint as a career advantage

Read what you are sent even if it is long. I was sent this massive document talking about company culture and this history of the company. Read it! Corporations have to be very particular with how they word things for legal reasons. In this case I saw the company get refereed to by several different versions of the same name eg. "Group, Co., Inc." Which is it? Scammers often make typos or mix up information, this document had cities listed that the company had no locations in.

The paper also had 2 different unrelated companies mentioned in the document as if somebody forgot to correct the document before they sent it.

Needing to Obtain Things To do the Job. The document also mentioned about needing the obtain a specific computer to do the job. You should never have to be in charge of obtaining the required hardware yourself that will be given to you by your employer.

If a company requires you to buy software or hardware in order to do your job run far away. Even if they say they will pay you for it and send you a check it is fake. They will have you buy the technology off of their "vendor" then the check will bounce and you will be negative that much money. Don't trust checks from anyone you don't know.

The page also listed FigJam and Figma as if they were different things (they aren't) and didn't even mention needing Adobe software for my alleged Visual Designer Job

Email Address. Does the email you recieved match other email adresses listed by the company? Depending on the company this information might be hard to find though.

Check their social media. Sometimes companies will warn about scammers pretending to be them. In this case I discovered a comment on their facebook talking about how they had been scammed into a fake interview.

The Salary. Unfortunately companies don't like to disclose salaries, scammers on the other hand will tell you to grab your attention. In this case it was $50.00 an hour which is way over the average salary for the field they were offering the position in. The actual Glassdoor page of this company's reviews mentioned noncompetitive wages which wouldn't be the case if it was actually 50 an hour.

If it sounds to good to be true it usually is. Often these scammers will have you fill out forms with all your information on it even before they get to the monetary part of the scam. If I had the energy I'd probably go out an waste their time, but I unfortunately do not.

#text #text post #scam warning

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