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Imagine the fucking MIGRAINE/HEART ATTACK Constantine would have seeing the note. Just
"WhAt dId yOu Do??!!!"
"I cant--"
"How did you??--"
He just literally cannot form a full thought. Staring blankly every few minutes, only to throw his hands up and start a rant, then shutting down to stare again.
Short DPXDC Prompts #837
Danny was just relaxing doing his homework on the moon. (It was quiet and had minimal distractions. Perfect for studying). He didn’t expect to see anyone during his studying but after seeing movement out of the corner of his eye he went to check it out. To his surprise: Superman was just sitting on the moon looking down at earth. Chilling.
#dpxdc#ok so this one got a little long sorry I just got a little distracted on the details#I think I might legit come back to this#it was legit fun#please tell me if you want more or if I should stop#I need verification from strangers to do things#I'm likely to only update this on weekends if I get a regular schedule#ghost king danny#I always find it so funny when this random lanky teen just#gives the JL a thing that lets them summon The Ghost King#and they dont realize its the lanky kid they helped out#and then the lanky kid shows up when they summon The Ghost King#and everyone is confused
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@neil-gaiman, @transformativeworks, @vancityreynolds :
I am asking you to reblog this to spread the word, to make sure people see all of this. You don't have to if you don't want to, but it would be extremely appreciated it you did! 💛
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It's important that we stop these bills and keep Project 2025 from ever winning. I do not want to live in a world where the Internet is censored by LGBTQ+phobic and racist politicians. I do not want to live in a country where Donald Trump is literally the dictator. I do not want to live in a country where people such as myself are oppressed and forced into hiding/out of the country because of extremists like the ones behind KOSA, behind all these other really bad Internet bills, and behind Project 2025.
I am asking you to reblog/share this post, and I am asking you also that if you're able to take action against these bills. And definitely try to make people more aware of Project 2025 especially, because it will seriously fuck things up for nearly everyone in the United States (except for the ones running that show, obviously).
To help stop KOSA in particular, I'm copying and pasting from a document I wrote for the folks on my campus:
[BEGIN COPY-PASTED SECTION]
WAYS YOU CAN HELP STOP KOSA
Email to your friends, family, classmates, professors, etc.
Stage protests (and stay safe if doing so!)
Create and print out posters you can put up in areas people will see (if it's allowed there)! Doesn’t need to be fancy, it can be something like this in terms of text content:
STOP KOSA 2023
This bill threatens to censor many marginalized communities and topics on the Internet, including but not limited to:
The LGBTQ+ community
The discussion of race
Mental health issues
And many more!
It also will take away even more of both children’s and adults’ privacy on the Internet!
Call your state’s senators to tell them not to sign. Slightly edited scripts you can use are copied and pasted below, the Google doc from whence they came is below:
………………
DEMOCRATIC VERSION Hi, I am urging you to VOTE NO on KOSA, s.1409. Almost 100 human rights and LGBT organizations came out in an open letter opposing it in 2022 and 2023 because of how dangerous it is. The new language does NOT meet any concerns brought up, in fact many organizations were ignored. Major news have reported that this bill actively harms kids. When you look online through social media, you will find hundreds of posts by Gen Z who are opposed to this bill. We do not want this. This bill would allow any state attorney general to sue any website for “harmful” content. When you have Republicans calling anything LGBT “sexual exploitation” or anything about race “CRT” to successfully ban books and teachers, then they will use any justification to censor the internet. The Missouri attorney general used “mental health” successfully to ban gender-affirming care with backed up research. Suicide rates will skyrocket for marginalized youth with this bill restricting content. Multiple experts agree this bill pushes age verification, even with the new language. KOSA hands more private data of children to third party companies. Furthermore, updated language threatens encryption the same way the Earn It Act does. How is this protecting children’s privacy? KOSA actively harms kids by taking away educational resources they need right now. Do NOT support this bill. Thank you.
REPUBLICAN VERSION I am urging you to VOTE NO on KOSA, s.1409. This is a dangerous bill that will harm children. Many news organizations have reported that this bill actively harms kids by exposing their private data to strangers under the guise of protecting them. We need to hold Big Tech accountable, but KOSA is not the solution. This bill would allow any state attorney general to sue any website for “harmful” content. Do we really want blue state lawyers deciding what can and can’t be allowed online and continue to censor people? This is massive government overreach. We need a bill that actually protects people by creating better security measures instead of bringing about more censorship. Multiple experts agree this bill pushes age verification, even with the new language. KOSA hands more private data of children to third party companies, which would put them in further danger. How is this protecting children’s privacy? What parent would want their child’s private data in the hands of strangers like this? KOSA is actively putting kids in danger. Do NOT support this bill. Thank you. ……………… This version comes from this Google doc, which has additional learning resources! (It also has additional resources for fighting the KOSA bill, but some of it is outdated due to Congress having already done their thing):
Note that there is a separate script for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, use THIS ONE for him:
If you know anyone in Massachusetts specifically, tell them to call Senator Warren in order to ask her to rescind her support of KOSA. Script you can use written below (this one I wrote myself):
……………… Hello, Senator Warren. I am calling you today to ask that you rescind your support of the KOSA bill. It does not protect children. If anything, it will actively them by cutting them off from important discussions about the LGBTQ+ community, discussions about race, and mental health issues. There are even children in abusive situations who might not even know they’re being abused, and by censoring the Internet like this, or blocking children out of certain discussions, they may not find out until they’re adults. Senator Blackburn has made it perfectly clear that this bill aims to “protect” children from the trans community. Civil lawmakers, civil rights organizations, and many others have been saying over and over that this bill could be used to censor other marginalized groups as well. Please don’t support this bill. Thank you for your time and your consideration. ………………
Another important and final thing to do is to stay informed. Keep an eye on the news and on what’s happening with the KOSA bill.
That’s all I have for you!
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Also!! Petition you can sign!
Thank you so much for your time, and please do whatever you can to help stop this train wreck.
EDIT - UPDATE:
Please look at the following post!
#lgbtq#lgbtq+#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#lgbt#black lives matter#ex jw#ex mormon#ex catholic#ex christian#ex cult#stop kosa#kosa bill#kids online safety act#bad internet bills#project 2025#internet censorship#us politics#politics#Youtube
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How to keep as safe as possible buying and selling things online and then in person
So buying dolls online and then meeting people in person is not always safe because meeting someone you don't know is not safe by nature. These are just the things I have learned by doing it and having a dad who was a Craigslist seller.
So first things first
- Never meet in a private place
- Don't give people unnecessary information
- Tell people where you are going OR have someone there to wait nearby (usually in the car or in the shop etc)
Never meet in a private place.
It's always best to meet in public. If you are selling something that doesn't have to be in a house, do not sell in the house. Taking your doll to a coffee shop is not unusual and if given the opportunity, do everything in a well lit, busy, public space.
I live in an apartment with a very focal laundry room. Its in the center of the complex, is well lit, and is the only place i will sell to people if they live in the apartment. If they don't I meet in the front office.
Don't give people unnecessary information.
Don't give people unnecessary information. Don't give out addresses, last names, phone numbers if DMs will work, what you are doing on Saturdays, who you live with, anything that's not crucial to sell. If someone asks you a question if they don't need the answer too, you are allowed to lie to strangers. You don't have to tell people anything about you. You will only see these people once, they don't need to know anything that isn't relevant to the task of hand.
Tell people where you are going OR have someone there to wait nearby (usually in the car or in the shop etc)
If you have a friend or family member, bring them with you. They don't have to be right there with you, but if you are meeting in a coffee shop, have them drinking coffee there. If you are meeting in a parking lot, have someone in the car. If you are meeting someone at your house (which is probably easier if you live in a suburb but i lived on a farm, so i don't think it's a good idea) have someone there.
I always brought my dad, and when he sold things he sold them on days when lots of people are home like BBQs and game nights and also once Thanksgiving?? But yeah, safety in numbers.
Know what you are buying
If someone is describing things and it doesn't sound right, be aware. If you know a doll is one thing and they describe it as another for any reason, make a note of it. If they are trying to claim a doll is worth less than you know she is make a note of it. People sometimes don't know what they are buying but be aware of signs of scams.
Common scams-
- Asking for items before payment is received
- Advanced payment requests
- Overpaying for items
- Fake payment receipts (Using an app with Instant notifications of payment helps with this one)
- Verification codes
- Down-payments
- Wanting to ship something instead
Scam red flags
-Blurry photos
- Mismatched details
- Can't answer questions about the product
- Asks you to meet with someone who isn't them
- Is overly pushy
Be Aware of your surroundings.
This one is pretty self explanatory. Look out for physical things that are odd. People who stand out in their situation. People who get really close to you for no reason. Heavy sweaters in the 110 degree swamplands. Things that just don't add up in the specific circumstances you are in. You can afford to be overly cautious every once in a while.
Know when a situation is sketchy.
Trust you instincts. If something seems weird its better to just risk accidentally being rude and leaving then to gamble on it. Don't be afraid of being impolite to sketchy people from the internet.
Lastly: through out your life the price of a doll will pass through your hands many, many times. Don’t risk your safety over a doll or what she's worth, because there will always be another opportunity. Be safe, be vigilant, and knowledgeable.
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Get in, loser, we’re learning today.
CW mention of exploitation of minors and CSAM, link to article on same.
Look, I have mixed feelings about AI. It’s inevitable that it will be used unethically. It is also a thing that has the potential to break the shackles of drudge work for millions, if not billions, of human beings. It’s inevitable that the resulting “free time” will be exploited, and that’s a different rant.
I work in the information security, governance, risk, and compliance industry. AI is a Big Fucking Deal to us. I could soapbox about Internet safety in general (especially for kids) and AI specifically. It is revolutionizing every aspect of our lives, and that’s not hyperbole.
I am also a proponent of least privilege (obviously :P) and I apply that view to government involvement in our lives. Regulation should be applied minimally and where needed. Unnecessary legislation is a waste of everyone’s time and serves only the plutocrats in power.
The potential for harm with AI is so beyond the pale that people who don’t have a need to understand how it works might not realize just how fucked up it could get and chalk others’ concerns up to too much science fiction. The potential for good is equally great. You can see why there are mixed feelings.
We desperately need legislation about AI, data privacy, Internet safety, and digital crimes. Forcing a sale of a platform from one company that spies on us to another company that spies on us but happens to be in a different country is patently ridiculous. Banning the creation of Internet platform accounts for people under a certain age is unenforceable. Requiring age verification for the use of certain websites where an account is not required is unenforceable to an absurd degree, especially when revenue for that website is generated from ads served to users without accounts. None of these actions does anything to keep people safe online.
The best way to ensure safety, of any kind, is being informed. Education is the way to combat these problems. Despite what might be the general perception, when we know better, we do do better. A teenager who knows they are more susceptible to scams on Instagram is less likely to fall for scams on Instagram, or any other platform for that matter. A person who knows a call from an unsolicited fundraiser to help kids might actually be a front to fund state-supported hacking activity will be less likely to give a stranger their financial information.
The legislation we need should be providing resources to parents and guardians to first educate themselves, then how to educate their children. Forget the detriments of too much YouTube; focus on the fact that a tragically substantial percentage of CSA material bought and sold on the dark web is scraped from publicly accessible social media profiles. Predators do not have to resort to illegal activity to have access to these media.
Legislation for AI needs to cover all this and so much more. There are limited protections in place (in the US, anyway) for the use of someone’s likeness without permission for commercial gain, but it is not enough. It isn’t clear enough on the legality of using any publicly available material online to train AI systems without due diligence or due care with respect to copyright or content. There is no federal governance on what AI companies can do with the information users put in to AI as prompts. How many people have submitted sensitive or confidential information to ChatGPT? Who is liable if an AI suggests a recipe for chlorine gas, poison bread sandwiches, or mosquito repellent potatoes? Or if a chatbot intended to help small business owners tells them it’s okay for landlords to discriminate by source of income; for bosses to take their workers’ tips; to serve customers cheese already nibbled by rats; or to fire a person for reporting sexual harassment, concealing a pregnancy, or refusing to cut their locs?
I. Could. Go. On. Forever.
Contact your representatives and push for effective data privacy laws. Push for publicly funded and more effectively distributed digital safety education. There are publicly funded resources for Internet safety, but they’re not nearly as well-known as they should be. Push for clear and reasonable restrictions on the development and use of AI technology.
Here are some resources for your consumption:
US DoD Cyber Awareness Challenge
More DoD Cybersecurity Awareness eLearning
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Internet Safety for Kids and Teens
GCFGlobal Free Internet Safety for Kids (they also have a huge library of paid courses)
US FBI Safe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s library of privacy topics (look at all their information about everything. EFF is a fantastic organization. Some of their material is technically dense, but read as much as you can understand and apply to your own personal situations. They make an effort to lay things out in non-jargon, but sometimes it’s unavoidable.)
Stanford Cyber Policy Center Research, News, Publications Homepage
SCPC Article: AI Trained on CSAM identified in a public data set
/soapbox
Yikes
#information security#ai#cybersecurity#cyber security#infosec#keep kids safe online#electronic frontier foundation#eff#ai training#call your senators#call your congresspeople#hide your kids#hide your wife#online safety#i mean it#go live in a cave
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Hello, I hope my message finds you well
I'm Asmaa from Gaza 🇵🇸❤️, I'm asking you for a small donation of 20€ to save our lives from Gaza 🙏
Can you donate to me and my family? Thanks to your donation we can achieve our goal as soon as possible 🥺
Your support and standing by us in this difficult time is everything to us
I would be very grateful if you donated to me and my family, thank you for your generosity in our time of need ❤️
https://gofund.me/b60fb34d
Reblog to help Asma Ayyad and her family. I did a bit reaserch and I can't found the verification, she claims to have. Another thing I noticed is that the beneficiary seems to be an older man named "Maram Rafat", who seems to be a Palestinian pharmacist involved in a lot of GFM founds raising for his family - and the people in the photo seems to be the same photographed in Asma Ayyad's ones [this is his Instagram profile] - maybe Maram Rafate is a relative of Asma? It's worth mentioning that GFM has a donation protection guarantee, so in the off chance that one of these campaigns is illegitimate, your money will be returned.
Status: 17.033 € reached over a goal of 45.000 € - 1,2 mila donations
Maram Rafat one reached 3.000 € over a goal of 45.000 € - 99 donations
*note: I do not verity fundraisers myself. All fundraisers I'm reblogging have either been shared or vetted by other blogs.
If you want to help, but don't trust donating to strangers through GFM and want to help with a transparent, non-profit and cost-effective international humanitarian organization, here is the link: http://www.rescue.org
If you can't afford to donate, please reblog.
#vavuskapakage#free palestine#free gaza#save palestine#i stand with palestine#all eyes on palestine#save gaza#help gaza#free 🍉#palestine 🍉#save 🍉#free palestine 🇵🇸#i stand with palestine 🇵🇸#palestine gfm#gaza gfm#palestine gofundme#gaza gofundme
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Dear Gazan Grifters....
Dear grifters,
I know you think doing a personal appeal about Gaza is going to tug at my heartstrings, and honestly, I'm not unmoved. However, after that I feel a sense of knowing that there are people willing to plaster pictures of Gazan people onto their profile, ask them for cash, and then lie their asses off without any verification that you are who you say you are. Even if you sent a video, I don't know if you copy-pasted it from somewhere else. And really, if I want to help Gazan people, I would try my best to find reputable transparent agencies who give funds in relief where I know the money donated will actually go to the people who need it because I can read the org's financial records.
Look, I'm not schlub here, nor cold-hearted, but I also majored in systems and Anthropology and one of the fundamental questions I was posed to about again and again, is how do you exactly help the largest amount of people with what resources you have?
Such is a large and huge philosophical answer (something Philosophy Tube only scratched a bit at), and the short answer for me, is that I can't fix the systemic issue besides cursing Netanyahu every time I think of him and trying to call out Biden for being an AH. But donating to random strangers I don't know, I don't think is the way to solve the issue. I absolutely need the accountability to know my money is going to the right people and I'm not getting scammed--because while YOU, personally, might be in need, there are thousands also trying to leverage this.
I've gone back and forth on this a lot of times over the years on various issues, and this is not the "easy" answer, but it is the one that I have to stick with. I need my money and my efforts to count for more than individualistic imperialistic saviorism points to make myself feel better. I'd also like it to help end systems of oppression too even if it only moves things one milimeter
(BTW, not saying Trump will be better either. But I do hope the student orgs bust Biden's balls over this issue and keep winning.)
So this is where I stand. I will do my best to promote orgs that actually help and don't pay their org members millions more than they donate.
I truly apologize if your need is genuine and the scammers ruined it for you. But this is where we are at now. Give me an avenue towards peace and ending this war that does not end in massive bloodshed and genocide. I will certainly donate to that, especially if it helps with individualistic needs as well. Thank you. Sincerely,
Yoonmi Kim
P.S. I'm not saying this is the right answer for everyone. It's the one I'm choosing in order to judge towards my own moral goals. You have to choose and the choice fucking sucks 99% of the time.
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the cr*p part on what/how
-Ive embarked on pessimists route 2 receiving fruits of optimism. In my life, I know Im naked in more ways than 1. Its some1s version of “what a guy,” but being that guy, I wonder, doesn’t any1 care enough 2 stop it-its not acceptance, but assuming worst, leaves no surprises.-
-Id prefer if others were themselves in whatever they convey, in indirect ways done. Otherwise becomes 1 more thing 2 think on. If U could tell me, “HEY Here’s proof (not evidence) u need 2 stop ur situation by taking it 2 police” that’d be incredible. Been asking 4 a decade+.-
- but behind that direct proof, vs evidence and of course signs, I feel no satisfaction saying “ha ha u never fooled me.” I’ve gotten old and I’m frankly tired from “Constant exposure” 2 nonsense inside & outside.
If I specify, something gets verification & pummels me harder.-
Think: if they can detect waves, can send a wave. In/out. Send/Receive. What can a wave do? A booming speaker w/ just sound waves, can move an object...there's a whole spectrum of waves...
U know I can be insightful; how gullible do U think I am, regardless of however depicted?
ur thinking smoke & mirrors to my situation...Its hacking! the phones, the laptops, the Alexa's, the streaming devices, the webcams, the mics, cameras here/there, maybe other electronics at home and in car...we're talking mind reading, “so satellite infrared of body/eye movements”-
- but somewhere in the timeline of this situation, I came across brain mapping: running voices and thoughts alien to my mind, detecting a reaction from emotions detected thru fMRIs, copying the neurons processing sight...who knows...
- and being the age of lawlessness and encouraging lack of accountability, to further encourage involvement to harass by strangers, probably use some form of anonymous social networking, to make every1 feel "involved" in history and "The Project."
Believe what you will, like whatever "they" tell you...that "clearly" (note: sarcasm) always works...
From “Hamlet:"
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in ur philosophy.”
There is a degradation of culture in western world: I’m not 1 to call himself religious, but I believe & have insight…I have respect for these practices. A Commandment: Don’t Use My Name in Vain- outta respect, should avoid rhetoric like [Jesus] F* [Christ] or [Holy] f* [God]-
-Y blame God 4 ur’s or other’s choices? God didn’t cause my decade long situation. People did,& their enablers. Nature of existence defined in literal/figurative Adam/Eve story. 4 a bad choice, toil on earth was the punishment.We have power to choose & responsibility of choices.-
- Fate is the framework of our existence. It’s what we are born into. The framework says where the floor and ceiling are. Destiny is how high or low we “choose” to go within the framework of fate.- some people work hard to go above the ceiling.
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Adult Real ID Reveals Four Vital Campus Safety Tips for Students Heading to College This Fall
As students prepare to head off to college it can be exciting and stressful for both parents and kids. There are a lot of things to consider from dorm assignments to navigating the campus. In fact, one of the biggest concerns parents have as their child heads off to college revolve around safety since college comes with a new-found freedom for students who are meeting new friends and classmates. However, there is an unfortunate dangerous side with this new collegiate community since not everyone is who they say they are and it’s often discovered too late.
Thomas Kopec, a Co-Founder for the smartphone app, Adult Real ID, understands the danger all too well, “My son’s friend, Taylor Behl, was just seventeen when she was starting a new life as a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University and disappeared two weeks later. Taylor had met a 38-year-old photographer named Ben Fawley when she was visiting the campus and had no idea he had nefarious intentions. One night, she left her dormitory room at VCU, got into her car with Fawley, and she was never seen alive again. Her body was discovered over 75 miles away from campus one month later. This is just one reason why safety for students is personal for me and why I wanted to create an app like Adult Real ID.”
Kopec’s business partner is a former FBI agent, Jay Kanetkar, and the smartphone app is designed to keep users safe when meeting online connections and strangers. He says, “As an FBI agent, I saw first-hand the risk that online predators pose to both children and adults. That’s why I knew I had to do something to address the threat.”
Kopec and Kanetkar have some vital campus safety tips for students heading to college this fall.
1. Get to know neighbors in the dorm or in off-campus housing. Living alone or away from home for the first time can be overwhelming and becoming friendly with neighbors can create a sense of community and support while looking out for each other.
2. Share class schedules with roommates and parents. Students are encouraged to disclose their class timetables to roommates and parents so that they are able to detect anomalies or discrepancies, should they arise.
3. Stay aware of surroundings and avoid walking alone at night. Students should remain mindful of their environments, especially when they find themselves alone. It is crucial to avoid distractions including being absorbed in texting or talking on the phone when walking to and from the car, class, or coffee shop. Criminals often target people who appear distracted or confused. Also, whenever possible, travel with a friend or a group, especially after dark.
4. Communicate whereabouts to roommates and family. Students are advised to inform their roommates or trusted acquaintances of their intended destinations and anticipated return times—whether they are heading to the library, class, gym, or to meet up with dates or friends. By doing so, these acquaintances can remain aware of their schedules and respond if returns are delayed or if they need to check on their well-being.
“One of the advantages of Adult Real ID is that it allows users to add an event that includes who they are meeting and facilitates the incorporation of verified acquaintances who have successfully undergone a verification process,” according to Kanetkar. “Events can be monitored and tracked until the successful return from the event through the app’s Meeting Tracker. The goal of this feature is to prevent abductions or possible violence.” This approach fosters secure interactions by connecting with other validated users, thereby mitigating the risk of counterfeit profiles and deceptive relationships.
A number of college campuses have already added the app as a new layer of security for their students according to Kopec, “Several universities including Princeton, Texas A & M, and Rutgers have seen the value of Adult Real ID and have secured app subscriptions for every student returning to college this school year to help them stay safe on and off campus.”Everyone concerned about safety when meeting strangers masquerading as ‘friends’ on the Internet or even in real life meetings needs a powerful tool that ensures their well-being. Adult Real ID sets a new standard for responsible online connections and users can get a subscription for as low as $3.00 per month. The app goes beyond identity verification by prioritizing user safety during face-to-face meetings, secure meeting arrangements, emergency assistance features, and fostering a safer digital landscape for everyone.
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I'm doing my best but you gotta remember there's no cell coverage on the Island of misfit toys and years of exposure to your stupid has really throttled the download,
I am not so insensitive or oblivious as to imagine there to be value for myself, in being obstinate in the denial of what clearly has been the totality of your life's effort,
I want to help you cuz watching you struggle with the packaging is like watching a rat trying to unspring it's death trap , the hilarity of how useless and pathetic the motivation to indulge in some enjoyment in the expression of cruelty as someone's perogative , has the same shelf life that people not victims of their own narcissistic delusions, see in the idea of spending their time building these ridiculous Wile E coyote 10K component constructs whose only horror lies in recognizing the obsessive delerium fever that defines you , In the fact you built it shaking with the anticipation of success , In something no mentally I'm an insane stalker while your friends keep hitting the only button they have ,
They want me to show up unannounced at fake youse suggestion how is this right by you? I've done nothing to warrant scrutiny,
person has any interest in doing .
you got me fucked up if you think I'm doing it on purpose , but your gonna have to explain what I'm supposed to do , or say or think , so you can blow your load and have your Leonardo king of the world moment because if you start crying , I might have to kill myself in shame ,
( It's a time machine Napoleon)
I can't do what you need without a little direction , I know it takes some of the boner fuel out of the payoff when the victim of your evil genius needs help with his lines,
But I can't do everything and if you could just explain.... Give me a second to make sure I'm at the right step in the operating manual,...
Ok , right ,
So on page 7 million 856,
Right after the crushed bones of an albino tree tortoise
( don't make it too difficult or anything)
I don't understand the writing of the verification,
Before you lose your shit and all the neighbors cats start turning up decapitated ,
I'm not criticizing,
You have a lot to be proud of , there is hard work and dedication that Is evident all over your .....thing , that.... does something , uh , yeah,
Oh oh , something COOL ,
Pfff clearly , anyone can see THAT ,
Ok you know what the problem is ?
Me.
No , I swear , I'm just ,,,,, so dumb , that ...... I messed it up somehow .
You know what I think happened ?
Ok ,
Remember in step 5628,
When I was supposed to masturbate while performing a hand less head stand ?
I kept falling on account of my head being more circular as opposed to the empty square you think others in common with you , which in all likelihood , failed to summon the demon lord ,,,ahh, hold on a second,
The Demon Lord ,
Worthlesschildrapingshiteater
Without whose blessing , the soulsucification assembly , will default to the secondary hand crank activation option , which you look to have bypassed with the duck tape and , what is that ? SYRUP , ,, NICE, good thinking there , I mean most people would worry a that dumping a gallon of melted sugar into a delicate , uh , uh,
BRILLIANT , piece of , uh , uh,
HI TECH! Equipment .
So I think it's clear to see , the problem is I'm just not , uh , uh ,uh
SMART enough , to do it the right way,
Ok now Fred ? Fred?
Ok , there no need for that ,
No , no , you don't have set yourself on fire ,
No , no one wants to drag you behind their car because you can't do anything right , that's just not true ,
I told it's me ,
So ....
You pay for , suggest to or otherwise effect the intentional dishonest interest of friendship from, a random stranger , with the only intent of gaining your victims appreciation for the individual ,
Ok , ok , looks real good so far .
What ?
You kidding me ?
EVERYONE , would enjoy that , whats not to love there?
Ok , so ,, everything is still good here ,
And then when everything seems normal, you reverse the machines rotation , from
Like to hate ,
Very nice , you know a lot of people don't like how it tastes , but I'm the opposite ,
You can't put enough hate on anything bad far as I'm concerned , am I right ?
Sure ,
Ok so now we got to ,
What did I do ,
And it performed flawlessly ,
No , there's nothing odd about dedicating hundreds if not thousands of hours to support a lie with the singular intent of hurting someone's feelings,
There is no greater use of ones time ,
Ok
So
The replacement of the actual living person, with the cardboard replacement decoy,
seems to have worked fine,
And , there was no problem with the insertion of the
I'm a dirty dirty slut personally upgrade ,
And it looks like you have way more than enough ,
I HIT THE JACKPOT FUCK ME BABY response content , so
You see?
there Is nothing you did wrong building your ,,,, thing,
You know whose fault it is ?
Whoever told you I was a punk bitch, pussy mother fucker like you , lol
That's the problem .
Because the idea I would be embarrassed at the idea I thought someone attractive , desirable, interesting or sincere ,
Is confused.
As Is the idea ,that there was an audience of freak show trash , eagerly anticipating the opportunity to take enjoyment from the idea their ridicule and pleasure in seeing me face plant , is upsetting or anything that could help with my inability to pass a mirror without furiously masturbating to the sexy as mother fucker looking back at me , I mean , my god ,
I'm not the least bit gay , but , that man is a god , lol
I'm supposed to feel ,..bad ,
Because someone else is a liar ,and a thief,.... Yeah?
See I didn't know that.
And Im supposed to feel bad that other people heard my
Super secret crush feelings
Yeah ,
I don't have those lol.
You can know , lol everyone can if they care for some reason .
I adore the girl ,
Oh yeah , clearly ,
You seem to have a handle On every shameful indulgence of bad behavior on display,
Nailed it
IDC, lol
Love it , love her ,
What ?
She was going to help someone kill me ?
Yeah so ?
Do you not see the line ?
That's not people waiting for GAGA to sign thier face with a sharpie ,
They ALL WANT to kill me,
I mean if I could only adore women who weren't going to eventually fantasize about violently murdering me ,
There would be no one left to be the star of my gangbang dreams ,
And then life would have no meaning ,
To feel anything you hoped begins with the acceptance that you are not entitled to feel what you do , when others identify some expression of unhealthy ideation as the source ,
suggesting a weakness of character, or need that defines you as broken ,
You have no possible chance of that,
I'm not broken ,
I'm better.
She can insult , or ridicule , or abuse, or victimize the willingness to accept her at her word, without recognizing we're people to all agree and behave as she did ,
The terms friendship and love would have no meaning to anyone else .
You want to burn the world to ash , you want to destroy everything , because you have nothing but a empty vaccuum of negativity in your heart
So you let yourself believe what you do is the appropriate Expression of reprisal for perceived transgression , when every single thing , anyone ever does to anyone else happens to us all , and you feckless stupidity , is nothing I'd ever waste time making my responsibility to correct .
Your why people don't want to use public swimming pools ,
It's ok too piss?
Everyone does ?
So , then you intentionally jump into 10k gallons of urine for a good time,
Hmmm,
Knock yourself out shit for brains,
I can't feed you the joy in MY HEART ,
for one , the bad you hope for , gets thrown out with the stupid shit like moments in your company ,
Entirely worthless ,
So I don't keep it around lol,
and even we're that not the case ,
You want JOY stupid , there is none in someone else's sorrow , WTF is wrong with you ?
Damn Coffee is cold ,excuse me , can you put some ice cubes in my coffee , it's too cold ,
Genius
And Lastly, what good is the effort to suck the joy from someone else's life were you able to when your system operates on the antithists
YOUR SYSTEM CANT OPEN files written in joy , when there is nothing but anger and sorrow inside you ,
You can spend the rest of your entire life like the energy vampire you are , feeding endlessly , and starving to death anyways because you can't find sustenance in the good things ,
Unless it all belongs to you ,
Go away asshole ,
I've carried you long enough
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Rent An Oppa ~ HHJ [Request]
WORD COUNT: 4.5K
PAIRING: Hyunjin x Reader
GENRE: non idol AU, strangers to lovers, rent an oppa, fluffy, a little angst but nothing too major, pining for one another, first kiss,
A/N: I made this one a fluffy one without smut hunny, I hope that this is okay hunny
Moving to South Korea was one of the best decisions you'd ever made. It had been your dream for years to move somewhere that wasn’t where you were from. You’d finally made it happen, you were here. Sitting in your new apartment staring out at all of the sights that you could see. The apartment you’d gotten was a loft apartment which was something you’d never thought of having before, but it was perfect. The ground floor was open plan, besides the bathroom of course and you had large floor to ceiling windows that looked out at the city of Seoul. Your bedroom was just up a flight of stairs and it looked out at the ground floor, it was unbelievably perfect for your first home in Seoul. There was only one thing wrong with everything and that was that you didn’t know your way around. Sure there were maps and people you could ask for help but you wanted a tour guide.
You’d seen an app being advertised on your plane ride over which you were tempted to use. “Rent an Oppa.” It sounded like it was straight out of a K-Drama but it was real and monitored wonderfully. Everyone had a screening test, background test and everything is done before they were allowed to become an ��Oppa” for the app.
“Let’s see what this is then,” You mumbled to yourself as you sat down on your sofa, pulling your knees up to your chest as you began to scroll through the app. Everyone had profiles set up with verification photos to prove that they were who they said they were, then there were some small descriptions about the boys or girls there.
Endlessly scrolling and swiping through profiles you couldn’t find anyone you thought you would get along well with. You wanted someone that you had things in common with, if you were going to be paying them for their time you might as well do something you both enjoy doing it.
About to give up hope and go at it alone a profile popped up. A new profile that caught your eye. The photo was of a boy around 21-years-old standing on top of a rooftop, dressed in a smart shirt and tie aiming a camera at whoever was taking the photo of him. Photography-nut was written in his profile making you giggle a little as you flicked through his images. In each of them, it began to reveal his face and mid-length blonde hair. He looked as though he was really sweet and kind, the kind of boy you took to meet your parents.
“Hyunjin,” You smiled as you said his name, swiping onto his profile to see what rates he was charging. It wasn’t expensive and just in your budget range so you messaged him. There was no harm in seeing if he was free that day.
[12:03] Y/n:
Hi there, I’m not entirely sure how this thing works 😅😅 but could we arrange a meetup? I’m new in Seoul and need a tour guide 🥰
Staring at the phone you debated with yourself if that was the right way to start a conversation with someone on the app. There was no tutorial on how to message them or if you had to wait for them to message you first.
[12:07] Hyunjin 🍀
Hey! I would love to arrange a meetup. I can meet you anywhere you feel comfortable! Welcome to Seoul! 💞🌺
Smiling to yourself you gave him the address to the shop right beside your apartment building. It was the only play you really knew so far and you wanted to meet him somewhere you knew the exact location of. Rather than wandering around lost trying to find somewhere to meet him you didn’t know yet.
Dressed in a long-sleeved Beige shirt-dress and some black leggings you waited outside the shop, acting as though you were busy on your phone so you didn’t look as though you were staring out for Hyunjin. It was already going to be awkward enough without you looking around gormlessly for him.
“Hey,” A voice called out making you jump a little as you looked up from your phone to see him. He was identical to his photos though his hair was a little longer now.
“Hi, I’m Y/n.” You shook his hand and he smiled nodding his head,
“I’m Hyunjin and I know this is probably going to be awkward for a while so I hope we can become friends throughout it,” He smiled as he let go of your hand. This time you looked at him you took in his whole appearance, he was wearing a black and white striped turtle neck and some black jeans.
“I’m new to the app so we’re both doing firsts here,” He smiled as he looked around you both, taking in everything around him as he tried to figure out what you could do for the day.
“It’s still quite early in the afternoon...I can show you around, show you all of the shops, shopping mall and just around Seoul itself if you like?” You were completely taken by his voice, appearance and how sweet he was being with you.
“I would love that, the only place I know is the shop and my apartment.” You laughed weakly as he nodded his head.
“Would you mind if I linked our arms?” You shook your head and you linked arms with one another as he began to lead you down the road.
“So what brings you to Seoul?” He questioned as he tried to break the ice. It was nice that he was trying, you had rented him for the rest of the day and you were going to have to get to know each other.
“I fancied a change in pace. I’ve always loved South Korea and the culture,” You admitted as your eyes glanced around at all of the people you were pacing. Everyone in their own worlds as they went about their daily lives. Each person you saw looked as though they had been plucked out of a fashion magazine, their outfits were so effortless yet stood out in the large crowds.
“When did you get here?” He asked as he waited at the side of the road for lights to change and you could cross without being in any kind of danger.
“About two days ago...I’ve been locked up in my apartment eating Ramen. I was so worried I’d get lost.” You groaned thinking back on it while Hyunjin laughed a little, shaking his head.
“I’ll add a shopping trip on our list of things to do. I can’t have you living off only ramen.” He chuckled and your whole heart seemed to swell up when you saw the smile on his face. It was honestly one of the prettiest smiles you’d seen and his dimples were so deep you wanted to reach up and poke them. But you didn’t.
The rules of the app were very simple. No inappropriate touching, no exchange of social media or phone numbers. Once the dates were over that was it unless you rented another one but only through the app.
“I should take you to see Cheonggyecheon River, a small walk down and we’ll be at the nicest cafes,” Hyunjin explained as he seemed to be enjoying this almost as much as you were,
“So why did you join the app?” You questioned as you looked at him, it had been a question on your mind since seeing him on the app.
“I needed the extra cash for art supplies...I’m studying at the moment so this seemed to be the perfect side job.” He explained as he began heading down some stairs towards a small river that ran through the city.
“Cheonggyecheon River,” You whispered as you looked around, it had only been something you’d seen in photos but now it was real.
“So you do art?” You questioned as you went back to looking up at Hyunjin while you walked.
“Yeah. I try to, I’m learning to draw, I thought it would be fun.” You smiled wanting to know more about it.
“Do you have any pictures?” He nodded as he sat down on an empty bench with you, pulling out his phone to show you photos of the drawings he’d been doing in his spare time.
“These are amazing! You did these?” You were truly shocked to see someone who was just learning to draw create amazing pieces as he had done. Some were anime characters, others were drawings of himself and another was a drawing of a dog.
“This is my favourite,” You told him as you looked at the Chihuhaha drawing he’d done,
“My little Kkami, I missed him so I drew him from a photo.” You smiled at the drawing again,
“Do you not get to see him much?” He shook his head as he looked out at the water.
“I live in a dorm with seven guys who are studying, Kkami is at home with my family.” Your heart clenched at the thought of him not getting to see his dog much,
“I’m sorry.” He shook his head at you, you had nothing to be sorry for.
“Don’t be, it makes the time I have with him all the more special. Shall we start to go?” You nodded getting up from the bench once more and heading in the direction he was leading you in.
The two of you had gotten to know each other more on your walk over to the supermarket, getting to know about him and all his roommates that seemed adventurous.
“Felix came here at 2 am once just to get baking ingredients.” He laughed as he pushed the trolley around the store, adding things he thought you would enjoy as well as ingredients to make Kimchi with.
“Why was he baking at 2 in the morning?” You laughed adding some pasta products into the trolley, looking around at everything in shock. It was so much larger than any other supermarket you had been in and it was empty. Hardly anyone besides you and Hyunjin was around and there was soft music playing through some speakers.
“It’s Felix, who knows why he does what he does,” He laughed as he watched you. You were standing in front of ramen packets and he smirked a little,
“You could get the cups. They’ll be better for you and cheaper in price.” Thanking him you added a bunch into the trolley and smiled a little,
“Noodles are the only thing I can successfully cook.” You chuckled while Hyunjin shook his head at you,
“I need to give you cooking lessons but we’re almost out of the day...I can send you some cooking books if you like.” The thought of the day almost being over made you sad to think you’d never see him again.
“I could book you for another day? I would love to learn to cook from someone who’s lived here their whole life,” Yes. That was the reason. Totally not because every time he smiled or laughed your heart fluttered. Hyunjin’s heart seemed to flutter at the thought of getting to meet you again, although he was getting paid to hang out with you it didn’t feel forced. It felt natural to be around you as though he had known you for years and he couldn’t wait to do it all over again.
“Sure! We should get some ingredients to cook with tomorrow. Your Kimchi will stay good for three to six months if you keep it in the fridge and once you know-how. You’re pretty much great for everything,” You smiled before nodding. Both of you grabbing more and more ingredients for recipes you could freeze and add to the freezer.
Laying in bed that night you couldn’t help but smile to yourself at the day you had. Hyunjin bought you home in a cab, helping you in with the bags before he helped you put everything away. You’d already paid him before he got home and booked another day together but none of it felt like a job or obligation to either of you. Hyunjin went home with a giant smile on his face having enjoyed the day much more than he had expected to.
“I told you that you’d have fun,” Chan said as he walked into the kitchen later that night to see Hyunjin couldn’t stop smiling.
“I had a lot, she’s amazing Hyung.” He explained as he began to pour himself some hot chocolate and get ready for a few hours of studying before bed.
“Just don’t get attached. The rules were simple Hyunjin.” He nodded as he headed back to his dorm room to find Felix sitting there waiting for everything that had happened that day.
“Felix made cookies.” Was the first thing Hyunjin said to you as you opened the door to see him standing there. Today he was wearing a white t-shirt, a grey jacket and some shorts. It was the hottest day of the year.
“His famous ones?!” You asked a little too excitedly as you saw the Tupperware box filled to the brim with cookies all of different shapes and sizes.
“He was baking last night and he thought I could share them.” It was a lie. Hyunjin had practically begged Felix to bake you some the night before. He’d told you so much about them and he’d seen the look on your face when he mentioned them. He wanted you to try them.
“Tell him I said thanks,” You hummed as bit down into one of the cookies, instantly rolling your head back at the taste of them.
"He could run his own bakery, oh my goodness," Hyunjin smiled as he walked into the kitchen pulling out an apron he'd brought from the dorms and getting ready to help you cook.
"We'll start with the Kimchi, it'll be the best thing to start with and then whatever you're planning for your dinner." You nodded at him, finishing off the cookie before you washed up and pulled on an apron you'd gotten from the store yesterday.
While you were chopping and washing up the ingredients Hyunjin was telling you everything you needed to do.
"You know you should be a chef...Or give out cooking classes." You told him as you began adding all of the ingredients together.
"I would give you five stars," He laughed softly as he looked at you,
"Like a Michelin chef?" You nodded at him as you continued to add everything together. Hyunjin laughing a little as he began to stir some of the stew he'd been making, scooping some up for you.
"You've reached the peak of taste, you'll never go back to normal food I promise." He laughed as you hummed at the taste of the stew.
"You'll have to take some home with you, there's no way I'll eat all this to myself." You mentioned as you stared at the huge stew pot he was cooking with.
"I'm sure the guys would love it," Hyunjin said before adding a little more spice to the stew and leaving it.
The two of you camped out on your sofa for hours just spending time getting to know one another. He told you all about his life at the dorms while you told him about life back at home.
"Do you miss it?" He asked as he bit into one of the cookies and looked at you,
"Sometimes. I miss the people more than the place but it's home." You frowned thinking back on your time, it wasn't as though you were never going to go back again, but this was your life now.
"I suppose that's how it is with many people." He smiled weakly putting down his plate and looking at the time, he only had an hour left with you before he had to head home for the night.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" You shrugged your shoulders as you thought about it. Nothing was planned for at least a month, your job was waiting for some final paperwork to be done.
"Nothing that I know of,"
"Do you want to go to Seoul Tower, it's one of the best tourist spots. I think you'll enjoy it there," You smiled while nodding your head, wanting to spend all of the time in the world with Hyunjin. For as long as you could at least.
"Sure!" You smiled at him before going over to the stew to get everything put into smaller tubs for him to take home. The subject of payment was growing closer and neither of you wanted to feel awkward about talking about it again.
"Hyunjin. You're growing attached," Chan warned as soon as Hyunjin stepped through the door that night. All eight of the boys were on the app to earn some extra cash and for them, it had been routine days out. A cafe, a shopping spree here and there but that was it. None of them ever spent so much time getting to know their clients or even cook with them.
"I'm not. She's just being a nice friend Hyung," He complained as he placed the stew down onto the counter. Calling out to the boys that there was food if anybody was hungry for it.
"She's a client Hyunjin. Nothing more." He rolled his eyes as he listened to Chan bring up the subject of the rules again.
"No exchanging numbers, social media or inappropriate touching. I know Hyung, Gosh what do you think we're doing? Fucking in some park?" He grumbled taking a cookie and heading for his bedroom. He didn't want to hear the same speech over and over again reminding him that he couldn't have you the way that he wanted. There were feelings growing between you and he knew he was never going to be able to act on them and it killed him inside.
The days you spent together began to grow more and more and you forgot that this wasn't just friends hanging out together. That you were paying him for spending time with you. That was until the end of the night when you would wire transfer him the cash when he left leaving you both feeling awkward the next morning. Only for that to fade whenever you got on with the day that you had planned together. You'd seen almost every tourist attraction there. Hyunjin took you to Nami Island, ice cream dates, cafe dates, Seoul Tower and today you were going to Gyeongbokgung Palace.
"Everything okay? You seem quiet." He chuckled as you waited in line together to get tickets for the palace. Your eyes wandered up to him as you smiled weakly.
"Fine...I just can't wait to get in there." You lied not wanting to make anything between you more awkward than it had to be.
The palace was beautiful and filled with history Hyunjin couldn't wait to tell you about it. Explaining everything and tell you all of the facts he knew about the palace.
"Did you come here a lot?" You asked as you both sat down on some grass patches by one of the lakes. He'd brought along a picnic basket and a blanket for the two of you. The basket was filled with food he’d cooked and baked goods Felix had been forced to make once again,
“When I was a kid. I love history so I used to beg mum into taking me.” He laughed as he remembered all of the weekends he would spend there, learning about everything that he could.
“That’s amazing,” You smiled as he held up a spoon to your lips, spoon-feeding you some yoghurt he had bought along with him. You hummed letting him feed you when you looked around at different people around you. Lots of couples were doing the same thing as you both. Sitting together on the grass as they fed one another.
“Hey I was-” Hyunjin stopped speaking when you turned to look at him, neither of you realising how close you were to one another until your lips almost touched. Neither of you moved. You just stared at him, eyes flicking from his lips to his mouth your whole body aching to lean in and kiss him. But you didn’t. You sat there looking at him as he looked at you.
No one would have to know, he could just lean down and kiss you right now and no one would know about it. It wasn’t as though there were guards on the apps that tracked their every move. Placing down the spoon he looked at you, scooting closer to you as he watched to see if your facial expression changed at all. His right hand slowly rose to your face and he cupped your face in his hand, running his thumb along your bottom lip as you let out a small whimper.
“If I do this, there’s no going back.” You shrugged your shoulder. You didn’t want to go back. You wanted his lips on yours, you didn’t care about anything else.
Hyunjin pressed his lips against yours and instantly it was sweet yet filled with passion, your arms wrapped around the back of his neck as you kissed him back. Lips moving in sync with one another as he pulled you closer to him. The world around you faded away as you made out on the small patch of grass together, forgetting that he was paid to be there and you were renting him for the day. None of that mattered when you felt the way you did. Your whole body prickling with tingles as he kissed you. Lips parting and tongues touching. Everything around you was gone. All you cared about was this moment.
After taking you home Hyunjin came in to have hot chocolate with you, well over his intended time limit and continued to kiss you. Cuddle you. Only making you yearn for him to stay longer but he had to go home. He had classes the next day.
“I don’t know when I’ll see you again,” You admitted as you stood by the front door of your apartment. Neither of you moving as you stared up at him. It was your last week before work and you could no longer afford to pay him. Though the subjects of paying for dates had gotten too weird for you and Hyunjin to talk about.
“I’m sure we’ll see each other around,” He sighed knowing he couldn’t give you his number or any way of contacting him outside of the app. He’d hoped he’d told you enough about his personal life for you to accidentally bump into one another somewhere.
“Hyunjin I think-” He kissed you softly not wanting you to finish the sentence. He was getting feelings for you too but admitting them out loud would make him stay and he couldn’t.
“I will see you around,” He whispered putting an emphasis on the “will” before he leant down to kiss you one last time. His hands on your waist as he smiled against your lips, pulling away and leaving you alone.
Weeks passed by and Hyunjin saw no sign of you in any of the spots he had told you about, he even made an effort to walk by your apartment building every night home from classes but there was no sign of you.
“You’ve been so weird lately. Why haven’t you been going to see Y/n?” Felix grumbled as he rolled over in bed one night to see Hyunjin laying wide awake at almost 1 am. Just sitting there and staring at the top of the bunk bed he was under.
“I can’t...I have feelings for her and I didn’t want to keep taking her money.” Crawling down from the top bunk Felix came to see Hyunjin. He was fully dressed and staring at the ceiling still.
“It’s creepy. Stop staring like that. Just go and “accidentally” bump into her...What’s the problem?” Hyunjin sat up and shook his head,
“You don’t think I’ve been trying that? I’ve been walking by her apartment building almost every night. Sitting in cafes...Maybe I was reading into it wrong.” Hyunjin’s phone flashed up and he darted toward it only to see it was an email from the Rent an Oppa app telling him that his account was deactivated.
“You quit?”
“I didn’t want to do it anymore.” He mumbled before getting up from the bed and grabbing a jacket,
“Where are you going? It’s almost 1:30?” Hyunjin said nothing as he left the bedroom.
The account was gone and all that was left was a stupid message telling you that Hyunjin has left the account. Staring down at your phone you hated yourself for not messaging him sooner to arrange something. You had to see him again. For the last two weeks, you had been going to what he said was his favourite cafe and waiting for him. You’d do the paperwork for work there, read books. You’d been in there so much the owner knew you by name.
“I’ll make you some goodnight tea,” The elderly owner whispered as she walked over to your table. They were open 24 hours which was nice at times like this when you couldn’t get to sleep.
“Thank you,” You whispered as you went back to looking through the paperwork you had to finish. The job wasn’t what you expected it to be so you were trying to file paperwork whilst look for something else to do there.
“Nightcap for you too?” The elderly woman called out to someone who had just walked through the door. Frowning to yourself you glanced up to see a hoodied boy walk through the shop and stand at the counter.
“You’re not alone tonight. Someone else who can’t sleep,” The hoodied boy began to turn and as soon as you locked eyes your heart lept to your throat.
“Hyunjin?” You whispered to yourself as he began heading over to your table, eyes wide as he saw you sitting there.
“Fancy meeting you here,” He laughed as he sat down beside you, both of you just as happy to see each other.
“I-I’ve been coming here almost every day,” You admitted as he looked at you, hands finding yours and holding onto them as tightly as he could. He never would have thought you would come here, he’d only mentioned it once and how much it meant to him.
“I only told you about this place once,”
“I could see how much it meant to you...I thought I might catch you here and then we could...Go on a normal date.” He let out a breathy chuckle as he nodded his head.
“Sounds good to me. I’m paying.” He told you as he kissed your lips softly. All of a sudden all of those weeks away from one another melted into nothingness. It was just the two of you together once again giving you the freedom to date, exchange numbers and hang out without some pesky app or their rules in the way.
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Breezy Weekes
Part 2
Being “hacked” & alleged fake fan accounts
To understand this post we’re gonna need to know a few things first.
Yay! Education time :)
The accounts in the screenshots are as follows:
Saturdayfinds: Diane (Breezy’s mother)
Idknorules: (Allegedly Diane)
Music4realz20: (Allegedly Breezy)
If you aren’t tech-savvy here’s a rundown of how Instagram hacking would potentially work.
If you have one step verification (meaning just entering a password for access) these are the ways one can hack your Instagram account
Brute-Force: In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases until the correct one is found.
Phishing: Phishing is when a hacker posing as a trustworthy party sends you a fraudulent email, hoping you will reveal your personal information voluntarily. Sometimes they lead you to fake "reset your password" screens; other times, the links install malicious code on your device.
Data Leak: A data breach is a security violation, in which sensitive, protected, or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, or used by an individual unauthorized to do so. Other terms are unintentional information disclosure, data leak, information leakage, and data spill.
In other words, anyone that would usually be hacking accounts through these means would be doing so to many people. The reasoning usually being for followers, money, or information.
To hack an Instagram account with two-step verification is pretty impossible. You have to either enter the code from the victim’s mobile device or from an authentication app on their mobile device.
Authentication app: Authentication apps generate security codes for signing in to sites that require a high level of security. You can use these apps to get security codes even if you don't have an internet connection or mobile service.
With me so far?
I’m gonna try to explain as best I can.
In 2018, Breezy made a comment on a Panic! confession page which at the time was used to submit anonymous (most of the time controversial) opinions
Here is Breezy’s comment agreeing with the confession that “Brendon can be kind of an ass” and that “Panic! Is not as good as it used to be”
Frantically, Breezy then messages the owner of the page begging for them to take the post down, claiming her account was hacked.
Someone like Breezy, I’m sure, would have two-step verification. Especially considering she is very active on social media. Even if she didn’t, and it only required password access, it would have been more likely that her account was “hacked” by the methods listed above.
A hacker who in all reality and likelihood was a stranger, wouldn’t comment “agree” on a confession page.
This to me is a panicked (no pun intended) cover-up. She knew she was caught and started spewing anything she could come up with to be believable, including saying that phone numbers and pictures were taken. And to make it more believable… (almost) Dallon’s music.
The fun thing about having an app hacked. You would absolutely not have to get a new phone, and you really wouldn’t have to change your phone number unless you felt it was necessary. All you would really have to do is get access back to your account (which can take 72 hours or more) email Instagram and explain to them what happened, verify yourself for access, and wait to be able to log back in. But with Breezy she gained access back in a very short period of time, so short that she was able to scramble to Instagram dms and tweet about it. Haters will say it’s not true.
When her mother was seen making similar petty, weird comments from saturdayfinds she was hacked as well!
Anyways back to Breezy.
The more likely event here was that Breezy accidentally used the wrong account when commenting on Instagram.
I think she meant to use Music4realz20 and accidentally commented from her own account. Then lost her mind because it was too late, the damage was done. Her phone was replaced. She was hacked, guys.
music4realz20 made several comments on confession pages and fan accounts after Dallon’s departure. They really came out of the woodwork. But I’m gonna show you two almost identical comments. One from music4realz20 and one from Breezy Weekes both sharing similar statements and the exact same website. It’s like she didn’t even try! (Allegedly)
This is just…hilarious to me, ITS ABOUT HIS WIFE BREEZY I LOVE THAT
Here are some more comments from the Music4realz20 account.
Is a large majority 50%, Breezy? (Allegedly) Because they equally own it down the middle.
Hmmmm this sounds a little too personal
Yes yes, the tyrant Urie. Taking control of everybody.
Oh, and of course the Tumblr account on how problematic everyone else is.
Don’t forget that Choke was written about Brendon and that “Dallon wins” at throwing shade.
I have, once again, run out of media available per post so I will talk about the comments made by idknorules (Diane.)
Here’s an extras section
Now for several months, Diane was carelessly commenting from her own account. If anyone is interested, I’ll set asks to anonymous and post what I have of those comments.
Diane then started to use idknorules, instead. After claiming to be hacked as well.
She would make weird comments like saying “Sarah was prettier than Nicole”, similar comments to Breezy’s about Zack, Brendon, or Sarah. I will try to scrounge up some more screenshots in preparation for any asks I get.
The idknorules account was apparently also covered in photos of Dallon, weirdly a lot of old photos of Sarah. The main thing was that Diane and idknorules posted almost exactly the same picture at an idk concert. Sloppily thinking I guess, that no one cared enough to notice. Well, some people did because I’ve collected this information from a few sources.
This bizarre behavior by Breezy & her mother was swept under the rug. The original poster apologized and moved on. I’m assuming because they didn’t want to deal with Breezy’s wrath.
Brendon, I suspected
As a final note in this crazy sideshow, in 2020, Breezy spoke to a person who claimed her friend was talking to Brendon on Facebook and through text. Breezy dm’d this person during the chaos of Brendon’s false allegations. I will get more into this when I do Brendon’s section. Breezy then begins to talk to this person and say that she suspected Brendon of cheating but continued to make the conversation about her. Shocking, right? It turns out her friend was catfished by THE catfish. Again I will get into this during his section. For Breezy to pointedly vocalize that she suspected Brendon of cheating on Sarah while allowing those screenshots to be posted publicly, is absolutely gross. Especially when she knew afterward that it wasn’t him.
The fan accounts were all speculation, the hacking I am pretty positive didn’t happen and, of course, take it for what you will.
I can’t believe I’m this far into my master list already.
I plugged out these two parts in one night because I’ve just had this information in my brain and needed to expel it clearly and concisely for consumption.
Thank you for reading part 2 of Breezy and Dallon. I have, as I said, run out of media in my post so please feel free to submit asks if you have any screenshots you’re curious about. Or any other information. Just ask away.
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I’m getting rehired into last year’s weird as hell seasonal job right now, and it reminded me of the hiring process from last year. See, I was in Greece at the time visiting my wife’s family, and I happily notified my future employers that I wouldn’t be able to do anything until I got back in October. No drug test, nothing other than document verifications of the documents I had on me at the time. So! There was an accident and HR sent my drug test request off to a lab who began to call me endlessly.
This lab was super forceful about it. I’d answer and explain I am out of the country and couldn’t do anything until I get back, and for the most part these folks were just like “yeah ok.” The emails they sent started to become more and more aggressive, just a step away from accusing me of being some kind of junky or whatever. So at this point I’m getting insulted not just for myself, but for anyone who had to deal with this kind of talk. They call me again, and this time I’m very firm saying I can’t go, cancel my order, I’m out of the country and I will have my office reschedule. And this rancid slug of a person straight up told me she planned on calling my office and telling them I’m a massive drug addict, that I’ll never be hired because they don’t want someone like me who tries to push drug tests away to hide the fact that I’m addicted to this and that. I was told that I blew my shot, and that I would rot without income. Well, shit, okay. I tell her to fuck right off for feeling the need to speak to anyone that way.
Lucky me, my boss at the time was as shocked as I was when I told her what was up, and we just got the damn thing rescheduled. Got to work pretty soon after. But hell, can you imagine being that nasty to a stranger who is just trying to get on with life? Chill out.
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Accidental Feminist Icon
Between my own headcanon Barba becomes a very niche viral celebrity for being a mix of feminist icon giving one liners on the news and handsome/well dressed and the DJ Khaled post, this happened.
“Counsellor, are you listening?” Olivia asked as Rafael Barba looked at his phone again. It had been months now since he started trying Manhattan SVU’s cases, and she hadn’t seen him this distracted before.
“I just- why do I have rapid fire Twitter notifications? Over one hundred and fifty?”
“You have Twitter?” He rolled his eyes, not proud of the admission. But he liked to follow politics and music and satire. His colleagues would have discourse on legal proceedings and theory. But when he opened his notifications, the sea of professional headshots making up the icons in his notifications window were replaced by cartoon avatars and selfies. Handles like @Bradley_GreedADA were replaced with @feministkilljxy.
What was happening?
Why were there GIFs of him now?
“Rafael?” He was snapped back to attention by Olivia’s hand passing over his phone screen, and he shook his head, holding the screen out to her. “What am I looking at?”
“Why have a couple hundred- are these all teenagers?”
“Are they following you? Or tagging you?”
“Both?” He scrolled through the mentions.
“Both.” A questioning look.
“Have I gone viral?” he asked herr, eyes wide and his tone disgusted. Twitter was where he posted law books, nice dinners out, homemade dinners in, and the nicer scotch he drank. Sometimes even pictures of himself; some of his friends enjoyed fashion as well, and their twitters all had a heavy thread of their suspenders and ties. Suddenly, he was having photos he’d posted to flaunt his ability to mix patterns retweeted in appreciation of something more than the color scheme.
“I think you have. What have you said now?”
“The girl whose tweet I keep getting tagged in mentioned Jocelyn Paley and the Adam Caine case.”
“That was seven months ago.”
“I’m very aware. I have to get to the office. I’ll get you that warrant.”
He continued to scroll as he walked, alarmed by the number of followers he was gaining and going to open a direct message from a friend to see a wall of messages from names he didn’t know. Once he was able to find Bradley’s message, he saw it was series of tweets with videos and GIFs of him on the courthouse steps. They were all from the same case, he assumed the Adam Caine case. He clicked the video of he and Rita Calhoun.
All I can say, today's Grand Jury indictment is the first step towards achieving justice for Jocelyn Paley.
The DA's office is desperately trying to distract from their recent scandal with a high-profile case.
Don't give me that--whether you're a john in the South Bronx or a $3-million-a-year talk show host, no means no.
He could remember the exchange now, and it had apparently been retweeted thousands of times. Cameras always made him determined to distract, determined to drive home a point. And now, he was seeing some group of teenagers had clung on to his words, and he wasn’t sure how he felt about becoming recognized enough by that demographic to warrant this rapidly increasing follower count.
“Carmen, can I ask you something?”
“Of course, Mr. Barba. Need coffee?”
“No,” he said plainly, shaking his head and showing her his feed. “Is this normal?”
“They found you?”
“Excuse me?”
“Haven’t you seen the posts?”
“I don’t branch out on Twitter often.”
“I see it mostly, like, on Instagram with captions and people post clips of you on vine.”
“What’s vine?”
“A six second video app. Teenagers and young women post you. Vine is normally comedy. But people are obsessed with you. Niche, but sizable number. I think it’s mostly New York girls who see you on the news. But that means the vines went viral a couple months ago.”
“So now they’re all following me on Twitter?”
“You’re viral for being attractive, dressing well, and prosecuting rapists. Embrace it.”
“I can’t post my clothes anymore.”
“Just continue like usual. Don’t respond to DMs.”
He spent a few weeks terrified of this new following, but after three days, things calmed down. The number of followers he gained was weird and confusing to him, and he decided to listen to Carmen ultimately, keeping the profile the same and pretending nothing had happened. She did stop him one day, showing him that there had been people making fake accounts, yet another thing that was insane to him. She primarily told him because these accounts were attempting to take advantage of the fact young girls were the ones following him. He awkwardly slid the handles to Olivia, and Carmen filled out an application for Twitter verification that left him mortified. Even worse, it was approved.
He was swept away in a case soon enough. Lindsay was assaulted by a whole fraternity at Hudson. They uncovered a previous victim in a hospital, a fraternity known for being a rape factory, and a dean helping create a culture that buried these attacks. It was becoming higher profile than he expected, and it wasn’t easy to try. He’d had to shut off his notifications on his phone during these cases. When Lindsay committed suicide, he accompanied Rollins when she went to arrest the dean. What he didn’t expect was for two of the women they saw to approach him, asking if they were here about Lindsay and thanking them when he said he couldn’t mention it. Then they asked for a selfie. Rafael was mortified but obliged.
“We recognize you from Twitter.”
Well, now he knew he needn’t accompany the squad out anymore.
When he got tweets from the kind of scum that supported the fraternity, it took a concerted effort not to respond. That could jeopardized the case. He’d already had to tell the two girls they couldn’t post about him being there. He tweeted a disclaimer for if people saw him out, feeling like an asshole. Twitter was now becoming a liability, but he could balance it and refused to give up the feed. Slowly, the GIFs and stills of him on the news were collected, and he only got embarrassed again when mami’s students had discovered him and realized he was the guy in their principal’s pictures. Now Mami had a Twitter, and she followed people who praised him joyfully, though he’d managed to convince her not to interact in private messages or respond to people insulting him.
The Jenna Miller case caused another leap in his follower count, and he had developed a little sense of pride instead of embarrassment when his followers jumped from people who mattered in New York to people who mattered elsewhere. A congresswoman from Ohio. Artists. Activists. He’d texted Olivia when Lady Gaga followed him. Plus that woman from True Blood. God, she was beautiful. Plus the hot boybander that had probably made him realize he was bisexual. It was weird, and he was unwilling to publicly acknowledge any of it. Unless they were on twitter, he certainly didn’t tell anyone he knew other than Olivia. Soon enough, someone had made a t-shirt on Etsy of the moment he’d turned on his heel. The media had called after Jenna, the olympian, and he’d told them no questions. Then the had the gall to bring up her sex work. He’d stopped on the steps, turning on his heel and announcing “Except for that one. Paid or not paid, no means no. Consent can be revoked at any time.” And now, Etsy users were profiting on it. This group was niche, but it ran deep. Luckily, he noticed the shop only had a few dozen sales.
Everything was fine until Rafael Barba lost his ability to maintain his composure. Up until now, he’d monitored his name, mentions, and a few hashtags people used with him. It was usually just the GIFs and stills and soundbites. He participated in some banter after the first couple of years, boundaries firm enough he felt he could. But he still didn’t bicker. Carmen said he got a following for being a good guy, and he thought it was gross openly condemning rape seemed to be all it took to be a good guy. But then through his lurking, Rafael Barba saw a tweet about DJ Khaled. He’d had to google who the hell that was, unsure who all of Twitter was piling onto, but he found the tweet objectionable enough to respond.
“Mr. Barba,” Carmen said, eyes sparkling with amusement as she came in to see her boss still scrolling through his phone. “You really decided this is the time to get involved on Twitter? You only ever respond to what people say to your stuff or your friends.”
He should’ve known she’d be on top of it. He’d given her access when notifications went through the roof the second time, and Carmen helped filter through DMs he didn’t want to see. But now, that meant her phone was vibrating like his in response to his first tweet in response to a stranger or someone who wasn’t in a thread under his own post.
“What? I’m supposed to endorse consent but not enjoyment?”
“You’re going to end up in a Buzzfeed article, sir.”
“If this is my legacy, so be it.”
“Your legacy? Taking it seriously now?”
“This is serious.”
Carmen’s phone buzzed in her hand, and she knew he’d sent another tweet. Her own account got notifications so she could monitor him. She sighed heavily, unlocking the phone and looking at it.
“Mr. Barba, does your mom know you’re bi?”
“No, why?”
“She follows you, idiot.”
“Shit. Well, I suppose it’s time.”
“If you tweet Smash Mouth, I’m quitting. These kids are already thirst tweeting you. They must have tweet notifications on for you.”
“Who’s Smash Mouth?”
“How the hell are you culturally relevant?”
“According to Liv, I’m a feminist icon.”
“Don’t get arrogant sir. I help run this twitter.”
“I’ll change the password. I do all the posting.”
“I won’t tell you if Evan Rachel Wood slides in your DMs.”
“Why would I care?”
“I know why you watched True Blood.”
“Touche.” He paused. “Do you think she will?”
“Give me the phone. I’ll bring it when Liv calls.”
“Why would she call?”
“She made a Twitter, sir. Followed you last week.”
“Shit,” he said, eyes wide. “I posted pictures of my food. She saw me acting like a Twitter guy.”
“You are a Twitter guy.”
He rolled his eyes, ending with a retweet of his new favorite addition to the conversation.
@mia-liz @chasingeverybreakingwave @thegirlwiththemaleficient-tattoo @teachingpanda
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the potential protective effects of guns r outweighed by the negatives. having a gun in the house, whether purchased by urself or another, makes u much more likely to get injured or die (murder or suicide) by gunshot. even when attacked by someone else, if u use a gun to try to defend urself u are more likely to be injured than if u had called the cops or ran away. there are numerous studies confirming all this. since 2020 the leading cause of death for 1-19 y/o is guns. women r less likely to buy/use guns anyway, and women are threatened most by men close to them, not strangers, making women even less likely to turn their gun on them. yes criminals can try to find a way to get guns if they’re illegal but we can make it much harder to do so, otherwise what’s the point of laws? ppl murder ppl everyday, should we legalize murder since the law doesn’t stop em?
when australia, the UK, canada, new zealand and norway implemented gun control measures in response to mass shootings, gun violence of all kinds including mass shootings fell dramatically. here in the US, a law in 1994 that banned assault weapons & large-capacity mags lead to a decline in mass shootings. in the decade following the ban’s expiration in 04, mass shootings more than tripled.
the real problem is male violence, i agree 1000%. but easy access to guns makes that male violence so much more extensive & deadly, esp to women (more intimate partners are killed with guns than by all other methods combined) & children (familicide, anyone?). it’s so so easy and so so quick to kill a person or multiple people with a gun. common sense gun laws (universal background checks including at gun shows & private sales, mandatory waiting periods, banning assault weapons & high-capacity mags, raising the minimum age to buy a gun, closing the “boyfriend loophole”, hell we could even throw in a national buyback program) work. a few studies: https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/19/1/26 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26905895/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1619896114
i totally agree w/ u that male violence needs to be addressed, along with the necessity of a radical restructuring of society with women in charge and female separatism (add banning males from owning guns too, fuck it). but until that happens, we can do other things to save ppl NOW. don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
…yes, it’s a given that you’re much more likely to die by gunshot when there’s a gun in the house. i never said guns were safe. owning one is a responsibility and involves a level of risk. and a lot of the times people can’t run away, and calling the cops takes time (not to mention common police biases against women, the proletariat, black people, mentally ill/disabled people, etc) that may not be available to a person needing immediate defense. which is why, once again, i’ve said that in the event we do restrict gun access, it would be acceptable as a temporary solution for damage control purposes. i just don’t really think that’s feasible; the government isn’t going to give your guns back after successfully passing a law that so massively benefits them. besides, there’s other things we can do for damage control—upping security levels specifically at schools, making it so that people can’t enter the building as easily without a verification process, bulletproof glass, metal detectors, updating protocol so police don’t sit on their ass and wait for backup when there’s an active shooter on site, etc. those are only ideas off of the top of my head but there’s really a lot more we can do than taking away guns while we deal with the root of the problem
since you provided studies, i might as well throw one out there too:
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/gun-ownership-provides-effective-self-defense-gun-control-p-142-149
A follow-up study of rape found that using a gun or knife for protection reduced the likelihood of a completed rape, and using a gun reduced the likelihood of injury to close to zero.
though, we could throw studies back and forth at each other all day—there’s so many out there regarding guns, since it’s been such a hot topic the past so many years. the fact of the matter is that i’m still going to be pro-gun 🤷♀️ i went down a liberal rabbit hole a while back and was pretty anti-gun before i was more radicalized and realized it’s a very flimsy solution with a lot of cons that benefits the bourgeoisie a lot more than the common man or woman. it’d probably take a lot to have me revert back
#i’ll also note that your murder analogy is very dumb#like in a lot of ways#that i don’t care to list rn bc i already wrote enough
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so, i just need to shout for a second.
you are allowed to be critical of the media you consume. you should ask how it impacts you.
howver, you aren’t making the internet safer by pushing purity culture. if you care about the safety of minors online, you need to push education about internet safety. predators lay in wait in general spaces and don’t need problematic content to groom them. in fact, actively pushing the idea that determining whether or not someone is a predator based on whether or not they engage in adult content determines whether or not they’re safe to interact with sets minors up to be uncritical of interactions with people that meet arbitrary safe criteria.
online predators will actively work to blend in to their victims peer group.
you also need to be critical about where you’re getting your ideas, where they stem from, and who is pushing this agenda.
please look at what just happened to onlyfans. i saw so many people toting it as a victory for children’s rights, without realizing that the organization behind the campaign against it is one whose primary focus is actually just criminalizing and stamping out all forms sex work.
your desire to protect children and make the internet a safer space was being used as a weapon against sex workers by an anti-lgbt fundamentalist Christian organization that believes in abstinence only education.
sorry.
if this had come from a genuine place, it would have sparked a larger conversation that explained to minors the very real danger put themselves in when they bypass the restrictions in place for these sites, the types of predators that could be watching them. not to mention the legal liabilities they open themselves up to as the child is technically committing a crime by producing and sharing this content. there also would have been time for onlyfans to rework its verification system to make it harder for minors to get into.
instead, sex workers have been thrown out of the platform they built and are being shamed for being upset about it because they aren’t “thinking of the children”.
there is such a stunning lack of education being pushed as to why these things are bad and dangerous and much more focus about destroying it. children will see this cool forbidden thing and run straight towards it because they don’t know any better, no one has told them not to touch the hot stove. yes, their brains aren’t done developing yet. they are not emotionally or mentally mature yet, they are going to make stupid mistakes - but they make more mistakes and open themselves up to more harm when they don’t understand that they’re in danger or where the danger is coming from.
and this isn’t victim blaming. i was a child online who had to deal with predators. i was the kid who would circumvent neopet’s ‘no offline site contact’ rule to rp with people over AIM. i thought it was stupid! i was grown up and mature, i could handle it, right? i had sooooo many online friends and nothing bad ever happened. i wasn’t even old enough to be on the forum!
then i was thirteen. i had naively added a person on msn thinking they were a fun new friend who was going to give me a rare item on gaia online, only for them to switch on a time when we were in private. they threatened to hack and delete my account unless i got on webcam and got shirtless. i was a lonely child and the internet friends i had were my only friends. i remember crying and my mom walking in the room, not knowing what was happening, and then i used that as a chance to wrest my account back and block and report the guy.
i never told my mom. i thought she’d take away the computer forever and i’d lose my only connection. i just dealt with the shame that this man had seen me shaking and afraid in only my bra. i had nightmares about him telling me to take it off or he’d send the picture to my school friends, since he now had access to my im list. i thought he was my friend. he said he liked my writing. he changed on a dime when we were alone.
when it happened again later, i knew that there was a reason why this 27 year old man kept dming me to tell me i was pretty when i shared pictures in our group chat. now my school was giving internet stranger danger education, i knew some of what to watch out for and to trust my gut. it made me feel cool for all of ten seconds that this COOL older person praised my writing and thought i was attractive, but it also made me feel uneasy. the fact that he wouldn’t do this where anyone else could see it bothered me. so, without a trusted adult, i went to the mods of the server and his girlfriend and expressed my discomfort about the conversations that were happening in private. more details came out and he was thrown out from the group chat.
i never see education being brought up in these conversations. never. from either side. the other day i went looking for evidence or studies of some of the arguments i see bandied around the most and found nothing. even in psas for legitimate predators, i never see people passing out education as to how kids can spot the danger signs or take the steps necessary to protect themselves.
please ask yourself why when we talk about protecting minors online from predators, the normalization of carrds containing every single detail about their personal life when that is essentially a guide for a predator to use to get close to and abuse that child with is not the first thing brought up as a problem that needs to go.
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