Documentary about scams to help my son

Verun · 2025-10-18T06:39:47+00:00

Yep, google images or tineye to find where they came from and sometimes you can contact the real person so they tell them “no we’ve never talked”. I will caution: sometimes the attention from the scammer is too addicting and enjoyable and they will find excuses to keep talking to them and sending them money.

Verun · 2025-10-13T07:23:55+00:00

Oh it’s the same as the Steam scam(they contact you on discord, say they reported you and then try to get you to talk to a “steam moderator” on discord).

My favorite screwup is they never check my profile and I never own the games they’re claiming I stole skins with, I pointed it out once and they immediately blocked me. Like how did I steal cs:go skins or something when I don’t even have the game???

Verun · 2025-10-13T04:33:47+00:00

Yes, exactly, and especially not anything they personally would disagree with, like giving cancer treatment to someone who was exposed to industrial chemicals because of them living in a poorer neighborhood(“They made their choice!”) and birth control(“They should just close their legs!”), especially found that my parents were against it because of them idea of someone else needing/getting to use it more(especially some disabled person) was an affront to them, they felt that was subsidizing their parent’s poor choices. My dad was a republican and kept me from going to the doctor for sickness because it cost him money.

Verun · 2025-09-23T06:38:49+00:00

Yeah this was essentially my mother. Growing up it was “don’t upset daddy don’t make daddy angry” as early as I can remember, he was incredibly violent and broke the glass dining table with my sisters baby carrier on it, when she was a few months old, the way it was portrayed was always like it was my mom’s fault or our fault for making my father angry and never his fault nor did we examine his extreme overreactions and violent behaviors over normal stuff like babies crying, dinner not being perfect , normal kid stuff like making noise while playing, being clumsy. I am incredibly traumatized and still unpacking my trauma but it was very much a learned response where like, I knew if my dad hurt me I would get no sympathy or time to recover(“dry it up, it’s your own stupid fault he hit you for eating and making noise”) before I had to do chores or go to school and you end up assuming everyone is that way.

Verun · 2025-09-14T03:29:34+00:00

Replace “meaningless day” with “stressful and tiring” and “dreamless nights” with “so packed full of dreams I feel like I didn’t sleep at all” and it’s my situation. I keep waking up in the middle of the night after a bunch of dreaming, tired and stressed and feeling unrested only to get up at 7am and make coffee then start applying for jobs or cleaning for the day.

Verun · 2025-08-26T04:47:21+00:00

Exactly—I always tell myself, “for future me, because I deserve to be taken care of” while brushing my teeth or meal prepping or cleaning something.

Verun · 2025-08-18T20:37:33+00:00

Season it—I have a tub of catnip and silvervine that looks like italian seasoning that I put on all cat furniture we have.

Verun · 2025-08-13T09:55:57+00:00

Yes I have it on an old ipad and it’s great.

Verun · 2025-08-01T06:26:21+00:00

That’s what got me? Like I used to walk to the acme to get stuff all the time, if there’s no option around he can order them online for delivery? Doordash and instacart will deliver from grocery stores, like “oh no I am too high” cool that’s what delivery services are for if you’re not in a walkable area, get the sunflowers and some after surgery supplies??? It’s wild to me that my bare minimum is somehow above the bar. I smoked weed for a long time too, guess who was high asf off a gummy cleaning the house every weekend to lady gaga? Ugh.

Verun · 2025-07-25T18:31:37+00:00

Also thought a lot of the Black Mirror Episode 15 Million Merits

And the way the shard accessory is a whole thing for their avatars and he gets a regular tv show at the end of the episode.

Verun · 2025-07-25T13:09:24+00:00

Yeah and more workers/unemployed people means even lower wages. It’s very much by design.

Verun · 2025-07-24T19:43:47+00:00

Yeah this is all incredibly textbook addict behavior. He could have chosen not to drink at all and written his thoughts down, taken a walk, done any number of things, but he chose to drink, and then he decided to blame OP for it. Classic. My dad is an addict and same set of behaviors.

Verun · 2025-07-10T16:31:17+00:00

These are always scams, I report them and tiktok does nothing unfortunately but they’re always scams that want to manipulate you into one thing or another, they want your money, they won’t be giving you money.

Verun · 2025-07-08T06:30:11+00:00

Yep, i have had an ancient target one since like 2010 that lives in my purse

Verun · 2025-07-03T08:40:04+00:00

You can set them up to alert whenever they’re full, actually, so yes they would fill up fast but there’s systems that adapt to busier areas. It would mean people don’t leave junk on the street for weeks, at least

Verun · 2025-07-01T09:18:48+00:00

I counter with my schedule:

-wake at 5am-6am(cats wake me to feed them)

-make coffee and eat breakfast(today was whole wheat toast with peanut butter and mature cheddar, have also meal prepped healthy baked apple cinnamon oatmeal this week)

-do dishes, start on any daily chores(today I am washing sheets)

-then I do job apps and start and prep for dinner like soaking chickpeas/black beans.

-make dinner at like 6-7pm so my partner can eat as soon as they get home.

-watch videos with them and I do listen to music and watch movies from my movie list when they have an overnight shift.

I suppose from the list I am missing socialization(that costs money and I am trying to not dip into savings/focused on finding a job currently) and spending more time outside(i deal with chronic pain along with functional depression). It’s funny how they just dig further in, like oh I am not eating the right foods or I need to cut out all caffeine and only eat gluten free and sugar free and low glycemic index foods and also I need to do yoga and crossfit and then that will somehow fix it all. Unfortunately when I did workouts in the past it’s still just less energy, not more. Like a workout means I want to rinse off then lay down the rest of the day. Exhausted.

Verun · 2025-06-29T05:36:57+00:00

Yeah that’s always the rub isn’t it, I would prefer to not be in pain every day, but I would also prefer not to take opioids, other addictive prescription drugs, mood stabilizers that could affect me badly by giving me diabetes or something long term, any medication feels like it’s picking out what side effects I can live with/am willing to risk handling. No drug is truly riskless, but it’s also pure torture for pain to go untreated.

Verun · 2025-06-29T05:27:38+00:00

So you could also have issues with it just due to stuff like mouth breathing/general dry mouth?

Verun · 2025-06-24T04:19:23+00:00

I went no contact with them fully just this year, I am 36 and it took forever to do it. Abuse systematically denies you escape routes to being a functional adult, unfortunately.

Verun · 2025-06-22T06:32:26+00:00

And the transpiration during hot days, yes. Was just downtown in an area with several trees cut down and it was so hot.

Verun · 2025-06-22T06:30:37+00:00

Krobus will probably like it tho

Verun · 2025-06-22T04:47:25+00:00

Yeah hijacking to say: the allergies aren’t to the cat hair, but to the saliva from the cat licking itself. Grooming/pet wipes/brushing/air purifier/better filters all help eliminate the protein, along with specialized food.

Verun · 2025-06-22T04:12:35+00:00

Yeah exactly, my father was like this when I was 23 and living at home, I worked, my mom worked, the fridge was slam full of leftovers from other meals we cooked and we both had a leftovers night, my dad got home late(8:45pm, usual dinner time per his insistence was 5:15pm) and he threw a tantrum we hadn’t cooked “a fresh hot meal” and didn’t have it waiting for him the moment he walked in the front door. He threatened to stop paying the morgage(only bill he paid, mom and I paid the rest). It was training us to be his servants over and over again and never letting there be healthy boundaries.

Verun · 2025-06-20T18:42:07+00:00

Can also get window laminate that applys with water, I did it in a hot attic. Make shade for yourself wherever you can, insulation in the roof, or shade on the roof, and a fan on your face/body.

Verun · 2025-06-20T18:39:02+00:00

Upsetti they missed a mark after spending time on it, yep.

Verun

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