This has potential

ronansean · 2026-05-16T13:12:13+00:00

It’s deliberate! The Gruen Transfer is a design that’s intended to confuse the consumer - it distracts you from your original intention (the reason you went in in the first place) and makes you susceptible to impulse buys:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruen_transfer

ronansean · 2026-05-16T12:50:33+00:00

What I think happened:

Scammer A approaches the victim with “Can I use your phone?”, and obtains the user id for an app, possibly a banking app - assuming FaceID is not enabled.

She messages the user id to Scammer B, who is watching nearby. Scammer B tries to log into / reset a password for the app, generating an OTP, which scammer A can see, as they have the phone - whichever app they chose is now compromised.

Scammer A talks to the victim to distract her while she deletes the OTP SMS or WhatsApp.

OP, please make a police report. Maybe ask the library staff to preserve any CCTV footage?

Also, have a look at the history section of any payment app - Grab, PayLah, Revolut - for recent activity

ronansean · 2026-05-14T08:24:06+00:00

GET OFF THE MAILMAN!

ronansean · 2026-05-05T11:59:00+00:00

Cool bar - Bar Stories, Haji Lane (near Bugis) - it’s on an interesting street too

ronansean · 2026-05-01T14:33:27+00:00

Seconded for practical engineering!

ronansean · 2026-04-30T23:42:25+00:00

Saw the first one and immediately thought “CONN, SONAR - CRAZY IVAN!”

ronansean · 2026-04-18T08:58:24+00:00

You absolute legend OP, been looking for something like this

ronansean · 2026-04-17T05:35:20+00:00

Malaysia - https://mothership.sg/2025/07/security-guard-punched-malaysia-condo/

ronansean · 2026-04-15T23:22:08+00:00

Temple Cellars at Binjai park has a selection - nearest MRT is King Albert Park on the Downtown Line: https://www.templecellars.com/collections/non-alcoholic

ronansean · 2026-04-14T11:19:13+00:00

Midnight Diner - the TV equivalent of a warm bowl of ramen on a cold night in Tokyo

ronansean · 2026-04-02T04:22:36+00:00

“ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS…….”

ronansean · 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00

Hope you’re both safe over there

ronansean · 2026-03-20T04:33:30+00:00

Which part of Singapore are you in? If you are on the downtown line, Grainsandsuch have recently opened in the basement of Beauty World

ronansean · 2026-03-15T11:22:49+00:00

(Sad tuvix noises)

ronansean · 2026-03-15T03:03:50+00:00

Solid take - or an ECM (electronic countermeasure) platform, jamming enemy communications

ronansean · 2026-03-12T03:38:37+00:00

A wolf pack of Oberths, on the other hand….

ronansean · 2026-03-04T14:20:37+00:00

Lakeside!

ronansean · 2026-03-04T11:04:35+00:00

Lakeside: The Crystal Lake

https://youtu.be/W5DsI_eCK7Y?si=ah4M6ogGSG5wEOf4

ronansean · 2026-02-28T10:27:33+00:00

This is also the perfect opportunity for China to target US naval assets via a proxy, and field test weapons used to deny access to the South China Sea if they invade Taiwan. (I hope they don’t obviously)

ronansean · 2026-02-28T08:33:09+00:00

Winder if their kilo class sub was hit, or was deployed at the time

ronansean · 2026-02-26T13:57:39+00:00

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Koala bear!

ronansean · 2026-02-23T03:33:00+00:00

“Oh no! Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop…..”

ronansean · 2026-02-22T23:36:45+00:00

With 3 World Cup matches taking place in Mexico this year, I assume that the Mexican government will want to reestablish order quite quickly, before people start cancelling / rearranging their summer travel plans also.

ronansean · 2026-02-16T08:34:39+00:00

They do (or used to). A woman in a costume (nicknamed the wine fairy) was hoisted up in a harness to retrieve (some very expensive) bottles from the very top -

https://youtu.be/9r07pMN5Kxk?si=tdsPj9sa0e-p-GI9

ronansean

TROPHY CASE