#internet crime

[iclimbtreestofeelalive]

hey for everyone talking about jury nullification etc etc: it only works if you lie and say you dont know what it is. if youre chosen for jury duty and they ask you if you know what it is, you say no. here's an article going more in depth, and here's the cgp grey video about it.

like. just so we're clear, it's good to know about, but if you go into a courtroom and start talking about nullification, you could very well have voided your place on that jury. be smart about it 👍

[epicstoriestime]

One Stark Realization

What skills or lessons have you learned recently? ONE Recently, I found myself grappling with an unsettling truth about the internet—a space we often regard as limitless and liberating. It’s a stage where the best of humanity performs alongside the worst, a place where connection coexists with deception. It struck me how crime flourishes here, with hate and fraud cloaked in the guise of…

[grilde1chesse]

ppl complaining about proshippers in self shipping communities is so funny 2 me </3 like u come into MY house & ask why I? live here?? cmon man

[nemfrog]

"The feeling that she was not alone took possession of her." The whisper on the stair. 1924. Frontispiece.

Internet Archive

[contemplatingoutlander]

This is an amazing compilation of 1056 awful things that Trump has said or done from Feb.10, 2011 to Jan. 20, 2021. (Although it does not include the hundreds of other awful things from the past 3.5 years, the list is long enough--the PDF version is 360 pages!)

The catalog starts with Trump's questioning Obama's educational credentials on Feb. 10, 2011:

During a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump said, “Our current president came out of nowhere. Came out of nowhere. In fact, I’ll go a step further: The people that went to school with him, they never saw him, they don’t know who he is. It’s crazy.” This is false. Numerous accounts from Obama’s college classmates refute Trump’s claim, including Obama’s Columbia roommate, Phil Doerner. [color emphasis added]

And the catalog ends with Trump's behavior on Jan. 20, 2021:

On his final day in office, Trump did not invite Joe and Jill Biden to the White House, rejecting a longstanding tradition among presidents and their successors. Rather than attend the inauguration of his successor — making him the first president in modern history to skip the ceremony — Trump headed to Joint Base Andrews. There, a small crowd gathered to see him off. Not among them was Trump’s vice president. “We were not a regular administration,” Trump said in unscripted remarks. “Have a good life, we will see you soon.” As the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” played in the background, Trump then boarded Air Force One and returned to his resort in Florida. [color emphasis added]

After seeing the entire list, it is simply mind boggling that a huge segment of the American population STILL wants this guy to lead our nation--and STILL wants to give him access to nuclear codes.

Never underestimate the denial and willful ignorance of large segments of the American public.

[ninyard]

I love when people say "what if the rest of the wesninskis are normal" bc like, I feel like it's plausible that neil wouldn't even know those people exist. Some idiotic but well meaning pro teammate of his goes "oh I went to middle school with your cousin! She was one of the normal wesninskis though don't worry" and he's like. One of the WHAT

(inspired by the fact that as a teenager my mom babysat for a capone cousin who wasn't involved in allathat lmao)

wait i love that like Neil having extended Criminal Family Members that he doesn't know about but that random people on the internet do know. There's a r/askreddit post or something that's like "Who's a minor celebrity that you know irl?" or something like that and somebody comments under it like, "This is really niche, but I'm an exy fan from Baltimore and follow the NCAA league. I went to high school with a Wesninski and we didn't really know at the time what her family were involved in but i DO remember her talking about her missing cousin in like freshman year. She mentioned it offhand once or twice in class, but never seemed too upset about it. Turns out the cousin she was talking about was Neil Josten (Nathaniel Wesninski) from PSU."

Someone responds like, "girl is she in jail now?????" and op is like "nah she was chill. she passed out when we dissected a frog so i think she was one of the normal ones"

(cue netflix documentary about the Wesninski's. second act someone mentions how the family have always been very quiet and have never spoken publicly about their family business. empty seat in frame. woman enters frame and sits down. "do i need more makeup?" she asks, fixing her microphone, as her name [blank] Wesninski appears on screen.)

[greghatecrimes]

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[notbecauseofvictories]

it's wild to watch the original Stepford Wives (1975), and realize that their depraved vision of hypersexualized domestic slavery was just...Betty Crocker. June Cleaver. A modestly made-up woman in gingham or pearls; a husband looking for some afternoon delight. Not that these aren't very narrow and terrible boxes to be stuffed into, or that the control inherent in the fantasy is any different ("Why? Because we can," Dale tells Joanna) but compared to Stepford Wives (2004) you could almost admire the reasonableness, the relative affection.

But then, on the flip side….doesn't this make the ending even more tragic? In Stepford 2004, it's never quite clear why Joanna and Walter are married. They simply are, by necessity of the plot; while they do talk about why they like each other, it has the ring of a "we're moving in different directions" speech, or even a performance review, rather than genuine affection.

In Stepford 1975, it's very clear why Joanna and Walter are married. It might not always be the best of marriages (the women's lib discussion, where Charmaine admits that her husband married her for how she looks; the scientist who scribbles "I'm not happy either" on the notepad) but Walter makes sure Joanna has a drink, somewhere to sit; he watches the kids when she's in the dark room, or travels to New York; he eats breakfast with her, fights with her, sits in the dark weeping after he discovers what Stepford will make of her.

Which makes his defection to the Men's Association even crueler, more selfish. It might not always have been the best of marriages, but it was something resembling a partnership. And if Joanna ever thought that was a choice, a choice both of them were making together day after day…well, she knows better now. There was only ever one person entitled to make choices in their marriage. It wasn't her.

[coindraws]

this is just a doodle dump

[corviiids]

found a note from october last year where i tried to pitch myself a lawlight chatfic and immediately rejected myself

[lemonspades]

Im back ebryboby

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Masterlist

[alexcloverlover]

ʟɪsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛᴏ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏʀᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ɴᴇʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅᴏs:

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 "𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥" 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵:

ᴡᴇʙᴅʀɪᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴏʀsᴏ.

ʟᴏᴍᴀɴᴅᴏ.ᴄᴏᴍ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

sᴏʟᴀʀ ᴘʟᴇxᴜs ᴄʟᴏᴡɴ ɢʟɪᴅᴇʀs. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

𝟷𝟷ʙ-x-𝟷𝟹𝟽𝟷.

ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀɪᴛʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ sɪx.

ᴜғᴏ's ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟɪᴇɴs.

ᴄʜʀɪsᴛɪᴀɴɪᴀ (ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ).

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴғᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ (ᴍᴀᴄᴅᴏɴᴀʟᴅs). ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ (ᴄᴜʟᴛ). ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ɪᴍsᴇᴇɪɴɢɢɴᴏᴍᴇs.

ᴏʟᴅ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴘʏᴘᴀsᴛᴀs.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦�� 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯:

ᴄʀʏᴘᴛᴏᴢᴏᴏʟᴏɢʏ.

ᴄʜɪᴘ ᴄʜᴀɴ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ-ʜᴏʟᴇs.

sʜᴀʏᴇ sᴀɪɴᴛʜ ᴊᴏʜɴ.

ᴋᴇʀɴ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʏ ᴊᴏʜɴ ᴅᴏᴇ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ʀᴏʏ ʀᴀʏ.

ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ’s ɢᴀᴛᴇ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ.

ᴍᴏʀᴛɪs.ᴄᴏᴍ.

ʟᴏsᴛᴡᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ.

ᴊᴇɴɴʏ ɢᴀᴍᴇᴢ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ɪ ғᴇᴇʟ ғᴀɴᴛᴀsᴛɪᴄ.

ᴅᴀʀᴋ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ.

ᴋᴇʟʟʏ ʀᴏɴᴀʜᴀɴ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ᴍᴀʀᴋᴏᴠɪᴀɴ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴀx ᴅᴇɴɪɢʀᴀᴛᴇ.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹:

ɢᴀᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀs. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

sɪᴍᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʜʏᴘᴏᴛʜᴇsɪs.

ғᴀʟsᴇ ᴠᴀᴄᴜᴜᴍ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ.

ᴋᴇɴ ᴍᴄᴇʟʀᴏʏ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀɴ.

ғʟᴀɴɴᴀɴ ɪsʟᴇs ʟɪɢʜᴛʜᴏᴜsᴇ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ᴄᴀɴ ᴀɪ ɢᴀɪɴ ᴄᴏɴsᴄɪᴏᴜsɴᴇss/ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs?.

ғᴇʀᴍɪ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅᴏx.

ᴘʏʀᴇ ᴄᴀsᴇ ᴅᴏᴇ. ⁽ᵀʷ⁾

ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ʟɪsᴛ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ sᴛᴜғғ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴇ! ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇᴅ ɪᴛ.

[ruffbunny]

“growing up is going from billdip to billf/rd” growing up is realizing shipping is harmless and we all have bills and shit to pay and god above it does not actually matter outside of the online discourse bubble like…. It really doesn’t.

Please just go do something that makes you happy instead of being miserable and militant about thought crimes. Pleeeeaaaseeee Fortnite is free, the local animal shelter would love some volunteer work, there’s probably a shocking number of nature trails in your area, you could make bread😭

[queenofshenanigans]

Next seasion I need about 900% more Cheyenne & Tobias. Platonic soulmates!

[genericpuff]

I'm not sure if anyone else has made this connection, but I've never seen it mentioned before. I think, similar to Lolita, RS was also inspired by the art of Trevor Brown. His work has a lot of young girls and medical fetish themes (to put it lightly) in a style reminiscent of RS's earlier stuff.

sigh

CW: medical fetish art often depicting children / child-like characters and medical equipment such as needles, gas masks, etc. seriously don't hit the jump if medical equipment or young girls in nurse's outfits or with open wounds makes you squeamish, I will not blame you for turning around now LOL

OP I was about to just... dismiss this. Wave it away as a funny coincidence that is indeed funny, but doesn't have any real evidence to back it up. I had a post typed up in response already declaring this, after which posting I was gonna move on with my day, work on Rekindled, play some XIV.

Because sure, there are a lot of resemblances between Trevor Brown's work and Rachel's old art, but nothing that can't be dismissed in good faith as a simple coincidence of being within the same genre of fetish art (first three are Trevor's, last three are Rachel's).

But then that little voice in the back of my head whispered in my ear, "Puff. You should double check. Just to be sure. Do your due diligence." And I once again found myself on the precipice of the rabbithole that somehow becomes deeper every time I jump. This time though, I knew it couldn't be that bad, I mean, I had enough confidence in knowing that there's no fucking way she listed Trevor Brown as one of her favorite artists-

God fucking dammit. How in the world did I miss this? I mean, I suppose I missed it simply because I'm not familiar with the works of Trevor Brown, but you can bet your ass I became familiar with it in my digging. Yeah, this guy is a supreme creep.

Again, I am not going to accuse Rachel of being a pedophile because that's just not an accusation that should be thrown around without undeniable evidence. What I will say, which has largely remained the same - though even more confidently now than ever before - is that she's clearly someone who took a lot of inspiration and influence from very problematic artists when she was young (I'm talking in her late teens which has me wondering if she started making medical fetish art when she was still a minor-) and then, BEST guess, she started to drop the medical fetish stuff around the time she went to college (which was also the same time she dropped The Doctor Pepper Show, which later got reworked into The Doctor Foxglove Show which was a lot less reminiscent of her medical fetish style from the early 2000's, but still had some of her usual preferences at play) and that's led up to today where she's drawing comics that look like they're for kids but tackle heavy adult subject matter in the worst way possible that straight up perpetuates grooming.

No matter how much experience I have with this already, no matter how much I think I've already seen, I always find more, and this time was no different. In fact - though unrelated to the original topic - thanks to this one fucking ask, I even found the full Mads Mikkelson comic with the completed caption. You know, that one.

And apparently Mads Mikkelson did very much replace her crush on Jeremy Irons.

Who's Jeremy Irons?

Oh yeah.

I just... y'all I can't. This is un-fucking-real. I'm gonna go take a shower, I need to scrub myself off of this 😭

[ahappydnp]

rewatching phil's christmas reddit video (x) and realizing they were in the process of writing TIT when he did this...much to unpack