#but don't go fuckin dming people like that and asking not to post the ask so they're not considered a spambot

[prettypangolins]

just got a scam dm that said:

Yo hi there! I’m very sorry to bother you at this time but I’m hoping if you’d be so kind to check the post that I pinned on my blog and maybe give it a little help by boosting/sharing it? it’s for my cat who struggles to breathe :((( and we need help to get him the tests that he needs. Thank you if you do as it would really mean the world to me and I understand if you don’t, still appreciate you and stay safe! Btw, please do send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately instead as I dont want other blogs to think im a spambot or what, sorry for asking this, praying you’d consider! 🥲🙏

however the blog has only been reblogging and posting for 14 hours i'm just like... go away????

i saw a post about scams like this a little while ago, so i'm wise to it but it feels HORRIBLE bc kitty. but it's usually a scam. if you get one of these, report and block. you're not a bad person for not engaging - even if it's legit, you don't have to reblog/boost/donate just because you feel bad or guilty. but also, if you're getting a dm request like the above it's very very very likely someone trying to make money by pretending to be a legit person asking for help in a way that seems genuine but isn't. i've never seen this person in my notes. idk who they are. the wording of the pinned post is designed to evoke that 'omfg i want to help!' sad response by telling you how bad things are, etc. and get you to act without thinking

but details with this one are off. i mean, the pinned post says 'next payday is on june 10th' but today is the 12th of june now and 14 hours ago in was the 11th. prior to the 'please help!' post, 9 posts were reblogged in the space of 2 minutes (not too unrealistic for tumblr), then there's the help request, followed immediately by 14 posts all with exactly the same timestamp, which... you're either reblogging desperately without looking at what you're posting from the 'for you' or 'explore' page, or that's a queue, set to dump those 15 posts at that specific time to make the blog look legit at a glance (most likely what happened). the posts after that are at more random (last post was 5 hours ago, the dm was 4 hours ago)

so yeah i feel kinda guilty, but there are people out there who rely on this to manipulate others and take advantage of our desire to help so that they can line their pockets

(also if you feel guilted into reblogging to 'signal boost' a post asking for money, it's going to be seen by followers who reblog for the same reason and maybe even give money to a total stranger who told us something bad happened and has then let our desire to help and guilt over not acting do the rest. it's okay to break the chain. we can't care about absolutely everything or help absolutely everyone, and we just burn ourselves out if we try to)

[supraventriculart]

Bitchmade little rant ahead, I'll start cutting these off cause I'm sure the vent posts have gotten obnoxious for the few actual humans that follow me

Fuck people born fortunate enough in a position to make friends.

I have nothing against you, but to vent my feelings I am going to say that.

Fuck all of you.

Is a DND campaign so much to ask? Friends who do shit like that so after years of envy I could finally write a character and join? Fuck anybody with that oprotunity. I'd have better luck DMing for myself and running my own goddamn campaign.

I'm too socially retarded to ever actually get into one. I don't connect with people. And I'm too creatively bankrupt to make anything of it if I ever even did make it in one.

I'd just be a nuisance dragging along some experienced players. And furthermore, I'm so emotionally immature and plain stupid with people I sense a falling out would occur halfway through anyway.

My place on this Earth is one of solitude. And I just have a hard time accepting that sometimes.

I know my place, it just gets a little fuckin' annoying staring at the people having fun together through my 4×2 glass box.

I've always been angry at the universe over this. And I'm sure it'll continue. I nearly always end up having resentment for anybody acquainted with me if they mentioned they've gotten into an rpg.

Again, emotionally immature and bad at people. There's a reason i stand alone.

But still. Fuck role-playing games

[ogdoadfates]

🍉, 🍭 and "what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?" (the emoji isn't showing up for me for this one)

( From this ask game )

Ooo, lots of questions lol.

🍉: in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life?

Tbh writing has exposed me to where some of my issues/trauma originated from which is a fuckin wild ride but it helps to figure those things out. It also has just helped me keep my stress levels just a little bit lower, it's a fantastic outlet for all the ideas that bounce relentlessly within my head. I don't talk about it much but my dream job is to be a graphic novelist, those elongated comic book things. And this helps me so much with learning how to implement my ideas and how to get things to just work, it makes me feel like I'm actually moving forward? I've always felt held back due to well a lot of issues and kind of was starting to think that my dream was out of reach. Long story short, helps me feel better and has exposed me to the orgins of some of my traumas.

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🍭: why did you start writing?

So funny story, a person here on tumblr. Who actually follows me now, which is beyond interesting lol. If you want to know who it is I'm alright dming ya who, I'd just feel awkward randomly mentioning them here out of the blue lol. But yeah! Like stated previously I've always been interested in writing but I never actually took the plunge, then low and behold I get into the Critical Role fandom find a writer on Ao3 then find them on tumblr and they post a ton of fantastic aus headcannons ect, so I finally took the plunge to post my own aus and headcannons and once they started to gain interest I finally took the plunge so I kind of owe it to that one tumblr user. Tho I will say I do owe a little bit to you too actually, I'm pretty sure you were the first critter to ever follow me!

(insert the mystery emoji here): what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?"

Yeah same idk what the emoji is. Ha okay so nothing XD I just panic for one hour and then chill out with a friend in call or draw or continue to write something else. (or ya know go to bed since I seem to only post late at night for some reason)

I only share my wips with three people or more like two since I've lowkey stopped sending my best friend wips since they don't know the characters that well. The other friend we don't get to talk a lot but I had found out relatively recently they actually are a fan of CR! And tho they don't know a whole lot they know a fair bit. The last person is well you lol which has been a blast but with any of y'all it makes me feel elated and so so happy to see y'alls enjoy it and I only feel a spec of fear for the first few seconds lol. So I don't really have an aftercare/celebration? I just have an in the moment thing?