Lemmy is not that bad? (I say as someone who only checks into this place every month or so)

I suppose I have. But it’s not a conscious feeling, it feels like an unconscious one. It’s a weird feeling between my heart and my brain and it permeates the rest of my body until I can change the subject. That’s why I say it’s a visceral reaction.

Kpop Demon Hunters looks interesting but god damn if I had to choose between watching that and running full force into a brick wall id rather run into the brick wall. Like it makes me uncomfortable to wanna watch popular stuff. The more popular it is the worse the feeling.

K-pop Demon Hunters irks me especially cus, I’m not gonna lie— Them Korean boys be hot asf, and now you’re adding DEMONS to the mix? like— girl I cant be doin this shit, fuck no, its like they’re just trying to entice me and god damn it I refuse to let it happen 😭😭😭 K-pop almost hooked me in middle school I ain’t gonna let it happen again 😩

Junji Ito was the absolute SHIT when i first found out about it, and then Hot Topic started pushing a buncha merch for it and now you just have these lame ass posers walking around with Tomie hoodies not even knowing who tf Tomie is. It was at that moment I just stopped reading Junji Ito all together. LIKE WHY?? I loved his books!!! What makes things different now??

I think it’s just that I’m afraid that I’ll end up enjoying it. Like some of the mainstream shit looks interesting(?) The Amazing Digital Circus is one that piqued my interest for a few seconds, I remember watching some out-of-order episodes of One Piece before anime became mainstream and I liked it.

Another fear I have is that it’ll make me easier to be advertised to or make me more vulnerable to falling into trends/merch or whatever. Im scared that if I do watch K-pop Demon Hunters and enjoy it, then like— I dont know how to put it into words, but It’ll make me apart of that mindless mainstream crowd that’ll just give any brand their money regardless of what they’re selling because “POPULAR BRAND I LIKE IS DOING A COLLAB WITH KPOP TEEHEE” I dont wanna give these shitass corporations my money, but I also wanna be able to enjoy something and know what other people are talking about when they reference popular things.

I just dunno how to put it into words… It’s as if the aura of the people that surround all these shows and movies makes me wanna subtract my head and limbs into my body like a turtle from how bad it makes me cringe

i doubt myself alot, and then I doubt my own self doubt. I know its a scam but for whatever reason I cant help but still cast doubt on myself. idk why

Thanks G

Nah I aint givin this fucker my bank account. I do wanna troll the shit out of em but idk how to go about it other than just wasting his time by yapping about random shit

I wasn’t planning on accepting a check from some rando online. That much common sense I do have. I will admit I am a bit of an idiot for entertaining them because I deadass CANNOT help myself.

I lowkey-highkey just wanna fuck with em in some way or waste his time. I used to troll fake VRchat model artists with zip bombs, but I’ve never really encountered a check scam before, so I was curious about it, hence why I asked.

I already know it’s a scam, but I was curious on the specifics of the scam. I like learnin about shit and was curious

Its too late. THEY’RE IN MY WALLS.

Not even sure, they were a low level player and dont seem to play all that much anyways. The fact they wanted to add me on discord to chat there was sus enough for me. But I just wanted to lead em on cus i was curious where it would go

Ooohhhh okay

Aw damn. So I can’t even just take the money and run huh?

Any way I could maybe mess with them before I block em? I feel a tad bit devious, especially after sorta leading em on like this ùwú

Yeahh im aware, but the curiosity what what it is they were trynna do had me titillated 🥴 I wanted to see how it’d play out

Ohhhh. Ive never really heard about check fraud scams. How do these work?

Its called 13th. Its on netflix but I watched it for free on youtube. Its about how racism evolved over the years and became less of overt racism and more abstract

Hey man, after watching on the documentaries with her. She took it well up until it started mentioning stuff about trump and then she got frustrated.

I think I’m gonna listen to your advice, I said this in another thread but its just not my place to try and get her to “change her mind” I’m like- no better than the nutjob conservatives that will fight tooth and nail just to get someone to think the way they do.

She did enjoy the documentary up until the end, and at this point I just… feel bad.

I apologized to her after the vid, she had made a comment during our discussion that “I only watched this with you cus I wanted you to feel comfy and cus it was Black history month, but I feel like you lead me into this wanting to talk about Trump again” and that’s when i realized I’m crossing a line I shouldn’t. That comment made me realize that I was being a bit of a bitch… Even if I was coming from a place of good intentions.

I have a tendency to get like this, I’ll get frustrated or upset when I cant change someone’s mind on something, I’ll become obsessed with trying to prove my point until nothing else seems to matter anymore… I gotta stop that, its just not a good trait to have. Like sure its nice to talk about stuff and get my point across but at some point I gotta let it go and accept her as she is. I gotta start accepting people as they are, I had the same issue with my mom (she’s not MAGA whatsoever, just stubborn lol) and learn to live with that.

So i finally got to watch 13th with her and she took it well up until the end when they started showing clips n shit of trump speaking like a racist. She is open to every other thing except changing her mind about Trump. if I try to discuss anything in relation to him with her she gets extremely frustrated and I’m not sure how to get around that <:/

I think I’m just gonna stop mentioning politics to her and just- let her come to her own conclusions from now on and stop trying to spoonfeed stuff about trump to her. At this point I feel greasy doing it, like I’m going out of my way to try and get her to think like me and I should really not do that. She doesn’t push her opinions onto me so it’s just not right for me to push mine onto her. I should listen to what one other person said and just enjoy the friendship I have with her

I mean… I just worry for her dude… Her dad already gog laid off just 2 nights after they were talking to me about how “Trump was gonna make more jobs n fix all the layoffs” or whatever tf. and the company her dad works for LOBBIED WITH TRUMP to get him elected.

Shes super sheltered and just knows absolutely nothing about black history which I feel is a problem. At the very least I just her educated about black issues n shit cus her and her mom mentioned some shit about being “Colorblind” and just- as a darkie myself im just not about that 😭

Mmmm true… How do I not sound preachy?

I was friends with her for 4 years and only found out just 1-2 years ago when I mentioned Kamela. She doesnt blurt her politics unless you ask her to