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Triskelli posted:Okay, *I* refuse to believe this is anything other than a lovely troll. No one could (or should) think they can tell lies like these and still be taken seriously. No. You meet people like this in school, people who just completely and obviously fabricate a story for attention or an ego boost and think people are buying it. Some people just never grow out of it though.
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I love how even though she's blacklisted from the industry every famous person ever knows her and comes to her for ideas and she has no troubles getting her various movies and albums made and distributed by major labels and studios. She just cant have her name on them for some reason. e: Plus I'm assuming she got conned out of money from her projects by the shadowy insiders who blacklisted her to explain why she isn't the richest person in the world now but still she just keeps giving them hit movies and songs over and over again for free. Come on Amy, fool me once and all. swampland has a new favorite as of 12:43 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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I can appreciate that her delusions are coherently written, as opposed to the impenetrable word salad one usually gets with internet crazies.
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Triskelli posted:Okay, *I* refuse to believe this is anything other than a lovely troll. No one could (or should) think they can tell lies like these and still be taken seriously. I will make a confession: for a while a friend and I set up on eBay as fake psychics/witches/spellcasters - until eBay removed the Metaphysical category - for some easy $$$. The amount of crazy from the people who became my customers made the Amy Lee woman look quite run of the mill. Part of the reason I didn't continue with my magick alter-ego on other sites, despite it making some easy throwaway money, was just how depressing it got to deal with them all.
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swampland posted:I love how even though she's blacklisted from the industry every famous person ever knows her and comes to her for ideas and she has no troubles getting her various movies and albums made and distributed by major labels and studios. She just cant have her name on them for some reason. No one wants to admit they got their ideas from the person who wrote Biodome. moerketid posted:I will make a confession: for a while a friend and I set up on eBay as fake psychics/witches/spellcasters - until eBay removed the Metaphysical category - for some easy $$$. The amount of crazy from the people who became my customers made the Amy Lee woman look quite run of the mill. Part of the reason I didn't continue with my magick alter-ego on other sites, despite it making some easy throwaway money, was just how depressing it got to deal with them all. Great story about committing fraud and manipulating people.
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WickedHate posted:Great story about committing fraud and manipulating people. Is it really committing fraud if the stuff he was selling didn't actually work in the first place? "These magic crystals don't actually keep ghosts away, got you good you fuckers!"
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WickedHate posted:Great story about committing fraud and manipulating people. Technically it's not committing fraud since you cannot bind a loving vampire to a lovely ring. Also I had a 100% refund guarantee, no one ever took up on it because they all believed they got what they paid for. I'm sure many people can call me a horrible person for being a pretend psychic, and they can go ahead. Fact remains that ALL the sellers in that "industry" are taking the piss.
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I'm always half tempted to set up some psychic new age mumbo jumbo poo poo, but honestly I'd feel too much of an rear end in a top hat taking money from these people. That's just a personal feeling though, and not a judgement on anyone else.
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The Iron Rose posted:I'm always half tempted to set up some psychic new age mumbo jumbo poo poo, but honestly I'd feel too much of an rear end in a top hat taking money from these people. That's just a personal feeling though, and not a judgement on anyone else. If you've found an idiot willing to throw money at you for nothing, there's nothing wrong with taking it, in my opinion. I'd just be worried about some crazy Wiccan tracking me down because my druidic shaman luck spell didn't work or whatever.  Then again, from what I've seen of the user feedback on those pages, it makes it seem like the act of paying for a spell works as a placebo and they actually believe that they're luckier or people find them more attractive or whatever they paid for. So I guess it works out well for everyone in the end.
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As a jewelry seller, the temptation is always there, but so far I've resisted it. That said, it gets a little tricky if someone asks which of my stones matches their chakras the bests or whatever.
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:If you've found an idiot willing to throw money at you for nothing, there's nothing wrong with taking it, in my opinion. I'd just be worried about some crazy Wiccan tracking me down because my druidic shaman luck spell didn't work or whatever. The freakiest one I remember was this woman who bought a love spell, and basically all my spells were super vague in the descriptions so you could interpret them working as however. But this woman said she had to meet a tall handsome rich Irishman and like, nothing else would do? I just went along and did the usual stuff, thinking way to be specific lady, there's no way this is gonna work out. She emailed me back about 3 weeks later to say she'd met her Irishman.  Quite possibly stdh and he was her spirit headmate.
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moerketid posted:The freakiest one I remember was this woman who bought a love spell, and basically all my spells were super vague in the descriptions so you could interpret them working as however. But this woman said she had to meet a tall handsome rich Irishman and like, nothing else would do? I just went along and did the usual stuff, thinking way to be specific lady, there's no way this is gonna work out. She emailed me back about 3 weeks later to say she'd met her Irishman. When my friend was advertising for a new housemate he joked about reaching for the stars and finding a beautiful Scandinavian archaeologist, and god dammit if one didn't actually move in. I mean he was an archaeologist so he could actually put that part in the ad but the rest was the universe doing him a solid. The hoped-for romance never happened but he got to nerd out about archaeology with a pretty lady so he was happy.
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swampland posted:I love how even though she's blacklisted from the industry every famous person ever knows her and comes to her for ideas and she has no troubles getting her various movies and albums made and distributed by major labels and studios. She just cant have her name on them for some reason. This is the part that gets me. I could buy it if she said her name was taken off a single project, like an album or movie. That happens all the time. But her need to be the sole creative force on the planet screams untreated schizophrenia.
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WickedHate posted:"The first appearance of the character I named Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D was the 1998 FOX film starring David Hasselhoff who starred in my television show Knight Rider." This woman produces the saddest STDH.txt.  It's just so absurd.
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Those aren't antidepressants. Those are Vyvanse capsules; Vyvanse is amphetamine perscribed for ADHD. You should definitely not leave it lying around where kids can get it.
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Sunshine89 posted:Those aren't antidepressants. Those are Vyvanse capsules; Vyvanse is amphetamine perscribed for ADHD. You should definitely not leave it lying around where kids can get it. They look just like a prozac generic to me. Nth Doctor has a new favorite as of 15:18 on Jun 3, 2014 |
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Nth Doctor posted:They look just like a prozac generic to me. Ah, it would make sense that a lot of the shells look the same. Vyvanse 40mg looks exactly the same, I only know from experience.
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Granted, it might just be because my kid has been on a cocktail of meds for a while now himself (now including Prozac!), but 7 seems old enough to have some medicine safety (namely, don't mess with people's medication) and to not have the "these are my happy pills!" explanation, while still being child friendly.
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A gripping tale of one server's totally sick revenge:quote:I was serving a party of seven, the staff of a local car dealership who were celebrating the retirement of one of their peers. It was a dreadfully quiet night, so they were my only table aside from a young couple on a first date.
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ibntumart posted:A gripping tale of one server's totally sick revenge: That's... Not revenge. That's "let me become 'that loser crazy waitress' in every joke between the staff henceforth" She could have at least slashed their tires, or delivered a plate of food with laxatives and e.coli in it.
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meat sweats posted:The Jezebel columnist is threatening to ban people who notice that these stories are STDH. This, in-and-of itself, is STDH. Meta_STDH.txt,.
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ibntumart posted:A gripping tale of one server's totally sick revenge: Ok, I know nothing about waiting tables or how they get their tips besides putting cash in their pockets/aprons/whatever so I have to ask, how exactly does this person walk out with less money than they started because the customers didn't tip?
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Unexpected Road posted:Ok, I know nothing about waiting tables or how they get their tips besides putting cash in their pockets/aprons/whatever so I have to ask, how exactly does this person walk out with less money than they started because the customers didn't tip? Tipping out is when employees who get tips share a part of their tips with ones who usually don't (like busboys, hostesses, etc). Most places I've seen it done you tip out a percentage of what you get, so not sure how that person would leave with less than they came in with.
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Unexpected Road posted:Ok, I know nothing about waiting tables or how they get their tips besides putting cash in their pockets/aprons/whatever so I have to ask, how exactly does this person walk out with less money than they started because the customers didn't tip? I guess because some restaurants make waitstaff put their tips into a pot for the whole staff. If you don't get tipped, your wages get garnished since the chefs still need to get money for it. I have no idea how true that is but I'm sure I've heard it crop up somewhere before. Probably last thread.
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Car sales commissions don't even work that way, do they? The commission comes from the dealership, it's not even a comparable thing that makes sense for the  . Not that this is a thing that happened.Also, going back to crazy Amy Lee for a minute, I know the real answer is "because crazy," but I'd really like to hear her explain why she thinks naming is so important. Like, she claims she came up with stage names even for bands/singers/whatever whose songs she doesn't claim to have written.
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Unexpected Road posted:Ok, I know nothing about waiting tables or how they get their tips besides putting cash in their pockets/aprons/whatever so I have to ask, how exactly does this person walk out with less money than they started because the customers didn't tip? She's actually not a very good waitress, so she probably smashed some plates. Waiting a whole month because someone didn't tip is so idiotic, though, that it hardly matters. They didn't even remember her. They probably thought that she just changed her mind with the car, which happens ten times a day. Surely, she'd want them to remember her and should have gone there the very next day. I understand creating a story where you serve everyone some sick burns in the end, but this one is so anti-climactic, I actually suspect it might have happened.
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Tip Sharing is illegal as gently caress in most cases, and if any employer asks you to do that, you should contact a state agency ASAP and make sure they're not cheating you. There's still a shitton of restaurants that flaunt that law, and nobody calls them on it because tipping positions are often given to people that the system has beat the fight out of long ago.quote:Tip Pool If you're ever asked to share a tip with the chefs, scream bloody murder because they're robbing you.
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meat sweats posted:The Jezebel columnist is threatening to ban people who notice that these stories are STDH. Got any links for that? I love Jezebel bullshit drama.
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meat sweats posted:The Jezebel columnist is threatening to ban people who notice that these stories are STDH. While the person who pointed it out is called a oval office, points it out, and the columnist pretended not to see until the offending party piped up that she happily did and wasn't aware that wasn't cool on a feminist website, but whatevs, she has Aussie and Brit friends so of course it's okay when she says it. Of course the columnist But enough stupid Gawker family website drama. On to another fake server tale from that same entry: quote:I used to work at an upscale restaurant with an inn and spa attached. One night I waited on a particularly terrible couple who are notorious in my region for their political power and wealth. They were unnecessarily rude to me (calling me "girl," not saying thank you), and they did not tip on their $200 dinner. After my shift the head waiter looked the other way as I booked myself a massage treatment and charged it to their room. It was a risky move, but we were pretty sure they wouldn't check the bill and would just automatically charge it to their credit card. I got my massage, and no one ever found out.
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ibntumart posted:But enough stupid Gawker family website drama. On to another fake server tale from that same entry: That person would have gotten fired so hard, their unborn children would have a hard time finding employment. There's no way a manager would have let that slide for a $30 tip. It's not even in the realm of the possible; it might as well be science fiction.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Just a post to make this thread work again. Thank you for that.
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