Social WR lounge 265: Rigging the game.

[Ruprecht]

Reminds me of the fluffy version of Apam Balik, which sadly isn't in my diet anymore.

 

[JDragon]

Weil @Rational Poster if @Falsedawn is not pissed, don't want to disappoint you. I am raging!!1!

 

[Falsedawn]

Pretty sure you gave me shit before about how posting music in the first page was your thing.

That was gimmick infringement

 

[Rational Poster]

Weil @Rational Poster if @Falsedawn is not pissed, don't want to disappoint you. I am raging!!1!

 

[sickness2.0]

I just don't get the love for Neil Gaimen. I'm an avid reader and kept getting "American Gods" recommended to me. I gave in eventually and........ it was the worst book I've ever read. Seriously, it was so mind numbingly boring with zero interesting characters. I couldn't have cared less about any of the people or events in this book. Can someone please tell me what is so great about this book? Why is it so highly regarded?

I feel like I don’t get the love for fantasy in general. :/

Read Good Omens or Sandman sometime.

 

[Falsedawn]

Never liking Andrew Yang is really starting to pay off.

Yeah, never really got on that train. Thank goodness.

 

[essie]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...o-keep-masking-its-like-an-invisibility-cloak

 

[Ruprecht]

I just don't get the love for Neil Gaimen. I'm an avid reader and kept getting "American Gods" recommended to me. I gave in eventually and........ it was the worst book I've ever read. Seriously, it was so mind numbingly boring with zero interesting characters. I couldn't have cared less about any of the people or events in this book. Can someone please tell me what is so great about this book? Why is it so highly regarded?

I'm not big on Urban Fantasy at all, and I found it enjoyable. Certainly hard to imagine it being the worst book you've ever read.
My favourite in that category is probably Tim Powers, Last Call. Least favourite currently on my shelf is Hal Duncans Vellum and Ink novels. Just a bit preachy and deliberately nebulous.

 

[LazaRRus]

I read a story today about another republican scammer and huge Trump (he formed the students for trump group) supporter who posed as a partner from a large law firm and impersonated an attorney.

he charged people for his “legal advice.”


All these criminals flock to donald Trump. It’s no mystery why. I’m surprised trump won’t use this kid as his actual lawyer coming up soon

Seriously dude, 85% of what you talk about is Trump or Republican related. It's absurd. You're more obsessed than the idiots who stormed the capital.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Since when is credit card fraud getting police to lift a finger? As a merchant I tried to report chargebacks as fraud and the answer was "tough shit". When my card gets used I've never known them to investigate. The just credit me back, issue a new card, and deduct the funds from the merchant at the point of sale.

Agreed, still odd that it's being investigated then.

If it’s scammers from overseas then you’re pretty much SooL. But people who locally steal credit cards and use them are basically 100% arrested and prosecuted in my experience. It’s a super easy crime to prove and catch the criminals.

One type of cc fraud is perpetrated by sophisticated criminal syndicates who local law enforcement have no jurisdiction over and the other is literally the dumbest criminals around, and apparently Rumble Johnson fits in the latter group lmao

 

[sickness2.0]

If it’s scammers from overseas then you’re pretty much SooL. But people who locally steal credit cards and use them are basically 100% arrested and prosecuted in my experience. It’s a super easy crime to prove and catch the criminals.

Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

If it’s scammers from overseas then you’re pretty much SooL. But people who locally steal credit cards and use them are basically 100% arrested and prosecuted in my experience. It’s a super easy crime to prove and catch the criminals.

One type of cc fraud is perpetrated by sophisticated criminal syndicates who local law enforcement have no jurisdiction over and the other is literally the dumbest criminals around, and apparently Rumble Johnson fits in the latter group lmao

Most of my fraudulent charges are from other states, but still in the USA. They don't steal the cards, just the numbers (from my online purchasing I'd guess).

 

[essie]

Seriously dude, 85% of what you talk about is Trump or Republican related. It's absurd. You're more obsessed than the idiots who stormed the capital.

I was that way when he was in office but now it feels like such a waste of energy.

 

[My Spot]

Seriously dude, 85% of what you talk about is Trump or Republican related. It's absurd. You're more obsessed than the idiots who stormed the capital.

TDS.

 

[LazaRRus]

I was that way when he was in office but now it feels like such a waste of energy.

Exactly. Why bother? He's gone. The people who hate him keep him more relevant then those who support him

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Seriously dude, 85% of what you talk about is Trump or Republican related. It's absurd. You're more obsessed than the idiots who stormed the capital.

Well it is the war room and I don’t give a shit if you approve of it or not. You’ve never made a worthwhile political post the entire time you’ve been here.

 

[Confucamus]

I feel like I don’t get the love for fantasy in general. :/

That's fair. I love me a good 1,000+ page epic fantasy novel. Not the only subject I read about, but I love my escapes if the world building and characters are interesting enough.

Read Good Omens or Sandman sometime.

Sandman was gonna be the next one I was gonna try, but the years since reading American Gods have not erased the bad taste in my mouth. Even if Sandman is three times better than American Gods, 3x0 is still zero!

I'm not big on Urban Fantasy at all, and I found it enjoyable. Certainly hard to imagine it being the worst book you've ever read.
My favourite in that category is probably Tim Powers, Last Call. Least favourite currently on my shelf is Hal Duncans Vellum and Ink novels. Just a bit preachy and deliberately nebulous.

I should say, it's the worst book I've ever read all the way through. There have been books I've put down before, but that's rare. Urban Fantasy might not be my style, but I could at least take away an interesting character or two. Or maybe a great scene. I couldn't take any of that from American Gods. Not even the woman who consumed a whole adult by shoving him up her vagina at the beginning of the book.

 

[My Spot]

Well it is the war room and I don’t give a shit if you approve of it or not. You’ve never made a worthwhile political post the entire time you’ve been here.

But has he threatened to kill someone on here, Kong?

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Most of my fraudulent charges are from other states, but still in the USA. They don't steal the cards, just the numbers (from my online purchasing I'd guess).

What’s most likely happening is the numbers are dredged from databases and sold on the dark web, then the cards are used online from whoever somewhere. The end user may be located in the United States, but attempting to arrest and prosecute for each of them is likely cost prohibitive, especially when the thieves running the backbone of the operation are overseas.

Generally the initial cc info thievery originates in Eastern Europe/Russia, but even if there are local ones the biggest difference is the sophistication of the operation for sure.

 

[sickness2.0]

That's fair. I love me a good 1,000+ page epic fantasy novel. Not the only subject I read about, but I love my escapes if the world building and characters are interesting enough.



Sandman was gonna be the next one I was gonna try, but the years since reading American Gods have not erased the bad taste in my mouth. Even if Sandman is three times better than American Gods, 3x0 is still zero!



I should say, it's the worst book I've ever read all the way through. There have been books I've put down before, but that's rare. Urban Fantasy might not be my style, but I could at least take away an interesting character or two. Or maybe a great scene. I couldn't take any of that from American Gods. Not even the woman who consumed a whole adult by shoving him up her vagina at the beginning of the book.

I don't know of you do audiobooks but here is a good one from Niel Gaiman...