As a Malaysian, I can attest that news about human trafficking for scam operations in Southeast Asia have been sadly not uncommon here, since many Malaysians fell victim of the trafficking. It is horrifying indeed.
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horrifying, fuck this world
OK, so letās hunt down the people enslaving the scammers and give āem due process.
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In my first year at uni I briefly worked for what turned out to be a scam operation (it was one of the first in my country so I didnāt really know what was going on, only that something was off - i got fired as soon as I started asking questions). What I can tell you is even when human trafficking isnāt involved, the person actually on the phone with you is barely paid anything and more often than not knows what theyāre doing is wrong, they just have very few decent job opportunities. Those running the scam operation and making big money are exploiting both victims and employees, and are almost never going to be in direct contact with you.
Iām not defending scamming, I know it can ruin lives, but next time you get a scam call or email, just hang up or delete/block the address. 90% of the time youāre being contacted by someone who is at best trapped in a shitty financial situation by their āemployerā and at worst a victim of human trafficking. On the off-chance youāll run into the asshole who both profits from and enjoys doing this, theyāre not going to care about you cussing them out anyway.
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I have another new blog post~ This one is about a new kind of Tamagotchi Iāve been playing with.
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This was a fun read! I enjoy the Nanos, even though theyāre a little samey, but Iām not an Evangelion fan, so Iāve never picked that one up. I think the Pac-man and Jurassic Park nanos are my favorites. Glad youāre enjoying yours!
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Thank you for reading! Iām glad you enjoyed my rambles. Apparently Bandai will be releasing new Jurassic Park nano shells soon in promotion of the new movie. They look pretty cool! I have been tempted to get one for a friend of mine who is a big dinosaur fan and has shown an interest in Tamagotchis while watching my spiral since last year haha.
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Another blog poast. This one is short and pretty much an excuse to show off my cute new PokƩmon plushie and draw a comic about it.
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My first post that Iām sharing here, itās a personal reflection on Annie Muelerās great post about creativity, what it means to people and how to conceptualize it so that it benefits you instead of harming you.
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An update on my own Small Web July, teaching, nihilism in schools and Reddit, Koreader, etc.
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I really like how your cemetery page is coming along! Love the pixel art, and the locations themselves are beautiful.
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Iāve been mostly keeping away from political talk on my blog because it doesnāt really fit with what I want my site aesthetic to be. But Iāve been wanting to share things and say things and finally decided I needed to at least post this and get it out. It might become a regular thing, might not.
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Great timing, I also have a political post to drop. Itās less specific regarding current political events, but still.
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Earlier yequari asked a question in the chat. I started to answer, an it turned into a 500-word blog post. Itās about an old problem with GUIs, that still haunts computing: Nosy Cat Studios: Blog / Design Versus GUI
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Not sure if you paraphrased a recent post of mine here or if Iām just being vain, but that was me speaking in anger. Spammers and scammers have always annoyed me.
Also, illegalism and āpropaganda of the deedā have been part of anarchist thought (and occasionally practice) for over a century. It didnāt work out too well for the Bonnot Gang in 1910s Paris, for example.
I really like that post.
Maybe you could start a different site for the political stuff? A different domain, even?
I second this! I love cemeteries and that section is turning out beautifully.
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I had no clue you made a post like that recently lol, this was prompted by a completely different community that Iām in. Could you link it, regardless?
I wrote a blog post about navigation and finding alternatives to google maps after switching phones: Alternatives to Google maps - some of it is city-specific though, and I imagine the situation is very different for people depending on cars and living somewhere remote
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you mentioned vienna in your post, funnily enough beÄ (but some people spell it as bec) means vienna in serbian loll.
so your username is vienna