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 let’s hunt down the people enslaving the scammers and give ‘em 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 didn’t 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 isn’t involved, the person actually on the phone with you is barely paid anything and more often than not knows what they’re 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.
I’m 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 you’re being contacted by someone who is at best trapped in a shitty financial situation by their ‘employer’ and at worst a victim of human trafficking. On the off-chance you’ll run into the asshole who both profits from and enjoys doing this, they’re 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 I’ve been playing with.
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This was a fun read! I enjoy the Nanos, even though they’re a little samey, but I’m not an Evangelion fan, so I’ve never picked that one up. I think the Pac-man and Jurassic Park nanos are my favorites. Glad you’re enjoying yours!
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Thank you for reading! I’m 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 Pokémon plushie and draw a comic about it.
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My first post that I’m sharing here, it’s a personal reflection on Annie Mueler’s 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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I’ve been mostly keeping away from political talk on my blog because it doesn’t really fit with what I want my site aesthetic to be. But I’ve 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. It’s less specific regarding current political events, but still.
Earlier yequari asked a question in the chat. I started to answer, an it turned into a 500-word blog post. It’s about an old problem with GUIs, that still haunts computing: Nosy Cat Studios: Blog / Design Versus GUI