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92 Truths

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you write 92 truths about yourself. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged

I was tagged by @uminoko

LAST Last drink: Fresh water. Last phone call: to my dad to wish him happy new year (who actually phone nowadays?) Last text message: to my wife, she is on her way to pick me up. Last time you cried: I can't remember, probably a year and half ago.

HAVE YOU EVER: Dated someone twice: yep Kissed someone and regretted it: on the long run Lost someone special: kinda Been depressed: nope Been drunk and thrown up: once or twice (one prominently on a work party in front of, if not over, my boss)

IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE YOU: Made a new friend: I'm very slow making friends Fallen out of love: Nope Laughed until you cried: Every saturday or so, it's the magic of roleplay Met someone who changed you: Nope Found out who your true friends were: I don't call anyone friend unles i know that they are true ones. Found out someone was talking about you: Nope, but i really don't care

GENERAL: How many people on tumblr do you know in real life: 2 Do you have any pets: nope, i had, i lost them, so i won't again. Do you want to change your name: Nah What time did you wake up this morning: I didn't "wake up this morning" i wake 4:00 pm and i'm working around the clock untill 9:00 am What were you doing last night: Building the SHIELD central on Minecraft Name something you cannot wait for: for my wife to find a job Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I met a thomas once, but he was a prick. What’s getting on your nerves right now: Trying to get to write my book. I just sit down and... not write. Blood type: I should know Nicknames: Erynus Relationship status: Happily married Zodiac sign: Virgo Pronouns: He/Him Favorite TV shows: Person of Interest High school: Yeah, many moons ago Hair colour: black Do you have a crush on someone: my wife What do you like about yourself: Almost everything Tattoos: If you want to endure extreme pain just try to pierce my skin with a needle of any kind. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS: First piercing: The closest to never i can achieve. First best friend: Thany First sport you joined: Horseback riding counts? First vacation: My relatives told me about that time we went to a coastal town when i was 3 or so.

RIGHT NOW: I’m about to: Go home Listening to: the air conditioner in the empty room, nope, floor, nope, building. Waiting for: my wife Want kids: nope. i raised my siblings, enough kids for a life. Get married: already Career: what i love to do, IT Tech. Lips or eyes: Eyes Hugs or kisses: hugs Shorter or taller: shorter Older or younger: younger Romantic or spontaneous: spontaneous Sensitive or loud: sensitive Hook up or relationship: relationship Troublemaker or hesitant: partner in crime

HAVE YOU EVER Kissed a stranger: everyone is a stranger until they isn't Drank hard liquor: yep Broken someone’s heart: now i realize i did Been arrested: yep Turned someone down: yep Cried when someone died: i don't think so Fallen for a friend: yep

DO YOU BELIEVE In yourself: of course In miracles: nope In love at first sight: yeah In heaven: nope, nor the afterlife at all In Santa Claus: nope, sorry.

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Just reblog. You never know who’s life you might save

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Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

Just to add that if your atacker is a woman, go also to the groin. The idea that women are inmune to groin attacks is false. Also punching a boob should hurt a lot.

Other good pointers:

if your attacker is male, go for his junk - especially if he’s wearing loose pants. There’s no sportsmanship when it comes to assault so fuck them balls UP

punching pretty much ANYWHERE in the face is going to actually hurt you a LOT (just think - you’re punching your bones into their bones and ow). If you’re going for the face, my suggestion is to strick upwards with your palm.

see that meaty portion highlighted in red? There’s a lot of muscle and fat right there which makes it excellent for striking. Hold your hand as shown and aim for the nose or chin (though I’ve been told in extreme circumstances, doing this to the nose can be fatal but I’ve never really heard if this is true or not) and just aim upwards

other delicate areas: 

the shin (hurts like a bitch if you kick it right - also, you can hit this spot if you’re being held in a choke-hold and if your attacker has to move in order to stop you from kicking him, he’ll have to angle his body so as to expose his stomach and crotch to the wild spastic jabbings of your elbows)

the solar plexus (either jab while holding your hand in a sort of spear position or use your elbows - unless you’re super strong, your punch probably won’t wind your attacker. Your elbow or a spear hand will, however)

Originally in (most) martial arts, you hit the solar plexus because it supposedly contained an important chakra. Now we know that it actually also contains like a bunch of necessary organs that are exposed just below your ribs and is also (roughly) where your diaphragm lives so getting punched there is not pleasant.

the clavicle (from experience, getting hit in your clavicle HURTS LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER. If you strike downwards with your knuckles, the person might just cry. Like I did.)

the ear (this is probably the best place to punch besides the throat. It’s all cartilage so it probably won’t hurt you all that much and most people will be like “DUDE YOU PUNCHED ME IN THE EAR WHAT THE HELL”)

the kidneys (this is harder to hit without training but if you somehow get your attacker’s back to face you, try to hit’em in the kidneys. Again, from experience, this FUCKING HURTS. You can’t really hit the kidneys from the front with any effect but from the back it is super painful)

if you’re held in a choke-hold, try turning your head so the forearm isn’t pressed into your throat. If you can position yourself right, you can sort of force your chin into the crook of the elbow, making you able to still receive (limited) oxygen and provide time for you to kick some shins or elbow some spleens and shit

I don’t know what are you talking about. “Neil Gaiman don’t seem to have any social media”.

I love that Tumblr is like “We got Neil Gaiman to do a question and answer session so send in your questions and maybe he’ll answer them!” as though the man hasn’t spent the last few years hanging out here answering random questions and cementing himself as a widely beloved fixture of this site

Scammer Targeting Tumblr Artists

The title says it all really. So if nothing else, please share and reblog this post to raise awareness for those that might be caught out - both artists and followers. For a TL:DR, please look at the bottom of the post

What is happening?

Right now, there is at least one person actively impersonating multiple artists across tumblr in an effort to scam their followers into paying for fake ‘cheap commissions’. The scammer will clone a tumblr, usually using a slight change to the url/account name to look like the real deal. They will then message people directly through Tumblr with messages along the lines of “Hey, i’m doing cheap commissions right now. DM me to get one”. Naturally, this is ends up just being a way to take their money without giving anything back in return.

Who does this affect?

Everyone. Simple as that. As long as the scammer in question works unopposed, they are free to spread their influence and continue to scam more people. Even if you haven’t been targeted yet, it does not mean you are safe or immune. Several artists have already fallen victim to this scammer, and I encourage any artists that have to reblog this post with the details of their affected account(s) and the ones the scammer has set up.

How can we stop this?

Tumblr, like many other social media platforms, seems to care very little about ‘minor’ occurences like this one, and despite reaching out directly to them over a week ago through multiple avenues of contact - they have refused to comment on the situation, provide a recommended response for users, or take action on behalf of those already affected. Despite this, there are still tools at our disposal that we can use to make this scam more difficult, and to increase its visibility to those within Tumblr staff that are required by policy to take action. Tumblr has the following to say on the topic of impersonation: Confusion or Impersonation. Don’t do things that would cause confusion between you or your blog and a person or company, like registering a deliberately confusing URL. Don’t impersonate anyone. While you’re free to ridicule, parody, or marvel at the alien beauty of Benedict Cumberbatch, you can’t pretend to actually be Benedict Cumberbatch. They then provide a link to this online form that you can fill out if you suspect someone’s identity is being confused. Unfortunately, this can only be filled out if you are the victim of impersonation. In other words, only the artists can fill this out legitimately. So, what about the followers and users of tumblr whom aren’t being impersonated? Our most valuable tool in this online platform is the platform itself. It enables us to spread our word near-virally across all the many sub-communities on Tumblr with remarkable efficiency for a user-driven system. We can take advantage of that effect to increase awareness of the situation. Even if you - the one reading this right now - aren’t an artist or don’t know an artist, the act of reblogging this post or sharing it directly with friends improves it’s ‘ranking’ in popularity increasing its chances to be seen by more people. We don’t need everyone on Tumblr to see the post for it to be effective, just like we don’t need the entirety of the human population of the world to be immune to a disease for that disease to be rendered ineffective or eradicated. If enough people are aware, the likelihood of pulling off a successful scam increases dramatically reducing efficiency to a point that it no longer becomes profitable to continue.

Why should I care?

It disheartens me to say this, but of the many artists I contacted directly over the past week to warn about this issue many of them refused to listen or dodged the responsibility with lines like;

“I’m not being impersonated, so it doesn’t affect me”

“I’m just one person. I can’t make an impact”

“I need to take care of my community. Other people can look after theirs”

This is honestly disappointing that so many artists or art-rebloggers care so little as to intentionally wave the responsibility of keeping their followers and fellow artists safe from this, that they cannot spare 10 seconds of their time to share an informative post. I’m not here to bash artists, but it is time that everyone takes responsibility for their own communities, and of those around them. Artists: You have a responsibility to ensure that your followers and fans aren’t being abused by someone who may impersonate you. If they succeed, your reputation will be damaged, and your followers will resent you. Your followers are also almost guaranteed to be following other artists meaning your efforts can spread beyond your own circle of influence, so don’t be naive when you think you have little effect. Followers: You have just as much responsibility to be aware of those that might try to scam you or your fellow followers. Don’t just sit in silence when you see something wrong: Ignoring the issue only makes it more resilient to our efforts to stop it. You are the vocal majority if you just use your voices to be heard!

TL:DR

A scammer is impersonating artists and scamming money from their followers under the guise of ‘cheap commissions’. If we ignore the issue, it will get worse. Every single person that reads this can afford to spend just 10 seconds to reblog and share this post. Those 10 seconds can save others from being scammed for hundreds of dollars. Reblog & Share

'Brambly Hedge' by Jill Barklem

It’s like...

In the three-part Captain America storyline from Tales of Suspense #66-68, written by Stan Lee and drawn (and thus likely cowritten) by Captain America co-creator and Jewish-American World War II veteran Jack Kirby, Captain America is brainwashed by the Red Skull into becoming a Nazi – not Hydra, an honest-to-god World War II-era Nazi – and only snaps out at the last moment. Seems worth noting given Marvel fandom’s sudden, very specifically demarcated interest in honoring Kirby’s legacy.