David Lynch’s memoir/bio “Room to Dream” starts off, “You can dissect someone’s childhood searching for clues that explain the person the child grew up to be. But more often than not there is no inciting incident, no Rosebud.” The next chapter proceeds to explain Everything About His Whole Deal
Like yes I do agree that people too often look for Childhood Explanations to try and neatly summarize a person’s psychology and it’s rarely ever that simple. But also it’s very hard to read about Lynch’s childhood and not narrow your eyes and go “Huh. Okay… this makes a lot of things make sense”
“GREW UP IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA IN THE 1950s TO KIND PARENTS AND LOVING FRIENDS. MY HOBBIES WERE BUILDING BOMBS AND KISSING GIRLS. I WITNESSED SO MUCH SPOUSAL ABUSE AND ALSO ONE OF MY EX GIRLFRIENDS WAS PROBABLY KILLED BY HER HUSBAND AND THE MURDER COVERED UP BY THE COPS. I LOVE PIE”
there aren’t enough posts going around about the swedish cryptid known as the skvader which is a rabbit with pheasant wings and also a very good boy.
like this one dude just made a fake taxidermy and spread it around as a hoax for a good ass while and it lead to this really cool fantasy creature and i am genuinely dissapointed that it never gets used in anything
THE BOY
Rabbirds, by the amazing @tkingfisher/Ursula Vernon (source).
The lack of skvaders is particularly frustrating when you realize it forms the third point of a wonderful cryptid trifecta.
You got the jackalopes, which are rabbits with antlers.
And you got the wolpertingers, which are rabbits with antlers and wings.
And then… what? Do you escalate? That’s unbalanced, those two rabbit cryptids don’t have the same number of extra things, the wolpertinger is clearly the jackalope But More.
BUT with the skvader on the other side, balance is restored. Antler rabbit, winged rabbit, winged antler rabbit. It’s a classic Venn diagram of imaginary lapine beasts, and it’s only complete if you acknowledge the fucking skvader.
Good thing Ursula’s got our back, at least.
This is a really excellent point and I applaud your advancements in Cryptid Theory.
My mom got phished in an EXTREMELY refined scam that pretty much anyone could fall for– basically her account was already pre-hacked and they spoofed the bank’s number exactly, called her pretending there was fraud, and read back legitimate and fake transactions and personal info so she wouldn’t suspect they weren’t the bank. Then discouraged her from logging in claiming the account was locked so they could investigate the fraud– all so she wouldnt catch them making massive purchases using her stolen info.
We have the same boss and when she told him what happened he recommended she call the bank directly, so she did and they managed to catch it in time before $20k of transactions went through. Very scary
I guess the lesson here is never ever answer your phone, I love that fraud is so rampant an entire form of mass communication is now useless
ANYONE can fall for phishing scams- my mom is extremely smart and we discuss common scams that target her age demographic and she still fell for this. If it happened to me I may have fallen for it too. Always be careful!
that’s EXACTLY what happened to me last spring. it’s dire out there….
that’s EXACTLY what
happened to me last spring.
it’s dire out there….
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
If you EVER get ANY call from ANYONE claiming to be a bank or other important group asking you for anything, tell them you will call them back and call them yourself. Do not call a number they give you, look it up yourself.
Banks don’t call people, IME. They send emails and texts and put notices on your online account. Credit cards sometimes do I believe, but in that case, just call the number on your card back.
Never take a call from anyone and assume they are who they say. Period. These people are skilled at social manipulation. They will always tell you there is a crisis.
And don’t just google the number, use your bank’s official site! A lot of search engines are now providing phone numbers of scams instead of legit ones. Also make sure the url of the site matches the one available on cards and other papers you’ve been given by your bank because fake sites can look VERY convincing.
FYI: the U.S. government will not call you. Is someone calls and says they’re the IRS? They’re lying. They say they’re the sheriff? Lying. ICE? Lying.
The United States will mail you information. If the government needs to reach you, check your mailbox.
The IRS are generally pretty forgiving and will accept that humans make errors. They will never demand immediate payment for back taxes, ever. They know that’s not feasible for most people, so they’ll usually make a payment plan and help you out. (This is, of course, assuming you’re an individual who fucked up their taxes, not someone running a massive tax fraud scheme.)
There’s also a scam going around right now for folks in the USA who use toll roads. NONE of the texts are real, the EZPass website has a huge banner on the site saying they’re all scams.
I think I’ve reblogged this a few times because I work in bank fraud. And the thing is, sometimes the bank does call! I have personally called tons of customers. And while it makes my job harder, I would STILL prefer if every one of them told me, “I can’t prove you’re really my bank,” hung up, and called the number on their card. Don’t worry about being rude by accusing a real bank agent of being a scammer. It’s fine. Hang up, and call back.
The only way to know who you’re talking to is if you make the call. And before sending a lot of money somewhere, run it by someone you trust–no one is immune to a good scam, but a friend will be in a different headspace, and more likely to recognize emotional manipulation.
i was going to just add this to tags but i think it’s important enough to add directly. i have definitely had my bank call me before, but the difference between your actual bank and a scammer is that the bank will TELL you information, and a scammer will ASK for it. no bank will call and ask for your card number, ssn, address, pin, etc. in my experience they just ask if I’m me and i say yes. then they either read out purchases or tell me my card has been replaced or whatever. and that’s it. credit cards are a bit different, and it is safer to call them back, because they are usually calling to ask for a payment or something. i almost got scammed through PayPal and it took me way too long to realize the robot voice was asking for way too much (btw I’ve had both real people and robots call me from my legit bank, and after the robot scammer i talked to a real person, so that’s not a good metric to tell whether it’s real or not unfortunately)
Me, after hearing nothing back from Canadian pet stores to find Gremmi more of her beloved carrots, now including photos of her with her carrots and her carrot stall into my emails as guilt tax:
Please have this carrot photo emotionally guilt you into shipping me these toy carrots from your country. Please. Give me the carrots. Let this cat child have her beloved toys. Please. Let my journey to find these toys and a willing shipper and suffering end. Don’t make me start emailing the South African, Australian or UK shops. Pleas—
A STORE ACTUALLY RESPONDED. The emotional guilt photos worked. The downside is they only have 2 in stock, estimated $20 in shipping, and they even checked with their supplier who doesn’t have the carrots in their catalog anymore 🫠
The pet store owner when I said no one else had responded:
New carrots have ARRIVED and we are EXCITED
In-depth photos and creation of Carrot stall here 🙂 and #a girl and her carrots to see how hard she loves these carrots
Also, to answer: I cannot sew to save my life lol. I have not made a pattern, and I wish I knew what it was about these carrots that she loves so much. She’s so particular; any other carrot toy we give her she turns her nose up at. Something about these one’s size, texture, smell- idk! She just loves them.
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