All the times I got scammed or nearly scammed by people...

[Peter A]

I sent about £150 to a lady I came across on AW a few months ago. She never asked for a deposit, and she wanted a reference. Granted, I may have been in too much of a hurry. Even so, I was nice enough to get her a gift on Wishtender. So altogether, it did probably amount to £150.

Some of them are nasty, indeed. If you look at their photos, a lot of them have a mile long stare about them. Very icy.

While mistresses don't always ask for a tribute, it is actively encouraged. This is to show you mean well, since they do get a lot of men just being idiots. Time is money, as they say. So sometimes you need to know the proper etiquette. But to be honest, I was left feeling stung. It seriously made me feel like a donkey.

Not only was I blocked by her after calling my cash a "generous gift" (your sent items will say "deleted" in italic), she never bothered to just simply issue a refund. If she had zero intention of seeing me, what was the point in robbing me?

Then like I said, there was the other drama queen who got all huffy puffy when I truthfully revealed my online banking displayed a technical problem, just as I went to send a deposit. This was not made up. I was being honest.

Just the other day, this Polish woman I seen for probably 6 years, well she tried to say my you know what was 'too wide' for having any more sex with her. And I literally wanted to laugh out loud when she said that in a text message. I had seen her for so many years. But the thing is, I think my body odor was the main problem.

As I was saying, I had a support worker years ago in Edinburgh, sending me creepy emails about the late wrestling star, Eddie Guerrero. He said in 2008, that he killed himself for being gay, and I think he seen previous posts online where I said I felt sad when he passed away. He really died from a heart attack in 2005, due to using steroids.

My first key worker told him I posted about my ex on Gumtree, so he sent me messages with a false name, talking about the schools she attended. What was exceptionally odd however was that he often stated his real name in the messages, and made some random yet offensive comment about an album by the Smiths, who are a famous rock band.

Anyway, he actually told me to listen to "The World Won't Listen" album, and shake off my mortal coil. This apparently refers to suicide.

Well, he went to a corn exchange with me once and they have a snooker room in there. He took out alcohol from his jacket at one point, and my friend came along too. The support worker then made that same dumb comment about this LP by the Smiths, but he used to mention Tears for Fears as well. They were a big pop group in the eighties, who he knew I spoke of at times. So he was just trying to make me look stupid.

He was obviously sacked, or something. But the higher ups in charge would not exactly say so. It made me angry all the same, to know he did that on purpose. Then as I said, they lied about this Spanish woman who was removed as my key worker. But I feel like they, all in all, knocked 30 years off my life once I was falsely imprisoned on remand. Even other cons in jail said the whole matter was petty and something not worth being locked up for. Yet the police returned countless times to screw me over, when there was no reason to.

If you think that is bad, I have had this strange guy from Australia constantly harassing me on these encyclopedias hosted on Fandom. He edited all the same pages just to be tagged to them, so he would be notified if I made even the most basic of edits. After that, he would try to revert me or leave anonymous posts on articles about these movies I was in, with utter nonsense. And he uploaded strange videos on YouTube where he wore white gloves.

Then he went to other forums for 7 or so years and spammed my personal details, or had posted pictures of people being defecated on, and made multiple accounts to add as his 'friends' and then would tell new members to leave, as the forum is now abandoned.

Oh, yeah. Abandoned, huh? Well, save for his 1000 plus spam posts from 2021 up to now, or whenever it was he started his stupid antics.

Now the police are annoying me because an escort or whatever is furious because I sent her messages showing sympathy when she was in hospital. She blocked me on Twitter. I said she was doing devilish things, so she should work on being a better person like civilization expects. So, just wow. I guess she got really uptight over that bit of advice.

But yes. How ridiculous it is to know people like this exist.

[WiredIncorrectly]

It's common knowledge that women fish for men online to buy them things. I have an old family friend who is into dating and such activities. I've watched his life decline in the last 12 months. They all want something from it. Be it money to pay their bills, or money for tobacco or w/e. Once they get what they want, they ignore him until they need something else. There's men, and women, that play this game.

Thankfully I've never been particularly fascinated with sex, or the opposite sex. It's enjoyable, with the right person. My thing doesn't work unless I feel comfortable with a person and that takes time. I'm male, we have urges. It's cheaper and less stressful to take a bathroom break

What is the desire or need for a relationship? Is there a sex addiction at play here? It sounds like there may be a deeper issue causing you to seek happiness from others Peter. It doesn't sound healthy.

Here to chat if you fancy it mate

[BlueIris]

Less of the casual misogyny, please?

[WiredIncorrectly]

Less of the casual misogyny, please?

Sorry Blue, I didn't mean like that. I just re-read my response and realized it looks that way. I meant there's men and women out there who look only to seek gifts and things from the other party, and it's better if Peter was to focus on deeper issues causing him to seek out these types of relationships.

Personally speaking, I think using escorts and such like is very unhealthy and not good. And of course, speaking ill of women (or men) is not acceptable in todays world. We are all wholly equal and deserve to be treated this way. Sadly too many men see women as sex products. That's disgusting.

Apologies Blue.

[BlueIris]

It's okay, James, I know you're better than that. Apology accepted (and very much appreciated).

[WiredIncorrectly]

It's okay, James, I know you're better than that. Apology accepted (and very much appreciated).

[Peter A]

The only thing worse than these con artists and misdandrist types on the Internet, is discussing video games online. Although in this day of age, a vast majority of message boards hardly appear busy any longer.

But please avoid escorts. They think men are gullible. Or try a dating app. Just beware of forking out additional charges. They're inclined to attract a lot of idiots who like to prank unsuspecting loners who are living with depression, unfortunately.

Forums are not necessarily dead, but I hate it when members suggest beginning a Discord group. And I hate Discord. It's a glorified chat thing, really. It does not look tidy whatsoever. But I cannot say X and Facebook is of interest to anyone either.

Threads you submit are way easier to find on forums, and everything just looks way more presentable. And I have been laying out the cold, hard and honest truth since 2003 with different subjects. Why should I say otherwise?

Sure. Some people can behave, agree to disagree, or whatever. Which is fine. But too many users on GameFAQs and ResetEra and all that, are know-it-all, "fanboy" types.

In fact, I quit discussing the Resident Evil franchise (for the most part) after reading some of the utter baloney they were responding with. You can also kind of tell they started the series with the fourth one, or the remakes. They are easily caught out during a debate, and rely on Wikipedia for their information.

Calling Capcom ripping off various popular games a homage is a joke, and asking for Capcom to produce more half-baked remakes is dumb. This is in spite of the fact Capcom butchers practically all the content from the originals, or charges you to get the complete experience via DLC.

That's the trouble with these kiss ups. They delude themselves into thinking that companies care about them beyond receiving their cash.

At the end of the day, mainstream media has massacred whatever ain't already mundane.

On a side note, I have a very busy schedule ahead of me with my court issues.