Hrisskar Flat-Foot @hrisskar@qoto.org

...yes, it took me this long to figure out how to get the bleedin' youtube-dl download from Termux's place to somewhere that my File Manager could access. But hey: this was a much greater l33t p01ntz g41N than merely installing these since I had to lrn2/mv command!

My dad thinks I'm a h4x0r but y'all know better that I still have at most 5 levels in
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Finally got around to installing Termux and YouTube-DL on my phone. l33t p01ntz gained: a few! Woo! [FF battle victory music plays]

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An Alarmist Take on the #Corona #Virus - SARS-CoV-2, #COVID-19
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#disease #sick #sickness #ill #illness
https://invidio.us/watch?v=znWrG9xp7Q4&autoplay=1

#Tech related that makes you #sad , #mad , #laugh , #cry , both ?
To begin: see that #download #speed ? I'm paying near $90/mo for it to be more than 8.4MiB/s, not less than the #DSL I had in the early 00's!!
#coronachan affects us all, from best case scenarios like this minor inconvenience, this #1stworldproblem to the unmentionable...
#technology #computer #virus #corona #covid #quarantine #internet #broadband #bandwidth #network

10 Strangest Unsolved #VideoGame Discoveries - Part IV
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#gamer #game #gaming #videogaming
https://invidio.us/watch?v=p1kW5v4ek_s&autoplay=1

Act 3 - The Return of Crazy Lady!

"Oh no! Please! Don't threaten never to come back after I've told you to go away. Anything but that!"

So there Gord was, average day, and a woman rents a couple games and promises to pay the late fees next time she rents. Nothing out of the ordinary She then leaves with her games.

"Gord! That was her!"

"Who?"

"The crazy lady!"

"Really?"

At this point it had been six months since the incident. Her husband signed up an account 2 weeks prior and rented a couple games that were late coming back.

Long story short, the games she had were also late and in the end I was owed some $80 in late fees. At a $1 a day per game, that takes a while.

Eventually it was forwarded to collections (accounts that go inactive for six months and owe more than $20 are forwarded to collections).

<ring>

"Gamer's Edge"

"What's this about me owing you money!?!"

"Can I ask the same question too since I have no idea who you are?"

"You told your collection company I owe you $80!"

"Ok. I told the collection company you owe me $80."

"Why did you do that?"

"My theory would be because you owe me $80. How about I pull up your account and see what the account says."

So I pull up the account. Oh the memories! The crazy lady has returned!

"Ma'am, you had a few games that were quite late." (Gord then listed them all off, including dates and days extra).

"I've never returned a game late to you."

(Ah the lies)

"I would suggest that statement is a fallacy."

"I'm a huge customer of yours! You should just waive the late charges."

(ok fine, lie some more)

"Ma'am, you've spent a grand total of $16 in the store and racked up $83 in late charges. Perhaps if you paid them off you might be closer to being 'a big customer.'"

"Well, I'm on welfare and I can't afford to pay it."

(unleash the dogs of war again!)

"Yes Ma'am. I can tell you are on welfare."

<pause>

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!"

"I said 'Yes ma'am, I can tell you're on welfare.'"

"I heard you say that!"

"That would be because I said it to you."

"You hear him say that?!? Did you? See! My friend heard you say that!"

"Ma'am, I will write it down for you, sign it, and mail it to you if you would like. 'Dear Ma'am, I can tell you are on welfare. Lots of love, Gord.'"

"You can't say that! That's illegal! That's slander!'

"Ma'am, it's what we call the truth. Perhaps if you were to use some of my money you get every month to buy a book and read up on the law you'd learn a bit and expand your mind."

"I'm never paying the money we owe you!"

"That's nice. Technically, it's your husbands account. So I have no reason to talk to you about it."

"We're never paying!"

"That's nice. Then we'll go to court and you'll have to pay the court costs."

"We won't show up!"

"Oh that's fucking brilliant. Your parents must be so proud. Might I again suggest you read a book?"

"If you want your money you'll have to sue!"

"Are you not keeping up on current events? That's what were discussing."

"And I'll sue you for desecration of character!"

"Ma'am, that would be defamation of character. And as you are on welfare, and I can tell you're on welfare, I am allowed to say 'yes, ma'am, I can tell you're on welfare.'"

"We heard you say that! We're going to sue!"

"Perhaps we should slow down a bit and let you keep notes. You're just not keeping up here."

"Fuck you!"

"I'm sorry ma'am, you do not sexually excite me. "

"I'm never renting from you again!"

"That's nice. But you can't anyway until you pay off your late charges anyway."

"You'll have to sue!"

"Very well, I'll get the paperwork in order for Monday."

<pause>

<click>

Anyway she eventually paid some of her late charges to the collection company on the day court action was to have started. And that was the last I ever heard of the Crazy Lady...

Perhaps one day the saga will continue.... We can only hope.

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When they rent and don't return a game, they're stealing after they've been caught. Ruined credit should not be a surpise.

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When they rent and don't return a game, they're stealing after they've been caught. Ruined credit should not be a surpise.

So this guy comes into the store, signs up a new account, and rents
Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64. Anyway, it never comes back. The people on the phone claim he moved, and the mail was returned. So off to collections it goes.

... a year later buddy comes storming into the store...

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ABOUT ME OWING YOU MONEY!?!?"

"Uhm, sure. You owe me money. Sounds good to me. Do I guess who you are and make up a number, or do you want to tell me?"

"I tried to get a loan from my bank to buy a car, and my credit record shows I owe you $130! The collection company says I owe for Wrestlemania!"

"Ah, hang on. Ah yes, Wrestlemania. It was rented by you and never returned."

"So you listed it on my credit record?!"

"Well, yes."

"Now no one will lend me any money because they think I'm a bad credit risk!"

"You are a bad credit risk. This is hardly a surprise."

"You have to remove it from my record."

"Why?"

"So I can get a car loan."

"Let's see, you want me to commit fraud so you look better to your bank. Nope, not seeing any reason here for me to partake in your plan. How about you pay off the debt and then it will show it as being paid in full."

"No. I can't afford that."

"Then you'll be without a car loan. Good day. Don't let the door hit you on the way out."

Buddy then starts to almost cry as he leaves. Then the next day the nice folks from the money place across the road pay me a visit. Apparently he was trying to get money from everyone for his car loan. No one would touch him as long as he owed me. Alas, poor thief, for Gord has ruined him.

Next day, his girlfriend shows up. Now this is good, she tries to go into how she works at a bank and she knows "the law!"

"You can't list stuff like that on the bureau."

"Yes, yes I can. It's a debt, or a credit if you will. This credit was never paid. This would be an example of poor credit history."

"That's illegal!"

"And you're the one that works at the bank? Whoa, standards sure seem to have fallen. And what's illegal is buddy stealing the game. Why not just tell him to get off his ass and pay me, then he might get his loan. No one is going to give him any money as long as he has outstanding bad debts."

This went on back and forth about how she knows the law and she works at a bank and how her mom always said she was a special child. I later learned she was the part-time receptionist when I stopped in at the bank (as I had an old account there).

Act 2

"The examples she set's for her children and peers is something to marvel at. Why doesn't anyone say 'Hey! You're an idiot.'"

20 minutes later...

<ring>

Ah sweet! That's the same last name as the crazy lady... Unleash the dogs of war!

"Good Afternoon, Government's Agents Office. How may I direct your call?"

"Yes, I'd like to make a complaint about Gamer's Edge. I need to talk to... <pause>... the bureau, the bureau of... the bureau of video games and uhm..."

"The Bureau of Video Games and Customer Relations? One moment please. I'll transfer your call."

Gord presses the 5 key on the phone and says:

"Bureau of Video Games and Customer Relations. How may I be of assistance?"

"Yes, I'd like to file a complaint about Gamer's Edge in Penticton! For no reason they were rude to me and refused to rent to me!"

"Wait a minute, aren't you that crazy lady that was down there earlier today? We're heard about you! You slammed your door on your kid. So what, are you retarded by birth or just been beat around the head too much?"

"WHAT?!?!?"

"Seriously, what's with you. When they say the mentally challenged should not procreate, you're the poster child. I can transfer you to that department if you like."

"You can't talk to me like that!"

"I'm sorry, but the law says that if you are on welfare that government agents can treat you however we want because technically, you owe us. Get off welfare if you want to be treated with respect."

"I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR!"

"What?" (my god, has she not clued in yet as to what's going on?)

"Put your boss on the phone NOW!"

"One moment please."

(Gord presses the 5 key again for a tone)

"This is the department supervisor."

"Yes, your staff is rude to me!"

"Well, have you ever thought why that might be?"

"What?!"

"Well, look at you. You're a lousy dresser, you're fucking annoying, and you're on welfare because you can't hold a job. How about you just shut the hell up and stop spending my money by getting a job and off of welfare."

<click>

You'd think that they would have hung up a long time back...

And you also think they would never come back. Can you guess what part 3 is? Oh I think you can...