The Christmas Glove Sticker Experiment - Update

According to my last post, this experiment has been going on pretty well until Friday (Jan. 15)

When I went to my locker this morning, the sticker was there. I proceeded to my classes and didn't come to my locker until lunch.
When I approaced my locker, nothing was left of the sticker but the back o the sticker, whcih was the little white sticky part.
I told my friend this, and she suggested that it might've fallen off. It indeed was on the ground, but, in lieu of making sure her prediction was correct, I dabbed a finger at the white felt. It was still sticky, and when I 're-stuck' the sticker on to see if could be held, it took quite a bit of strength to pull it off.

Thus, this experiment is officially done.

Of course, this isn't a 'real' experiment, as I have not officially recorded anything, nor have I actually manipulated variables so the result was (somewhat) specific.

But then again, this goes to show that some people can't resist pulling a sticker off a locker.

Report Cards Today...

Sooooooooooooooooooo
I got my report card today
It wasn't that bad, but I wish I could've gotten better.

Transition~

It took about 6 hours to make this picture; I like to consider today the transition between Autumn and Winter.

It's also my birthday today

Happy Friday the 13th

Am I the only one who just realized that? o.o

How to Draw a Sitting Cat

I always struggle with this ;-; Will post a picture of the cat I drew once I draw it.

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FINALLY I KNOW HOW TO FACTOR POLYNOMIALS

Apart from that, I've started listening to Adele. She has a nice voice :D

How was Halloween? I went trick-or-treating with my friend, but stopped when she feel D:
Oh well, we still got tons of candy.
Apparently there was this one house that had people pretending to be 'fake', but would jump-scare you. Luckily, it didn't happen to us, but apparently someone was creeping up on us o.o

firetigerx may be retiring... ;-;

Animal Jam Scammer Watch: Well, I think it's time...



Do you know who firetigerx is? I didn't, until I joined AJSWS. But you should know her. She deserves to be known.

She is the one who kickstarted the anti-scamming campaigns, who has been catching scammers since 2011 (4 years ago).

She, like every other scam catcher, deserves to be known. She is probably the most well-known scam catcher of all.

But she is retiring now, at age 18. I understand how she feels to be playing a 'kid's game'.

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What a sad announcement for 'To Be Announced Tuesday'.

The 10 Dollar Thought Experiment

This might be an interesting name for an experiment. Who knows? Anyways, if you want a little preview, here's how it started:

I came up with it later than you might think. Yesterday, in fact. Since my school has plenty of shops around it, a cafeteria, and other places to goad you into -I mean worthwhile- to spend your money at, my parents decided to hand me some money to 'put to good use' (translation: spend it on food. Hey, they have good food there!). My parents aren't the allowance type; rarely do I have money to spend. My mom handed me 10 dollars, decreeing that I better not spend all of it by the end of the month.

So this led me thinking: do people spend more money if it is in 1 bill (10 dollar bill), or in loose change (coins, etc)? Or does it even matter?

Just a bit of food for thought.

Smile Sunday:

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Watch this! (The Butterfly Dragon)

https://youtu.be/bAQ56_dfOfY

It's a really beautiful animation, and the background music is perfect.

My interpretation of it (I know someone already posted something like this, but this is my version)

The small dragon (assuming it's female) is still a child, and the butterfly represents time, or experiences. The mother wakes up and watches the child, but she doesn't spend time to play with her, or enjoy the time they have left before the child turns into an adult. When the child follows the butterfly to the cliff, it turns into a dragon on the other side, representing an adult. The child is unsure of the transition between childhood and adulthood, and when she jumps and falls, that could represent the rocky time in-between. The dragon rescues her, and gives her a mask to make. When the child puts a paw on the mask, and draws on it, it could mean 'looking through the world with new eyes'. The child then returns to the mother, 'grown up', and gives her a mask as well. The mask could mean that the child wants her mother to look through the world as she does, but the mother doesn't realize that the child has 'grown up'. The child then turns into the butterfly dragon (representing an adult), and flies away, while the mother looks on, regretting the time that they haven't spent together.


Fact Friday:

Hmm... perhaps a bacon alternative for vegetarians?

This is about to make your music-on-youtube life so much easier...

Have you ever started listening to this awesome song, and couldn't stop? Like, you wanted to listen to it while gaming, drawing, writing, etc, but you don't want to press the repeat button 1000000 times?
Well, this is going to make it so much easier...

JUST TYPE 'REPEAT' AFTER THE WORD 'YOUTUBE'

Example (btw, this is the instrumental version of 'Fanastic' by Henry):

Regular No-Repeat URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqLLvx2A8P4

The Repeat-Music URL: https://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=ZqLLvx2A8P4

This will take you to this link: http://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=ZqLLvx2A8P4#[Official_Instrumental]_Henry_%ED%97%A8%EB%A6%AC_-_Fantastic

Proof that isn't a fake site? Well, I'm using it right now, and I took a screenshot:

That's it today; I hope this has helped!

We've All Done This....

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I'm back~

Well, not really back, considering I haven't posted for... 10 days? Meh. I was  volunteer at a day camp 2 weeks ago, for 2 weeks. Then on Wednesday and Thursday my family + my parents' friend's family went to Osoyoos for 2 days. I'll update you guys on that as soon as I can get the pictures of my trip online. Anyways, the day camp was... okay. We had sandwiches for lunch every day, and we get to go to parks and such. Apart from me becoming half-deaf because of screaming, it was a nice place. Sorry for the short post-longer one once I get those pics!

Scammer Proof Yourself

First of all, let’s discuss the methods of scamming.

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Trusting ~ Common ~ Harms about 90% ~

Trust trading often goes like this. The scammer is wearing a good item, like a spike, and they have a cheap store-bought item on their trade.

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Dialogue:

1- Scammer: “Trust me for this_______! I won’t accept!11!!11111111”

2 -Jammer (thinks): Ooooooooooooh I really want that spike. Besides a lot of OTHER jammers are doing it and THEY don’t get scammed, so I should too! (trades really good items)

3- S: (cancels trade) Seeeeeeeeee, I didn’t accept, so you should trust me!!11111!!!!

4 -J (thinks): They didn’t cancel! This must be for real! (sends even better items)

5 S: (cancels again) Come on, ________ is winning with _______ items!!! Giveaway ends in 1 minute!

6- J ( thinks): Oh no!!!!!! I really want that ______! I should just go for it! (sends all of their good items)

7- S: (accepts and runs away)

8 -J: What?! They tricked me! Scammer!!!!!!!!!

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What you SHOULD’VE DONE:

Red Flag:

Instead of having the actual item, they have a cheap store-bought one.

Reason:

It’s because they weren’t really meaning to give ______ away, they just wanted more. If they lose the store-bought item, it doesn’t matter, because they have more GOOD items to replace it.

WATCH OUT FOR THESE TRICKS:

1.       OTHER ‘USER’: To make their ‘giveaway’ seem more real, the scammer will usually be operating another account that is ‘trusting’ them. This way, they let you think that because the other ‘user’ isn’t getting scammed, you won’t be too. BEWARE! THEY WILL SCAM YOU!

2.       TRUST IS CRUST: To make you give them all of your good items, they will NOT accept your first trades. Because of this, you will think that they will not accept the rest of your trades. HOWEVER, once you give it all you’ve got, the scammers will press the accept button and run away, leaving you in the dust.

3.       PEER PRESSURE: Often the scammers will say something like:”Only 1 minute / 10 seconds / etc until giveaway ends!” This will make you frantic, because you REALLY want the item. So, in order to ‘get’ it, you will give it all you’ve got and send your best items. Soon enough, a click and it’s gone, no prize, no items.

Gifting ~ Common ~ Harms about 85%~

Gift-scamming is also quite common. It often goes like this.

Method 1~ The scammer will be in a crowded place, saying things like:”Gift me, it’s my birthday!” or “Gift me so I can give the items to my BF!” or “Gift me, if I get 10 spikes then my bff who has cancer will get better!” etc. Some of these might be true (except the last one), but most of them are lying. They want to take advantage of your gratitude for THEIR BENEFIT.

Method 2~: Dialogue

Scammer:”Gift me _____ and I’ll gift you a ________(insert good item[s])!!!!!!! Not a scam!!!!!!!111111!111”

First Jammer: “Ooooooooh I don’t think they’re lying! I’m going to send them it!”

Second Jammer:” Why not use the trading system?!”

S: “My trading system is broken…/it doesn’t work.”

1J and 2J: “Oh, okay……” (gifts scammer)

S: (runs away)

1J and 2J: (sad face)

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What you SHOULD’VE DONE:

Red Flag:

Why don’t they use the trading system?

Reason:

They wanted you to gift them. That way, there’s no risk of losing the item, and the benefit of getting one.

WATCH OUT FOR THESE TRICKS:

1.       GUILT-TRIPPING; Scammers will say things like:”You’re mean”or “I’m quitting because of you” or “I’m reporting you to AJHQ”. They want to pressure you to make you feel bad for them. No one wants to be bad, right (except for them scammers)? Once you do gift, they’re flying away.

2.       PEER PRESSURE: Often the scammers will say something like:”Only 1 minute / 10 seconds / etc until giveaway ends!” This will make you frantic, because you REALLY want the item. So, in order to ‘get’ it, you will give it all you’ve got and send your best items. Soon enough, a click and it’s gone, no prize, no items.

Double-User ~ Rare (I’ve seen it only once) ~ Harm: ?

Double-user scamming often requires 2 accounts, or 2 actual scamming buddies.

Dialogue:

First Scammer: I will trade _____(insert good item) for _______(insert item that is in a holiday store, or an item that is not in-store but still common)!

Second Scammer: I have __________(insert the same common not-in-store item)!

Jammer: (thinks) Wow, what a bargain! I’m going to trade 2S!

2S (rejects every trade): “Only trading good items for that!”

1S: “Uh oh, I have to go in ______minutes!”

J: (trades good items): “There!”

1S and 2S runs away/logs off

J: (sad face)

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What you SHOULD’VE DONE

Red Flag:

Is it just a coincidence that one has the same item, and the other wants it? Why don’t they just trade each other?

Reason:

This is all part of their evil plan.

WATCH OUT FOR THESE TRICKS:

1.   PRESSURE PACT: Often the scammers will say something like:”Only 1 minute / 10 seconds / etc until giveaway ends!” This will make you frantic, because you REALLY want the item. So, in order to ‘get’ it, you will give it all you’ve got and send your best items. Soon enough, a click and it’s gone, no prize, no items.

2.       NO TRADE: The scammers won’t trade each other. Why? It's because they want YOU to trade them, so they'll get your items.

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TRICKS SCAMMERS WILL USE TO GET YOU CONFUSED

1.       Guilt-tripping - Say things like, 'You're mean', 'Bully!', '(cries, sad face)', dialogues and actions that  make you pity them.

2.       Peer pressure - Putting limits on things. For example, they say that someone's winning and you only have a few seconds left. If you really want the item, then you'll begin to feel worried, so you'll try your best to send all your good items.

3.       Blaming the fault on you. [Ex. Once, I was at a fake giveaway. The user was asking everyone to trust, and I was running around saying: ‘DON’T DO IT! IT’S A SCAM!1!!!!!!!111!” Finally some people were SMART ENOUGH to realize it was fake. So before locking his den (apparently locking dens is their safety net; always get their username before that!), he said:"Thanks to Fauna (that's me) for making me lock the den. " Like, seriously. -_-]’

4.       Not answering your questions. [Ex. Once, a scammer was doing the giveaway scam, and I was asking:”Why not use the trading system? That’s what it’s for1” and they were like: “Cause it’s broken.” I asked:”Then why don’t you tell AJHQ?” They started ignoring me, and then started insulting and swearing at me when I kept asking (there's always someone there to call me b****; I've gotten used to it now. Sometimes they know they're wrong, but will do ANYTHING to prove they're right. -_-)

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Well, that’s it for now. I’ll post more when I think of more.

~Fem (THE AJSWS IS BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!! AJSWS.BLOGSPOT.CA) 

I don't know what to title this post, so here you are, with this random title. Actually, I'm going to make the title 'Flight Rising'. No, wait, there's other stuff. Well, here's your extremely long title then

I just joined Flight Rising on Saturday, June 13 (or June something, forgot what date). It's a pretty cool site; you can raise dragons, breed them, battle with them, gather food and items and overall, it is plain awesome. The regestration closed 'cause apparently the server was overloaded XD. Anyways, it's the Brightshine Julibee right now (June 21-27) which is hosted by my clan (Light Clan). It's so cool! I have the new Sunbeam Soldier familar on my coatl dragon now. I haven't named that dragon yet, but I can't find a name that's worthy of her. She's given to me by my friend irl, who wrote a fantastic bio about her. Click on thy link down below to read it:

Click to read her profile!
Cool, no?

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Anyways, just finished my finals 2 weeks ago.
I am so stressed now, cuz report cards come on the 26th, and if I don't get an A in Math.................................................... ;-;
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Well, I guess that's it. School's over, and summer began. I'll try updating ASAP, but that may be hard.
(Btw, my username is the same for all of the sites I join, so feel free to PM or trade me!0
Bon été!