Bob is a victim, not the victim. Alice is a victim of Bob's robbery and Bob is a victim of Alice's blackmail. It is, after all, possible for criminals to themselves be victims of crime; didn't your mother ever tell you that two wrongs don't make a right? I already explained why this is the case, despite your attempt to delete my post in your self-moderated thread. (Whatever happened to that FREE SPEECH stuff you keep going on about?)

Of all the stupid things you've said, this is somewhat less stupid than average, but not by much. It is a stupid analogy because nobody behaves like this in real life. Outside of Monty Python sketches, no robbery victim is going to hold a conversation with their assailant, and no robber is going to stick around long enough to listen to what their victim has to say about the matter. Nor would a robber be dissuaded by a threat to call the police, since they generally assume that their victims will call the police anyway. Even if they were, they're not likely to complain to the police that their crime was thwarted by an evil extortionist since that would mean confessing to their own crime as well.

Nothing about this scenario makes sense, though you do get some points for being able to articulate it somewhat coherently. Overall, I rate your post C+. Keep trying!

Of course telling the truth can be blackmail. You obviously can't blackmail people with information that is provably false - but you're welcome to try.

I disagree, not for any specific reason, but just for the sake of reminding you that DTs are allowed to disagree on things and since non-vixens aren't willing to give enough of a fuck to read your threads.

It's only 50 per month per user, same as non-sources. I'm not the only one doing the slathering, you know.

youtube.com/watch?v=Svstp1CWuF0

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who read that wrong at first.

It's not my fault I'm the worst merit abuser. There are just so many others who are far better at it than I am.

I had a feeling it wouldn't take long for cryptohunter to show up in this thread.

You're talking about me, right? That's good. I was beginning to think you'd lost interest in me.

Seems fine to me. That is indeed a valid reason (of which there are many) to consider Thule to be untrustworthy. I fail to see any problem here, certainly nothing to conclude that the trust system as a whole is "broken".

I've always just used qrencode, which is a standalone program available for Linux and Windows. I also use ZBar to verify the generated QR codes. It never occurred to me to use a web app for this.

I don't see how. Unhandled reports will normally only be a small fraction of your total reports, and in any case, reporting isn't about getting good stats, it's about making the forum a better place. Your stats are meant to help you improve your reports, not the other way around.

Reports that aren't handled within a few days will typically never be handled.

Casino blackjack is never played with a single deck.

Oh, come on. I don't even play poker, and even I know that's more common than a two-pair. There's a reason every "poker for noobs" guide tells you not to chase a straight. If you're even worse at cards than I am, you should stick to roulette instead of blaming casinos for your own stupidity.

An interesting theory. Am I a merit seller too?

Correct. Every time I find a post by a newbie worth meriting, I first check if it's plagiarised. More often than not it is, with the result that the user gets banned instead of merited. I'll also check the rest of their post history for consistency, on the assumption (which is almost always correct) that a lone good post amongst a large number of shitposts is plagiarised even if I can't prove it.

I'm actually disappointed that so few users survive my checks, but being at the bottom isn't always a bad thing.

No, I was already a time traveller before my unexpected promotion from Prince Consort to Queen Consort. Still, I'd be lying if I said the new title didn't come with a few perks...

Hey, I may be easy, but I do have some standards. (Standards set by Empress Lauda regarding who is entitled to my services as consort.)

If you still don't see why it's relevant, then it's a lost cause trying to explain to you and I won't bother. Seriously, you're like a child who just keeps repeating "but why?" in response to every explanation.

I'm talking about the fallout from this thread. You ought to remember, since you were there when it went down.

Admit it, you're always glad when I post.

Care to name someone aside from yourself who does care?

Not everybody. I don't particularly care, for example. Feel free to carry on trolling; I won't stop you.

Go ahead and complain to theymos, then. See if I care.

It means you should stop focusing on my sent merits and start looking at my sent trust feedback. That should refresh your memory.