Update (Patreon)

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I want to explain what's going on behind the scenes so you know what's going on with the channel. I got some stories.

TLDR: I'm working on part 3 of the documentary but I'm not sure when it will be ready. I decided to re-enact the movie Funny Farm with my own life and it's been a bit distracting. I'll put out an alert when it's ready.

Alright, story time. First, I wanna clear some things up. I usually respond to messages on a weekly basis. This gives all the members time to comment before I check the messages. It's also a way to make sure that my main focus is towards working on Horror Stories because that's why we're all here. I very much enjoy discussing info with everyone but I'm on a tight schedule so I hope you'll forgive me if I came off as unappreciative. My replies may seem generic at times, it can be difficult to have something unique to say when you respond to dozens of messages each week. Just know that my replies are sincere when I make them, I really do appreciate every bit of support I receive from all of you.

I got a couple messages that people couldn't set up playlists on the Vimeo side. I'll look into that asap, it's been a while but last I checked you could make a favorites list or some kind of playlist. The video url on the vimeo side is also supposed to act like a keycard to get back in. You should be able to save the video url's to a bookmark if the playlist isn't working. If playlists aren't working, the vimeo team is pretty receptive to feedback so I'm sure they would have no problem getting it worked out.

I haven't played video games for months and this was one of the only ways I could interact with my friends. My friends have been sending "wish you were here" postcards lol. I did this because it's hard for me to have fun when I have such a busy schedule. I wanted to make this clear so everyone understands that I am not goofing off I just have a lot to do constantly.

It's a real shame that I lost momentum posting stories each week, I really wanted to make it to that 2 years of posting mark. One of the reasons was to prove that I could have posted weekly videos on Youtube while working a second job and juggling my personal life. Most of the breaks were because of how poorly Youtube treats Horror Stories and the rest of the creators on the platform. It's like having a weasel as your business partner. They let all of us take them to the top and then they silence us and share the wealth with their little circle of privileged nobodies. Fuck the brass, we don't need them! With less than half of 1% of the audience, I was able to increase the total amount of videos by around 50%. And that was in a year and a half, compared to the first decade of Horror Stories existing. That is how bad it is, I guarantee you would be getting not only more videos, but better content from all of the creators you like, if Youtube would just keep their unprofessional greedy hands off the wheel. But instead of listening to creators and viewers, they serve corporations, politicians and whackos. They would make more money letting creators create, they're not good at business if they don't realize that.

I had a bit of bad luck this month and that's why I don't have a video ready yet. I didn't setup a bedframe and in the middle of the night my girlfriend tripped on something and dug her knee into the bad part of my back. Thankfully it wasn't too painful but I was sore as hell and my spine was making weird popping sounds for a few days. I'm good now, back to working out and such. Things just kept happening one after the other. My truck broke down, then the apps stopped opening on my phone. To be fair I got the phone from my dad and he's been dead for 10 years so hopefully that proves I'm not materialistic. Anyway, it turns out that my iphone 6 was so old that the software became corrupt and that's why apps, internet and almost everything on it stopped working. I transferred my old phone to my new phone and it spread the corruption, my new phone was possessed by the old phone! I was trying to keep the old phone because it's pretty much been the work phone for Horror Stories the entire time. I spent the better part of a week trying to get things properly backed up but I ended up having to rewrite part of the Horror Stories list manually. Nothing worked and none of the phone people had experienced old ass phone hauntings. Eventually I was forced to just wipe the phone and start fresh, which means I wasted a bunch of time for no reason lol.

When I went to the doctor earlier this year I had to keep asking them if my bill was ready. Apparently it was stuck in pending for months and nobody could tell me why. Thankfully, my $600 medical bill showed up just hours after I purchased my new phone that didn't work. You know, I was worried I'd have too much money saved up, so thank God they were lookin out. Honestly though they told me it would be around $1k so I was actually kinda happy to see $600.

So I'm trying to transfer some cryptocurrency from my Robinhood to my Coinbase. Personally, I feel like my funds settle faster on Coinbase and I wanted to take some profits so I had money to fix my truck. As I'm going through with the transfer, Robinhood asks me to do a live photo face scan from some 3rd party company. I upload my ID but when I do the face scan it fails 3 times and won't allow me to transfer the crypto. Keep in mind that it doesn't ask for the face scan when you deposit money from your bank account. I know this is a security feature, but when you call support, they won't talk to you without you giving your name, birthday, email and the last 4 digits of your social security number. So they know who you are before they talk to you. They refuse to remove the photo scan process and claim that I must clear it to access my funds, even though I have 8 other forms of identification. Multiple agents had me repeat this face scan 3 times, I did it about 20 times. Failed every single time. I just got my ID last year, and they're claiming the id on file is from 2022. So this ghetto flock camera system they're using can't tell it's me when I'm 4 years older and have a mustache. I'm in shock as employees from this multimillion dollar corporation talk down to me like I'm stupid and they don't seem to understand what I'm saying to them. I requested a supervisor because I'm having an emergency and just want my money. 4 days later and I heard no word from a supervisor, not even an update by email which one of the agents said they would do. One of the agents also mentioned that my driver's license was being labeled as a passport by the system, I do not have a passport. The entire time the phone agents are reading instruction manual responses and I'm questioning if they actually understand what I'm saying. One person had such a heavy accent I couldn't understand them. One call had people talking and laughing in the background while the agent was trying to help me. Meanwhile my life is completely locked up because I have $8k I've been building on there since 2018. 9 years as a customer and they're acting like the photo scan is failing because I'm a thief. So I decide, fuck it, I'll just liquidate my stocks and withdraw cash to my bank account because I don't feel comfortable investing on Robinhood anymore anyway. Face scan said nope, I can deposit funds but I can't withdraw them to the bank account that's been on file for 9 years. Want to know something funny? They let me sell my stocks, why would you let someone sell the stocks if you thought the account was compromised? Just nonsense after nonsense. Want to know something else funny? I couldn't get a decent response from them for days but 15 minutes after leaving a 1 star review for Robinhood on the app store, they locked my account for suspicious activity and said they'll get back to me within 2 weeks. I also have 7 days to upload the forms of identification they request. Guess what they requested? The face scan test. I've been robbed 10 times in my life and that's the feeling I've had all week with this situation. I feel like Robinhood scammed me and they are very unprofessional. I do not advise anyone to keep money there.

I apologize for the memoirs but I wanted to make the situation clear. I can't think straight right now I've got a million thoughts going on. After life stops pummeling me, I'll pick up my teeth and guts and we'll continue on with the show lol. Thank you for your time and patience, I hope you have a great day.