Outdated technology.

Stick shifts are dumb, old technology and they must get rid of them forever!
I'll bet you don't own a typewriter. You probably don't even know how to use a typewriter either!
You probably drive a car and you don't own a horse and buggy.
You probably have a cellphone and you don't look around trying to find a pay phone. You probably don't even have a phone in your house attached to the wall.
You probably also have a CD player and DVD player.
You don't own a cassette player or a VHS player.
You have a calculator on your cellphone, you don't know how to use a slide rule. You might not even know what a slide rule is.
You have a GPS in your car and/or on your phone. You will never need to look at a paper map again.
If you have a gun, I'll bet it's either a semiautomatic handgun or a pump action shotgun or some similar, modern style gun, not a muzzleloader.
You probably have a debit card and you very rarely write paper checks.
You carry cash made out of paper, silver and copper. Not clam shells that wash up on the beach or gold rocks and dust, like people used Thousands of years ago.
Just like everyone else in the US, you either throw your pennies in a jar at home or throw them all out your car window, because you don't give a shit about the damn things!
All the above mentioned crap is old, obsolete technology! We don't need, want or understand most of that old shit anymore! Nobody wants to buy it and if any company continued making that junk, the company would go broke, because no one would ever buy that stupid old junk! Stick shifts are getting to be that way to!
I hate them, can't drive the damn things and I don't give a damn about them! To hell  with stick shifts! They are obsolete technology! They are making less and less of them each year and starting to phase them out of existence! Good! Cause, I hate the useless things!

YouTube video ads and sponsors.

You don't actually need any money at all to make and post a video on YouTube. It's FREE to post a YouTube video. I know this as a fact. I've posted 4 videos. I've taken them down, but they were absolutely free to post. I have some friends who post YouTube vids all the time and it's free for them to.
The only thing is that you need to get a good following, the more people that follow you, the more views you'll get. However, if you bribe YouTube by giving them money, they will advertise your videos more and post it on more peoples suggested videos and stuff. Other than that, I don't know why anyone thinks they need even one penny to make a YouTube video! Everyone wants to take advantage of people, rip us off and make people pay more money for things they didn't have to pay anything for before! It needs to stop! People don't very much money and we can't keep paying extra for everything! It's bulls**t!
Now, employers aren't paying much, they are too greedy! Airlines take advantage of us with baggage fees. Pizza delivery companies want to charge delivery fees and delivery insurance. YouTube wastes our time showing commercials before and after videos or we have to pay $120 a year to watch YouTube with no ads. Come on, YouTube used to be FREE and have no ads at all! WTF!
There are a lot of really good YouTube videos out there, but, it's FREE to make and post a YouTube video! You don't need to charge anything nor do you need a sponsor to post a video! But, at the end or beginning of the video, some people spend about Three to Five minutes talking about their sponsor! Nobody pays attention to that! NOBODY!
Why don't you just wear a hat or shirt with your sponsors name on it? We will see the name of your sponsor and that's good enough! We are sick and tired of all the ads and people talking about their sponsor in the videos! We don't care! Most of us don't even pay attention to that bull s**t anymore anyway! We either skip ad, fast forward through it completely or wait it out and completely ignore it! We look away from the screen of our computer or cellphone during any and all advertisements, we take off our headphones, turn the volume down or whatever we have to do to tune out and ignore those stupid, waste of time ads!
I'm just saying, quit wasting our time and yours with all the ads and talking about your sponsors on the videos! Because people just don't care, they don't watch or listen to that junk, we are sick of it and it is really aggravating! We hate it!
Why not make use of a product from the company that sponsors you in the video. For example: If Budweiser is your sponsor, drink a can of Budweiser during the video. Show the label on the can through the whole video. Put a huge Budweiser poster on the wall in the background. Wear a hat and tee shirt that say Budweiser on them. At some point in the video, say the word: "Budweiser". Have a friend with you in the video and give them a can of Budweiser was well. Put a whole case of Budweiser on the table next to you during the entire video.
A lot of TV Producers have been talking about advertising their sponsors like this for years, they just haven't done it yet. If they do this, they won't have to waste their time and everyone else's time by playing so many stupid, annoying commercials that nobody watches, nobody pays attention to them and nobody even cares about anymore anyway!
Just please STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND EVERYONE ELSES TIME WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR SPONSORS! BECAUSE, YOU'RE WASTING EVERYONE'S TIME, NOBODY CARES, NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO THAT ANYWAY!
If the company sponsoring you has a jingle or song they play in their commercials, play it once or twice, quietly, in the background of your video. Whatever you have to do! It doesn't matter to me! Just quit wasting time in your videos, at the beginning or end of the video talking about your sponsor, because WE DON'T CARE! It is a waste of time and people don't pay attention to that bulls**t!
After reading this, I am willing to bet that most people who drink alcohol probably want to go drink a beer. More specifically, most of you want a Budweiser!

Scam baiting. A horrifying experience!

Today I got bored and looked up some phone numbers of known scammers. I wanted to call some of them and waste their time and harass them, just like they do to us whenever they call somebody. Only they take things a little further and try to rip people off! They want to sell you some service or product that you don't need or they will claim to be the IRS and con you into paying them (the fake IRS agents) money for overdue taxes that you don't owe. They will tell you that you'll be arrested if you don't pay.
There are a lot of people out there that try to do us all a favor by calling these scammers and wasting their time. The longer these people stay on the phone with these scammers, the less time they have to call other people and rip them off. It also gets the scammer really frustrated if you waste too much of their time. This increases the chances of the scammer getting frustrated with the job and quitting. When people call and waste a scammers time, it is called: "SCAM BAITING".
A lot of people don't support scam baiting, because, it just gives the scammer more experience in dealing with difficult people and doing their job. However,  it is a lot of fun!
I looked up a scammers number on Google and called them. On the first call, I got one guy and told him I had a problem with my computer and needed his help to fix it.
He immediately told me to F off!
I said, "What the hell jackass! I am calling because I have a virus on my computer and it sent me a pop up message saying to call this number so you can fix it! This is Microsoft Tech support isn't it?" He immediately hung up on me!
So I called back about a minute later. I got the same guy this time.
I said, "Why did you hang up dude, I need your help getting rid of a virus." I was nice about it.
He cursed me out some more and got really mad. Then he hung up again!
So I called back a third time. I finally got a different person on the phone. I told him I had a virus and needed his help. He asked a few questions about the virus and he was nice about it.
So, I gave him a fake name. I didn't want this scammer to know my real name. I said I was John Simons.
He said  "Ok, turn on your computer."
I told him I had my computer on, but, I didn't really have it turned on. Then I tried to act like the dumbest person in the world who didn't know anything about computers at all. (For the record, I am not a computer genius. But, I do have some basic knowledge about them and I've taken a basic computer class.)
He told me to do a few things to give him remote access to my computer. I told him I didn't understand and asked him to repeat the instructions. He did repeat the instructions. Then he hung up. I was on the phone with him For about 20 minutes.
I called back and got the same guy. I talked to him about my fake computer virus for a few minutes, then he told me he was in Las Vegas. I said , "No you are not! You are in India and you are a scammer!"
Now, the guy started laughing!
I told him that I don't have a virus, I was just wasting his time!
He hung up again. So, I called him back. Now he said I am making him mad.
I didn't really have a virus , I was just doing this to waste his time anyway.
This was when things got really scary for me!
I was really lucky I did not have my computer turned on at all right now. Because now this scammer tried to hack into my ISP!
First of all Mr Scammer said, "David, why are you wasting my time?"
I thought, "How the hell does he know my real name?" I asked him, "How did you know my name is David?" He said it was a lucky guess.
I said, "Do you know my last name?"
He told me to tell him a last name randomly and he would tell me if I gave him my real name.
I said, "Smith."
He said, "No."
"Jones"
"No."
"Williams."
"No."
"Thomson."
"No."
"Arndt."
"Yes."
I thought, "Oh shit, he has caller ID and it works in India. He can get my name and number all the way over there. No big deal."
At least, that's what I thought at that moment!
He proceeded to say, "David Arndt Jr.
XXXX Signal Hill Rd. Orlando, FL. 32922.
Phone number: (407)XXX-XXXX.
ISP: 12345678900000
Email address: XXXXXXX@yahoo.com.
Your bank is Sun Trust in Orlando, FL.
You make $35,000/yr.
As soon as you turn your computer on, I'm going to get into your internet connection and on your computer and drain your bank account!"
I thought, "Holy shit! All that information is my OLD info! Luckily, the only two things that are still valid are my full name and phone number! The rest of it was valid a few years ago! Since then, I've moved to a different city, closed that bank account and went to a different bank, I no longer use that old email address, I have a different ISP and, even back then , a few years ago, I was not making  $35,000. But, I got really lucky that he did not have my current information! He must of looked my name up on the internet!"
I am not going to call that number again! However, proceed with caution if you want to scam bait this number!
It is a fake computer tech support company.
The number is:
1-877-786-2227.

HOW I DELT WITH A MICROSOFT TECH SUPPORT SCAMMER:

HOW I DELT WITH A MICROSOFT TECH SUPPORT SCAMMER:

I got a call from a Microsoft tech support scammer in India, they left me a message saying Microsoft has detected a problem with my computer and I had to call them back. I knew it was just a scam. I have gotten calls like this several times before. I usually don't return the calls. But, today, I decided to have some fun and waste their time! The longer they talk to me on the phone, the less time they have to call other people and actually call somebody who believes that it's true and they have to pay these people to fix a nonexistent problem with their computer!
He asked if I was a "Thirdtender"? (SP?) What's a "thirdtender"?

I'm not sure how it's spelled or the exact pronunciation. But it sounded like the Microsoft scammer was saying: Thirdtender. I couldn't understand the guy very well. He is obviously from India and I was talking on the phone with Mr Scammer. He told me he was from California.
Then he said someone in Chicago was using my Internet connection. I said, "Really? How is that possible? I live in FL."
He said, somebody hacked into my Internet connection, not my computer, my Internet connection, all the way from Chicago!
Then he wanted me to turn on my computer and let him have remote access to it. He asked if I was near my computer, I said, no, not right now. He went on and asked if I've let anybody else use my computer lately. I said, "Only one person, a close friend,  I hope he didn't do anything to it! OMG! I am getting a little nervous about this now!"
I started acting and talking as if I were really nervous.
"Do you know who it is that is hacking into my Internet?"
He said, "Well no, but we would like to find out."
I said, "I hope you can figure it out and tell me their address, so I can sue them!"
He asked if I was a "thirdtender". What is a thirdtender or something that sounds like that?
I got a message on my phone to call Microsoft. I immediately knew it was a scam, because Microsoft will never call you and tell you that you have a virus or any other problems with your computer! They never will! Neither will Apple or any other computer company. The IRS will not call you either. The IRS will usually send you a letter, probably certified mail, if they suspect you of tax fraud or other legal issues.
I called the scammers back just to waste their time. I had him on the phone for 11 minutes and 16 seconds! I just played along with it to waste the scammers time!
At the end, I kind of felt bad about doing this, because I told him I knew it was a scam and I was just playing along to waste his time. The scammer actually was being very nice after that. He even complimented my acting skills and said I should move to Hollywood! Because, he believed I was serious and I was having issues with my computer, I was panicking and he believed I was really scared, nervous and concerned that my Internet and computer were really being attacked by hackers!
When I was talking to him and acting really scared and freaking out, he told me to calm down and Go drink a glass of water! I waited about One minute, then came back to the phone, I told him I was fine now.
I couldn't think of anything else to say at this point, so, that us when I let the scammer know that I didn't believe him and I knew it was a scam and that I knew he was probably calling from India, not California. Then I looked at my phone to see how long I was on the phone. I told him that I just wasted 11 minutes and 16 seconds of his time!
This was the point where he started acting really cool and nice. He told me I was funny and I'm a good actor and I should go to Hollywood!
Their number is:
(888)609-1426

Computer tech support scam (Sophie Softech Solutions).

A (SCAM) computer tech support company called: Sophie Softech Solutions called me and said they found a virus on my computer. They said they found it the day that they called me. Actually, they said Microsoft called them and notified them of a virus on my computer. They said Microsoft found the virus on my computer when I was online recently.
I knew it was a scam right away, because I had not used my computer at all for about a month at that time. Usually when I use the Internet, I use my cellphone, which is Android, not Microsoft.
I checked my computer anyway, just to make sure nothing was wrong with it. There was no virus, my computer was OK.
I was still on the phone with this scammer when I checked my computer. I told him my computer was fine. But he said, "Oh no, there is a problem with it. You need to give me remote access to your computer so I can fix it."
I asked him a few questions like: What's their companies name? Where are they located? How much do they plan to charge me for their services? What's wrong with my computer? How long will they take to fix it? Etc.
He said he was with: Sophie Softech Solutions and they were in Florida. It will take an hour or two to remove the malware on my computer and he'd install an antivirus program. Then, I'd have to send a payment directly to him in India! I'd have to use Western Union to send him $250 US dollars!
I could tell from his voice that he was in India.
I said, "Wait a minute, you sais a minute ago that you were in the US! Now you say you're in India?"
He said, "The company is in the US, but the call center that he's at is in India."
From all the bull shit he was saying, I knew it was a scam.
I don't ever want to give remote access of my computer to anybody in the first place, except, MAYBE, to a close friend or relative! But, even then I'd have to think twice about it! You never know what they will do to it!
To make a long story short, I didn't give him access to my computer. I told him I know it's a scam. I called him an ass hole and told him don't ever call me again! Then I said, "Your English is terrible, you have poor grammar and I can't even understand you very well because of your damn Indian accent!" Quit trying to scam people!"
Then he started to repeat everything I said. I again said this is a scam. He repeated that and said, "This is a scam." I said, "Yes and you're an ass hole! he repeated that to along with some other things.
Then I insulted him and the company a few more times and he continued to insult and curse at me as well.
I told him I was going to report him to the Attorney General, Better Business Bureau, Rip off report, the FCC and a bunch of other places.
I have reported them. I have also filed a report about them on: WWW.ripoffreport.com.

(Before I reported this company to anybody, I did a little bit of research on Sophie Softech Solutions. I found out that they do have at least one office here in the United States. I think it is in California. However, that does not mean it isn't a scam. The people they hire to call you and rip you off are still in other countries.
Microsoft will probably NEVER call you nor will they tell someone else to contact you to tell you that you have a virus or any other problems with your computer!!!)

Just remember, if someone calls you like this, don't give them remote access to your computer! More than likely its a scam. They might even mess up your computer or give you a virus if you do that! Then they will trick you into thinking they've fixed your computer and charge you a lot of money after they damage it! Then it will be almost impossible to get your money back!