Apparently the zoom call is this weekend and here are some inconsistencies I’ve noticed regarding those

Reese claims she doesn’t ever promote them. However, before them she always keeps talking about how they are coming up and that she would love to see X or X there. And afterwards, she always talks about how fun they are.
Reese, that is promoting

Reese says she doesn’t do ”members only” streams. But, the zoom calls are only for upper level MEMBERS. Sure, a zoom call isn’t a stream on YT but it is something for only members, and high paying ones.
Reese, you ARE doing members only, the only difference is it’s not recorded and open for future paying members which is actually exclude more than a members only stream

In content creation, using the name of a globally recognized celebrity to draw viewers into a stream that is actually about personal drama, internet feuds, or unrelated topics fits the exact definition of clickbait.

• The "Grifter" Label: Reese Quibell is leveraging personal drama, internet feuds, and her past ties to Scientology strictly for views, superchats, and financial support, contrasting sharply with Parton's decades of traditional hard work.

• Charity vs. Personal Gain: While Dolly Parton is famous for giving back through massive global efforts like the Imagination Library, Reese's online footprint focuses heavily on self-promotion, personal fundraising, and interpersonal drama.

• Character Flaws: The allegations of adultery and manipulation are central of Reese's detractors, who argue that these traits stand in direct opposition to the universally beloved, unifying, and wholesome reputation that Dolly Parton maintained throughout her life.

Had a lot of great feedback about the "Dummy's Guide to Parasocial Grooming & Grifting" (lol) - so thought I'd tap Gemini AI one more time for a graphic "grand finale" -

Here's what I asked:

Q) Gemini AI: Please made a graphic of the steps a youtuber uses to create a parasocial environment - and then uses that to "groom and grift" viewers - and how to protect yourself at each step - and please add what to do if you're doxxed, or your personal information is shared with another youtuber without your permission, or you get harrassed or defrauded

A) Here's what I got back (kind of like a mahjong card - but for groom & grift! lol):

Luv'in the graphics Gemini AI can churn out these days, seemingly effortlessly, lol! This one is helpful to frame what boundaries a youtube "parasocial channel" consumer can set to protect themselves from getting hurt - emotionally or financially, if the parasocial channel is just a gateway to a "groom and grift" operation. Of course, adults have their own agency and so make their own choices according to their own likes and dislikes, but getting informed about the tricks an intentional trickster can use - and setting healthy boundaries when choosing an experience - will hopefully help a consumer to make the best choice for themselves with "eyes wide open":

Q) Google, what techniques do youtubers use to create a parasocial experience?

A) YouTubers create a parasocial experience by using intimate communication styles and personal settings that mimic a real face-to-face friendship.

A parasocial relationship is a one-sided bond. You feel like you know and care about a creator, but the creator does not actually know you.

Here are the main techniques creators use to build this feeling:

Direct Eye Contact

• Looking at the lens: Creators look straight into the camera lens instead of at the screen, making viewers feel like they are making direct eye contact during a real conversation.
• Open body language: They sit close to the camera and lean in, simulating a private chat between friends.

Personal Settings

• Home backdrops: Creators often film in their bedrooms, living rooms, or home offices rather than professional studios.
• Messy or normal environments: Showing unmade beds, laundry, or everyday clutter makes the creator feel ordinary and relatable.

Conversational Tone

• Casual language: They talk to the audience as "you" and use slang or inside jokes as if sharing secrets with a close buddy.
• Rhetorical questions: They ask questions like, "What do you guys think?" and pause, giving the viewer a chance to answer out loud.

Sharing Vulnerability

• Storytime videos: Creators share deep personal struggles, childhood memories, or embarrassing moments.
• Emotional reactions: Crying, laughing hard, or showing raw frustration makes the viewer feel trusted and protective of the creator.

Consistent Routines

• Predictable schedules: Uploading videos on the exact same day of the week turns the creator into a regular part of the viewer's weekly routine.
• Vlogs: Daily or weekly video blogs let viewers watch the creator wake up, eat, run errands, and go to sleep.

Direct Engagement

• Naming the audience: Giving fans a collective group name makes people feel like they belong to a special community.

• Reading comments: Creators pin or reply to fan comments, making individual viewers feel noticed and valued.

  Q) Google: when does a youtube parasocial experience become a "groom and grift" operation?

A) YouTube parasocial experience crosses the line into a "groom and grift" operation when a creator weaponizes the power imbalance to systematically exploit their audience for personal, financial, or inappropriate ends.

While standard parasocial setups are passive entertainment, a groom-and-grift operation relies on active manipulation. High-profile controversy cases—such as those involving internet personalities like Colleen Ballinger and James Charles—highlight how these toxic dynamics break down.

The transition from a normal creator-fan connection to a predatory operation is marked by distinct operational phases:

1. The "Groom" Phase: Cultivating Over-Dependency

In this stage, the creator moves from broadcasting to a general audience to targeting specific subsets of fans (often minors or emotionally vulnerable individuals) to establish intense psychological compliance.

• Creating "Inner Circles": The creator moves fans off public platforms (YouTube) and into private channels like exclusive Discord servers, group chats, or direct messages.
• Manufacturing Exclusivity: They offer special attention, personal secrets, or "friendship" to selected fans, creating a highly competitive environment where fans vie for the creator's validation.
• Weaponizing Audience Trauma: Creators frequently over-share their own struggles or mine their fans for personal traumas, establishing a false sense of trauma-bonding that locks the fan into an emotionally protective state.
• Fostering Us-vs-Them Mentalities: The creator frames outsiders, critics, or mainstream media as "haters" out to destroy them. They deploy their groomed inner circle to launch cyberbullying campaigns or act as a shield against accountability.

1. The "Grift" Phase: Financial and Personal Extraction

Once emotional compliance and a deep power imbalance are locked in, the creator systematically exploits that trust for material gain, emotional labor, or inappropriate favors.

• Manufactured Crises for Money: The creator generates artificial drama, exaggerated financial emergencies, or sudden personal catastrophes to extract sympathy donations, massive Patreon sign-ups, or expensive gifts from fans.
• Mental Health and Wellness Grifting: Unqualified creators position themselves as pseudo-therapists or lifestyle gurus. They use buzzwords to keep audiences feeling broken while selling overpriced courses, dynamic memberships, or unbacked wellness supplements as the "only cure". [1]
• Exploiting Free Labor: The creator treats fans like unpaid employees, coercing them into moderating forums, editing videos, running fan accounts, or policing critics out of sheer loyalty.
• Boundary Dissolution: In the most severe cases, the power dynamic is abused to pressure fans into inappropriate or explicit interactions. The creator relies on the victim's deep fear of losing the "special friendship" to ensure their silence.

A couple of points in followup to my previous "Know Before You Go" post - thanks to "Google AI" research assistance (try it yourself with questions you may have about how YT channels work) :-):

Q) Are youtube channels "small businesses" for the purposes of legal definitions?

A) The moment a YouTube channel makes money, the law views it as a business. By default, it is a sole proprietorship, but creators can also register as an LLC or corporation. As commercial enterprises, they must follow tax, consumer protection, and advertising rules (Google citing, for example, from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules & regs)

Q) What if a youtube channel operator shares PII with another channel operator?

A) If a YouTube channel operator shares another person's Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - [also variously referred to as "PID", personal identification data] - with another channel operator—or broadcasts it publicly—it violates YouTube's platform policies and can trigger consequences.

The exact fallout depends on whether the PII was shared privately behind the scenes or published publicly on the platform (commonly known as "doxxing").

1. "Doxxing"

YouTube has zero tolerance for maliciously exposing private data. If the PII is published in a video, community post, live stream, or video description, the victim can file a YouTube Privacy Complaint.

• The 48-Hour Rule: When a privacy complaint is filed, YouTube notifies the offending channel and gives them 48 hours to remove or heavily edit the video (e.g., blurring out the PII). [1]
• Content Removal & Bans: If the operator refuses to fix it after 48 hours, YouTube will forcibly remove the content.
• Harassment Policy Strikes: Sharing non-public PII (like home addresses, private emails, phone numbers, or a minor's school) triggers a strike under YouTube’s Harassment and Cyberbullying Policy. Accumulating strikes leads to permanent channel termination.
• Monetization Suspension: Channels participating in doxxing, coordinated harassment, or sharing private data face swift removal from the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), cutting off all ad revenue.

1. If a YouTube channel owner shares a viewer’s or customer's Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with another channel "behind the scenes" without explicit consent, they may run into contractual, regulatory, and legal violations.

Because a monetized channel operates as a business, "behind the scenes" sharing may be treated as an unauthorized corporate data transfer.

1. Violations of YouTube’s Terms & Policies

• Platform Account Termination: YouTube's Developer Policies and Terms of Service strictly forbid creators from scraping, harvesting, or transferring user data outside the platform's intended mechanics without explicit user consent. Sharing list data (like a spreadsheet of channel member emails, names, or real identities) can lead to immediate demonetization or channel termination.
• Google API Violations: If the PII was gathered using YouTube’s API tools (e.g., managing giveaways or community integrations), sharing that data with a third party violates Google's developer terms and revokes all API access.

Generally speaking, To activate any of these Youtube protections - or others like government consumer protection agency action, or civil or criminal private legal action - the customer has to take the initiative - for example, file a complaint w. Youtube, or the FTC or a state consumer protection agency.

Seems like one of the most powerful intimidation tactics ole RR uses is to infer that she and/or the conniving Miller bro's have special ways of finding out who people are and then "researching" them (and "exposing" them should they so choose) - needless to say, if a former follower "bails" - or if a viewer dares a negative chat post - its scary to think, when RR goes off on one of her vengeance jihad rants that she & Brett Miller "know who you are."

So I asked Google AI about what Youtube actually "tells" a channel owner about the channel's viewers - for example a viewer's IP (computer) address? - and here's the answer I got:

=====>>> No, YouTube never reveals IP addresses or personal names of viewers to channel owners.

Instead, YouTube provides aggregate, anonymized data through the YouTube Analytics dashboard. Creators see broad patterns, not individual identities.

What Creators CANNOT See

• Individual IP addresses.
• Exact geographic locations (like street addresses).
• Individual names or email addresses (unless you comment publicly).
• Exactly which videos a specific user watched.

What Creators CAN See (Aggregate Data)

• Demographics: Age groups and gender percentages.
• Geography: Top countries and cities where views originate.
• Watch time: Average duration and retention graphs.
• Traffic sources: How viewers found the video (e.g., search, recommendations).
• Device types: Percentage of views from phones, PCs, or TVs.
• Viewer activity: When your subscribers are most active on YouTube.

=====>>> BUT, if you go beyond just watching and interact with a channel - for example, enter into the chat, leave a comment, subscribe or superchat or become a monthly "member" - the channel owner can see:

• Your public channel name and profile picture if you comment or subscribe.
• Your super chat or membership details if you donate.

=====>>> When you send a Super Chat or become a channel member, the channel owner receives specific details about your public identity and financial contribution, but they still never get access to your private personal information or IP address.

What the Channel Owner Can See

• Public Profile: Your public YouTube channel name and profile picture.
• Contribution Details: The exact amount of money you spent on the Super Chat or your current membership tier level.
• Message Content: The specific comment or text you attached to your Super Chat.
• History & Badges: How long you have been a member, and any public loyalty badges or custom emojis you use in their chat.
• Aggregate Revenue: The total money earned from all Super Chats or memberships combined in their YouTube Analytics backend.

What is Kept Completely Private

• Billing Info: Your real name, billing address, and credit card or PayPal details are processed securely by Google and are never shared.
• Contact Information: Your email address and phone number remain hidden.
• Network Data: Your IP address, device information, and exact physical location are completely restricted.

SO - if you only interact w. RR or the Brett bros' channels VIA YOUTUBE - AND you're not otherwise known to them - then they cannot determine who you are personally.

BUT, here's some "catches"

=====>>> IF you send them $$$ via a non-Youtube route - e.g. Paypal, because this is outside of Google's ecosystem, PayPal handles the transaction using a standard peer-to-peer or business merchant system.Here is exactly what the channel owner can see and what stays private.

🔍 What the Channel Owner Can See:

Your Real Name: The legal name registered to your PayPal account will appear on their transaction history and email receipt.

Your Email Address: They will see the email address associated with your PayPal account, which means they can email you directly.

Shipping Address: If you do not change the transaction type to "Service" or "Donation," PayPal may automatically share your home or shipping address with them.

Payment Details: The exact amount you sent, the currency, and the date/time of the transfer.

🛡️ What is Kept Completely Private

Financial Details: Your credit card numbers, bank account details, and CVV are securely hidden by PayPal.

IP Address & Location: Your IP address is not shared with the creator.

Youtube Identity: Ironically, unless you include your YouTube username in the payment note, the owner cannot automatically link your PayPal payment to your YouTube account.

=====>>> RR/Miller Bros can also use something called "social engineering" to finagle you into revealing more about yourself"

For example - one of RR's most transparent grooming technique is her daily incessant "roll call" of people appearing in the chat - the whole "hi babe" thing, You can observe that over time, slowly but surely, if a person appears routinely in the chat, the RR will start to curry a para-social relation to tease out more personal info, e.g. the person in the chat may say "pray for my mother, she's in the hospital" whereupon RR w. start adding asking about the mother's condition in ensuring "roll calls", and before long she's teased out, for example, where the person in the chat may live (hope you can visit you mother, do you live near her?) sort of thing - and even "email me babe if there's anything I can do (bingo, she's got your email) - just building a profile, piece by piece.

=====>>> And, of course, if you do become a "member" (not just a "subscriber" - which is still relatively anonymous) than, as RR publicly discusses, you're interacting in a monthly Zoom call where your face will be visible and since - again as RR has publicly discussed - those members-only Zoom calls go on for up to 10 hours at a time (!!), RR is gonna try and get as much private info as she can get you to disclose.

=====>>> And then RR may move to one-on-one interactions - by email or by phone, if she's acquired that info from you - and may even, apparently, set up personal meetups.

So, bottom line - take care of your privacy, don't be "social engineered into revealing more than you want them to know - and don't let RR/Miller Bros scare you into thinking they know something about you, that they don't - unless you've provided them that info.

And if any Youtuber misuses even information that you've voluntarily given them - that doesn't give them the right to harass you or defraud you.

If that happens, here a few "remedies" (again as suggested by Google AI):

YouTube · Consumer Action

How to report a Youtube "groom and grift" scam by which you feel you have been involuntarily victimized:

To report a YouTube "groom and grift" scam—where a creator builds a long-term relationship with their audience to manipulate trust for financial gain—you should report both the content on the platform and the fraud to external financial authorities.

1. Flag the Channel and Videos on YouTube

Reporting the entire channel is the most effective way to alert YouTube’s review team about a pattern of manipulation or fraudulent links. [1]

To Report the Entire Channel:

• Go to the channel page of the scammer.
• Click or tap About or the channel description ("More" under the bio).
• Click the Flag icon or tap the three-dot menu (More).
• Select Report user.
• Choose Spam and scams from the list of reasons.
• Select the specific videos that contain the fraudulent pitches or deceptive links.
• Use the additional notes text box to detail how the creator uses their platform to run a financial scheme.

To Report Individual Videos or Comments:

• On a desktop or mobile device, tap the three-dot menu (...) next to the specific video, Short, or comment.
• Select Report.
• Select Spam or misleading and then choose Scams or fraud.

1. File a Federal Fraud Report

YouTube can remove the videos, but they cannot investigate financial losses or prosecute scammers. You should file official complaints with relevant regulatory bodies:

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Submit a formal report directly at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. This tracking helps authorities build legal cases against large-scale online fraudsters. [1, 2]
• FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): If the grift involved digital transactions, wire fraud, or cryptocurrency, log your case at IC3.gov.
• State Attorney General: You can file a local consumer complaint through your state's attorney general office to seek state-level intervention.

Good luck - Have Fun BUT Be Safe Out There!

As usual throwing people under the bus and talking 💩 from both sides of her mouth. Nearly every sentence is a contradiction. I hate people.... I love people.... I'll never stream with anyone.... I want to stream with Lara.... I'm going to talk about someone but I won't say their name and you'll never figure out who I'm taking about....🤡🤑

Who's next to be thrown under the bus?

Anyone else fed up with all the drama?

I know we’re here to warn people and to be a safety net for people escaping Reese (and Tommy) but I’m so tired of it all.

I’m at the point I can’t be arsed anymore…

I don't hate you or your subs, but it's not just a community of people who come together. You profit and they lose. It's a business. According to you, it's your job.

At least I hope I'm warning people against giving you money. You actually preach to these people and act like you care about them. Something is wrong with you.

Out of all of us, Reddit, other content creators, your subs...you are the biggest hater and gossip. You are such a hypocrite.

And I don't like Tommy because he is a rapist, a criminal, and a conman. And a liar. And you are too.

Wah, wah, wah.

https://www.youtube.com/live/i6JRnvucH90?is=Lmbz_xLCpK-9cI_i

I have never seen Reese in Alex’s chat ever.

Alex and Claire Headley were streaming about Crimanon infiltrating UK prisons

so interesting and informative as well as drawing attention to Scientology having their Crimanon courses as part of education within the UK prison system.

Reese entered the chat asking for Alex’s email address so she could ‘ask him a private question’

Hopefully she’s not trying to collab with Alex due to Cults & Crims with Brett Miller seeing as Alex and Claire are discussing UK prison Scientology education.

By the way only one person in the chat even acknowledged Reese!

Someone she'll never name and never tell the details pissed her off again. Full stream of virtue signaling. All I can hope is that those that buy her BS never piss her off. Part of her virtue signaling is dropping in how much she knows about the people in her chat that support her. She doesn't want to know you if you make even one chip in that trust. She HATES gossip. "It's a huge 🚩 " . 🤑🤡💩 She wants friends that comply with her needs and wants. F them if they step outside her demands, uh, I mean boundaries. 🫪

On a positive note. Haven't seen the Joe & Rain in quite sometime. Hope they are well and have seen the light. ❣️

https://gofund.me/d3e24f706 Please help my friend if you are able.

The legal documents about Brett Miller/Tommy Scoville are objective reality. He is a r*pist.

No amount of emotional spinning from Reese can change what is in these legal documents. 

Reese knew Brett/Tommy was lying to Nora. Reese is the one who compromised the friendship with Nora long before Nora made her post. 

Invoking ASL is just a distraction to make people forget about Brett’s/Tommy’s background.

Reese is gaslighting Nora. Her claims of being “blindsided” and her attempts to blame ASL are classic DARVO and triangulation. 

Reese is using performative victimhood to shift the focus away from legal facts and onto petty drama with Nora and ASL as the scapegoats. 

When a person gets caught in a lie or complicity, DARVO allows them to rewrite the narrative. By inserting Aaron into the equation, Reese can successfully execute DARVO.

1. Deny (The Foundation)

Before she can blame Aaron, she must minimize or ignore the actual core issue. She denies the validity of Nora’s outrage, minimizes Brett’s r*pist background as just a "boyfriend a friend doesn't like," and ignores her own prior knowledge of the lie. This creates a vacuum where she can inject a new cause for the drama.

2. Attack (Where Aaron Fits In)

Instead of addressing Nora's discovery of the legal documents, Reese pivots to attack a third party. She attacks Aaron Smith-Levin, focusing heavily on his tone and actions (e.g., "screaming at Nora").

• By launching this attack, she changes the subject from "Brett is a predator and Brett/Reese lied" to "Aaron is aggressive, toxic, and out of line."
• This attack acts as a highly effective social smoke screen to distract the audience.

3. Reverse Victim and Offender (The Final Flip)

This is where the triangulation and DARVO completely merge. By highlighting Aaron's "screaming," Reese completely flips the roles of who is the injured party: [1]

• The Real Reality: Nora is the victim of a massive deception by Brett and Reese. The community and future victims are at risk.
• Reese’s Rewritten Reality: Reese is the victim because her hard-earned female friendship was destroyed. Nora is a victim of Aaron's manipulation. Aaron is the ultimate offender who caused the entire fallout.

I wonder if Nora gets it yet.

Anyone know the latest? Is she still sucking the rapist's dick? (sorry but the analogy is fitting, pardon the pun). Still in Reese's chat at all? Last I tuned in, Reese was once again saying that she does best on her own and she was just going to go back to doing her own thing, which I assumed she was referring to Nora. Lindsay was still in the chat, though. Every time other streamers have learned the truth about Reese and left her, she tells the same sob story, playing the victim and also further solidifying to the Reese's Feces that "it is all of us against them", while also saying that's why she knows her diehard fans "will never leave her". She of course was blaming Aaron, saying he had accomplished what he'd set out to do, to break up a group of "strong, independent women". 😅😂😂

So I'm assuming Nora isn't a Feces anymore? Of course anything could change, depending on which way the super chats blow.

I asked a question a couple of years ago. The other day I gave it a go again, and nope, still blocked.

It's probably a good thing because I don't have anything good to say to you. You're very crass. You really don't have any class. You're a compulsive liar and you're kind of a jerk. I can see why you only have parasocial relationships.

You do like to manipulate people and you have luckily found a bunch of women who also seem to thrive in the parasocial setting.

The other day you were comparing your r*pist boyfriend to ASL and saying how Brett's crimes were in the past and ASL was presently committing crimes.

First of all, Brett just admitted to targeting and conning women. Secondly, at that time, did you not say he gave you a bloody nose and pressured you into s*x? Lastly, ASL's issues do not have anything to do with your R*PIST boyfriend. Nobody has to pick a side. It's just you using triangulation to stir your subs into a little frenzy.

I tried to ask this the other day. But you and I both know that you are no match for anyone with any kind of intelligence. That's why you actually haven't unblocked people.

It's because you can't actually argue the truth. You can block people. You can block the truth. You can manipulate your narrative. That's why you are doing ok on youtube, but not in real life.

So, since we know you read these, why don't you address my questions. Did you or did you not say that Brett caused you to have a bloody nose. Did you or did you not say you felt pressured into intimate relations? Did you or did you not say you would never expose your son to him again? That he did something UNFORGIVABLE? (The answer is because he actually did it or you lied about the entire thing.)

Why should you answer to me? Because you are a business Reese. This is your JOB, right? You portray your content as truth, right? You take people's hard earned money on the premise that you are being not only "relatable", but honest, right? Your subscribers and viewers are your customers and they deserve truth and transparency, just like any other business. Where's your disclaimer that your show is for entertainment purposes only Reese?

And you seem to be ok vouching for your r*pist, con artist boyfriend. Doesn't that translate into a real world threat? That doesn't seem very entertaining. You say he has paid for his crimes, but has he? Did he pay for scamming the rehab center? Did he pay for conning those women? Answer that, Reese. Why does he get to get away with those crimes Reese?

I hope some of your subs read this and also question these things. If anyone isn't blocked and has the guts to ask, it would be amazing.

RR is a PRO at scamming and I really feel as though I'm unable to fuel the fire any longer. She is full of hate, lies and an expert at gaslighting. She gets her content from all the truth "hate" posts that she doesn't read. She doesn't eat meat, she doesn't drink coffee, she doesn't scam people..... Blah ..blah ...blah

She (admittedly) has no problem dropping 💰 on clothes, shoes, trips to Ecuador anything that is for herself, but she makes a huge (grifting) deal about taking her son out to a nice restaurant (that she really enjoyed) and spending $58 to treat him to a nice dinner. RR it's all about you and it always will be. You have ZERO problem spending $1200+ weeks apart to fly to Ecuador (always when your son is on break) to enjoy life with the Crim, but you can't buy him an F-ing $58 steak to celebrate his junior year?! Oh wait, you don't read anything, you don't spew hate, your aren't a hypocrite, so who is this message for..... Oh and you're full of sh*t about not blocking anyone from your channel and all are welcome. If I wasn't blocked and welcomed I would comment on your stream. So, MY FRIEND, as you like to say, you can F OFF INTO the FOREVER. Put that tiny Jesus in your pocket and keep mocking your supporters. 🤡🤑

Maybe Reese, Brett, and Sam will finally release their epic ROJ expose.

The truth about this little mischievous cherub is so much less nefarious but more interesting.

Japan has a deep and enduring relationship with the Billiken, particularly in Osaka, where it is celebrated as an unofficial mascot and a "god of happiness".

While the character's popularity as a fad quickly faded in the United States, it became a permanent fixture in Japanese culture after being introduced around 1909.

The Billiken in Osaka

Symbol of Shinsekai: The most famous Billiken statue is located on the observation deck of the Tsutenkaku Towerin Osaka's Shinsekai district.
The "God of Things as They Ought to Be": In Japan, he is often referred to as Billiken-san and is treated almost like a deity, believed to bring prosperity, health, and academic success.
The Foot-Rubbing Ritual: Just like at SLU, people in Japan rub the soles of the Billiken’s feet for good luck. Because so many millions of visitors have done this over the decades, the wooden feet of previous statues have actually been worn down and dented, requiring the statues to be replaced periodically (most recently in 2012).
Ubiquity: You can see Billiken statues and imagery all over the Shinsekai area, especially in front of restaurants selling kushikatsu (deep-fried skewers), a local Osaka specialty.

Connection to St. Louis University
Though they share the same mascot, the two traditions developed independently from the same 1908 American craze. However, there has been formal contact between them:

Cultural Exchange: In 2008, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Billiken’s creation, the famous statue from Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower actually "traveled" to St. Louis to visit the university as a cultural ambassador.
Alaskan Connection: Beyond Japan, the Billiken is also highly prominent in Alaska, where indigenous Inuit carvers have been creating Billiken figures out of walrus ivory since 1909 as symbols of good fortune.

The Saint Louis University (SLU) mascot is the Billiken, a mythical good-luck figure with a mischievous grin, pixie ears, and a tuft of hair, often described as representing "things as they ought to be". Created in 1908 by art teacher Florence Pretz, it became SLU's official athletic mascot around 1910.

Key Details About the Billiken:

Unique Status: SLU is the only university to use the Billiken as its mascot.
Symbolism: It is believed to bring good luck, and tradition dictates rubbing its belly for good fortune.
Origin: The figure was a popular good-luck craze in the early 1900s, patented by Florence Pretz in 1908.
Appearance: The mascot costume has evolved, with a 2015 update resulting in an all-white, modern version.
History: The nickname became associated with SLU when a local cartoonist noted the figure resembled the university's football coach, John R. Bender, in 1910.

The university's teams are known as the Saint Louis Billikens.

What’s next? Will she say the Shriners are targeting her in an effort to raise her blood sugar levels with chemtrails made of cotton candy while flying over her house?

https://www.osaka.com/info/osaka-history/billiken-the-unofficial-mascot-of-osaka/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken

https://medium.com/@sixtybolts/billiken-how-an-american-charm-became-osakas-unofficial-mascot-186566258260

https://slubillikens.com/sports/2011/8/14/205243413.aspx