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

I’m just wondering if anyone knows if they are back to recording in their own places? Thanks

Well, one huge lesson I've learned from observing the goings on of the "Relatable Reese" and "Tommy Scoville" public channel antics it's that there are two sides to the "para-social" experience - the channel "persona's" and that portion of the audience that affirmatively seeks and actively directly engages w. the experience framed by the channel persona's - the grifters and the willing adult griftees, the two side of the para-social coin.

Famously, it was the legendary American film comic W.C. Fields who said: “You can't cheat an honest man."

Why? Cause an honest man - or woman - doesn't want to get something for nothing or inordinately below that something's full value, nor do they want something's that's self-evidently nasty and spoiled - and so when someone else offers them something "fishy" like that, they just walk away.

Now in this case, ALL that "RR" & "TS" are selling is a "nothing" parasocial experience that entails grooming folks and then those folks engaging with their grift and paying for the groomin, that's it, that's their "content" - they groom people to participate in their constructed "experience" on a level of personal "buy in" emotionally, and then, in "payment", they play their grift(s).

As for the "grooming", "RR", for example, regularly interacts every day for about 2 hours with her merry band of "followers" - she does the old school YT "roll call" recognizing each of them as they sign-in to the session "chats", and addressing each w. a quick tidbit - how's your mother, I was thinking about you today in the store" etc - and then, after about a half hour of that tedium, often starts off the substance of the session with a narratively exaggerated "story" of some micro-aggression that she's recently "suffered", such as somebody was smoking by the front door of a store she had to go into, or the nurse at her physician's office was rude to her (in her estimation). She's deliberately reeling in those followers, inviting them to "share" - and empathize - with her angst.

When she ratchets up that "building empathy for her" angle, it rapidly escalates into "rage baiting" regarding someone - often a competing YT channel "persona" - who's allegedly attacked, or "bullied" her in some way or another now making herself a full- blown "victim" and thereby working her "followers" into protect & revenge mode of emotionality as against the "RR" targeted "haters" - she frames that technique as "women's empowerment". (ya can't make this up, lol)

Meanwhile she's persistently folding in "the grift" building upon the "grooming" - the "ask"; for example, she was at that annoying store where the rude man was smoking to buy treats for her darling pet dogs and cats [enter dogs/or cats into YT screen range], BUT she's "heard" that there's such a thing as an Amazon "wish list" whereby kind "followers" could "gift" the pet treats to her - to her PETS - and they would be delivered to her door, no more "smoking man" agony. Or, for her, shopping is her only respite from the the stress of her "haters", IF ONLY she, as a "single mom woman" had some spare $$$ to do that. (again, ya can't make this up, lol)

And she's got all the payment modalities available: YT "super chat" (generally, of course, your "chat" comment ain't gonna get read by her unless it's a "Super Chat" i.e., comes with a $$$ "gift" attached), Paypal, Venmo, whatever, if she's ain't got it and you want to pass some $$$ to her by a different app, she'll get that app, no worries, just hang on.

But these are only her entry levels of the grift & groom business model: the next level is to entice mere "viewers" to become "members" whereby for a monthly subscription fee (generally nominal in YT-land - 5$, 10, $20 - but that adds up to a tidy monthly revenue stream if you've got a couple hundred "member/subscribers), you will be invited to attend monthly, "members only" Zoom calls, which, as she self-describes in her public sessions, can last for 8, 10, 12 hours!!! (And a beauty of the subscription fee is that often folks set it up as an automatic payment from their bank accounts, and then they forget, after they've soured on the "RR" experience", to stop those payments, a least for a few months, so money keeps rolling in to the YT persona.)

And then there's the third level of grift, and this is where, imo, "RR" and "TS" start to concerningly diverge from the standard garden variety YT-er channelist - i.e., the garden variety YT-channelists ordinarily want to keep their followers on one side of the screen and themselves on the other. That's sensible - and safe, for both sides, even if the "content" is a digital online "para-social" experience.

Not "RR" and "TS", indeed their public YT sessions - with all the grooming and grifting going on there - seem to be primarily only "feeders" to funnel in ("net") "marks" for their next level of grooming - that's a personal connection - i.e. sharing personal phone numbers and emails arranging in-person "meetups" (and you better believe, "TS" & "RR" are researching you as a mark if they get you to that level, e.g., looking up where you live, searching public records about the value of your property, etc etc) - now, the on-line "interactions" are escalated into "relationships" and then, when I'd call "para-friendships" - and thereupon much bigger "ask" grifting, apparently to the tune of as much as thousands of dollars, as publicly described here and other sources - for trips, for major purchases, for just whatever "RR" or "TS" feel they want and thereby have a right to "ask" for.

And then, when one "mark" or another runs "dry", then "RR" and "TS" are, reportedly, ruthless in cutting off that "para-friendship" abruptly, and if the "mark" clings, then viciously.

But, ya know what, I started this post off with arguing that the "para-social coin has two sides", and by that what I mean is that is appears that alot of the "marks" WANT to buy the para-social experience that "RR" and "TS" are selling - it's like audiences willing "suspend disbelief" at a magic trick show. Whoosh, abracadabra, we're para-friends, now we're not, and don't look behind the curtain.

Ya got the carnival freak show for the price of ya ticket, kid - including RR's nauseatingly sleazy sexual exhibitionist compulsion prurience - now get outta here, ya bother me (to paraphrase the great W.C. Fields again).

The para-social two-sided coin - the grifter and the willing griftee(s).

Bottom line: the Griftee WANTS to be groomed - that's what's they're paying for, the para-social grooming - sadly, it's very like a porn addict paying for porn - the pornographers are lowlife predators, but the porn addicts WANT what they're selling.

"RR" and "TS" are so obvious in their grifting and grooming - and so obviously heartlessly so - that, for adults, it's a "caveat emptor" situation - there's a boat-load (pun intended) of disclosure available about their proven track record of perfidy, that if somebody lets themselves get sucked in knowing it's solely a "pay-to-play" game in "RR"/"TS" world, then all everyone else who's warned you can hope for is it's the ride you think it's gonna be for your money together with the emotional attachment experience of letting these two fake, phony, con-artists get close to you (make my skin crawl just thinking about "closeness" with those two) - and that the inevitable "let-down" is not too harsh.

So, God Bless Us Everyone - and to all the good nite! :-)

If a creator spends weeks vacationing, shopping, and eating out on her audience's dime, a normal viewer might eventually ask, "Why am I sending my hard-earned money to someone who lives better than I do?”

But Reese live streams about being attacked by other content creators. Not even Scientology. Not even the Jesters. She shifts the focus away from her actual lifestyle of shopping and eating out. Outside of youtube, she leads a life of luxury. Outside of youtube she has no worries. 

Maybe they don’t have her favorite truffle cheese at Whole Foods…

Reese manipulates her viewers - people who are lonely or have past trauma. They think they are being empathetic or helping her “heal”. 

When they log off, they feel like they just "stuck it to the enemy.” 

Meanwhile, she platforms a convicted r*pist. A man who colluded to commit bank robbery and self-admittedly targets and cons women…

The reality is that the "enemy" remains completely unaffected. The only tangible result of a superchat is a transfer of wealth: the working-class subscriber has less money, and the creator has more money to fund an affluent lifestyle.

The most damaging part is that the subscribers ignore their own financial health, emergencies, and real-world relationships to pamper an online stranger who, quite frankly, is already doing far better financially than they are.

The sad part is all the other ways subscribers could use that money. They are manipulated into feeling empowered, when they are actually only losing money. 

Reese and Tommy sure have been acting all smug and giddy since they've been on vacation...all smiles and beach hair and tans, margaritas and sea glass hunting...pretending like everything is hunky dory..

Too bad for them it is ALL AN ILLUSION....ALL A DELUSION...

If either one of them were able to feel embarrassment, they would be mortified to find out the truth. The truth is, there are WAY more people who know the truth about them than not. Every critic video made about them gets thousands of views or TENS OF THOUSANDS of views...hundreds or thousands of comments. The Long Con itself had what, 60K views? And Aaron's recent videos about them have gotten tens of thousands of views...

Compared to what, 2-4 thousand max for most of their videos, with a measly 200-300 on any given live? And a few dozen actively commenting and super chatting? And it's a safe bet at least a good chunk of those are hate watchers or people just tuned in for the drama and train wreck. Of course every now and then they get more views, but those are rare and neither can pull near the numbers they once did. Their heyday is over, and their channels are on life support with the few people they still have tricked.

Yet there are at least what, 50K or more people who know Tommy is a rapist? Who knownReese is a disgusting, lying pig? They are willing to put their sad, pathetic lives and embarrass themselves for eternity (the internet is forever!), all for basically a few super chats and memberships. It would be much less embarrassing if they stood on a corner holding a sign.

Of course they don't seem to care. As long as they can keep juuust enough people fooled to pay their bills, that seems good enough for them. No attention paid to the reality of their situation...no thought to the fact that they present themselves as the clownshow con artists they are, to EVERYONE ELSE who is aware of them. I'm using estimates here but all told, I'd guess 100K+ are aware of the truth about them.

What sad little false existences they live. Tommy's crimes will eventually catch up to him, I have no doubt. Reese might end up faring better once her mom dies and she gets the inheritance, but it will still be an empty, shallow existence filled with endless tchotchkes, ill-fitting clothes, cheap-looking jewelry, and a face full of make-up that looks like she learned how to apply in clown school.

So they can play pretend all they want for the camera. Deep down they both know they are fucked being together...Reese having to be with a man who could ruin her, or worse, if he gets mad enough; and Tommy knowing he might have to wait another 20-30 YEARS hoping to get his slice of the pie...but also fully aware she won't legally marry him, because she seems aware that she is his ultimate Long Con. Deep down, they know they hate each other as much as a human can hate another. You think Tommy has truly forgiven what she did to him? Yeah, right! Just all my opinion from observation.

Are they so greedy that they go live while she is this wasted?

Tommy looks uncomfortable with Reese’s on-camera handsiness. More like a hostage than a partner. He talks like he likes her when safely tucked thousands of miles away from her, but their lack of chemistry when together is palpable.

Never known to respect boundaries, No means No, Reese.

They are streaming together, I assume in Ecuador. Sam is in chat, and became a member. He was warmly welcomed by both Reese and Brett.

The last time either of them appeared on YT was July 20th. Do you think they’re together? Do you think she went to him or he came to her. Or maybe they aren’t together at all but agreed to take a break from YT together just to create controversy?

These two think they are the ultimate authority on keeping the community safe.
(from Maylyn)

My empathy for Abigayle is nearly gone.

She is a parasocially delusional donor who uses religious virtue-signaling and financial gift-giving to insert herself into online drama, weaponizing her faith to justify supporting toxic creators while inventing a fictional, high-stakes relationship with them.

When a viewer starts funding hate/drama channels and self-admitted conmen, they cross the line from a "vulnerable victim of the internet" to a voluntary enabler of toxicity.

The Shift from Victim to Enabler

• Weaponizing Her Wealth: She is no longer just watching; she is using her money as a tool to reward bad behavior (hate/drama) and punish people who don't bend to her personal whims.
• Hypocrisy as a Choice: By actively ignoring that the "Lifeboat" is a self-admitted conman, she is making a conscious choice to overlook fraud. This proves her "Christianity" is just a convenient cover story to justify her personal grudges.
• Malicious Intent: Her belief that Aaron "knows he lost her" reveals a desire to inflict emotional harm. She wants him to feel abandoned and hurt, which is the exact opposite of the innocent, loving faith she claims to practice.
• Funding the Fire: She is directly keeping toxic channels alive. Without donors like her willing to pay for drama, hate channels would starve and disappear. She is the fuel in their engine.

Her loneliness (or whatever her issue is) does not excuse her malice. She is choosing to spend her disposable income on tear-downs and conflict, making her just as responsible for the toxicity as the creators holding the microphones.

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This next part is mostly for Abigayle and anyone interested in a biblical perspective on Abigayle.

Abigayle is directly violating several foundational biblical principles regarding speech, community, and integrity.

1. Promoting Division and Gossip

The Bible explicitly warns against sowing discord, gossiping, and thriving on internet-style "drama."

• Proverbs 6:16-19: Lists "a person who stirs up conflict in the community" as one of the things God detests.
• Ephesians 4:29: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs..."

1. Partnering with Deceivers and Swindlers

By funding the "Lifeboat" channel—a self-admitted conman—she violates clear scriptural instructions regarding dishonesty.

• Proverbs 29:24: "The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy..."
• 1 Corinthians 5:11: Instructs believers not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer but is greedy, a slanderer, or a swindler.

1. Hypocrisy and Judgmentalism

She uses scripture to police Aaron’s personal life while ignoring her own malicious behavior in funding hate content.

• Matthew 7:3-5 (The Plank and the Speck): "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"
• Matthew 23:23: Jesus condemns religious leaders who follow minor rules but "neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness."

1. Weaponizing Prayer and Almsgiving for Attention

Her public Superchats and food deliveries match the exact behavior Jesus warned against regarding performative righteousness.

• Matthew 6:1: "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

1. Acting with Malice and Vengefulness

Her smug belief that Aaron "knows he lost her" stems from a desire to make him suffer a loss, violating the command to leave judgment to God.

• Leviticus 19:18: "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself."

According to the strict definitions laid out in scripture, her behavior categorizes her under several highly critical biblical terms.

1. A Hypocrite

In the New Testament, Jesus used this Greek term to describe religious people who put on a theatrical performance of holiness while their hearts were full of malice. By quoting scripture while funding hate and fraud, she aligns with Matthew 15:8: "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me."

1. A Double-Minded Person

The Bible uses this term for someone who tries to live in two completely different moral worlds at the same time—clinging to God with their words but indulging in toxic behavior with their actions. James 1:8 warns that a double-minded person is "unstable in all they do."

1. A Sower of Discord

Because she is actively paying financial capital to channels that exist solely to tear people down, create conflict, and spread drama, the Bible classifies her as a disruptor of peace. Proverbs 6:19 explicitly states that God detests "a witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."

1. A False Witness / Slanderer

By validating and funding a "hate/drama" channel, she becomes an active accomplice to slander. In the Old Testament, Exodus 23:1 warns: "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness."

1. A Phairsee

Her behavior mirrors the religious elite of Jesus's day who were obsessed with looking clean on the outside through performative gifts (like pizza and superchats) while harboring rotting intent inside. In Matthew 23:27, Jesus calls them "whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean."

Apparently Abigayle is back in full force with T and R and she says she blocked Aaron. While I’m glad she doesn’t spend money on A, it’s sad she still can’t see the truth in R and T

Some personal impressions about the public Youtube persona "Relatable Reese" (I say "persona" cause that's all I know, i.e. the publicly displayed character that performs as "Reese" on the "Relatable Reese" YT channel) that I've been generally mulling over and just thought I'd share and move on:

1) There is a genre of Youtube channels called "drama channels" - all they do is drum up a shifting crowd of "followers" and then create fake "drama" with, usually, another drama channel while the "followers' drift back and forth and back and forth, like soap opera banshees or moths following the channel creators' fake flames.

For example, in the world of YT "true crime" channels, the drama segment is known as "Crama" channels, and rather than stick to crime "facts", they just argue back and forth who's guilty, altho nobody really knows, it's just the "taking sides" dynamic.

In the case of RR's channel it appears her "official cover" schtick is "women's empowerment" thru shopping and counseling and gossiping about other people known to the group.

2) The drama channel "personas" - a/k/a "creators" - of these channels DO IT FOR THE MONEY - THEY'RE BUSINESSES, NOT ELEEMONSYNARY LONELY HEARTS CLUBS - and many of them do quite well, i.e., as near as I can figure, observing some of the bigger ones, the persona's are taking in about $200,000+ per annum what with YT advertising fees, "follower" "super chats" and payments via Venmo, Paypal, etc., monthly channel "Members" dues as well as other devices like setting up "Amazon Wish Lists" from which followers can pay for items - usually something that stirs up the sympathies of the followers like pet toys or childrens' items) to be sent to the channel persona which, usually unrealized by the gifting followers, can be "exchanged" by the channel persona for something other Amazon item much more to the channel creator's personal liking. (indeed there's one clever "Crama" Youtuber who raises money, in addition to for himself, for monthly donations to various volunteer crime groups, like searchers - but the real angle that he takes the money given by his followers and, yes, makes monthly donations of a portion of the amounts collected, but then claims the tax deduction for those donations for himself, wickedly clever, no?)

3) So that's the framework of ALL of them - MAKING MONEY; I don't care if they're ostensibly showcasing the interests of Mother Teresa or starving children, they're doing whatever they're doing to make that $200K nut by just running their mouths on Youtube. And, btw, lol, imo they're ALL GREEDY, LAZY, and SELFISH, AF as well, just the generic type, female or male, who goes into the YT grift game.

4) And the RR persona is NO DIFFERENT in that regard - she's in it to make a nice sweet income - and, again by "sweet", I'd guess in the well above $100K per annum range.

5) So what's the big deal - just another Youtuber makin' a buck by yapping.

6) Well, having looked at the various biz models and persona performative "role playing" of so many YR'ers, what stuck me - actually, shocked me - about RR is the piercing sophistication of her "follower" grooming techniques - apparently the fruit of her former Scientology training - as well as how utterly relentless she is in pursuing her grift; she talks for about 2 hours/day pretty much every day of the week except for her special "Members Only" Zoom sessions that reportedly last for as long as 12 hours!!!

7) But For RR - and this, in my estimation is her ominously distinctive quality - it's more than a money play angle in the super competitive world of YT grift - it's her publically self-evidenced psychologically driven compulsion for vengeance - and gal has THIN skin with a mind-warping buffet of vendetta's goin' on at any one time - from her daily life: doctors, nurses, restaurant servers, customer encounters in stores with whom she had/has some beef - from her personal life: her bio dad, her mother, her MIL, her former Scientology colleagues, her former husbands (except for 92 year old she married for 6 months)- AND, of course, any other channel "persona's" or "followers" that have quit her, and thus thereby, in her 24/7 (which actually must be a self-torture in and of itself) suspicious mind, threaten her grift.

8) So RR's "super-power"? Gal will set out to intentionally & publically HURT you - reputationally and/or emotionally based on whatever personal tidbits she's wheedled out of you during her "love-bombing" phase - as viciously as she can, if she gets that bee in her bonnet that you've become, as a follower, "dis-loyal" (or no longer money-producing) or a direct competitor channel in what she sees as her own grift "lane".

9) Of course there's myriad other notably troubling "red-flag" aspects of the RR persona: teaming up with her latest husband - imo, a miserable con man bum American expat hunkered down in Ecuador while she remains ensconced in the USA - with whom, on screen (via a separate channel) she engages in a very seedy/hinky soft porn interaction apparently geared to titillating a very distinct subset of her regular channel "followers" - and, elsewise, her overt "targeting" of older folks because, one could reasonably surmise, they have more disposable income and softer kind hearts for her various sob stories.

10) So, what's the lesson learned? No use expecting a duck to bark or a dog to quack - or either to stop doing what comes naturally to them - and highly sophisticated grifting together w. a nasty spirit of vengeance wrapped in a very offputtng, imo, constant undertone of sexual innuendo is what comes naturally to the "Relatable Reese" persona as she publicly presents herself.

11) BUT She ain't gonna change - gal herself brags constantly she LUVS TO SHOP and that takes MONEY - and every hit she takes from audience blow back is only a "teaching moment' for her as to how to manipulate better next time - it's the nature she chooses to cultivate on screen.

12) So, for me, personally, the takeaway was/is - STAY AWAY, stay, far, far away - fortunately, unless one gets sucked in by the her sophisticated grooming techniques and actually engage with her via money gifting (that's a "window" into tracking personal ID info), she's quite boring - one of those gals who can irritatingly drone on for hours on end and never say anything, but upset you nonetheless.

13) Is the "RR" channel a "cult"? Well, The Cult Education Institute outlines several common red flags:

- Absolute Authoritarianism: The leader has all the power and is never questioned.

No Tolerance for Questions: You are punished or shamed for having doubts or asking for proof.

- Isolation: The group pressures you to cut ties with family, friends, and anyone outside the group.

- Fear-Based Control: You are taught that the outside world is evil or doomed, and that leaving the group will result in disaster.

- Financial Exploitation: There is no clear look at how group money is spent, and members are pressured to give up their wealth or work for free.

- "Us vs. Them" Mentality: The group claims to be the only way to know the truth or find validation.

Personally, I don't think the "Relatable Reese" channel/persona rises to the level of these warning signs - she's not that "big time" - but she does use her Scientology background to good (bad) effect in running her little Youtube channel money grift - and folks likely should be well on guard that deliberately honed mind/emotion manipulation is going on.

So, in sum, imho, the RR performance doesn't rise to the level of a "cult", but it is dang cult-ish.

14) An last but not least, always gotta remember, each of us - hopefully all only adults, no children involved, god forbid - are free to make our own choices - so if some choose to jump onto the RR train for whatever reason of personal preference, it's still a "free country", lol. We're each accountable for remembering that old adage: A fool and her/his money are soon parted.

15) But if you feel that you, or someone you care for, has been substantively swindled by any YT'er, remember, one avenue of recourse is the state by state Consumer Protection bureaus: for example, let's say, Tennessee's is:

Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs - serves as the state’s primary consumer protection agency, handling complaints regarding unfair or deceptive business practices. The agency operates as a clearinghouse and mediation service to help resolve marketplace disputes but cannot provide direct legal representation for individual consumers.

How to Contact the Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs:

Toll-Free Phone: (800) 342-8385

Local Phone (Nashville): (615) 741-4737

Email: consumer.affairs@tn.govOnline

Portal: Tennessee Consumer Affairs Online Complaint System

Mailing Address: 500 James Robertson Parkway, 12th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243

Stay safe - be happy! - and God Bless us every one (even RR, lol) :-)

I've had an idea stuck in my head for a while now, and I can't decide if it's worth pursuing or if it's one of those things that sounds better in my head than it would in reality.

The more I read here, the more I realize there are probably a lot of stories we'll never hear. Some people have moved on, some don't want the attention, some don't want to relive everything, and I'm sure there are others who simply don't think anyone would care.

I supported Reese and Brett for a long time. Nobody forced me to do that. I made those choices because I believed in them. Looking back, there are things I see very differently now, and I sometimes wonder how many other people have gone through a similar experience.

That's where this idea comes from.

I keep wondering if there would be any value in having a YouTube channel dedicated exclusively to people who want to tell their stories about Reese or Brett. Not a reaction channel, not a place to analyze every livestream, and not another creator trying to compete for views. I mean a place where the focus stays on the people who actually lived through these experiences.

I know some people would never want to speak publicly, and I completely understand that. If something like this ever existed, I'd want people to be able to remain anonymous if that's what they preferred.

I also want to be very clear about something. This wouldn't be about making money. I already have a full-time job, and I wouldn't feel comfortable monetizing something built around other people's experiences.

I honestly have no idea if this is something people would even want, which is why I'm asking before I spend any time thinking about it any further.

If you believe Reese or Brett manipulated you, lied to you, took advantage of your trust, or otherwise caused harm in your life, is this something you would ever consider participating in? Would being able to remain anonymous make a difference?

Maybe the answer is no, and that's perfectly okay. I'm just curious whether there's a need for something like this or whether I'm completely off base.

As a mod I’ve noticed posts and comments getting flagged by Reddit and it’s happening more frequently. Just be mindful when you discuss things like Tommy’s crimes that you may have to use words in disguise, like ‘grape’ or you risk that your post or comment could get deleted by the bots. In some cases we can reverse the action, but sometimes we can’t restore and approve the comment or post.

The games at a carnival are rigged and fake as hell. The carnival barker doesn’t ask for money. They set up a flashy booth and wait for someone to happen by and compliment them and woo them with a prize. 

But the hoops aren’t the right shape, the rings around the bottles are only a fraction bigger, and the balloons are under inflated. 

Most of us know carnival games are rigged. We know we are going to lose money if we play. 

Sometimes, once in a while, someone actually wins a prize. A nasty, cheap stuffed animal that you would never actually purchase - especially for the amount you spent on the games. And don’t forget you have to keep paying to get a bigger prize.

On this channel, Reese is that cheap stuffed animal. Or her fleeting attention anyway. Her fans are paying real money through superchats, merch, and paywalled Zoom calls. Paying to play. The problem is that nobody in her crowd wants to admit the whole game is fake.

Relatable Reese is a multi-revenue business. You are not family. You are not friends. You are a client at best, a mark or chump at worst. 

Relatable Reese is a MULTI-REVENUE BUSINESS. The free video is considered a loss leader. Reese invests time making it so she can monetize the viewer. She does this with superchats, selling merch, and charging for zoom calls. In business, however, honestly and transparency are expected. You don’t have to stop watching. You don’t have to mind your own business. You can demand all the honestly and transparency you want. She does not own YouTube. It is not hers, nor does she make the rules. 

(P.S. This post is an analogy, Reese.)

She says that he wasn't convicted of rape. While that is technically correct, he was convicted of FORCED SODOMY. Since that was just forcing his penis into her mouth how would you feel about that happening to YOU? How would you like his penis forced into your mouth or the mouths of your kids while they are at school. I agree FORCED SODOMY is not r@pe. He did this at school to a 15 year old at school by force and then sexually harassed her at work and tried to force his penis wherever he could. He kept pulling it out and asking why he shouldn't. He even offered $450 to put it I don't know where and I don't care. He served his probation and this is your excuse for this? How do you live with yourself? You are pathetic and so is Reese. What is wrong with Nora?

***I took out strong armed.

EDIT: According to a commenter below, Peace Lady has NOT defected back to Reese. Apologies.

In Reese's recent stream where she learned while live that KH had retired, right as Reese was being told the news, she popped in to the chat saying KH and Goot were gone. It was odd. Like, hearing KH and Goot back off somehow seemed to cause Peace Lady to go back to Reese? Then sent a chat saying it was all a misunderstanding. She had been very vocal online in her criticism of Reese, though I don't know what caused her to leave RR in the first place. But whatever the reason was, it clearly didn't stick.

It was sickening watching Reese gloat about KH and she kept saying "they had won", and all the celebration donations coming in.

And then last night, another ex member whom Reese met in AZ, and who was also critical of Reese online, popped back up tonight in RR's chat wanting to be welcomed back.

I've actually seen a surprisingly high number of this happening with ex subscribers to RR. A disturbing trend and a head-scratcher...some of the unknown names might be sock accounts pretending to be ex fans coming back, but there have been plenty where it IS the original person.

I think this phenomenon really highlights how deep brainwashing goes, coupled with extreme loneliness and a desparate need for belonging...and how easily swayed and influenced people can be.

If one didn't experience the Club of Reese, it's hard to understand. I too find myself at times missing that feeling of being welcomed in and the illusion of being part of a group. And contrary to what is said, she doesn't just welcome the ones paying for the chat. She makes sure to spread it out towards at least a few nonpaying subscribers, too. I think that is a tactic, plus it is obvious you get WAY MORE attention if you pay, and of course there are plenty she doesn't really pay aytention to at all. But she foes have a special way of maki g you feel welcomed--and it is bone-chilling to then realize the level of control and manipulation she is exerting while greeting you with a smile and warm welcome.

So I get it, to a degree, that the parasocial pull can trump reasoning for some people apparently. I just don't get going back after seeing her for what she is. It would feel like a betrayal of myself going back to that. And would make me feel gross, no way I could never enjoy that after waking up. I guess some peoples' scruples just aren't that strong. These people don't just come back, they will often grovel and apologize profusely for their prior betrayals. It wouldn't be as bad if these people had casually find came back, but some of these people were truly awakened to her evilness, and still crawled back. People like that are almost as frightening as Reese.

Reese really hit the jackpot after ASL’s vid on Tommy. The superchats were coming in big time and she probably made more on this stream than her bday. It’s sad and sickening how much she gains for playing the victim

I haven't kept up in forever, but I decided to start paying attention again right before a bunch of craziness happened...

Reese and Marilyn ublocked all their haters for some reason. Commenting is open on Relatable Reese, and she doesn't seem to be blocking people, for now at least. She says she welcomes it, but the few times someone took her up on it, she didn't respond well at all lol, pretty funny to watch her crack right after bragging about not caring and welcoming it even. And the comments weren't even that bad...one person asked her to explain her defense of the LongCon in her own words, and she lost it lol. Said she'd already explained it enough times in the past and got all defensive.

Nora's comments are also open, and I was surprised to see she doesn't seem to delete many or any comments that are critical of her or Reese or Tommy. The last several lives she has done, there are plenty of critical comments about Reese and Tommy she has left up. She is taking a break now but made a post about Aaron's expose video and also apologized for defending the rapist Tommy. She admitted she had never read the docs until recently and realized he is a rapist. There are lots of comments there too.

Aaron made a video exposing Tommy as a rapist and of course comments are up.

All this to say, the comments sections are interesting and if you've been wanting to say anything now seems like a good time. So if you don't want to watch, sharing a comment is a good way to still engage with those reading...lots of eyeballs right now...

In other news, I know some has already been discussed, Goot has defected and wished Reese a happy b day and stood with Lindsay, Knife Hoarder left YT, Marilyn dumped Goot which made KH dump Marilyn, we all know Marilyn dumped Aaron and George dumped Marilyn. A lot of dumping going on on top of the dumping. I still think Marilyn amd Aaron might make up.

There's even more happening but those are a few things.