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TRUTH

Janet Lunde

"It's the internet. Always assume the worst." THIS is the line I need on a shirt.

A Lys Lindheim

This EXACTLY.

Creepy Cat Lady

No, she's not wrong. (and I hate to bring up real world worries considering) The other concern is Swatting or Doxxing, as being a gamer can attract a-holes like that for any signs 'rejection' she might show.

Alex

All she really needed to say was, "remember when you first met Clinton? Now imagine having to deal with that every day. "

Daryl Sawyer

And thus that is how the Burger Oni was grilled!

Miyaa

On the other side of her face to the one shown in this strip, yes.

Ben Russell-Gough

Doesn’t she have moles?

Marigold knows from the internets.

prettydragoon

Agree with everyone else but just wanted to say - wow Jeph that close-up is a hella good piece of art

David Durant

Even if the scenario here is… oddly specific, I don’t think it’s a bad illustration of what can happen with a sufficiently large, unmediated audience.

Comics Ladybird

Yeah she's being completely 100% rational when it comes to protecting your identity online from fucking weirdo creeps.

This is an entirely sane level of precautions

Randall Norman Pick

Marigold has 200K followers. If as few as 0.05% are potentially violent obsessives, that's still 100 dangerous nutcases.

Dean Reilly

She didn't even mention the inevitable flood of rape and death threats.

Dean Reilly

Yeah. Marigold is 100% correct in this assumption.

Chris Crowther

Marigold is right, sad to say. She's 100% correct.

Joseph Bonnar

I would think Marigold was overthinking this, if this didn't literally happen to people :(

Stephen Wells

And you're telling Hanners this???????

Patrick Mac Manus

Yeah, that's realistic for sure.

Nick Hodgson

Marigold speaks Jeph's angst about the on-line 'rando', I think. Still, you can't say that this is wrong. There are far too many freaks out there who can't control themselves and are very dangerous when they develop an obsession, positive or negative.

Ben Russell-Gough

Like I said in my last post about my streamer friend entering the witness protection program variant, this kind of thing happens. That one streamer doxxed my friend down to her street, and _despite not living in her part of the country, was seen in her neighborhood and was looking in her house's windows and stuff._ Even I don't know the full story, but I assume to get into the protection program there needs to be threats of violence too. So, yeah. A medium percentage will do the creepy things like saying they "love" streamers and the nudes requests and f knows what else, but a small percentage will take it even more inappropriately IRL. Brain cells can just go haywire and think "But this makes sense! We're in love! We're fated to be together, this is my birthright!! I'll kill anyone who gets in the way of my noble quest!!" People thinking they are right when they are not is a fascinating phenomenon. The depths of the internet is a scary phenomenon.

Shane Wegner

She's more surprised than anyone

Bagge

Marigold is right to be hyper concerned. Any woman who gains a following on the internet is bound to get a lot of weird shit in her life. And if she got doxxed? This is no minor worry.

SilverbackRon

She told her one friend who must know something about coping with wealth and avoiding public notice, since she is a daughter of billionaires who walks the public streets under her real name.

Captain Button

Hanners as the voice of reason. 🤣😬

Chris Driggers

Man, if I was as concerned as Marigold seems to be, I wouldn't have even told my friends.

darklion

Hanners merely adopted the Internet; Marigold was born in it, molded by it. She didn't see the real world until she was already a woman. By then, it was nothing to her but blinding.

Pejo

I'm still a little bummed I missed out on getting an "Everything is Ruined Forever" shirt.

Yeah, the assumptions are a little low key, tbh.

She's not wrong tho...

Absentia

Have you guys seen the message boards about Jeph? OMG.

Todd Perkins

It's not paranoia if they're actually out to get you... And honestly, that was the biggest thing I've learned with transitioning. Being a woman is dangerous in this world, and right now the best hope is that someone else is an easier target

Carin Maja Brooks

Nice conversation along with the death head

Jeff Hartley

Sadly accurate for anyone putting themselves out in the world like that. Fans can get crazy

Cole Blackblood

Also, Jeph: really fantastic work with the gradual zoom in to enhance the emotional dimension of her words. Nailed it!

Mad Marie

This. (Sadly)

Mad Marie

Yeah, it sucks to say it but that scenario is all too plausible

This is depressingly and maddeningly accurate.

Jason Zions

NO LIES DETECTED.

Yohannon

Marigold is wise.

Hugh Eckert

Sorry, Hanners. Marigold is not just right about this, she's right in detail to the level a professional in the field would be. Source: am a professional in the field, alas.

Yonatan Zunger

I hate that Marigold is not wrong. Because that means that’s her paranoia is justified and she has to be scared now and that’s just not fair to women in general. Goddamnit...☹️

VGreenGoblinV

And another quote- and very shirt-worthy saying from Marigold.

melloncollic

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Carrie

Actually pretty optimistic. The doxing, vicious sexual harassment, SWATTing, fake nudes, targeted insults and physical violence are all probable for a prominent woman on the Internet

Todd Ellner

Andy Warhol was wrong about everyone being famous for 15 minutes. It’s more like various degrees, strata, and caste of famous.

Miyaa

Normally these scenarios are spiraling anxiety thoughts (I know from experience). But on the internet, especially for a woman? Marigold is being totally sensible.

Eric Lusby

This is the anxiety I have from streaming, and I haven't fully even set up a channel yet.

Isaac Rivers

It's terrible that being a woman on the internet is rife with peril.

ducksauz

Marigold has seen enough to know what's possible.

David Johnson

Note to self: read comments before commenting.

Darnel D Cooper

oboy. well,... she is not wrong,......

Darnel D Cooper

RIP my first reddit account before I learned about infosec. Marigold's got the right idea, unfortunately.

The internet found that psycho cat and person killer from background information. And that was them using their powers for GOOD! Many people know what can happen in cases of doxxing and it's not pretty. Trust your instincts, Marigold.

Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson

Pintsize might *be* one of the assholes. Although, if he isn't, this would certainly be within his wheelhouse. Not sure it fixes anything, but retribution feels good sometimes.

Nicole Hands

And it doesn't take long. Once the first name is figured out, it's game over.

Vilinda

Also the time Tom Scott challenged people to figure out where he'd watched a recent eclipse from, based on some _very_ generic photos of midwest-U.S. surroundings with essentially no other data, was quite impressive. He had to reconstruct his location to centimeter accuracy to rank the top dozen or so entries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqEBvlmFAQ.

Brooks Moses

I mean, someone tracked down Selena and murdered her in 1995. That's before the internet as we know it!

Grace Kieser

Alternately--is it still paranoia if they really *are* out to get you?

Rule 34.

Simon Green

+1 for gorram!

Mindi Young

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."

kaitou

JUST WAIT TILL 4CHAN HEARS ABOUT THIS SHIT!

Yelling Bird

Yeah, the internet can figure things out uncomfortably well when properly motivated, and horniness is sadly really good at motivating people.

Morgan

Senpai?

Alcaria Swain

It's a terrifyingly plausible scenario tbh

Lyzz

This is *underplaying it.*

Wednesday

I beg to differ... it's the internet after all

mooviies

Marigold has lived on the internet her entire life. This is not a scenario, it's a gorram recounting of actual events!

Grace Kieser

Being friends with somebody who got doxxed and faced extensive harassment, this is a big freaking oof

Marigold it's wrong. But she needs to relax and breathe.

Scotty

If anything, her scenario doesn't even actually assume the worst.

Giant Speck

She's totes not wrong.

Alacrity Fitzhugh

She ain't wrong

MikeT

Fun to see Hanners as the rational one in a scenario!

Seidmadr

The sad thing is, it's not even THAT far-fetched; it ain't paranoia when you're right

Stéphane Lapie

I'm sad about how right she is

To be fair, Marigold, you're not wrong.

Michael Boettger

Pintsize can force airdrop goatse to all the assholes phones

Max D S

The internet at large figured out where a flag was that could have been anywhere in the world by using the stars and aircraft contrails. Never underestimate the power of a large number of smart people with time.

Erinnyes

I mean, she's not wrong....

Terry Parry

She is absolutely not wrong…

Chris Weigert