Atomic Shrimp

I don't mean to frighten anyone, but I... think we're being followed.

1 day ago | [YT] | 6,243

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December will see an 'Atomic Shrimp Advent Calendar' series of uploads - one video each day, up to Christmas Day - featuring an assortment of simple, sometimes-festive, but always-cosy, different activities, recipes, places, objects and ideas. There are still a few slots that where I haven't quite decided on a theme yet, so any requests and suggestions for cosy-feel/festive content are warmly welcomed (although of course I can't promise to do them all)

5 months ago | [YT] | 2,367

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If you like my Random Stuff videos, what would you say is the ideal, or your preferred run time?

5 months ago | [YT] | 751

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They say you've 'made it' when someone makes a parody about you... well, I don't know about that, but this made me laugh! Eventually I realised it was myself that I was laughing at

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 2,457

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Massive thanks to all you lovely people for helping my channel reach this amazing milestone!
As is customary, I will be making something special to mark this occasion (not a play button this time though, I think)

3 years ago | [YT] | 5,890

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OK...

There was going to be a scambaiting upload this coming weekend, but one of the scammers (who I thought had already rage quit) came back and continued melting down. It's going to be another week until this one is fully cooked; I think it will be worth the wait.

3 years ago | [YT] | 4,571

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You probably already know about this if you're into watching scambaiting content...
I was going to make a video about this as part of my 'scam victim stories' series, but I think Jim's firsthand account is the right way to hear it.

‪@JimBrowning‬ is, in my opinion, perhaps the most technically capable scambaiter and counter-scam operative on YouTube, and is obviously enormously scam-aware, and yet, this week, a scammer managed to manipulate him into deleting his own YouTube channel.

I think there are two ways you can look at this; point and laugh at the failure of the expert, or (and I prefer to) study this case carefully, because there must be something important to learn from this.
How does an expert on scams such as Jim get scammed himself, in such a catastrophic way? How is that even possible?

Well, for a while now, I have been labouring the point that getting scammed is about vulnerability, and our own vulnerabilities are often invisible to us (were they visible, we'd probably fix them).

It's easy for us to look at Jim's story (or the story of any scam victim) and pinpoint the bit we obviously wouldn't have done wrong, like they did, and come away with the false impression that our smart analysis means we are invulnerable. No. It just means we're different; we don't have *that specific vulnerability.*

Any fool can say "Well, *I* would obviously have just steered the Titanic *around* the iceberg". Hindsight can easily trick us into believing we are smarter and more alert in *every way* than we would ever have been in *any specific way.*
Being aware of the explained and laid-bare failures of others is not the same as becoming aware of our own weaknesses. How do we best do *that?*

But what do you think? What is the lesson here?

3 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,080

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Shoutout to my friend Babatunde in Nigeria, who had a go at making hot cross buns - pretty good for a first go!

4 years ago | [YT] | 551

Atomic Shrimp

I'm going to be on Meon Valley Community Radio again, Wednesday 7th April from 6PM to 8PM UK time, for Sibling Revelry - a chat and music show with my sister, Julie.
Listen in online at mvcradio.co.uk

4 years ago | [YT] | 858

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I'm going to be on Meon Valley Community Radio tomorrow, Wednesday 24th March from 6PM to 8PM UK time, for Sibling Revelry - a chat and music show with my sister, Julie.
Listen in online at mvcradio.co.uk

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,245