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Want a scheduled AMA announced ahead of time? Contact Awoo directly at the bottom of this sidebar.

Please stick to one of either three post types:

A standard Ask Me Anything post.

A request post -- (What is the format and why should I make a request post?)

A gauging interest post -- (What is this?)

What is an AmA?

AmA’s or “Ask Me Anything” began on the old internet, originally AOL chatrooms, later followed by Slashdot. They are crowdsourced interviews where the interviewee first makes a post describing who they are and what they do. Commenters then leave questions and can vote on other questions according to which they would like to see answered.

The interviewee can then go through and reply to the questions they find interesting, and easily see those questions the internet is dying to have the answer too. Questions will be a mixture of radical, serious and lighthearted resulting in the kind of interview you won’t get elsewhere.

What Topics Are Allowed?

Anyone can do an Ask Me Anything. The topic of the AmA must meet the rules below, and in some cases you must provide proof of the claims you are making. Ask Me Anything topics fall into two categories:

Something that plays a central role in your life. The prime example of this is a person's job; posts about someone's occupation are almost always allowed. A person's topic should be something that they know thoroughly and is important to them; this gives them more to discuss and a more thorough background in the field.

A truly interesting and unique event. An example would be "I organised a protest against x." It's an activity that doesn't play a central role in someone's life but is so uncommon that many users would not have experiences of their own to relate to it.

AmAs should NOT be about:

Mutual-Aid and Crowd Funding - AmA submitters that include any aid or funding campaign must be eligible for an AmA without the campaign for it to be allowed. Additionally, the focus of the AmA must not be the campaign -- those posts would be more appropriate in the mutual-aid community. Posts about suicide.

Other Restrictions:

Giveaways are not permitted on AmA. Contests and giveaways already running on a third party site prior to the AmA are acceptable

Proof

Proof in the case of public figures or orgs may be a social media post on an official account. For other topics it may be a proof image. This does not always have to be included in the post at the time of posting and it may be discussed with the moderators and provided privately. We will ALWAYS respect your complete privacy.

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There was, like, a stall with this person handing them out.

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inb4 b&

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I'm not different people. Much like James Bond, I am in fact just the same person every time. And I'm the Princess lady not the green clothes guy, I know the title is confusing. It was part of my contract.

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Hehehe

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That's it. That's the post.

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2 day run of shows out of state, small beans, but still, will have time to kill so AMA!

I know you all know what i look like and my band name now, so ill be intentionally keeping personal info as scarce as I can.

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JT will be answering questions below. ~~There are no strict time limits set for this so JT will come and go as and when his time allows, if he doesn't get to your questions be patient! This post will be edited when things end here.~~ See bottom of post

JT will be posting from the account @Secondthought_JT .

Be sure to check out The Deprogram if you haven't already! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.


The Deprogram | Second Thought | The Deprogram on Twitter | JT on Twitter

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JT is taking his leave now! Big thanks for doing this JT and for answering so much! :meow-hug: :lenin-heart:

Thread will be locked to preserve. Remember to check out The Deprogram!

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EDIT: GO HERE FOR THE AMA WHICH IS NOW LIVE

That's right, JT will join us for an AMA this Sunday December 18th @ 10am Central Time (4pm UTC)

Well known by many on Hexbear, JT's work includes Second Thought on youtube and The Deprogram podcast which they share with co-hosts Hakim and Yugopnik.

So come by Sunday and he'll be answering questions about anything you throw at him. (site rules apply) :volcel-judge:


The Deprogram | Second Thought | The Deprogram on Twitter | JT on Twitter

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EDIT: GO HERE FOR THE AMA WHICH IS NOW LIVE

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Hey folks, I figured I'd offer an ama for people unfamiliar with how casinos work in California.

I'd planned on making this account sooner (and planned for the name to be 'Different_Kind_of_Banker, but here we are) but better late than never right?

Here are some bits of info that may help get the ball rolling on questions

  • California has specific laws against Nevada style gambling (Where the house keeps the money if you lose)

  • Tribal land is exempt from those laws due to a court case over bingo halls on reservations in the 1980s (yes people were that aggressive about the small bits of money people got)

  • Casinos in California and not tribal lands are technically called card rooms. No slot machines are allowed and instead of getting the money from losses, it goes to a third party person called a banker. These third parties came up to circumvent the laws against Nevada gambling. So in the eyes of the law, card rooms aren't taking people's money. They are just hosting a place where they can gamble with each other's money and they have to pay for the space to use.

  • This workaround uses third party workers called bankers who offer up the money of the corporation to allow for gambling to take place. Players can play without a banker, but they have to use their own money.

  • I am a banker and I hate everything about the environment and feel like a gross person every time I come into work.

  • The customers are usually small business owners who want a chance to complain about losing.

With all that info, I welcome any sorts of questions you might have and hope you have a beautiful rest of your day.

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I'm nourished and thriving.

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👽 👽 👽 👽

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Edit: Closing the AMA since I am pretty close to concluding my trip and therefore will be posting pictures/reflections which will give more opportunity to ask more questions!

You probably remembered my post earlier asking about places that I need to visit while in Cuba and as I am close to concluding my trip and a few days away to fly back home, I’d like to give everyone an opportunity to ask any questions that they might have about Cuba. I’ll post photos as well as my own thoughts/reflections when I’m back home so until then feel free to ask any questions. As for proof (if it’s needed), Mods could check the IP I’m posting from as I’m currently on Cubacel. I wish I could post a photo as proof but the internet infrastructure here is 3G and therefore would consume a lot of data just from me posting a picture.

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sir, this is a wendys

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It’s just unbelievable.

Is there really no way on here to edit a photo?

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born 1990 in an eastern european SSR, months before the dissolution

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Wrong comm sorry.

Anyway, I'm down to chat about anything people wanna talk about.

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Edit: Hopping off for the night. I'll answer any questions y'all post when I wake up

Edit 2: I'm back

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