Saw a bunch of comments about the ad read, I'll state this for the sake of clarity - I used their mask for about a month before I took the deal, and still use it often, although I understand how some ppl might not believe this since I just did a sponsor by them, but that is the truth. I also saw that their amazon page has really good reviews, and had the product recommended to me a while back by a friend when I mentioned my sleeping problem. I saw the comment about their BBB page, so I looked into it - it has 4 complaints over a 3 year stretch, which is considered low generally - their BBB rating comes from them not responding to 2 out of these 4 costumer complaints. That said, this is something I should've looked into in advance, im sorry
good on you for saying that, it always pays to do more research. however; the masks come at an extremely high price point that you don't mention in the read, which makes it feel deceptive - especially if you got the product for free, which will alter your view of its value. intentionally or not, these are the sort of things that get skirted over on dodgy tiktok ads too. it just came across as irresponsible and lacking in clarity.
People are being too hard on you, manta sleep masks are 100% worth the money, i use mine every night and have never found a cheaper one that compares at all
@@Creativekylie unfortunately it's still an effective way to silence people. even if a lawsuit is bogus, the person being sued can get buried in legal fees trying to defend themselves
@@michelleb2722 sky defense would still have to spend a lot of money to hire a lawyer to begin with and then she’d have to go after a lot of people… I do wonder how much she’s raking in from her scam she might be able to afford it?
Exploiting a market of mostly young women scared for their safety by selling them cheap self defense products that could possibly put them in more harm lands you a special place in hell. Like they're literally profiting from a real awfull reality, you have to be a special kind of dirtbag it makes me sick.
there's a mlm that does this too. not only do they "employ" women who will never make money selling their product, they then have those women target and suck money out of vulnerable women who are most likely either in a dangerous situation or know someone who is and sell to them with the full intention of making them join the downline and go bankrupt too
When you said that TikTok banned these gambling-type lives I realized how long it’s been since I’ve seen one of them. No more scoops, no more oyster shucking. I’m glad.
@@charlotte-xl6li I think it was something about pearls and being able to buy your own oysters and possibly (as in, like, one in twenty chance to find their planted pearls) get your own pearls. I may be misremembering the scam though.
@@charlotte-xl6li Yeah, apparently so! The operation is multi-level-marketing based, meaning the sellers received batches of stinky, dead decaying oysters... (ew) with artificially coloured pearls inside to shuck and sell! I'm very glad they've been removed from tiktok but they still have operations on facebook live so :/ shucks (i got this information from a really informative video which i think is a great watch! :) "Exposing the SCAM behind Tiktok pearl parties" by Isabella Lanter)
This might be a stretch, but I’m convinced these 5-star negative reviews are to get around the company owners deleting bad reviews. I’ve heard of App Store reviews having to do this because app developers would unjustly take down any reviews under 4 stars.
Either that or (some don't know to select 1 star) or a company has a script copy random reviews to be not marked as bots. Of course said script would set them to 5 stars regardless of the content it copied)
I hate the drop shipping self defense market, because you have to be a special kind of garbage to sell bad self defense items. Like I wouldn’t be able to take the guilt of knowing someone could get hurt because they thrusted me to provide good self defense items but it’s all cheap shit.
Don't be. If you're buying random self defense items you probably don't know how to use them anyway and will die regardless. In a life and death situation you're probably fucked anyway if you don't have a gun too.
I definitely would hate to get "thrusted" to provide self defense items. Sorry! I know what you meant but it made me chuckle reading that. I agree with you wholeheartedly.
@@jithepileofamorphouseyes88 the worst one is safetyboutique on here, she charges $60 for a thing of self defense keychains and then makes up stories about customers to go viral
1969 is the Unix Epoch. All computers using it count the seconds from that moment to synchronize their clocks. Sometimes when a date isn't given, certain sites misinterpret it as "date = 0" which means 0 seconds since the Unix Epoch (Dec 31 1969 or Jan 1 1970 depending on your timezone)
Yep, just got to that section of the video and was thinking that, I guess maybe deleted/suspended/unverified accounts rather than a regularly used active one?
This reminded me oft a talk by Kevlin Henney, where he points out that C's time() function actually returns -1 on failure. Which is the very last second of Dec 31, 1969. So we can get that year even without any timezones involved.
@@johnmulhall0 Yeah, the Unix epoch is 1/1/1970 00:00:00 UTC. But if you convert that into local time anywhere in the Western hemisphere (e.g. the USA) you get 1969.
My sister was assaulted about 6 years ago and has become very paranoid about her safety. I always see her with these self defense things and feel terrible for both the scammy nature of it (the products suck) and the way she feels she has to protect herself 😓
Unfortunately, those are the only products we have access to unless they start making higher end self-defense products more readily available for people to just purchase I really don't see her having a better option- as somebody who was sexually assaulted I carry around a hello kitty pocket knife and pray to God that I'm safe because I have a giant metal water bottle as well like you use what you can, and if it breaks after she uses it, that means that at least she had something to defend herself with
I don't think this scam is OK but I don't think there's a better way to get self-defense weapons other than Amazon or another drop shipper unless you get them custom-made or go to an artillery shop which isn't as readily accessible and can be pricey
@@Atlasintokyo Don’t carry a knife for self defense, a knife is pretty much the worst thing you can choose for this purpose. If it isn’t an automatic loaded one, by the time you pull it form your pocket/bag, unfold it and set it in your hand, the guy has already seen what you were about to do, and you’lol end up the way my uncle did, having your knife ripped off from your hands and used against you, you’ll just make whoever was triying to assault to much angrier at you, and that’s probably the very last thing you want. And if you use an automatic knife like I did (meaning I can have it ready in less than a second) then you’re walking on highly illegal territory. I got arrested for just carrying it in my pocket, because its characteristics which make it a reasonable self defense weapon, make it a frighteningly efficient attacking weapon, if you carry one and get caught, you’re by default going to be considered as if you were about to murder someone, like how I ended up being labelled as « was about to, seeking to, or did commit a crime judging by the weapon(s) [I] was carrying » on my arrestation papers. Plus, unless you have very good training in knife combat, you’re just dead meat walking, a single wrong movement or if your grip is too weak, and you’re guaranteed your knife will be taken away, remember, you’re most likely not the first one they’d have seen, they probably have dozens of fights won even against similarly armed opponents forer probably the course of YEARS. And even if you do succeed, you’ll probably end up in jail if you cripple your aggressor for life or kill him on accident, yeah it sucks but we can’t change that. So instead use something that is meant to make your attacker unable to fight for a few seconds, so that you can flee, most people would recommend a high end pepper spray, I would recommend a tactical flashlight, you can blind the guy, hit him with it, and then run, and since it’s perfectly legal to carry around, you can have it always hanging to your belt for quick access (which is what I do), just avoid the really cheap ones, they’re not powerful enough to properly blind anyone, or they’ll break on impact, or the battery can fuck you up
The fact that these 25cent gadgets are sold for self defense feels exploitative. Its also gross that quality self defense is really expensive and inaccessible to a lot of people, but it's just really slimy that people are preying on the fears of vulnerable people for a profit on dangerous junk
scoop videos fill me with dread between the scams and the sheer amount of pollution that comes from dropshipping garbage that is going to quickly end up in landfills
Cutesy self defense items are pretty common because many people want theirs to be descreet. I personally keep on a cute Kirby lanyard with my keys and other normal cutesy keychains, plus a number of self-defense items that are designed to look innocuous and blend in with everything else. The lanyard makes them really easy for me to grab out of my bag at any moment, but because of how it all looks, most people would think I'm just reaching for my keys. Nothing else in this video is excusable.
@@arissamazumder I have seen a couple people in these comments make similar statements and am curious what the source is for this? Is it federal or just in specific states? I tried to look around my states self defense legislation but can’t find anything. I would love to be pointed in the right direction tho!
@@The_real_stone I just searched it up, got my info wrong. At least in the state of New York (where I live) weapons are simply illegal, and can’t be argued for self defense. And by weapon… the term includes anything that isn’t your fist, although i forgot if phones are included as well
Another thing, even if these shops were selling properly durable pocket/utility knives for self defense, that in and of itself is highly dangerous. My dad told me a while ago when I started preparing to move to the city for college: “In a knife fight, one guy dies on the scene, and the other in the hospital.” Knives give a false sense of security when in reality it’s not at all ideal since fights nearly always end up horribly. Stick to the pepper spray and deter attackers instead of going to defend yourself with a knife, chances are that they’ll have one too and you’d be absolutely fucked ten times over Selling the idea that these knives could save your life to impressionable young people is not only dangerous, it’s highly irresponsible and you could easily be held liable. I don’t know how people could live with the knowledge they sold faulty defense items especially when it’s such a large concern TL;DR You don’t fuck around with knives if you don’t know what you’re doing!
My dad taught me something very similar. He told me that if you pull a knife on someone, you’re most likely to be disarmed and die from your own knife. He showed me how to hold my keys for punching instead. He did say that holding a folded pocket knife in your fist works as impromptu brass knuckles tho.
@@angelaatkinson-brazis7104 I heard that keys just destroy your hand more than the attacker. I wish self defense was more accessible and common knowledge, I don't know what's true.
@@angelaatkinson-brazis7104Even that isn’t very effective. Just stick to pepper spray/gel, alarms, and guns ONLY if you’ve taken a lot of time to train and learn gun safety.
Convict/reformed felon, it shocks me good people leave their homes unarmed, I fought for a rights restoration to carry because I know what monsters are out there, ive been in their cages. If you can't become 🔫 proficient, and it's okay it's a lot of responsibility and inconvenience- pepperspray. Pom for keychains and running bands, Sabre Red for MKII/III home/car. It's a rare man who isn't floored by OC and he's usually doing life in solitary. Pom, Amazon, $10. I've eaten it before. NASTY stuff.
the self defense stuff is because most women sadly have to buy those types of things and some want their stuff to be cutesy/inconspicuous so it can just be on an easy to grab keychain should they ever be in danger and need it. these types of scams especially suck because even if u get the items they’re usually super cheap and do essentially nothing for u 😵💫
what's so bad about it is most those items are considered illegal in many places or would completely void a self-defense plea as they are clearly made for harm, nevermind the fact that many of these need actual training to be remotely useful. not only is it a scam based on value, its a scam based on usability and safety.
@@elingard Plus if you're in a state in the US where something like pepper spray is legal, you can get cute ones that will work at a grocery store. The pepper spray I got is hot pink and was $10 at a Target in Indiana.
Congrats, you've fallen for sensationalized click bait!! :) Unregulated cosmetics can have a lot of random shit in them, they use cheap ingredients and chemicals that are not necessarily safe to use. This is because they are in it for PROFIT. But ask yourself what profit is to be gained by packaging poop? You realise people have to work with and package those materials, you really think the average producer is going to handle human feces in their products? To what end? It's not even a cheap material, your own poop is free but then you have a limited supply. You might find one outlier who gets a perverted kick from selling people poop but otherwise what benefit is there to using poop instead of a normal material? Especially when you consider most of these products are being made in countries where contact with poop is much more taboo than you can realize, with religious and societal repercussions to generations of family of someone who works with poop making them an inherently lower class, for example plumbers. You're being ridiculous. Fun fact but many products even in America, if tested, will have trace amounts of poop in them. Chemical testing can detect traces as small as a single worker washing their hands poorly. I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you read something like that but you might wanna chill cause going around all THERES POOP THERES POOP IN THE PRODUCTS looks really silly tbh...
Used to be friends with a Lady who ran a knife shop. She also had knife self-defense classes and warned everyone not to assume the weapon itself will keep you safe - it can be snatched by an attacker, escalate the situation, and land you with a lawsuit from the one who attacked, if you leave a mark and they didn't. If you couldn't afford the class, she demonstrated techniques to startle someone long enough to run away. Basically, the whole concept of putting weapons in people's hands and telling them that's safety is wildly irresponsible and will get folks killed.
These self defense items are meant to be things women could easily keep on a keychain to defend themselves from attackers. Not only are they scamming people with cheap items, they're also preying on women who feel they need this to stay safe and just want a nice matching set from tiktok. And if something fails or breaks in a desperate situation, they could be helpless.
Absolutely. Also, that crap is no better or worse than the sponsor he took, so it's kind of ironic he checked their rating on the BBB, but not Manta's lol
@@NoNameNomad.... LOL their rating is only based on 2 negative reviews they didn't respond to, they've been succesfully operating for many years in many different countries. Their products are actually decent, have been using one of their masks for the past 4 years or so? Not 100% sure when I started using the original one, but I'm sure it was from before cov id started. And I recently upgraded. It's not a scam. Maybe some people don't consider the products worth the money, but it's not a total ripoff at all imo
the lady at my work keeps buying these self-defense keychains, they're basically the scoops but attached to one giant keychain/lanyard to wear. and she gave me one of the knives that fold into a key.. it's pretty useless for self-defense because it's a folding knife that isn't easy to pull out. i only use it to cut plastic on my pallets at work, because it's sharper than the box cutter i have lol but it's ridiculous how much people will use these as a scam. because the whole gacha thing seemed like a cute way to give little extras to customers if you are running a small business ):
Could you maybe talk to her in a nonjudgmental way about the way she's being preyed upon by unscrupulous sellers? A lot of women feel so unsafe, but this stuff isn't going to help anyone. Maybe even just "hey a guy on RU-vid talked about the manufacturers of that stuff!" As an in to the conversation.
I bought one of those little knife keys from a hardware store on sale and its more or less if I need a knife to cut small string/tape bc theres no way its protecting me more than other things I have for defense.
Oh I know those things! Key knifes are flimsy af.. especially towards people. Muscles and skin all that crap are tough for a reason, those knives will not go far and just snap easily.
Scoops aside, this has been a very helpful example of how to vet random businesses we find online for legitimacy - shout out to your researcher for all that investigative work
I'm so glad someone is pointing this out. A lot of these "self defense" weapons either don't work, could harm you, or are just straight up illegal and could get you in more trouble using them to defend yourself than anything else.
Holy shit. This is crazy. I was ok sorta thinking maybe these “small businesses” might be a bit scammy, knowing that large businesses do shit too. But the fact that these are just shell companies? We need a Pinely and Coffeezilla cross over.
The reason it says member since 1969 is because something went wrong on the sites end when saving the timestamp of the account creation. 1969 (to be precise, new years eve of 1969-1970, so time 00:00:00, fireworks, etc. sometimes you also see it as 1970) are the default 0 time year, it's essentially the beginning of time for most computer systems, like the big bang beginning of time. year 0. Any time you see a weird timestamp of 1969 or 1970 it's because some error has occurred within a system relating to time and it's defaulting to 0.
The most alarming part of the fake makeup is that, in my experience, its usually small children that get their hands on these products. Maybe they want to use their parents' makeup, or maybe they will see a makeup influencer online and want to copy them, so instead of paying hundreds of dollars for these kids to, most of the time, waste the products its cheaper to buy a bunch of them bulk.
I bought two rings on Etsy the other day from two different sellers, one based in Florida and the other in Ukraine. Suspiciously, they both made shipping labels at the exact same time, but one was out of Hollywood Florida, the other was another nearby city. They had slightly different arrival times as well. They arrived in my mailbox together in the same box 🤦🏻
"who would want to buy somethig cute that can kill you?" Fashionable self defense items are actually a big industry in other countries, particularly asia. Countries which have accepted that predators are a problem and that women dont get enough support so they need to protect themselves, unlike "1st world" english speaking countries which try to sweep this under the rug and act like theres somehing wrong with you if you buy pepper spray lol. These items are not meant to live at the bottom of your purse, they need to be easily accessible, which is unappealing to look at not to mention offputting to others, and worst of all dangerous. Sure you can hang a stun gun from your purse strap, but contrary to popular belief it wont actually stop an attacker from approaching you when they see it, it only helps them to know exactly where to grab to ensure you cant access your self defense item. Now im not saying those dumb shops are selling good items, they should be ashamed of themselves. But they are flourishing precisely BECAUSE there is a desire for this kind of item which is not being filled because america tends to view such a desire as women being paranoid and dangerous, rather than a valid need.
Not even just act like something wrong with you, the state I lived it straight up banned pepper spray. No way to get it and if you carry it for self defense you can be arrested 🫠
i have my stun gun in my bag at all times. idc if someone sees it and thinks it’s weird. they can stay away from me 🤷♀️ i’d rather be seen as paranoid then be assaulted
Yup, all this ^ I'm a small woman, I like cute stuff, basic self defense items are nice to have when going out and about because predatory people are always going to exist, and it's nice if whatever I have is discreet. These dumb shops scamming people out of money for unhelpful and/or poorly made items is disgusting though
This is one of the issue with girlboss asthetic, ecourages dodgy practice because your a girlboss and being an aesthetic and aspiration for many it can lead them to do many morally dubious things. In the pursuit of something they think will make them happy and in many cases looked up to as successful.
What the heck are you talking about? The self-defense "cutesy" stuff, that is clearly aimed at *women afraid of being assaulted*, or the bullshit nails? Please god let it be the nails
the other dodgy thing about selling these as "self defence" items is that in a lot of places, having items on your person that are classed as weapons like pepper spray and knives means that you cannot claim self defence in a court and could face charges for injuring your attacker.
@@ash-is-napping I just checked, the two are pretty much the same thing I think so private labeling and white labeling, but seems like private labeling has to have more reaserch into it so I this case it would be white labeling I believe?
@@ash-is-napping private labeling is when a different company makes something for you/other company specifically, white labeling is when a company buys something generic and labels it with their own brand
And they're faux or just less valuable crystals. When I do random mystery crystal packs, I inspect my inventory, place them in a huge bowl, mix 'em real good and close my eyes, fill up the pouch and put info cards about each crystal that exists in my inventory with picture identification. I also don't charge a huge amount. Where I live is kinda low income, do all my stuff caters to the spiritual needs of our local communities.
They always use the word “luxury” and also I noticed the word “exquisite” used on almost every single listing on Temu & AliExpress lol. Exquisite step stool, exquisite bowl, exquisite nail file, exquisite lamp shade, etc etc etc everything is EXQUISITE lmao.
@@BeansKneezdisplate just took an already existing idea of buying prints and up-charged tf outta it by adding some cheap LED lights to the back of the frame. You’re much better off just buying the prints directly from the artist and getting it framed at Walmart or something
I watch a creator on tiktok who runs a small business for witchy and crystal girlies. She does mystery scoops, but she's so honest about it and shows the prices, which are fair for the products she sells. Not all mystery scoops are evil. Some are genuine and i love this creator
as someone with a genuine small business. micro even. Its impossible to compete with these people on tiktok. their game is strong. and its just a shame people fall for it rather than people who actually make their shit.
In terms of Sky Defense and the self defense market, there's something really sinister about taking advantage of women/people who are AFAB's fear of being assaulted by men to scam them out of their money. Many of us genuinely don't feel safe around men, and using that to sell us cheap items that won't even work when we need it is genuinely very scummy.
It's definitely extra scummy, although doesn't need to be so heavily gendered it's still just as scummy no matter the identity of the buyer/fearful person
@@drewpeacock9087While that’s true, the majority of these kinds of products are aimed towards AFAB people or those who present femme. It’s definitely gendered to a degree
Using "AFABs" to talk about people treated as women and therefore ignoring that transfems (and, to lesser degree, transmascs that are treated as men) exist... Someone save us from this new era bioessentialism, please.
It's not, it's just good blackout sleep masks. I've been using their masks for like 4 years now (approximately), plural because 6 months ago I purchased a new one because the old one was getting quite bad in spite of washing it. It's honestly a good mask!
There's another slightly worrying level as well: They sell these where its entirely illegal. I was morbidly curious and had to look to see if I would be allowed to purchase from one of these stores in the UK, where ALL the products other than like two, are illegal and there would have been zero problems if I was to go on to buy a package. Which brings a more worrying idea of younger people not being aware of these laws ordering something, getting the awful self defence products that also are likely not going to work as they're so ridiculously cheap, and getting in serious trouble, when you consider how young you can get a debit card now a days, and some of these shops do not seem to be age restricted/etc at all as well.
Hinge knives like that aren't meant for stabbing - they are slashing weapons. It takes way more strength and mental fortitude to stab someone than you'd think. The idea is to cause them pain and annoyance so they stop pursuing you
Literally. I carry a keychain from a small business in the UK with a nice theme going on, because after what happened to Sarah Everard and realising that I was about to be getting into taxis with random men for my uni commute, it hit home that I needed to protect myself. It's cute enough that I can have it on my lap without it looking suspicious, and it also helps me to make sure my medication is with me wherever I go. If I don't feel the black pompom in my bag, I know that I need to go and find my keychain.
ong, i carry a small sewing kit with me when i know im going to be walking home alone at night (im 16 so its usually just from my uncles house but i dont trust any of my neighbors) mostly because i like sewing whenever i can but also because it has a sharp pair of scissors in case of emergencies
@@RubyCow8567Obviously, if you think about it you wouldn't want to have some tactical camo skinned pepper spray because that doesn't look discrete. That's the appeal of making it look cute.
Especially the Sanrio ones are very common, they would go saying “$100 scoop!!” And they would give you like cheap plastic bags and office supplies which are way cheaper to get then $100
Respectfully, the sponsor is also not BBB accredited and has an F rating Edit: Please see my reply to Pinely's pinned comment for context - I did not mean any harm by this!
At this point in time it’s best to assume every single sponser is garbage and the RU-vidr doesn’t like their product anyways, it’s just the money. It sucks, but sponsors are the only thing keeping our favorite RU-vidrs (especially smaller ones) afloat so I just ignore them
Ahhh the irony 🙄 Although I must admit I do not buy things promoted by influencers, in fact I try not to buy things I don't need (especially crap) but, that said it's pretty hypocritical to talk about the terrible ratings of TicTok crap and then shill something just as crappy.
@@joblessfailure youtubers are not infallible - they can be two-faced like anyone else. not saying pinely is malicious in what sponsors he accepts ofc, but no youtuber is a saint.
Still not as weird as the oyster-shucking pearl scam. Always enjoy your detective work. So many commentary channels just show TikToks and be like "wow, thats weird!" and go no further
@@raisinbrancerealofficial They put cheap brightly colored pearls into oysters, glue them shut and seal them in formaldehyde filled pouches. Then people will pay for the seller to shuck (open) them on live stream and they get the supposedly valuable pearl.
@@raisinbrancerealofficialI think it’s TikTok’s where they go up to oysters that they put some artificial pearls in and then gouge it out of the oysters to make it seem real
18:00 hey there delilah what's it like in michigan, i'm a thousand miles away but girl tonight you look like you need some dropshipped products, yes you do
Yeah, are people even stopping to consider cats???? I’m sure if my cats knew how/would deign to lower themselves to feed themselves they’d get rid of me in an instant. Yet people love cats!
So frustrating to see people being successful making awful scam sales mystery box garbage meanwhile I'm spending hours and hours making legitimate art for people AND making actually decent content surrounding the creation process. I'm not trying to self promote, it's just sad and frustrating that good content doesn't get rewarded. Like why do I even try
The cutesy cat knuckle stabber is actually illegal in some states and the fact that there are minors buying these junk “defense” stuff is scary. I know one woman had been called out for charging insane amounts of money for cheap broken garbage. But then again if you are willing to pay extra to have your order packed on a live, maybe you should be scammed. What a waste of money. My daughter carries pepper spray, pepper spray bought directly from the police department
I am obsessed with these videos, especially the self defence ones, because they are so weird and so identical and there's so many accounts making them and yet they're all the same. Same horrible nails, same influencer sleeves, same plastic drawers, same thankyou tape, same everything. They all do the same things too, the rage bait things. Like eg at the start where the nail that scrapes along the boxes (or brightly coloured padded envelopes) now usually the nail falls off the finger. And 12000 comments are posted saying " WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE NAIL" ignoring the fact that no one is talking about anything else, and driving engagement up and up... They also do stuff like on an "all green order" "she says she will come to my house and punch me if I use any other colour" and then they put in a pink pompom and then lo and behold 120000 more comments. Or they leave the perfume bottle lid in the drawer. Oh my god. Then there's the so called mystery scoop element where they open the little balls. And yet every single order they assemble contains the exact same elements, three different knives disguised as combs and pens and keys. pepper spray, taser, alarm, whistle, bottle opener, perfume bottle, seat belt cutter, brass knuckles with cat ears, a stick to break windows with. There's never any repeats and they never leave any items out. The mystery balls are a LIE. also, the paper inside is always printed in COMIC SANS and no matter what account it is, they all carry products called "bling bling pepper spray" etc only they spell it BULLING BULLING. ALL of them. I guess that's just more rage bait and I guess it works on me
finally met pinely in the flesh at vidcon this week and was blown away by both how nice and how FREAKISHLY TALL he is. 10/10 would parasocially initiate conversation again.
Bruh there was this time on TikTok where girls would show off their kitty claws or like cute pepper sprays or cute tasers and I’m all for women protecting themselves HOWEVER there were so many (there’s probably guys that still comment this) that would comment stuff like “this wouldn’t stop me” “that won’t do anything to me” and other nasty comments basically implying that they would and COULD harass a girl still even if they used that on them… and yk… i think they’re right. GET A BIGGER TASER, GET A BIGGER POCKET KNIFE, OR GET BEAR MACE INSTEAD. It’s disturbing that people even “joke” about that. I believe women should get heavy duty self defense weapons so that if men really think that way they can fuck around and find out ☺️
you sound kinda deranged lol. if you really believe that random men online saying stupid sh!t is representative of how all men are, i'd suggest talking a man in real life (judging by your comment it seems like you don't) and perhaps getting a therapist.
Not dropshipping if she's got the stock on her. Dropshipping isn't just "item made in china, that is bad" dropshipping is bad specifically because the person isn't holding the stock so can't verify it's quality, doesn't disclose that it's coming from further away so will take longer, and leaves the shipping to a third-party company. You can't just call anything you don't like "dropshipping" the word has a very specific meaning.
Tbf women don’t feel safe walking about sometimes, a lot of the time. I’m not gonna say these things are good, cause their business seems scammy. But I carry a tactical baton when I’m out on my own on a hike or whatever (a reaction to having previously been attacked and a choice that just makes me feel like I have a bit more control/options if I’m attacked again). If I could have that tactical baton be cute aesthetically then I wouldn’t say no. But I’m not gonna pay pink tax on a practical item for the sake of it either.
@@Nataniahuahu yeah those definitely are. But you could argue women are paying more for this cheap crap because it’s “cute”. As per what pinely was saying about the aesthetics. However, I stand by whilst that’s deffo a scam and drop shipping bull crap, that doesn’t mean self defense items are not a valid purchase. Just assuming you get safe ones from trusted legit sources and not some tiktok crook.
Women definitely should carry something to defend themselves with (which is the really sad reality). I personally feel like having something cute can make it feel more empowering, like yeah I can kick your a** and I'm gonna look cute doing it. The problem is these dropshippers are just selling garbage. You don't want your baton or pepper spray or whatever to fall apart the second you actually have to use it.
@@tallemajas he’s literally like why would you want to walk around with something that you could kill someone with (or to that effect). Like yeah, some of us feel the need to.
I am so sick of tik tok dude. I want people to REALIZE they aren't thinking for themselves at all if they haven't realized already. It's getting scary dude I miss being a kid sometimes, I do not like the current state of the internet
tbh i think the people who buy the mystery ball crap never went to those gum ball machines as a kid where you put in the quarter, turn the crank, and recieve this little pod thing with a random trinket in it. at least the value of those little things were much closer to the value you paid than this stuff is.
Im ngl i just bought a knife from an army supply store. It was $50 but at least i know its quality and wont shatter in my hands if i use it for defence. Technically its illegal to carry stuff for self defence so i just tell people i like fishing and camping, which technically is true.
22:26 oh my god. those characters. they are from a game titled "changed"... do not look up what the game is about if you arent already familiar with it .. iykyk ._.
I have to say, as a woman, the only selfdefense item I've ever bought was pepper spray. I genuinely don't see why someone would buy these items because I feel like they are more dangerous to the victim than the attacker. I'd rather use my voice, nails and if all fails pepper spray from an actual reputable store...
Something else I find fishy thing on TikTok I Is when people use those “talking voices” Because if you were actually confident about selling your product and was actually going to send it to the buyer why would you use a generated voice ? Don’t you want people to know it’s YOUR product ?! I personally believe that any of those products with those voices over them is a scam
I have seen the makeup ones and always thought they looked cheap with all the gimmicky crap and counterfeit products. Idk why people would rather buy counterfeit shit while they can get legit high quality makeup for the same low-mid price. But again, I'm assuming most of them purchasing these are kids. I've seen a metaphysical store tiktok acc giving free crystals with all purchases using the scoop method and I've always thought that was legit and cute tho. Again, they give FREE products with purchases, not charge exorbitant money for a shitload of plastic crap.
They all say 1969 because January 1st 1970 is the start of UNIX time, it's a date and time widely used in computers as a starting point, some programs run into errors when that's not set correctly or bugged and the time goes back to right before the start, 1969, so someone probably didn't configure their bot's time correctly.
22:26 Hold on: They set up a website scam claiming to sell plushies of characters from hit fetish game Changed? That seems like an oddly specific target for their scams. Unless it was just cloned from a generic plushie site and that site just happened to be very furry-centric, which I'm guessing is the case.
The worst part abt the whole “mystery scoop” things now is that they’ve turned into kidnapped models modeling clothes the buyer can buy off their scam website ☹️
