Grifter Watch

[wordsfromlee]

36 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

It reminds me of a bloke I used to work with; early 2010s or so. He sat at the desk next to mine, and would constantly complain about Justin Bieber and how awful he was. After months of this, I got sick of it enough to point out to him that I had never knowingly heard a note of Bieber's music, that we didn't have a radio station on in the office that played any of it, and that the only things I knew about Bieber were because he kept banging on about him. It's mad how much time and energy people are prepared to devote to people who have no bearing on their lives.

There used to be people I'd follow on Twitter who were football fans and would constantly moan about other teams and players. I didn't have the foggiest clue who they supported as they'd only talk about football when it was to hate on other teams. But thats Twitter all over though.

[Merzbow]

11 minutes ago, Chili said:

I remember discovering who was Chris Chan finally was (I am really not up to date with literally any trends or internet people) and while obviously they're a bit of a character and do themselves no favours, I ended up being sympathetic because people were doxxing them to potential employers, coercing them into sending things, calling their house, sending stuff and you just think. Right, so they're obviously odd but you are all cunts. You can be an observer and find them rather amusing, but if you are actively getting involved it's just absurdly awful to do that. I think Tattle is a bit less than that, it's just a load of madly obsessed gossipers, I view it as bit like a really bitchy OK! magazine come to life.

Within minutes of looking up the place I saw cases of doxxing and attacking minors, it's just as bad.

I'm not going to defend knowing far too much about Christine but no-one should be trying to defend using that forum either.

Edited July 16, 2025 by Merzbow

[Chili]

14 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

Within minutes of looking up the place I saw cases of doxxing and attacking minors, it's just as bad.

I'm not going to defend knowing far too much about Christine but no-one should be trying to defend using that forum either.

To be honest that's only from threads I've had a look at so it might be riddled with that stuff. I only go on it to read about Supertankii, Russ in Cheshire, those twats and so forth.

[tiger_rick]

I now don't know who Paul Breach or Chris Chan are and daren't google in case I end up on Tattle! ?

[deathrey]

Deux Moi and Just Jared are gossip websites, Tattle is not 'just a gossip site', it's far more dangerous. The courts agree.

[SuperBacon]

There's a new grift that's stirring up.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/15/girl-union-flag-dress-school-culture-day-rugby
School girl turns up to school for "culture day" and next thing her Dad is saying: 

"On my way to collect my daughter from school. She’s currently being made to sit at reception waiting for me. The reason? It’s cultural diversity day at school where children can wear clothing representing their culture and write a speech about their heritage. She’s been told it’s not for her as she gets to celebrate being British every day.”

Then it comes out that her Dad is a "bit of a wrongun" and now the "speech" she was told she couldn't give is now being given at a Tommy Robinson rally...right.

Definitely more to this than a school girl was told she "gets to celebrate being British every day" and a big grift has appeared!

It almost all seems too good to be true doesn't it? The dress, the being stopped at culture day. 

And the poor kid, being told to look sad and her Dad putting on his compo face.

[Nexus]

It pisses me off that the school has mishandled this so poorly, as well. 

 

We had a culture day, and our school also banned football shirts, for reasons unknown. However, we did allow the kids to bring in flags etc. It is difficult to think about what British/English national dress is, so I don't see why sports jerseys aren't allowed. We were explicit in our instructions.

 

It is also really annoying because our culture day was brilliant - loads of mixing between the different disaporas of the student body - Caribbean food, henna decorating, Polish sweets etc. And I know it's the same up and down the country, but because this school has mishandled it so poorly, it's ridiculous. 

 

It is also incredibly dodgy that the girl is now giving a speech at Yaxley-Lennon's anti-Brown rally. 

[Mr_Danger]

It’s definitely one of those things I read and assumed it was all made up then it transpires that the school is run by idiots who gave this absolute chancer all the ammunition he needed to cosy up to his hero little Ste.

All because he dressed his daughter as Big Daddy.

[Jazzy G]

On 7/14/2025 at 8:17 PM, IANdrewDiceClay said:

You'll lose at least 2 months of your life if you really go deep into the Chris Chan universe. I missed a birthday once. 

I got dragged down the DarkSyde Phil Rabbit hole years ago after happening across a "This Is How You Don't Play Street Fighter IV" video. There's a nasty piece of work, and I can't help watching video compilations of the stuff he gets up to. 

[Merzbow]

8 hours ago, Jazzy G said:

I got dragged down the DarkSyde Phil Rabbit hole years ago after happening across a "This Is How You Don't Play Street Fighter IV" video. There's a nasty piece of work, and I can't help watching video compilations of the stuff he gets up to. 

I never got too caught up in his stuff but I do know that he "accidentally" got caught wanking on stream....

[Jazzy G]

Just now, Merzbow said:

I never got too caught up in his stuff but I do know that he "accidentally" got caught wanking on stream....

Adam Cole did a heck of an impersonation of the moment. That's probably one of the less horrific things he's done. There are documentaries galore about him. 

[SuperBacon]

An interesting read on the exposing of the person behind Tattle. 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/21/unmasking-the-man-behind-toxic-gossip-website-tattle-life

[davertfnewman]

Just looking in here and seeing DSP being mentioned, has anyone heard of his once-tormentor and spiritual successor Aaron Imholte of Steel Toe Radio?

[Mr_Danger]

On 9/21/2025 at 9:22 AM, SuperBacon said:

An interesting read on the exposing of the person behind Tattle. 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/21/unmasking-the-man-behind-toxic-gossip-website-tattle-life

I bet Moo has one of those Saul Goodman in case of emergency new life phone numbers and a burner phone ready to go for when the day comes that his real identity becomes public and the shitting threads hit the mainstream.