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2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung

3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)

4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK

AO3 SCAM

There's been a number of people reporting over on the AO3 subreddit that they're getting messages like this posted in the comments shortly after posting new fics.

The AO3 team are NEVER going to try and contact you about TOS violations via the comment section (or about anything else for that matter)

Don't click any links. Report the accounts involved (which might claim to be things like "LucySupport"), delete the message and move on.

Here's a non-comprehensive overview of some of the red flags in this particular scam, so you can hopefully spot them next time and be a little safer.

Uncommon method of contact.

As already started: AO3 volunteers will never formally contact you through the comments. They already know your email address.

Uncommon reason for contact.

You posted a fic. That's what AO3 literally does, with very few restraints, and absolutely no automation. Other websites (Youtube, TikTok, etc) might ding you because you sneezed and it sounded a little too much like a banned word, but AO3 doesn't do that. If an AO3 volunteer contacts you, they'll tell you exactly what's going on.

Taking you to a secondary location.

This link is clearly hiding something (which, again, AO3 will not do), which is a bright red flag, but even if it looks like AO3, don't click. It's easy to hide a link inside a link, especially when mirror sites like https://archiveofourown.gay is legit.

Threat of action not in evidence.

Any time something says your account is or will be in danger/broken/locked/suspicious/etc and you see zero evidence, did absolutely nothing, that's a sign that something fishy is going on.

Sense of urgency.

I mean this with all my heart: absolutely no website will give you only two hours to take action on anything. If the tone of the thing makes you panic, that's because they want you to panic. Panicky people make bad choices in a hurry.

Okay Faerii, but now that I know what to look out for, I'm safe, right?

Lol no.

We're all human. We all click on things we shouldn't, even if approximately zero-point-one seconds later we regret it.

These types of scams probably don't want your AO3 account. They want things like your Amazon/Walmart/Target account. Basically: anywhere they can get money or goods fast and scram before the shop catches on. Some ways ways to protect yourself in case of an oops is

Use a unique password for absolutely. every. fucking. thing. Learn to love passphrases. Get a password locker. Google and Firefox both offer free ones. We're not hiding the smut from the FBI, so literally anything that will keep you from making ItWasHisSled1234 your password across fifty different sites is good enough.

Update your passwords regularly, especially after anything suspicious happens. Password lockers will also help with this.

Keep a separate fandom email address and use it for AO3. I mean it. This will protect you not just from people who hope your AO3 email & password are the same as your bank account's, but it also provides an extra level of freedom from loved ones. We've all heard tragic stories of people whose loved ones found their AO3 account and used access to their phone to get it deleted. (In case you need a nudge on #3, yes your school and/or employer can see every email you send or receive, and all it'll take is one overly explicit comment to drag you in for A Conversation.)

Related to 3, I strongly encourage learning how to be anonymous on the internet. Please. Please. Stop using your full name, mentioning your specific home town or identifying landmarks, and if you're under 18 shut up no you're not you're a 23 year old Fine Arts major from Kentuckleburg, Portlegon.

Multifactor authentication is your frenemy. Use it wherever you can and (I cannot stress this enough) do not get in the habit of unquestioningly accepting the login requests. That unexpected text message may save your bank account.

Lie your ass off on your security questions. Favorite color? Bald. Mother's Maiden Name? Chocolate. Street You Grew Up On? Lagrange Point 4. It doesn't matter if you're honest, just that you remember. Some higher tier password lockers will give you space for notes in case you need a reminder.

Get friendly with AO3's support methods. If something is really urgent, really weird, or you just want to be certain before ignoring it, ask. There's no shame in asking questions, and it's better to be sure than to take a risk.

Wdym Nico thinks Percy wants to kill him (even if all Percy ever did to him was desperately trying to bring him to safety).

AND

Percy thinks Nico wants to kill him (even if Nico saved him from the skeleton soldiers at the end of tTC despite all his "I hate you" and "I wish you were dead". Percy even came up with an idea that Nico wants to exchange his life for Bianca's, bc Minos said they need someone "who tricked death" for the exchange — and Percy feels like it should've been him who died).

I've been told that you can switch clients to avoid this, there are a few options other than deer.

People who think theyre cool generally are not

Cool people are also broadly actually not cool deep down

There's no such thing as a cool person. We are all dogs fighting for scraps

Soon this world will be given a new purpose. The existing social structures we know will crumble and collapse

He wondered if Will’s commitment would always be that durable.

Right off the bat we know it smells like rot, decay, and mildew. Calling that gross is not insensitive, it’s TRUE Rick/Mark!! Will being very confused as to how plants are growing in the underworld makes perfect sense! Photosynthesis is a thing!! Even under the sea there is some science-y reason that plants grow at the ocean. Will has no reason to even remotely believe that the place home to the dead/immortal people meant to overlook the dead would house living, growing flora.

I agree with prev that Will isn’t nearly as dark as Nico and THAT should have been the point. In the book the underworld doesn’t feel dark, it’s actually really silly. Everyone they meet there is dumb and goofy that it doesn’t’ at all match the Accept Nico’s Darkness theme they keep trying to make. (Also there’s a point to be made that Nico isn’t “dark” in the book, just mentally ill. He does nothing morally questionable or outside what we’ve seen other characters do. All points of his “darkness” amounts to Will needing to accept that his bf is ill in a way you can’t just heal and THAT should have been the message, not Let Him Be Edgy and Maladaptive.)

A REAL test would have been them seeing Bryce Lawrence and Nico not apologizing for killing him because it was necessary for the quest to succeed and for Reyna to be saved. We should have seen him in the Field of Punishment and Will contend that, yes it’s gruesome there but bad people need to be punished. We should have seen Nico with apathy toward those in Asphodel because they were faceless and noncommittal in life and so they will continue to be so in death. It all would have made Nico’s anger about Amphithemis more grounded rather than a random crash out and hammer in Persephone’s thing about people around death valuing life. Nico would be angry because people should get what they deserve.

To give something a description robs the grusome images or thoughts from readers (who will all perceive it differently).