GWJ Secret Stan 2020: Time to Yeet This Holiday!

And the list is done!

EverythingsTentative
SallyNasty
lunchbox12682
farley3k
Paleocon
UpToIsomorphism
Rahmen
pyxistyx
Eleima
Wayfarer
MaxShrek
mudbunny
Thrawn82
Wizkid
Bubblefuzz
Minotaar
sometimesdee
Rallick
Cartoonin
Antichulius
Tyrian
dejanzie
Kiri
RedJen
sometimesdee
LouZiffer
Link1276
Bonus_Eruptus
Rainsmercy
Corey8J
fuzzyslug
LastSurprise
ActualDragon
gorilla
Aristophan
Hobear
SillyRabbit
Felix Threepaper
Nomedcom
mortalgroove
ThatGuy42

If you're not on the list, now is definitely the time to message me. I'm going to begin sending out notification messages very shortly. As a reminder, please don't respond with your thanks. I appreciate it, and you're welcome to post it here if you're just bursting with gratitude, but my inbox is going to be hopping for the next while, and anything that keeps it from clogging up would be helpful.

Hear that y'all? We need to find creative and creepy ways to say thanks. I think mine will be to find a way to write thanks on the inside of Trichy's facemask while he is wearing it? That way when taken off he has both horror and gratitude....

Hobear wrote:

Hear that y'all? We need to find creative and creepy ways to say thanks. I think mine will be to find a way to write thanks on the inside of Trichy's facemask while he is wearing it? That way when taken off he has both horror and gratitude....

Cool.
I'm writing a bot to send him PMs every 30 seconds.

Watch your PMs, people. I'm missing some information from a few of you, and it's disrupting the elves in their work to pair you degenerates up.

So, whomever has me, I will be putting my list in here and/or providing links to various lists.

I apologize in advance.

Somebody in heap big trouble.

Mhwahahaha!! It begins!

trichy wrote:

Watch your PMs, people. I'm missing some information from a few of you, and it's disrupting the elves in their work to pair you degenerates up.

Oops.

Excellent...
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That moment when you come up with an idea that is 100% perfect for your victim.

Cool.

Edit. Delete. I shall find another way to uncover.

I'm going to have to add some Steam friends, ... so, just because I friend you up, don't get me wrong, don't think you got it made ...

SillyRabbit wrote:

I'm going to have to add some Steam friends, ... so, just because I friend you up, don't get me wrong, don't think you got it made ... :)

Yes, time to send friend requests to the whole participant list in an attempt at obfuscation.

No one is allergic to scorpions, right??

We are GWJ, we eat murder butts for breakfast!

All PMs have been sent. If you haven't gotten assigned a victim from me, I need to know. If you have issues, I need to know. If you want to wax philosophical about your love of murderbutts, I don't need to know that, but I do want to know.

Good hunting, all.

A general reminder that's been helpful in previous years - while stalking is fun, if you have some things you might really be interested in too feel free to post a list (amazon or other).

And unlike me at this point, make sure it's filled in....

A few reminders:

- Check your PMs! There are a LOT of requests for additional information that I'm routing from gifter to giftee, and your quick responses help your loot ship much faster.

- All of us understand that circumstances can make it impossible for you to participate, especially during this year. That's okay. Just let me know as soon as you do, and I will take care of it. I'll reallocate Santas to make sure that your giftee still receives a present.

- Don't obsess too much over the wishlist information or lack thereof. I've done this three years now, and not once have I had someone complain about what they've received. We've seen presents from homemade scarves, a tupperware container of cookies, to knives and tomahawks. This is supposed to be fun. If you don't have a clue, choose something distinctive from your region, or just pick something you think is awesome.

- Pictures of your unboxing are gold. Video is even better. The best part about this thread is seeing the visual evidence of all of the chaos.

- Any questions, issues, concerns, confusing dreams starring Bubblefuzz and mudbunny in the middle of the night, send me a PM. You can also email me (address below). I'll do what I can as soon as I can.

On a personal note, thank you all so much for letting me be a part of this each year. 2020 has been a dumpster fire, and it's genuinely helped to know that no matter what, there was going to be one perfectly kind and wonderful thing I got to be involved in this year. You're all the best, and if anyone says otherwise, I'll send Bitey the rabid reindeer to take their thumbs.

trichy wrote:

On a personal note, thank you all so much for letting me be a part of this each year. 2020 has been a dumpster fire, and it's genuinely helped to know that no matter what, there was going to be one perfectly kind and wonderful thing I got to be involved in this year. You're all the best, and if anyone says otherwise, I'll send Bitey the rabid reindeer to take their thumbs.

Such a great display of both gratitude and humility, thanking us when you're the one making all this fun possible. I can only imagine the number of messages, replies, references, cross-references, copies, and pastes, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera . . . you must be doing to make this whole thing work.

Thank YOU for all that and the many, many things you're doing that I failed to imagine. It's a treat seeing all the fun unfold. Thanks for keeping the fun rolling another year!

Clicking on a user's name next to one their posts will bring you to their GWJ profile. This let's you see their Favorites list (a possible resource for diving what they like, or at least what they pay attention to) and Recent Activity list (somewhat helpful, but hard to find individual posts for that user). It requires paging through a bunch of the Recent Activity posts to find the actual postings from them.

Click the More menu item at the top of the GWJ site and plug their name into the search box. That'll present search results that contains pages mentioning that user, often posts of their own or posts quoting them. If you're not a Google user, you can get similar results with syntax like this at your favorite search engine:

trichy site:gamerswithjobs.com

What Secret Stanta Tips and Tricks would you care to share with other Stalkers?

Aaaaand, I have friended everyone I wasn't already friends with on Steam.

.. has anybody tried to mail a fart before?

Yes. The key is to use a truly airtight container like a coffee can. You want to really make sure you get the can right up tight to your ass when you let the fart go, and then slam that lid on right away. This message brought to you by Adam Corolla.

When it too early to send a gift? I am thinking of buying a digital gift for my person which would mean they would have it pretty much instantly but somehow "before Halloween" seems a bit too early.

If you were getting something digitally from one of us for Christmas would you like it already or would you prefer something when the holiday spirt was a bit more in swing?

ThatGuy42 wrote:

Yes. The key is to use a truly airtight container like a coffee can. You want to really make sure you get the can right up tight to your ass when you let the fart go, and then slam that lid on right away. This message brought to you by Adam Corolla.

I think Adam Savage did it better. Sit in a tub, catch the bubble, transfer bubble into vacuum sealed container.

EverythingsTentative wrote:
ThatGuy42 wrote:

Yes. The key is to use a truly airtight container like a coffee can. You want to really make sure you get the can right up tight to your ass when you let the fart go, and then slam that lid on right away. This message brought to you by Adam Corolla.

I think Adam Savage did it better. Sit in a tub, catch the bubble, transfer bubble into vacuum sealed container.

Still some losses experienced here. Even in the short time through water, some of the aromatics and polar components of the flatus will be lost to the water.

I'd estimate your best bet would be to fly into space, fart, and then catch it in a vacuum sealed container for maximum flatus.

What's the policy this year on murderbutts?

USPS wrote:

526.5 Live Scorpions
The mailing of scorpions is limited by the restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 1716. Under this limitation, scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research use or the manufacture of antivenin. Scorpions are nonmailable under any other circumstances. See Exhibit 526.5 for mailing conditions that apply to permissible shipments.

Exhibit 526.5
Restrictions on Mailing Live Scorpions
Live scorpions are mailable only if EACH of the following conditions is met:
1. Must be for delivery only within the continental United States.
2. May be sent only by surface transportation.
3. Must be sent only for special purposes of either:
Medical research use.
Manufacture of antivenin.
4. Must be properly packaged prior to mailing, as follows:
Live scorpions is packed in a double container system, with each receptacle closed or fastened in such a way as to prevent escape.
Inner receptacle is made of material that cannot be punctured by a scorpion.
Inner receptacle is marked “Live Scorpions.”
Cushioning material is used to prevent shifting of the inner receptacle.
Design of packaging is of sufficient strength, as required in 522, to prevent crushing of the mailpiece or escape of the contents during normal Postal Service handling and transport.
Address side of mailpiece is clearly marked “Live Scorpions.”

https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52...

Secret STanta counts as medical research, from a certain point of view

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