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Ive found the CanyonChasers podcast is decent background listening about MotoGP, bike setup, interviews, etc. It's hosted by 2 track instructors; one with an engineering background and the other with former dealer/ brand marketing connections it seems. They seem to have enough pull to get decent interviews at least.

But I've heard a couple subtle shots at an unnamed moto YouTuber with a large following and it seems to be Fortnine? And it seems to mostly come from Dave's side.

In one episode they mention losing respect for an April fools video about gear armor which is pretty obvious. In their most recent episode they talk about someone talking about their peen and being wrong "80% of the time" in the context of a firing order conversation.

To be frank, I couldnt care less about influencer drama but I do care about the credibility/trustworthiness of these larger infotainment content creators. Especially when testing pieces of their advice in an inherently risky hobby.

Curious where this all stems from.

Edit: fucked up the title. mean to say 'White Bone' is the 'Hours in Silence' sequel we needed

Shout out to BabyM for knotting this man up so bad. Fuego music

I've had my debit card locked for years. Never use it.

Earlier this week I unlocked it to pay ad valorem tax at a county office and I guess I forgot to relock it. 2 days later, today, I get a text message about a -1/+1 debt and credit from POS WECHAT INTERNATIONAL AMSTERDAM. Obviously fraud. I know what WeChat is and I've never used it.

I google it and find reddit threads discussing the exact same phenomenon with other Chase customers from months ago. So there was obviously some sort of breach at Chase that is being exploited.

Anyway I google Chase's fraud phone number. Unfortunately it's not super clear which one is the proper line as there are 3 different numbers for various types of fraud. However if you go to different landing pages there are different SETS of these 3 numbers. I end up between these 2 numbers; 1-866-564-2262 / 1-800-978-8664. I pick the first one.

The call starts trying to setup some sort of voice recognition/authentication. No thanks. I just press 0 until it gets to an operator.

Maybe this is going to be controversial but I was immediately uncomfortable when the representative had a heavy South Asian accent. I understand that there are many legitimate operations out of South Asia but I've had enough near miss scams in the past that I was immediately on edge.

The representative asks for information to authenticate me. I give him the card number, my name, address, he finds the account. I tell him about the fraudulent charges and he tells me he can't do anything because the charge was credited already...

Huh?

He repeats that he cannot open a fraud claim because the fraudulent charge was already refunded by the vendor... Ok but my card is compromised and being used fraudulently... Oh ok let me transfer you to retail to get you a new card. I'm not sure why I needed to spell this out to a fraud specialist.

I'm transferred to another person, again with a South Asian accent, who asks for even more information. I give it. Then he asks me to unlock the card...

Huh?

Why is Chase unable to replace a card that is locked? It's their internal system. Whether a card is locked or not should have no bearing on their ability to cancel it and replace it.

At that point I just hang up and call the other number. Again, I get a representative with a South Asian accent that asks me even more questions including the PIN of the card... I ask him why he needs this information to cancel and reissue a card? He skips that and then asks me to unlock the card...

...

At that point I ask him to please direct me on how to do it myself as I'm not comfortable with any of their processes. He directs me to go to the Chase App. I tell him I don't use the app and am on the website instead. He freezes. I end up just figuring it out myself, reporting the card as lost and applying for a replacement before he could find his instructions.

I explain to him my frustration with being asked to do a ton of weird stuff in an already low trust interaction... and in the end I basically wound up solving my own issue. It's almost like they don't deal with this on a daily basis. He apologized. I asked him to clearly note the 2 debit charges on my account as fraudulent and that was the end.

I'll emphasize that all the representatives were cordial and polite but I think Chase could definitely improve their processes here.

end rant