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kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

Is that really what you want? A world where being an asshole is a death sentence? No opportunities to turn yourself around?

I don’t want to live in a world like that, even if I find this guy an absolute tool.

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

100% agreement. Fuck that guy.

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

Tragic, I know.

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

Hey guys, can we quit with the calls for the deaths of assholes? Lemmy.world’s server rules include this:

12. No links to content supporting, featuring, or promoting hate movements, terrorism, mass violence, or calls to violence.

I’ve seen that interpreted as including comments that call for someone’s death, and I don’t want to see this shit get out of hand and draw admin attention.

This particular piece of shit, Tanner Cook, deserves to have his channels shut down, deserves some prison time, and deserves some kind of court order preventing him from pulling stupid “pranks” on anyone ever again. Maybe then he can do something productive with his life, instead of… whatever the fuck it is he’s doing right now.

But he can’t do that if he’s dead.

Being an asshole isn’t a capital offense, worthy of summary execution. And the judge in this case apparently agrees.

So just tone it down a little, OK?

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

As an American… yeah, we’re kinda fucked up that way. No TV is worth someone’s life.

kescusay , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

You’re right, he didn’t die. But if “more of them got beaten or shot” someone would. There has to be a better way to force asshole pranksters to stop besides shooting them.

Look, I’m not defending this idiot, he makes a living out of being a complete wanker to strangers, and this was a predictable outcome. I just don’t wish him dead for it. Much rather see him taken to court and deprived of his ability to make a living doing this shit.

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube prankster says he had no idea he was scaring man who shot him

Hey, this is skirting pretty close to actually being a proponent of violence. Yeah, we all hate internet pranksters who annoy people for views, but that’s not a crime that deserves a death sentence.

kescusay , 11 months ago to technology in Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels

Well. That’s certainly a take.

kescusay , 11 months ago to nottheonion in Nearly 400 monkey skulls seized at Paris airport, destined for US

I thought those were my monkey skulls! Whew, that’s a relief. I’ll call the guys and let them know we’re still on for Saturday.

kescusay , 11 months ago to news in A blood test for long Covid is possible, new research suggests

I have folks in my extended family with long COVID and it suuuuuuuucks. Hopefully this is a step towards being able to treat it.

kescusay , 11 months ago to technology in Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec

Yeah… The moment they do that is the moment I turn off and disconnect every smart speaker I own, take them to the electronics recycling place, and start building out an open-source smart home setup.

I use commercial smart speakers because they’re easy and cheap. The moment they stop being one or the other is the moment they stop being in my home.

kescusay , 11 months ago to news in Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed in strike, Ukraine says

I’ll need to try to track this down. Years ago, I saw a documentary following someone who had just defected from the Soviet Union, and got to watch him go into a grocery store for the first time. The astonishment and disbelief was palpable.

kescusay , 11 months ago to news in Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed in strike, Ukraine says

If they do, it’s going to be hilarious to watch them come up with excuses for why he looks like he’s made of plastic, why the waveform of his voice looks artificial, why the lighting on his head is wrong, and why no one is allowed to interview him.

kescusay , 11 months ago to technology in Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only

Yep. Once they screwed up G+, I committed to never becoming dependent on any Google service beyond Drive and Gmail, and only those two because they’re completely untouchable - Google couldn’t break those without having a mass rebellion on its hands.

kescusay , 11 months ago to technology in Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only

I’m still salty about that. Google+ was fantastic on release. Simple, clean, elegant, and fast. Then they steadily, systematically fucked it up. By the time it was cancelled, it had become unusable.