(not mine)
This is it. Don’t get scared now.
Meanwhile, my neighbor kicked my dog, threatened to shoot my other dog, and then came onto my property and threatened to hurt me in front of my kids. To this day, he’s confused about why I don’t want to be his friend or talk to him.
…all because my little dog smelled his chicken, which he didn’t even have enclosed, which is the law
…all because my little dog smelled his chicken, which he didn’t even have enclosed, which
Yup we’re clearly missing some obvious piece of context in here
He was drunk. His yard was legally supposed to be enclosed, just like mine. My dogs used to go to his house all the time and play (he would intentionally let them come to his house and play with his dogs and vice versa)Yes, even with his chickens out, which my dogs peacefully interacted with numerous times.
Sniper-man could be anyone. Even you!
A lot of people seem to be invested in this and need context. This happened a couple of years ago. He and I always had open door policies because our dogs were playmates. My dogs were used to going over there regularly, and they always played and were gentle with his chickens. My smaller dog went over there, just like he was so used to doing, smelled my neighbors chicken for about 2 seconds, then went to find his dog friend. My neighbor was very drunk, and kicked my small dog and tried saying he was going to “kill” his chickens, but we all watched as he just smelled his chicken, like he always did, and moved on. Then he threatened to shoot my husky, who wasn’t actually on their property, but outside of it, along with one of his chickens, which also wasn’t on his property. My husky sniffed the chicken and then ignored it. As he said that he was actively hopping the fence and on MY property. Then he got in my face and threatened to hurt me, all while my kids watched, simply because I told him his behavior was bullshit since all our animals were playmates, that they always came into his property and vice versa, and that hes even encouraged it, and gave them treats, just like we did with his dogs, and that his chickens are supposed to be enclosed and not wandering around (since it was now an issue for him). This was after we initially tried apologizing in a civil manner. He still did this. We called the cops, and they lied through their teeth (he and his wife) and said both my dogs attacked his chickens and drew blood (which 100% did NOT happen). Cops said we were in the wrong because our dogs need to be leashed, but again, we looked into it, and yes, even though we were lead to believe that our dogs were allowed over their anytime, our dogs cannot wander into someone else’s property, otherwise they have a right to shoot them I guess. But he was also in the wrong, because his animals weren’t in an enclosed area either. My partner refused to press charges because she said “he was just drunk” but I called bullshit and very much wanted to press charges.
I thought he and I were cool before this. I let him hunt on my property, he would give us some of the things he’s grown, etc. Now I just ignore him and keep our animals leashed on our property. He keeps trying to be my friend. One day I had to tell him to leave me alone please, and he and his friend tried to threaten me again.
Twist; the car owner was working on his car
We all should have a friendly neighborhood sniper-man
Does whatever a sniper can
Does he shoot? Yes he can. That’s why he’s, sniper man.
in the chill of the night
Sniper-Man, Sniper-Man,
Does whatever a Sniper can
Shoots BBs any size,
When converter thieves arrive.
Look out, here comes the Sniper-Man
Is he strong?
Listen, bud-
He’s got regular human blood.
He can shoot at your head.
You can run, you won’t be dead.
Hey there, there goes the Sniper-Man
Bravo!
Thank you. I’m no Weird Al, but I have my moments.
Yeah! I can’t foresee any potential problems with that. It’s not like we have anybody else who is given guns and claim to “protect and serve”. Also I’m sure everybody would be very comfortable with always being watched from above through the optics of a high powered rifle.
(To be clear I know you’re joking. Hence the thick layer of /s)
Cops love the Punisher. They should be absolutely fine with a gun toting vigilante… right?
I like how they intentionally crossed out the correctly spelled brand name that this fake note is trying to push.
Some jacked on uppers marketing bro thinks he is a complete genius for this.
Thought that was a generic term, so that’s nice. Xerox that trademark!
If it’s real, RIP the person whose house the car was parked outside. The strap I’m most worried about is tucked into the losers’ waistbands.
Tangentially related: I was driving in kinda-rural SE Pennsylvania last year and I passed an auto repair place that had a big lit-up sign that said “WE BUY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS”. It was so blatant that I figured for sure it was a police honeypot, but if it wasn’t, that’s just all kinds of fucked up.
It could be a police honeypot, but if it was a small town or something, they may just pay the cops off.
And that’s the last time I tried to change my own oil at the apartment complex…
Nah, just next time you’re stealing a cat, use floodlights and hi-viz, no one will even look at you.
Hail corporate.
Oh you God morons are going to start posting here too?
Oh shit, my bad, iheartcheese. I didn’t realize this space was restricted exclusively for high quality discourse. Judging from the beans, denim, tits, cats, and propaganda littering the front page of any non-filtered Lemmy aggregate, and given the general theme of a place called justpost, I just took it for granted that general shittery was the norm rather than the exception, ergo: memes, cliches, etc., welcome. My sincerest apologies. Obviously I’m the asshole here.
so brave
So…it was a joke? You aren’t actually one of those morons who believe corporate brain washing made him post this?
Hailcorporate is supposed to be a way of calling out marketing posts disguised as real events.
Considering the note was signed “your neighbor” and outlines a set of events that would be incredibly unlikely in real life, and there’s a specific brand called out to “stop this from happening to you”…
I’m not OP and I’m not the person you were replying to, and maybe this makes me a cynic, but since it doesn’t matter either way for this post I’d say the advice to protect your catalytic converter is good advice and I’m going to intentionally avoid the named brand on the likelihood that they tried to guerilla market and have people spread their ad for them which is what I see.
That was how it started. But then they ‘grew’ and started saying any time a normal person posts anything with the name of a product they are doing so because corporate brain washing has affected them and they are doing so against their will. Seriously, go look at the side bar on their sub. it says so.
I seriously doubt this is an ad because…well…who’s gonna bother with fake ad posts on this tiny pointless little corner of the web? So…he must be one of the brainwashing flavor of crazies.
In other words…a moron.
I’ll clarify my own take separate from the discussion of the original subreddit: I don’t think an advertising person posted this to Lemmy, I think an advertising person made the original photo, shared it on probably Facebook, got enough organic interaction for other people to start sharing it with good intentions and without much thought as to whether it actually happened or not, and OP saw and posted it here after it filtered out to the wider internet.
I can see how someone would say that what I described is brainwashing with extra steps, but I think of it more as an exploitation by marketers who know that people don’t usually expend more critical thinking on ultimately harmless pictures shared online.
I dunno, it’s a hard thing to be militant about, because it’s always a personal read.
When I was working for a summer camp watching over preteens, they had a game night in the cabin with Apples to Apples (a Cards Against Humanity for kids (which I believe predates CAH but more people are likely to know that then apples to apples)). One of them was getting frustrated that their answers weren’t getting picked, and I decided at the time to mention something along the lines of “well, maybe he likes less serious answers and likes more sarcastic ones”.
They latched on, and from that moment forward all they could talk about was how variously much they either liked or didn’t like sarcasm, and would ask every round whether the judge for the round “was sarcastic or not”.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the same filtered parroting is what you’re against, and if so I would agree and also say that I do think that the call-out is appropriate on this post. I don’t want to put words in your mouth though, so if I’m off-base I’ll be happy to stand corrected.
Based.
Must read.
and I’m going to intentionally avoid the named brand on the likelihood that they tried to guerilla market and have people spread their ad for them which is what I see.
I think that’s a bad idea just because if this is not guerilla marketing, it might actually be the best choice. The thing to do is research the brand.
I disagree, but I’m willing to accept it as my hangup. It’s potentially problematic, but I feel a strong hatred towards being manipulated into buying something. I feel that way about this product, and am actively choosing to never consider giving them money because of that.
If it weren’t a catalytic converter protector, maybe I’d give them more consideration, but seeing as how this is literally a strip of conductive material that sets off an alarm if it’s cut as compared to beefier metal options that will physically delay and deter thieves, and I don’t live in an area with really much of any rate of catalytic converter theft, and I don’t like what I’ve perceived to be a scummy marketing tactic, I’m out.
I have no idea what the product is like in this case, so that’s fair. And I would, of course, not presume to tell you how to spend your money. I guess I’m thinking about similar “friendly suggestions” I have gotten to use Linux over the years which, if I didn’t know Linux wasn’t (inherently) commercial, might have thought meant that Linux was an inferior product that was being guerilla marketed. And I would only know that by looking it up.
Not the best analogy, but I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.
we were on your side until you kept talking
Who is “we”?
Whoever this person is I will buy them a case of beer or whatever they want.
Once when I worked in a pediatric hospital, a nurse went to drive home from the underground parking lot, and the car was making a terrible racket, so she went to the mechanic and her converter has been stolen. Like stealing from nurses at a pediatric hospital full of sick and dying children is pretty disgusting.
Wow. That person should be subjected to a BB gun firing squad
Eagle Eye Dave. A true hero, and a real mensch.
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Come now, no need to be so dramatic. It was an air rifle…not an AR15.
I just remembered what a bb gun is.
I always get the impression people making these types of ineffectual statements are thieves. After all if you are a thief you wouldn’t want to get shot and you would welcome a place where you can steal at will.
you make it sound like somebody was shot to death or at least left bleeding. it’s a bb gun my dude, it only hurts
wild that this is a controversial statement
It’s not controversial, it’s misleading. Clarify that we’re saying “shoot with a BB gun” and it’ll be a lot clearer.
Legendary neighbor
I like how they crossed out catstrap and rewrote catstrap. “no, that’s not what it’s called… Hey frank what’s that thing called to strap down the cat converter? A catstrap? Oh OK that was it…”
Good tactic for selling car straps. Maybe he runs a catstrap company in the area.
Nice but I always found glorification and excitement with violence jarring. Too many people have this righteous justice fetish where they just look for an excuse to shoot someone. Somehow most are from USA but it could just be a coincidence.
Be like faramir “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” Violence and its tools isn’t to be excited about in itself. It just sometimes is a morbid reality when all else fails.
Too many people would want to kill that thief excited to try out their new glock and too many people would applaud the doer.
Ok but how do you suggest we stop people from stealing catalytic converters?
Fix economy
could someone who knows more than me tell me if you could potentially cop an assault with a deadly weapon charge for that?
Plausibly, but unlikely. Criminals aren’t always the sharpest tools in the shed, but not many of them are going to go to the cops and tell them about how the mean old neighbor got them with a BB gun while they were trying to steal a catalytic converter.
I’d honestly be a lot more worried about the thief directly retaliating.
you’d really have to be able to prove that’s what they were doing.
They would have a harder time proving that you did it while not exposing themselves.
I mean unless you’ve got something other than the shooter’s word, the guy can say he was just kneeling down to tie his shoes. or that he dropped something and it rolled under the vehicle
battery.
Nah they were trying to get the catalytic converter.
