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Polybius

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15. I'm torn on this one

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 7, 2021, 12:13 AM

Feb 2021

I'm sad that he died but I can't blame the guy Starnes who shot him. He was approached by a two guys with butcher knives who he thought wanted to rob him. It wasn't a case of an itchy trigger finger, they actually stated that it was a robbery. This goes beyond any normal prank.

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Police: Man shot, killed in Hermitage after 'prank robbery' for YouTube video went wrong [View all] ripcord Feb 2021 OP

Example #845,912,865 of why WA-03 Democrat Feb 2021 #1

Early contender for a Darwin Award Clash City Rocker Feb 2021 #2

Stupid prank - but hey, maybe he died laughing... Talitha Feb 2021 #3

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes COL Mustard Feb 2021 #19

Kids looking for fun and fame but not thinking clearly. magicarpet Feb 2021 #4

The "Jackass" generation. I think that movie/show started this insanity. Marie Marie Feb 2021 #5

Yeah, and if they weren't allowed to "carry" a man would still be alive tonite. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #6

We live in the wild, Wild West. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #7

Which should be a good reason to not approach people and try to prank rob them. LisaL Feb 2021 #9

Exactly. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #10

We're actually much less violent than 30 yrs ago with 80M more people. oldsoftie Feb 2021 #11

It's the 24 hour news environment. Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #14

Yep! That and we now have so many videos of people being violent oldsoftie Feb 2021 #18

That is great. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #21

True. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #22

I'm torn on this one Polybius Feb 2021 #15

I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen more often. LudwigPastorius Feb 2021 #8

My guess is that many of these pranks are staged Polybius Feb 2021 #16

And now the pranking victim gets to carry this around for the rest of his life. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #12

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #13

As stupid goes, this ranks right up there... 3catwoman3 Feb 2021 #17

Who in fuck thinks armed robbery is a good subject for a prank? jmowreader Feb 2021 #20