Gizmodo
Our mothers stressed two things: don't steal and wash your hands after using the bathroom. Although we're sometimes lax about the second one—we're busy bloggers here!—the first is definitely a rule to live by. Turns out these people's mothers didn't do their jobs so well.
Apparently, a friend of Evan's left her Sidekick II in a car, bought a new one to replace it and found out someone had not only found her sidekick but took pictures of themselves with it. Even better, they signed onto their AIM accounts and left their login names. Evan decided to contact the thief and was called a "white bitch" and hit with "i got ball this is my adress [redacted] come n do it iam give u the sidekick so I can hit you wit it". Classy.
So he decided to post the address, pictures, screen name and Myspace profile link of the thieves online to try to shame them into submission. The morals of the story? Don't take other people's stuff, give up when you're caught, and 14 year old girls shouldn't take slutty pictures of themselves and post it to Myspace.
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Those people look like scrubs. I wonder how many people would have returned it though; I once had my car broken into in DC, and the thief took my CD's...I had a check book taken also, but I received it in the mail about 2 weeks later, no checks taken.
This is news why?
...I think its because it happened and then they want us to know about it. And I didnt know about it so its news to me. Thus it is news. Good news to be exact.
Right on! I'm sure things like this happen all the time, but at least someone can be taught a lesson about the Golden Rule. I'm sure they'd be threatening someone that kept their Sidekick, too. From the sounds of it, they'd probably do MORE than just threaten. I hope they get whatever it is they deserve, even if it is just humiliation.
i was intrigued by this, therefore it is news. it even happened the day before it was posted! whattaya know
whoops. forgot it's wednesday so it was posted the day it happened. even better!
Meh, she looks like every other Corona hoodrat. But I'd let her buy me dinner. Mwahaha.
Mmm, does no one think that this is the lamest way of dealing with a thief ever? "No! I won't come 'round there and take it back, or call it the police... I'll embarass you on the internet! HAHA!"
Conor M, totally agreed. Skanks like these aren't going to feel humiliated by a few nerds sending them rude emails. No-one they know will find out what they did, and even if they were to, they wouldn't care. "Oh sh*t were on Gizmodo! We better give it back to them." I don't think so. Two effective courses of action: i) Violence ii) Law
Actually... if you read the actual article, you'll see he has been in contact with the police and they have been advising him the best course of action to get the phone back. Try reading before speaking (or commenting).
Chuck an apostrophe into my last comment.
I don't think those photos are all that slutty. But what is with that fat dude?
Reminds me of the "broken laptop I sold on Ebay" story on Consumerist. Check out the internet-vigilantism goodness here.
You know, I'm pretty sure that in all that text, they do mention how they've been in contact with the NYPD.
I not returning the Sidekick is wrong but calling the photos slutty is not only hyperbole but completely off (even if you're a prude right-winger).
They're not slutty? Aww. Gee thanks, takeshi, you just ruined the start of my day. ;)
You can't shame the shameless. And there's an old proverb (loosely translated from Russian) that says: "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and annoys the pig".
It's news because it's fast becoming an internet meme.
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