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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Sniper-man could be anyone. Even you!
This is it. Don't get scared now.
Twist; the car owner was working on his car
We all should have a friendly neighborhood sniper-man
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.
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.
Eagle Eye Dave. A true hero, and a real mensch.
Legendary neighbor
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.
battery.
Nah they were trying to get the catalytic converter.
If this is a true story there is probably some damage unless BB gun guy stays strapped.
Somebody failed to hand out a free cat delete...
Oh no, it's Ol' Blue!
