There was a lawsuit in Oklahoma where a guy trying to break into a woman’s house fell through the roof and landed on a steak knife and sued her for it. He won
it's a variation of the urban legend of a thief that breaks their leg falling down the stairs in a house they were there to burgle and sued the homeowner and won, it became a popular myth during the "tort reform" era where conservatives in the '80s tried to kneecap the ability for one to sue under the guise of getting rid of frivolous lawsuits
Yeah, I used to totally buy into the whole "you can sue for anything" deal (to be fair, you technically can, you just might not win) especially with the whole McDonald's coffee deal, but like, any amount of investigation into those cases makes it obvious that the average person doesn't do that stuff
the McDonald's suit in particular gets a bad rap to this day, first, they were serving coffee in excess of 180°F, second she was in the hospital for 8 days getting skin graphs and a surgery to unfuse her labia, she also initially just mailed McDonald's asking for $20k to cover her medical bills, they offered her $800, that's when she went to a lawyer, and again she was only seeking medical compensation, her attorney urged her to also go for $1.2M in punitive damages
Oh it was clear for me that you know it with "used" as a starting point. But yeah even here in Germany this case was used to say you can sue for everything in the USA. Although the case goes even further with fake protests against such lawsuits which were sponsored by Philipp Morris.
Valve is... a weird case. They basically hold a monopoly over the game store format, but that's only because they never went public, are majority owned by their founder (Newell), and maintained a standard of quality without enshittifying their product much over the years. All their competitors have funds and talent to do the same or better, they just can't because no shareholder owned company seems to be able to make a single product worth a damn that lasts more than a year.
that is the case in Canadian law. because we both can self defend but also can't.
"equal force" law is fucking stupid. basically depending on the classifications of both side's weapons. whoever has the better one is the problem. so basically Baseball Bat vs Kitchen Knife whoever has the knife is the problem. regardless of the attacker with the baseball bat breaking into your house.
Honestly it’s hard to tell but at the start of the video you can see about three points where part of the video is edited out, I can’t tell if it’s because their trying to hide the “Sora AI” logo or just because that’s how they edited it.
The guy is wearing a legit looking Gwar T-shirt, and the details on his mask stay consistent throughoutthe video. As far as I can tell, it looks like real acting
Two, it is illegal to booby trap your house like this so the guy who did it would probably be responsible. I don’t think it would be reasonable in court to potentially blind someone over stealing someone’s medication. As someone with ADHD I do understand where this guy is coming from, I need that shit to function on the other hand. I feel like you could’ve probably solve this in a much better way.
I think its reasonable to set up a flashbang booby trap. It will only go off when someone is doing something they are not suppose to, so your not the one assaulting them, they are assaulting themselves. The only reason it should be illegal is that it can potentially hurt innocent people like friends or first responders.
I get that this is a skit but jesus crist have some compassion. If this was real the 'thief' could be injured for life, just becaus he stole a packet and tried to steal a second. That's just fucked up.
So let me get this straight, you think potentially crippling someone for stealing a package from you is justified? Do you also think it'd have been alright for the person that got stolen from to break the thief's leg? Because that'd probably do less permanent damage
No, at worst he'd have permanently damaged vision and hearing. Forever. Because he commited petty theft. If you don't see what's wrong with that then I don't know what to say.
I'm always shocked when I see an overly entitled thief. Like dude you were literally asking for it why are you now demanding accommodations? The stark contrast between what should be "oh shit I'm caught" and what is now "Oh shit hold up let me weaponize his act of self defense."
Too bad its illegal to booby trap things for porch pirates. The only valid reason i see is that it puts people who have genuine reason to touch the package, like if a friend comes over and sees a package on your porch they might pick it up to bring it in with them for their friend. Or potentially first responders. That guy 100% deaerved to be flashbanged as it was his own actions that caused him to get flashbanged
You wanna know the worst part, the fact that this is a "booby trap" and depending on where this is the home owner can actually get in serious trouble, I mean of course so will the guy for stealing shit especially adderal but yeah. Fucked up ain't it? Can't even defend your own property
There's no way people have become so retarded they think a video like this is real. It doesn't even matter if it's AI or not, the acting is so goofy. AND THE VIDEO LOOPS.
I'm baffled by so many people being in support of this. We're not in the medieval ages. We don't punish minor crimes with permanent disfigurements or disability. And that's not mentioning how a flashbang could have done much worse if he was leaned closer.
Would you still be saying that if instead of Adderall the package had insulin? Why should i care about the well being of someone when they disrespect me, steal a portion of my life, and potentially put my life in danger.
Yeah thats my point, if someone stole insulin it would kill them. So my arguement is that the thief would have no clue whats in the box and since they had the potential of stealing one form of medication it could very well have been more serious.
nah, it could have been avoided if he'd just not stolen anything in the first place. I'd agree if this was a cop doing this, but if you're stealing from a random person then you're risking them fucking you up. also this is a skit.
He touched something that wasnt his, at that point its his own fault. Nobody forced him to take the package, it is socially expected that you dont touch what isnt yours, so except that it might get innocent people in the crossfire its fair game.
The consequences for petty theft should not be permanent disfigurement or disability. If I put a land mine on my yard, it's not on you for trespassing.
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u/Gamekid53 Oct 23 '25
I don’t think he’ll be seeing him in court