Forum flame fest turns deadly.

May 25, 2005 10:45 AM

"I can't tell you where I am, but I can tell you I love free wireless internet. I know some of you like those fools, but they were trying to front and I can't let that lie." The BBC News article declares, Message Board Argument Ends In Murder, describing how an argument on a San Diego web forum prompted one member to shoot two others. Except the "message board argument" isn't over. The BBC piece linked directly to the thread where the fight began, so the moderator removed the original posts and started a new one to talk about the murders. Now the alleged shooter, still on the run, is apparenly back on the board, taunting his shocked former friends. It's been a weird week on the Internet.
posted by pzarquon (62 comments total)

Well that's dumb.
posted by rxrfrx at 10:51 AM on May 25, 2005

This is fake. Kinda funny how far they're running with it, though.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 10:52 AM on May 25, 2005

Uh... the BBC link above doesn't go to the BBC's website.

The real BBC website has no record of the word "Pastuer" or "Pingay" (as listed in the article). It does however have search functionality that goes back several years.

I'd say this is a non-event.

Beaten on preview by the Iron Chef.
posted by lowlife at 10:54 AM on May 25, 2005

Fake

Oh, beaten on preview twice over.
posted by nobody at 10:55 AM on May 25, 2005

FAKE.

Damn, beaten on preview by two people and myself.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 10:57 AM on May 25, 2005

I'd be tempted to just say, "that's how we roll in the SD, bitches," but I looking at the photo in the "BBC article"...I don't think those are SDPD uniforms. The SDPD certainly doesn't wear star-shaped badges. Nice try.
posted by LionIndex at 10:58 AM on May 25, 2005

Well, the "Put this link everywhere you can" line was a bit of a giveaway. Sorry for the lame link, folks. Shoulda just stuck with "Towel Day."
posted by pzarquon at 10:59 AM on May 25, 2005

Okay, so what's the story with the fake? What's radpin.com, for instance. There's still some scooby sleuthing to be done here.
posted by Mid at 11:00 AM on May 25, 2005

Someone needs a geography lesson...
posted by mkultra at 11:01 AM on May 25, 2005

They're talking about this at Monkeyfilter.

Let's just link back and forth between monkeyfilter until we create some sort of never-ending loop that crashed the internet.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 11:02 AM on May 25, 2005

Hmm, so the "BBC news" page was supposedly "Last Updated: Monday, 2 May, 2005, 07:46 GMT 08:46 UK" (according to the tag at the top) but it's talking about a murder that happened today. The BBC news site doesn't do inline links like that either. Crap fake.
posted by r1ch at 11:03 AM on May 25, 2005

This isn't a joke anymore man. I can't fucking believe that you wasted two fools with a pump shotty to their grill, and now you're posting about it on the fucking message board.

You've gotta admit, that's some quality writing, though. Yo.
posted by fungible at 11:04 AM on May 25, 2005

I can't wait for the story about some guy who kept getting his ass kicked in Unreal Tournament or Halo or something and then goes to find the guy who's been kicking his ass and kills him in rea life.

Its just a matter of time.
posted by fenriq at 11:07 AM on May 25, 2005

iron chef.... don't get that darn recursive thing going..
crap, I hate to do this, but.........
posted by HuronBob at 11:08 AM on May 25, 2005

after looking at the photo....
posted by LionIndex at 11:14 AM on May 25, 2005

HuronBob:

What, are you gonna track me down and kill me? You don't have the cajones.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 11:15 AM on May 25, 2005

I can't track you down, because that would just make this darn story part of a never ending cycle of ugly images of pain and suffering...and the internet would implode twice in one day and NONE of us would survive.
posted by HuronBob at 11:17 AM on May 25, 2005

Shotties to the grill for all of you!


*Totally gonna happen someday* The internet, in addition to other things, is the greatest asshole enabler of all time.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:18 AM on May 25, 2005

I just wanted to say, fake or not, I love each and every one of you.

Group hug?
posted by mathowie at 11:21 AM on May 25, 2005

You are so dumb for posting this, pzarquon. How you ever show your face on the internets again is beyond me.
posted by xmutex at 11:21 AM on May 25, 2005

Aw, Matt, I love you too man, even though you're just frontin', bitch!
posted by scody at 11:23 AM on May 25, 2005

How awesome would that be...

Internet Messageboard Discussion of Internet-Messageboard-Discussion-Murder-Hoax Leads to Actual Murder
posted by iron chef morimoto at 11:24 AM on May 25, 2005

From elsewhere on the forum:

"Bruce and someone else needs to make a fake darma thread in that one I locked so it can look like a murder really did take place."
posted by Jairus at 11:27 AM on May 25, 2005

*Hugs everyone, certainly out of love, partially out of paranoid desire to pat down and check for concealed weapons in case all my bitchmade fronting has caused anger amongst fools*
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:29 AM on May 25, 2005

From the "BBC" HTML:
<meta name="Description" content="someone pulls a big joke HUR HUR HUR." />

Heh.
posted by brownpau at 11:31 AM on May 25, 2005

Hey, xmutex! U talk big 4 a guy on the Internets, bucko. Why don't you come out here and say that TO MY FACE???!!11

Though that'd be a hell of a long drive...
posted by pzarquon at 11:31 AM on May 25, 2005

OMG BITCHES! Y'all best back the fuck up, back the fuck up, know what I'm sayin'?
('Cuz when I'm on the mic, there won't be no delayin'.)
Can't help thinking of the Bruce sketch...
posted by klangklangston at 11:36 AM on May 25, 2005

I need an Internet antipode. It sounds like fun. Any takers?
posted by Plutor at 11:37 AM on May 25, 2005

If this is fake - which I won't dispute -- what's with the picture of the "victim's mother being held back" then?
posted by twiggy at 11:38 AM on May 25, 2005

This is all so meta, my head asplode.

That said, I love each and every one of you, I never meant any of those things I said, and please don't come and pump a shotty all up in my grill.

Unless that's not as bad as it sounds.
posted by jennaratrix at 11:41 AM on May 25, 2005

twiggy writes "If this is fake - which I won't dispute -- what's with the picture of the 'victim's mother being held back' then?"

It is a picture of A victims mother being held back. The world does not lack for those.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:45 AM on May 25, 2005

"I can't wait for the story about some guy who kept getting his ass kicked in Unreal Tournament or Halo or something and then goes to find the guy who's been kicking his ass and kills him in real life.

"It's just a matter of time."

It's happened at an Internet cafe. Coquitlam (a suburb of Vancouver, Canada), January 2003.
posted by russilwvong at 11:47 AM on May 25, 2005

This discussion about the fake discussion is a fake.
posted by elderling at 11:47 AM on May 25, 2005

I love how someone apparently registered on the boards to post to the thread, and seems to be spoiling the joke before the show could really begin.

By the by, the "shooter," Bruce, posted a thread just last month titled, "Today's Metafilter Goodness."
posted by pzarquon at 11:49 AM on May 25, 2005

The feds couldn't find their dick if it was in Jack Ruby's ass.

Heh.
posted by delmoi at 11:51 AM on May 25, 2005

pzarquon, I'd rather do a meetup than a showdown. Don't worry about the drive, I am your neighbor.
posted by scottymac at 11:52 AM on May 25, 2005

Pshaw.

Jon-o's been dead for two weeks and I, his murderer, have been posting in his place. You didn't even notice! HA!

I'm off to AskMe to find out how I can get rid of this corpsey stink...
posted by Jon-o at 11:53 AM on May 25, 2005

Jon-O #2:

kitty litter.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 11:59 AM on May 25, 2005

*reloads*
posted by quonsar at 12:05 PM on May 25, 2005

Almost exactly the same thing happened to me once: I met in a coffeeshop a guy I'd been chatting with online. He spilled some coffee on my jacket and didn't even offer to pay for the dry cleaning.
posted by anapestic at 12:15 PM on May 25, 2005

And then he was all like, booyaah, bitch feel the wrath of my half-caf. Ice-cold man, just brrrr, chilly.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:21 PM on May 25, 2005

I totally call shens on this.
posted by fillsthepews at 12:26 PM on May 25, 2005

YHBT.
YHL.
HAND.
posted by mosch at 12:31 PM on May 25, 2005

And then he was all like, booyaah, bitch feel the wrath of my half-caf. Ice-cold man, just brrrr, chilly.

Those are, in fact, the exact words that he posted on his blog the next day. But all the pantywaist said at the time was, "Oops." I should have taken him out with my Uzi when I had the chance.
posted by anapestic at 12:32 PM on May 25, 2005

Can anyone tell me if there's a pig farm in southeast PA? This Jon-o guy is getting really ripe.
posted by Jon-o at 12:42 PM on May 25, 2005

In other news...
posted by brownpau at 12:43 PM on May 25, 2005

Oh yeah, real great advice Iron Chef. Now, I've got this body that not only smells, but it's covered in this grit that I keep getting stuck in my feet and tracking all over his carpets. And his cats keep trying to dig in him. What a mess.
posted by Jon-o at 12:45 PM on May 25, 2005

At least I don't have to feed them anymore...
posted by Jon-o at 12:48 PM on May 25, 2005

You used the cheap kitty litter, didn't you?
posted by anapestic at 12:56 PM on May 25, 2005

Personally I think MeTa would benefit from a rule stating that all threads must end in a cage-match with chainsaws.
posted by ori at 1:09 PM on May 25, 2005

I meant put him in a tub or something, then fill it with kitty litter. Not just dump it on a corpse in the middle of the room.

Jeez, if you want to go through life half-assing everything...
posted by iron chef morimoto at 1:09 PM on May 25, 2005

I dunno. I just used whatever he had.
I'm not going out to buy any, that's for sure.
What would you think if you saw some guy covered in stale gore buying 50lb of cat litter?

Iron Chef:
The tub isn't an option. You don't want to know.
posted by Jon-o at 1:11 PM on May 25, 2005

brownpau!
posted by taz at 1:13 PM on May 25, 2005

Jon-o: Ask and ye shall receive!
posted by stet at 1:28 PM on May 25, 2005

stet. Good job on the advice.
Although I'm thinking that my best bet at this point would be to just get some more cats...
posted by Jon-o at 1:51 PM on May 25, 2005

That doesn't sound like Pesty.
posted by norm at 2:02 PM on May 25, 2005

How do we know THIS thread isn't all made up?

I think my head just exploded.
posted by sdrawkcab at 2:23 PM on May 25, 2005

Shut up, hippie.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 2:32 PM on May 25, 2005

I do hope that when he shot them, he yelled "Pwned!!!!!"
posted by klangklangston at 3:06 PM on May 25, 2005

Guys, I think this is a fake.
posted by graventy at 8:00 PM on May 25, 2005

Yeah totally fake. The author comes clean.
posted by w0mbat at 9:56 PM on May 25, 2005

This is a pretty crazy joke. Seems a bit violent to me... it's pretty cool that they got so many people to believe it though...
posted by shoppingforsanity at 11:39 AM on May 26, 2005