Forum flame fest turns deadly.
May 25, 2005 10:45 AM Subscribe
"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.
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
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
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.
Damn, beaten on preview by two people and myself.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 10:57 AM on May 25, 2005
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
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
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
posted by Mid at 11:00 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
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
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
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
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
crap, I hate to do this, but.........
posted by HuronBob at 11:08 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
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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
"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
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:29 AM on May 25, 2005
From the "BBC" HTML:
Heh.
posted by brownpau at 11:31 AM on May 25, 2005
<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
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
('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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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
posted by fillsthepews at 12:26 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
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
posted by Jon-o at 12:42 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
posted by Jon-o at 12:45 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
posted by klangklangston at 3:06 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
posted by shoppingforsanity at 11:39 AM on May 26, 2005
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