Life in Prison For a Glitter Bomb?! (ft. Mark Rober)

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[LegalEagle]

👮‍♂ How would you Mark Rober your way out of jail?

[bsl]

I'd argue that nobody's sued Mark Rober because "I was stealing packages when it exploded glitter all over me" isn't a great way to start a suit

[captianmorgan]

My girlfriend wore a glitter covered dress to prom. 4 years and several cleanings later, including a professional detailing, there is still glitter in the car.

[TheCatIsAMonster]

It’d be pretty awkward for someone to go up to police/court and say “ So after I stole the box and got back home I opened it and it sprayed glitter everywhere.”

[jeremywhittington]

Rober didn’t instigate contact with anyone… he placed a box on HIS porch, and a thief stole it!

[Xershade]

The main thing that stuck out for me with those two women, they actively chased down the person to continue assaulting him. That's clear cut proof it wasn't "just a prank", they had malicious intent when they pursued someone who was fleeing.

[Taneth]

I mean, it's fairly obvious, Mark is placing the glitter bombs outside his own house (or the houses of willing participants) in packages addressed to the occupants of said house. Nobody is being forced to trespass on those properties and steal the mail, so if they were to attempt to sue, they must first confess to mail fraud.

[erictaylor]

I once had a package thieves steal part that I desperately needed for my prosthetic leg.
The parts were expensive, but worthless to anyone wanting to sell them on the black market. I doubt anyone who didn't have a fake leg would even know what they were.
It was most annoying because I had to go without my leg for several days longer.

[highlewelt]

"You're wrongfully imprisoned for life. You are a completely innocent man but you have no hope of parole." I know its in a lighthearted context that he is describing this scenario, but thinking about all the actual people who are currently suffering this unthinkably cruel fate sends shivers down my spine.

[AbroLinx]

For those wondering, Rober's use of glitter is probably similar to anti-climb paint due to the fact that anti-climb paint becomes tacky, but never dries so that when one tries to climb it, not only will they not be able to gain a handhold or foothold, but they'll also end up covered in the paint and it will probably ruin the clothes they're wearing. If you painted a random person on the street, it would be battery, but if you are defending your property from invasion via climbing, it is justified force.

[RedDragon]

I was hospitalized one time as a teenager for a suicide attempt. the nurse I had was a horrid. I truly don't know what her problem was but I just wanted to call my grandma. (my grandma was my legal guardian) and the nurse didn't want me to and while I reached for the phone, she tried to pull it away and in the process, water on the side table spilled on her. She left very angrily and next thing I knew the police and security were in my room arresting me for battery. I spent the night in juvenile detention because she got water on her. it wasn't even like I threw it at her. the charges were dismissed and nothing came of it. the Dr was asked why I was being kept from calling my grandma and he said no one said I couldn't so for some reason that nurse just didn't want me too.

[GippyHappy]

“Is a misdemeanor unless committed against a public servant”
What he meant: it’s a felony
What I heard: it’s okay to assault public servants

[spyroledragon]

The story of the shotgun trap reminded me of a story that happened in Belgium where an old guy named Louis Dethy had set 20 deadly traps in his house to kill his family once they inherited the house. But the guy while working on a water tank in the house caught a wire of one of the trap, that shot him in the neck and killed him. It took a month to the bomb squad forces to disarm the entire house...

[fugyfruit]

I feel like throwing a glass jar at someone's head is a crime no matter what's in it

[thedarksage]

The Lockpicking Lawyer reviewed a U Lock called the "Skunk" lock, that would release a noxious gas (like pepper spray I think) if a thief attempted to cut it. The lockpicking lawyer liked the concept, but (paraphrase) said that the "lawyer in me couldn't recommend it because it might be considered a booby trap."

[rolfs]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but I wouldn't call glitter entirely harmless. A user on Imgur has chronicled the loss of her eye over multiple posts (and months) due to _a single speck_ of glitter. She got it into her eye, it scratched the eyeball, dug its way in, and the wound infected.

[veramae]

Years ago while a school librarian, on Fridays I would sprinkle the kids with a tiny pinch of glitter (magic reading powder) when they checked out a book. The principal loved the idea so much he wanted to help with a class.
Only he threw palmfuls of glitter.

We had a few calls from parents.

[The_Moderates_Apprentice]

A few years ago, a coworker of mine was having trouble with porch pirates. They decided to gather dog shit from all the neighborhood pets, and put it in a box on the porch. It was gone in mere hours. Its been 3 years, and a package hasn't been taken to this day. They got the message. Reasonable, non-lethal, hilarious, and most of all, effective!

[justaperson]

0:04 i love that you colabbed just for this. I love Marc Rober

[pavelthefabulous]

So this reminds me of one of my favorite military training tales:

We were practicing MOUT (urban fighting). We were allowed to make fake "IEDs" to lay as traps. Most of them were just pieces of pipe with a guy in a nearby room who yelled "kaboom!" when someone got too close to it. One of such IEDs was a fully working glitter bomb using compressed air. The bomb was too powerful. As one unfortunate combatant triggered the IED, it exploded glitter straight down his windpipe, for his mouth was open at the time of the blast. He survived, but he bled from the lungs and had to go to the hospital for a little bit. I don't know what else happened, other than that we could no longer make "functional" IEDs anymore.