Dad Takes Umbrage With Daughter's Facebook Insubordination, Shoots Her Laptop
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People saying that destroying the laptop is a waste are missing the big picture. He posted himself doing it on Youtube, and the video has over 2 million hits. A quick google search says that if you sign an advertising deal with youtube, you'll see about $1 per thousand hits. That means this video has generated over $2000 for him, which is far more than if he had just sold the laptop.
Giving this a bump because the dad has released a quite lengthy statement on the matter, which I have added to the original post.
And I've just realized that there is another thread on the topic with more replies, but I posted it six minutes before they did and my title is way better.
And I've just realized that there is another thread on the topic with more replies, but I posted it six minutes before they did and my title is way better.
Putting aside who thinks who is right or whatnot for a moment, what kind of idiot shoots an expensive position like that - worth hundreds of dollars if even a piece of shit - instead of doing ANYTHING ELSE? You could sell such a thing whole or in parts and get money! I curse the name of falsey macho men everywhere who do stupid things.
This made my day. It's nice to know some parents are still cracking down on their children's disrespect, and if I also wore a cowboy hat, it would be off to the angry dad. The economist in me cringes that such a valuable piece of hardware had to be destroyed, rather than sold, but nothing's quite as classy or loud and clear as the message he sent with those 8 hollow-tipped exploding rounds.
He works at some kind of a clinic, has a beautiful .45 and a nice John Deer I saw in the video. He also hires a cleaning lady/maid. He's not hurting for money, I doubt it would make a dent in his pocket.FalloutJack said:
Which makes it funnier every time someone calls him a redneck-he's better off than 90% of the people discussing him, I'd bet on it.
Regardless of whether or not that's entirely true or if you could finnagle something or whatnot, the point remains relevent: A complete and useless waste. Ruining a good laptop and using up a perfectly good bullet to do it? Good for effect, bad in terms of economics. the makers of every part of that computer did not put that sucker together just so some guy can put a slug through it.evilneko said:
It's a redneck version of my dad. Holy crap. 'Cept I never publicly trashed talked my dad. I just made a tiny sex joke on Facebook and he cancelled my cell phone. This was when I was 18, mind you. I resent him for the 6 hours I spent at Verizon the next day trying to transfer my number to a new plan with a dumb salesman. I know better than to publicly put down my parents where they can see it, and I certainly knew it by time I was 15. Kids need to shut up more on Facebook.
Needs more dakka.Kahunaburger said:
Anyway, there are so many self entitled kids it's sickening. I would've done something similar, though being Canadian, can't get guns that easily nor simply fire them in my back yard. I bet you, even after all of this, including her talk with her father, she still thinks she's right. My brother is the same way, the little fuck thinks everything for him is soooo hard and that everyone is out to get him and that he's right while everyone else is wrong. She got what she deserves.
Also he sounds like a perfectly reasonable man. I respect the fact that he refuses to talk to the media about this whole event because he feels there are more important things going on in the world and would rather not waste time talking to a father who disciplined his teenage brat.
What kind of clinic worker (Possibly a doctor?) puts a gun to a computer and shoots? The issue is Facebook, right? The online company that is in no way connected to the production of laptops and therefore nothing to do with the problem? That's what you call a displacement of blame. If you're going to go and shoot something, shoot the PROBLEM.Kvaedi said:
*Pause*
Actually, don't do that either. Confiscate the laptop or give it to charity or something, and then write a nasty letter (or in this case, Youtube video), to Facebook. Don't fucking shoot stuff for no good reason!
Before reading the official response from the father:
Well, that was a little bit much.
After reading the official response from the father:
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I wonder how many people will read the response.
Well, that was a little bit much.
After reading the official response from the father:
http://britfa.gs/b/src/132674302118.gif
I wonder how many people will read the response.
gun + building = dead wife
gun + laptop = parenting
some things can be solved by guns some things cant
gun + laptop = parenting
some things can be solved by guns some things cant
Personally I like the guy, there are a lot worse parents out there that would have just straight beat their child. All he did was take out his rage on his own property. He seems like a pretty standup and slightly strict dad that works hard and loves his daughter.
Also completely agree with this:
Also completely agree with this:
lacktheknack said:
The fact that the dad's voice was calm throughout the entire video leads me to believe he wasn't acting out of rage at all, but demonstrating that he's a man of his word. It's one thing to -say- that you'll put a bullet through your daughter's laptop, but it's a safe bet that she won't ever doubt him again.
Also, it's quite possible that he removed the hard drive before the 'execution'. With an adapter or cage her data could easily be recovered if there was anything truly valuable on it. I can't decide if it would be cruel or compassionate for him to give her the hard drive back; she'd still have her data, just no way to access it.
Also, it's quite possible that he removed the hard drive before the 'execution'. With an adapter or cage her data could easily be recovered if there was anything truly valuable on it. I can't decide if it would be cruel or compassionate for him to give her the hard drive back; she'd still have her data, just no way to access it.