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Singapore: French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I guess to the authorities, he's going to be the one licked straw that makes 500 other twerpy teens throw out their plans to pull similar pranks.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    I get the whole "make an example of him" concept, but that can be accomplished by forcing him to embarrass himself publicly to all of his dipshit followers on social media. 2 years in jail seems excessive. other social media "pranksters" have been jailed for far worse.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Giving them attention is exactly what they are seeking. Jail is ideal, can't make content in there and kills the momentum of their channel.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not arguing against any jail time; I just think that 2 years is excessive.

    Giving them attention is exactly what they are seeking.

    this is highly dependent on the person-- embarrassing them publicly in front of all their fans could be very effective, although they could be one of those people for whom any attention is positive reinforcement (especially if they do this bullshit). so, you're probably correct in this instance.

    one of the things I hate most (on a very long list) about social media is that it has stripped kids of any sort of social shame. on one hand, it's great for people like LGBTQ+ kids and neurodivergent kids and other "others" in giving them the feeling that they can be themselves, a sense of community... but it's also normalized assholes by giving them feeling they can be themselves, too. it's given those fuckers community. dammit .

    I guess you have to take the good with the bad, eh?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    I don't know about having to take anything bad. Social media needs more regulation.

    IMO nuisance streamers should be fined on top of whatever sentence they receive, and so should the platform. The streamer should also be forcibly demonetized for a period of time commensurate to the offense.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    ok, now I feel old, because that didn't immediately occur to me. but, yes--

    in fact, an entire legal framework should be set up to force reporting on exactly how much the account holder and the company each profited so that each can be adequately fined for this transgression. certainly the data exists because the calculation was made for the payout. therefore the records exist somewhere. the decades of failure in accountability falls to the legislature for failing to craft a sufficient legal framework for such accountability and then to the judiciary for then failing to hold the responsible parties accountable.

    at lea$t. in the United $tate$, it'$ pretty clear why that'$ the ca$e...

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