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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

Should be made to register under sex offender. IDGAF, they told folks not to do this and they continue so f them.

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    [–] 60 points 1 year ago

    The report said the Georgia man told police “this was supposed to be a joke and the joke [was] supposed to go viral.”

    It's nice to see many getting charged for doing this, and the articles about those charges being the thing going viral.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Media reports on the disturbances have tied the toy-throwings to a group involved in a related cryptocurrency meme coin.

    There was a time when this would have surprised me. Not anymore

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Neat, sounds to me like this was a crime for the benefit of a gang and everyone even tangentially involved should have all their assets seized and get imprisoned for things members of their group did whether they were directly involved or not

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  • [–] 141 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Charles Burgess, 32, from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly throwing an object at the Dallas Wings v New York Liberty game on 5 August, New York police said. The object hit a 12-year-old girl, and Burgess was charged with two counts of assault. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Burgess had an attorney.

    A grown-ass man acting like a teenager doing a senior prank, presumably because he wanted to look cool in front of the other misogynist dipshits who think a woman's value is tied to their sexuality, is peak 2025.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Apparently the people who started this whole thing were doing it as a publicity stunt promoting a crypto coin. So if it wasn't already bad enough....

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've heard that too, but I refuse to buy it. They're just misogynistic losers looking for their 15 minutes to exploit. It's nice to see consequences though.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I hope they throw the book at him as hard as he threw the dildo at that girl 😡

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  • [–] 75 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The NBA should hand out lifetime bans for any ‘fans’ who pull this crap at WNBA games.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or Ticketmaster blacklist them... That would probably be much worse haha

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Charles Burgess, 32, from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly throwing an object at the Dallas Wings v New York Liberty game on 5 August, New York police said. The object hit a 12-year-old girl

    Idiot.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    She's 12 and we don't know if she saw it coming towards her, wtf bro?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Should women start throwing smallest sized condoms at the mnba?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    They should take it as a huge honor since the last dildo throwing fad was directed at Tom Brady, arguably the greatest athlete to dominate their sport in the history of sports. These dildos must be paying homage to the WNBA greats. /s

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    Idk if they stick or not but they should grill him with sexual harassment charges and make an example of him, this behavior needs to stop. No plea deal that drops those charges either.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Would be nice. And then national coverage showing that POS as a registered xex offender.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That guy threw a dildo at a child, but I don't really feel like it's up there with people trying to rape em

    I feel like the sex offender list should have teirs for really fucking stupid shit like this, people who get caught urinating in public, having sex in a car... and then people doing the real nasty shit?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That's definitely the wrong angle. This isn't a sex crime, the existence of dildos doesn't harm children, it just makes adults panic when they have to explain them an age appropriate way. You just have to tell them some people think they're funny, but a lot of people think it's rude. It's that easy

    This guy threw a heavy object into a crowd that included children, and hit a child. That's child endangerment, battery, and probably a half dozen other charges. Someone could've died

    This is a violent crime, not a sex crime. These are both serious things, but they must not be confused

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They’re choosing dildos for a reason. It is sexual harassment of the players. It is intending to demean the players. It’s no coincidence this shit started after the Union negotiations - men in Facebook comment sections were absolutely vile at the idea these women wanted to be paid fairly.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sure, against the players you can call it sexual harassment. It's sexist harassment at least. I'm not saying it isn't vile. But that's not the crime being prosecuted

    Do you really want to lump throwing dildos in public along with raping children?

    We're in the Epstein files era. We need a nice, clear, black and white when it comes to sex crimes, especially against children.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Harassment does not equal raping children. They are both bad things, and they are both sex crimes. You are straw manning - notice how at no point in my comment did I mention children, not suggest that sexual harassment is equivalent to crimes against children or rape.

    Do you also think these actions have no effect on the children watching? What lesson does it teach them - “women’s sport is such a joke that people think it’s funny to throw dildos at players?” How do you think a young girl who plays basketball might feel?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    I'm not straw manning you, I'm not saying you equate these things together. I'm pointing out that we live in a post rule-of-law society.

    If you call sex crime over this, it will cheapen the concept of sex crimes. It doesn't matter if it's technically true or not, we're living in very dangerous times

    The truth doesn't matter anymore, crisp clear messaging does. You're more likely to get dildos banned than the players protected at this point.

    The fact that they're dildos is extra disrespectful, but it's not ok to throw anything in a stadium that could hurt someone

    That has to be the message - they hurt a child, this is clearly way out of hand

    You can also go after the league for not properly addressing an environment of sexual harassment... But that's a separate issue. The WNBA has been extremely exploitative, you can't fix that by going after the viewers

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    someone could have died.

    How?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    By getting hit by a dildo. That's a solid object (even if it's not hard), it doesn't take much force to kill someone if you hit them just right

    So scale it up to hundreds of people throwing them from above, from behind? It's still not likely, but if you keep repeating this it'll happen eventually

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    So what about all the stuff that is shown to the public at Pride parades?

    Seems like a slippery slope imo

    Edit: I'll be extremely clear, if you cheapen what sexual harassment means, it opens the door for bad actors to use it against things you probably don't want to get labeled sexual harassment.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Im pretty certain theres a big enough difference between a parade celebrating a sexual identity and a basketball game. Besides they're already criminalizing the LGBT community, it's not like that box hasn't been opened, so the least we can do is prevent children at basketball games from getting hit with sex toys to hype up a scam currency.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yes the difference is there. But if you're giving a special significance to the dildo, be prepared for the jurisprudence to be twisted into something you very much don't want.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Easy one for ya.

    Shown is not the same word as thrown

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ah yes that's why if someone flashes you on the street it's not sexual harassment.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Should have just hit her with a car, she ded, he free.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    There should only be legal charges if a heavy object hits someone else, like in this case.

    For the rest, lifetime banning from all future major league sports games, basketball, football, baseball, etc. would probably be enough to end the stupid trend.

    If that doesn't do it, then like someone else mentioned, blacklisted at Ticketmaster would be enough.

    I don't think calling the cops is needed unless there's physical abuse.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    If someone throws a dildo at a basketball game in New York in 2025, how are they going to be banned from a baseball game in California in 2035? Will they somehow be flagged when they try to buy a ticket online? Will they be stopped at the gate when some security guard recognizes them from being banned 10 years ago on the other side of the country? Do we need a new government agency to track professional sports dildo throwers? Or perhaps a Federal Dildo Throwing Registry?

    A massive expansion of government oversight is called for here. There should also be a comprehensive investigation into dildos, dongs, and dong-like devices, with a path to prohibition of any long cylindrically shaped items.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Dude looks the part. Big time loser energy.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    When's the give send go campaign?

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  • [+] -52 points 1 year ago (31 children)

    That's pretty funny, but the title makes it seem like he specifically targeted the girl.

    It looks more like he threw it as a prank for the athletes, and it just so happened to hit a young girl.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I know, right? It’s just like when people bring fleshlights to throw at NBA games because it’s a totally normal and not weird thing to do.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It'd be hilarious if people responded by doing that.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you're 10 years old, sure. Peak comedy.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago

    No it's pretty obvious that he wasn't targeting the girl, we're not saying he should be charged with various flavors of battery and sexual assault because we thought he meant it to hit her. And calling it just "a prank for the athletes" can fuck all the way off.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why is it funny? Because they do it exclusively at women's sporting events?

    I'm really curious to hear from people who think this is funny to find out why they think that.

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  • [+] -17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Because dildos are funny and interrupting sporting events is hilarious.

    I don't care if it's a women's or men's event.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well, that's the joke. They're doing it exclusively to women athletes, so you're saying you think that's funny.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    He threw it to be an asshole. Pranks make everyone laugh.

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  • [+] -20 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    Pranks make everyone laugh.

    That's most certainly not true.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Then it's not a prank. It's Being an assshole

    Only reason people say otherwise is self appeasement or bad parents.

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  • [+] -18 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Not really, but believe whatever you want.

    "Everyone laughing" is an unreachable metric.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    No. I believe in facts. Fact is some one being an asshole, is an asshole, no matter what term you'd give them to hide under.

    So. Again. He was being an asshole, not playing a prank.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

    Ok, buddy.

    There's not a single prank that everyone will laugh at, but keep believing what you want.

    Sorry, just to drive the point further home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke

    No mention of laughter even being a factor. You can edit the article if you'd like to change that.

    Also, this is a really good fucking prank:

    Wikipedia image of a prank with stacks of phonebooks completely blocking a door.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Thus most practical jokes are affectionate gestures of humour and designed to encourage laughter.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    What's the definition of most?

    Here's the definition of a prank:

    a practical joke or mischievous act

    A practical joke or prank is a trick played on people, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.

    No laughter required.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    No mention of laughter even being a factor.

    I shared the part where it mentioned it being a factor.

    No, not required, but overall or most or more than half or more frequently or insert synonym here for most...

    Generally a good practical joke will have the victim to be able to laugh after the fact and not be like you assaulted me. Assault isn't a joke.

    Since you don't know what most means you may not know what assault means ...

    violent physical attack, as with blows.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's fine. The guy I was responding to was trying to argue that all pranks make everyone laugh, which is ridiculous.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Yeah and the person I'm responding to said

    threw it as a prank

    What I'm saying, it's it doesn't matter the intent, assault isn't a joke. Throwing objects that can potentially cause injury isn't a practical joke at all.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So your issue is parentage then.

    And if you act cruelly to one person simply so you and perchance another bystander can laugh at them, then I'd say you're just proving the point, and you hang out with shitty people.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Are you really this stupid or are you pretending? The point being made is that everyone INVOLVED IN THE PRANK should be laughing for it to be a prank. Try using your fucking head for three seconds.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    the Georgia man told police “this was supposed to be a joke and the joke [was] supposed to go viral.”

    Dickhead

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If they so disrespect the players and fans of WNBA games, why do they buy tickets? Jerks.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    public indecency and indecent exposure may also require registration on the state’s sex offender list.

    Good

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