dude, you were winning this thing; three sets of parents. stay the course!* Archived Message Posted by cpsteine on April 2, 2025, 21:29:03, in reply to "yet another chapter" yet. stay the Previous Message Welp, the peace lasted all of two days. Another kid came and knocked today. He covered his face with his hoodie, but he was wearing a pair of very obvious blue headphones. Having had enough, I went out my back door and walked to the grocery store near my house, where sure enough, the kid was in line at the deli with his buddies. I grabbed him by the back of the sweatshirt, pulled him back, and got in his face, saying are you that fuckng stupid. A very terrified and half my size security guard was trying to break it up as the kid smirked at me and I told him that I wasn't fucking around any longer. Previous Message at a schoool that is a few blocks from my house. They've been periodically ding dong ditching us for a few years now. At first it was entertaining, but it's escalated significantly in the past month. One kid in particular is rather aggressive, kicking the door so hard that it scared the crap out of me a few weeks ago. The situation has escalated to the point that the kids are basically terrorizing the neighborhood. Yesterday I sat on my porch when they got out of school so that they wouldn't do anything. I tried to speak with the principal at the school, but he/she didn't call me back. My wife sent an email to the school yesterday filing a complaint. I legit don't want them to get in trouble, I just want it to stop. I feel like a total Karen, but it's been very annoying. We have two cameras on our front door, so I literally have a video of them every time they do something. If I ever actually get my hands on one of them, I can't guarantee I won't do something stupid. We've clearly given them what they want and escalated the situation, which isn't helping, but I don't know what else to do. Of course the ringleader is a black kid with corn rows, straight from hood rat central casting. Message Thread: | This response ↓ I have an escalating battle going on with junior high kids - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:00:17 all quiet on the Sounder porch?* - lcubed April 9, 2025, 11:35:27 I am confident/hopeful we have reached a resolution - Sounder April 9, 2025, 11:39:23 Also, the mysterious guy in the alley - Sounder April 9, 2025, 11:40:40 Why the hell was he wearing a ski mask, was it that cold?* - OB25 April 9, 2025, 11:49:58 I wouldn’t have confronted the kid the way you did, but the amount of people in this thread brushing - voiceofreason April 3, 2025, 20:53:27 This whole thing has gotten completely over the line - Sounder April 4, 2025, 11:58:29 ooo - biclops April 3, 2025, 19:22:50 sounds like something a manager would do* - CoronaTheirAss April 3, 2025, 19:26:39 This thread has it all* - CoronaTheirAss April 3, 2025, 19:16:47 Paintball guns, bear traps, MTV’s Dan Cortese. * - VIV April 3, 2025, 19:19:02 Taylor Swift lyrics, worthless cops, and the pictures.....more than a 1000 words* - CoronaTheirAss April 3, 2025, 19:25:53 Sounder just needs a magic ring to make him invisible - Stu April 3, 2025, 20:02:56 ooo - timmer April 3, 2025, 19:21:14 I need more updates* - illini21 April 3, 2025, 19:09:26 I'm hopeful the ding dong ditching is finally over - Sounder April 4, 2025, 11:59:26 this is your chance to get a glock. go with 10mm. - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 15:13:41 9 ... 10 ... whatever it takes. * - doubledown April 3, 2025, 15:22:41 10. More stopping power* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 19:05:13 Admiittedly, this whole ordeal has made me consider getting a gun - Sounder April 3, 2025, 15:14:54 You are not the guy to have a gun* - CWR10 April 3, 2025, 20:48:06 <joe> buy a shotgun </biden>* - lcubed April 3, 2025, 15:47:04 <tim> Learn to load it <walz>* - Stu April 3, 2025, 19:06:44 Get a 45. At that caliber even if you miss, you can’t miss. * - haighter April 3, 2025, 15:31:42 No. * - doubledown April 3, 2025, 15:26:47 Please dont* - opossum jenkins April 3, 2025, 15:15:23 I’ve officially tuned out of this thread* - timmer April 3, 2025, 15:04:31 this thread has everything - Sounder April 3, 2025, 15:14:12 but no Dan Cortese or a one-armed Filipino Nazi midget with a goiter on his head* - timmer April 3, 2025, 15:18:38 Look, over there in the corner, is that Mick Jagger? - Sounder April 3, 2025, 15:25:40 JFC, this shit just got way more fucking real - Sounder April 3, 2025, 13:42:10 I just spoke with my wife, who is travelling for work - Sounder April 3, 2025, 14:32:49 I don't think Theo Huxtable had an older brother.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 14:57:09 jamming on the one - Sounder April 3, 2025, 15:00:44 Modern gangbangers don't do execution style anymore. - HamptonSki April 3, 2025, 14:36:59 ttiwwp.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 14:00:41 see below* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 14:12:49 Based on your earlier photos, are you sure it wasn’t a Halloween mask and a Super Soaker?* - jjlocke923 April 3, 2025, 13:55:58 wut? was it a kid? and this guy is up early for a criminal. probably not a kid? kind of early... - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 13:54:54 Judge for yourself - Sounder April 3, 2025, 14:07:51 Corey Taylor's fallen on hard times* - Sammich April 3, 2025, 14:33:24 I think Slenderman stopped his Ozempic prescription* - GMAW April 3, 2025, 14:09:10 He's gonna need more fart spray.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 14:01:18 firehose of it* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 15:11:39 Hire the gangstaz* - Stu April 3, 2025, 13:52:35 i think we'll need a pic to give a proper response* - lcubed April 3, 2025, 13:50:55 That is much more serious but also seems like it’s probably unrelated?* - OB25 April 3, 2025, 13:47:16 call the police - IlliniSax05 April 3, 2025, 13:42:40 call the police* - VIV April 3, 2025, 13:42:38 Post about it on a message board is definitely the better option. * - Dilbert April 3, 2025, 13:49:45 A normal person would self-reflect on why this is only happening to you - GMAW April 3, 2025, 11:51:02 For the tenth time - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:56:47 He's not really interested in the details. He saw you were down and took the opportunity to kick.* - complainant April 3, 2025, 11:59:42 This might be the first accurate post you've made in weeks* - GMAW April 3, 2025, 12:10:00 To be fair, there isn’t really a better time to kick someone. * - doubledown April 3, 2025, 12:05:55 oooo - CanHartlebHireSnider April 3, 2025, 11:55:24 I'm reminded of With Honors... "Why do you think the other kids tease you all the time? - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 11:52:58 Facts not in evidence.* - complainant April 3, 2025, 11:52:53 But he was dressed like a slut, so what did he expect?* - complainant April 3, 2025, 11:53:52 We can learn from Happy Gilmore what not to do, and we can learn from Tommy Boy - ghost_of_clt April 3, 2025, 11:35:57 This is all about ringing your doorbell?* - GMAW April 3, 2025, 11:19:43 I had not opened this thread until today when I saw it had over 400 replies. - PDO April 3, 2025, 12:25:46 Again, they've never once actually rang the doorbell - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:20:52 i feel like there's' so much we don't actually know about this situation - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 11:43:39 don't be a ninny. release the fart spray!* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 12:20:29 Dotz - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:54:37 so you never asked them to stop, just went right to scaring/harassing them back? - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 12:02:32 We tried on three separate occasions to ask them to stop - Sounder April 3, 2025, 12:14:12 "And why were you wearing that dress?"* - complainant April 3, 2025, 11:46:58 you already used that one* - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:52:42 And I repeated it. - complainant April 3, 2025, 11:55:08 you need to step things up. water blasts, for one. put them on motion detectors. next - could you - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:16:47 Moar: you should do a glitter bomb - mount it from the little roof of your stoop. they walk up, and - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:38:36 urine baloons* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:40:55 stick with stink bombs/fart spray* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 12:07:40 what about hot tar?* - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:39:54 The one thing I have legitimtely considered is a paintball gun* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:42:58 dude, fart spray* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 12:08:06 I'd go pellet gun.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 11:44:44 I debated that as well, but thought that would actually cross into criminal behavior* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:46:04 The paintball gun would cross well into criminal behavior.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:48:37 If someone is trespassing on my property, repeatedly - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:58:25 You know what they say about assuming anything, right?* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 12:02:24 Absolutely. Catch one of these little bastards and beat the shit out of them.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 12:00:41 Kid I went to high school quite literally did jail time for it. - OB25 April 3, 2025, 11:50:35 come. on. * - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:43:33 Just no Home Alone stuff. That’s attempted murder * - uofi1998 April 3, 2025, 11:33:00 bro, nobody is suggesting that he should chuck bricks at them. yet* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:36:55 Home Alone 2: Porky's Revenge* - chorizo April 3, 2025, 11:20:33 In a more delirious moment last week - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:19:18 What about adopting a pit bull for your porch? Double win with keeping them off the porch and - ibdoc April 3, 2025, 11:29:32 I thought of this. but if that dog goes off and does some damage he's in a tough spot. stinging - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:32:13 I definiitely wish I still had Stella* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:30:15 another idea: how do you feel about yellow jacket hives? - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:25:55 I mean the sprinkler thing seems easy. you could set up 3-4 of them so they can't just shut one off - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:24:29 Barbara it’s another one of those flaming bags again! * - digs April 3, 2025, 10:34:04 HE CALLED THE SHIT, "POOP"!* - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:49:32 This could go down as the most elaborate ruse in the history of the Deuce* - bbonb April 3, 2025, 10:31:33 Photos, because I can’t post videos - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:35:47 WTF. Give them a juice box and a sleeve of Oreos. These are little kids, not hoodlums* - jjlocke923 April 3, 2025, 13:53:12 lol. These are babies * - digs April 3, 2025, 11:59:10 ooo - IlliniSax05 April 3, 2025, 11:23:55 every junior high kid has the exact same mop head haircut* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:31:33 LOL. You're in a war with nerds. * - doubledown April 3, 2025, 11:18:13 The absurdity of the situation is not lost on me* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:22:59 honestly i think your best bet is the continued public shaming on the local fb page* - lcubed April 3, 2025, 11:17:51 I'm hopeful that yesterday was just one bad actor - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:20:10 So... typical high income suburban kids... now delete this before you get into actual trouble* - uofi1998 April 3, 2025, 11:02:57 I put the same photos on Facebook on Friday - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:04:26 Well... the picture you painted initially isn't this. This isn't scary. - uofi1998 April 3, 2025, 11:08:39 They're just kids, but they're definitely little shits - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:12:29 I would be super annoyed if this was happening to me, but after seeing the pictures… - OB25 April 3, 2025, 11:20:30 Dotz - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:25:59 This is weird. You usually aren't prone to hyperbole* - GMAW April 3, 2025, 11:44:14 Eat a bag of dicks* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:46:31 Multiple times a day would get very annoying* - OB25 April 3, 2025, 11:43:53 It absolutely crossed a line into unsustainable* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:47:07 Did you not see the black kid?* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 11:24:20 Two words: MOAT* - chorizo April 3, 2025, 10:51:09 still time to delete this* - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:50:45 "hood rat central casting"* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 10:49:28 kids 2025 reboot* - lcubed April 3, 2025, 11:15:46 maybe he meant central casting for the latest GAP kids ad* - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:56:46 I truly hope nothing like this every happens to you - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:07:36 if i ever call a kid "hood rat central casting" or lay my hands on a child, i'll let you know* - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:25:17 but he has corn rows* - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 10:55:34 Lol. The kid of a friend of mine wrote his name in some wet concrete and got in trouble for it. - gvibes April 3, 2025, 10:47:30 Impressive diversity amongst your enemies* - JeffFrank April 3, 2025, 10:46:36 yeah, it's really tested my liberal sensibilities - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:50:31 way better than timmers " - jdl April 3, 2025, 10:35:25 I was going to make a "paint an orange circle around the asshole" post but OB25 beat me to it* - gvibes April 3, 2025, 10:20:35 I would like to invoke DiamondDazzle’s help with this thread. tia * - jjlocke923 April 3, 2025, 9:52:25 I've not read the below in any great depth and I probably ain't got time for that... but... - ijustkrushalot April 3, 2025, 9:46:17 What's the old saying...if you run into an asshole to start your day, you ran into an asshole - Blazer April 3, 2025, 10:24:55 Being casually judgy about someone's ongoing torture is definitely a way to prove that you're - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:37:28 This is an absurd statement, and he's not the victim you are painting him to be - Blazer April 3, 2025, 14:52:31 I mean this very sincerely - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:26:26 Yeah I don’t get how anyone could possibly not sympathize here - snipes824 April 3, 2025, 10:33:05 These kids have completely radicalized me - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:39:08 it's impossible though to not feel like he brought the worst of this on himself - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 10:36:36 Yeah I haven’t read every post. I have no idea why he became the mark, how it started - snipes824 April 3, 2025, 10:41:45 I know that some people are more concerned with damage to property than psychological torture. - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:53:44 LOL. - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:57:07 He’s talked about hiding around the corner of his house with a hose and chasing kids down - CanHartlebHireSnider April 3, 2025, 10:45:29 i'm pro-hose* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 10:57:56 Oh, well yeah that was a big mistake. And certainly prolonged this* - snipes824 April 3, 2025, 10:54:47 I have admitted that my actions just emboldened them - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:59:54 yeah, for their parents or the cops. not for you tracking them down and putting your hands on them* - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:01:58 He wrestled with a dog, got bit, and now wants the dog put down.* - Chuck Woodaby April 3, 2025, 10:46:28 They have never once rang, it was always an aggressive knock or kick - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:43:25 There is no question that my genuine efforts to deescalate the situation - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:41:30 He shouldn't have been wearing that dress. - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:38:44 Agreed.* - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:34:29 No moral compass, eh? - complainant April 3, 2025, 9:49:56 What the fuck bro* - Jackie April 3, 2025, 10:07:52 Which part is confusing you? - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:11:58 I’ve got a big problem with you questioning ijka’s moral compass - Jackie April 3, 2025, 11:00:56 Do you think that I generally find myself in beefs?* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:13:34 Don’t know, don’t care* - Jackie April 3, 2025, 11:18:42 did i miss the vandalism? i thought they were knocking on his door/ kicking his door. - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:22:35 Yeah, maybe he should just enjoy that. Like rape, if it's inevitable. - complainant April 3, 2025, 10:33:27 you're all over the road on this one. pick a lane. * - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:48:03 They wrote their names in wet cement from a construction project - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:23:46 is the couch still there?* - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:47:04 What do you think?* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:22:29 i'm trying to find the vandalism* - VIV April 3, 2025, 11:29:19 Why does it fucking matter?* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:32:28 City construction project? Or yours?* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:28:35 City construction project in front of my house - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:29:46 Just making clear that you haven't been vandalized.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:32:30 Just making clear that I have been terrorized - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:40:01 kids writing their names in wet cement is *TERRORIZING*?* - VIV April 3, 2025, 10:47:33 A kid kicking my door so hard that it makes me jump - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:06:37 I'd tone down that rhetoric if the police come by again.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:43:10 The police aren't going to help - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:44:11 I wasn't suggesting if they came by again they'd be coming to help. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:48:18 If you think the cops are going to side against a middle aged white male home owner - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:09:27 Says the guy who tracked down a junior high kid to a lawyer. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:34:34 As I see it, there are two kids of parents in this scenario - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:39:40 FAFO, then.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:42:26 The FAFO moment happened on Friday - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:43:50 Maybe.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:45:47 in the words of Taylor Swift - Sounder April 3, 2025, 12:17:33 This is bonkers. Holy shit. * - illini April 2, 2025, 22:40:24 It's really not that bad, the Internet was a mistake* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 23:59:06 The internet was not the mistake. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 9:36:58 The internet has been my only successful weapon in this fight - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:21:41 And by going vigilante, you've committed a crime and probably lost that support. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:31:01 My goal is to stop this from happening - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:32:12 What is your next step when it doesn't? - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:34:08 If I have to sit on my fronch porch every day at 3:45, so be it* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:44:52 That is a far, far more appropriate response than tracking a kid down and laying hands on him.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:59:36 I would think assault against a minor would be the mistake - Dilbert April 3, 2025, 6:59:58 I didn't assault anyone - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:30:20 "I grabbed him by the back of the sweatshirt, pulled him back" - Dilbert April 3, 2025, 10:44:22 If you think that is assault, congratulations, you've never seen someone actually assaulted* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:45:28 I mean, I'm no lawyer, but i also know that I shouldn't put hands on someone else's kid - Dilbert April 3, 2025, 10:47:54 The worst part was the raping!* - Phytynlini April 3, 2025, 8:24:48 Ed. Note: there is no evidence that any child was raped in the course of the events described in - ATL April 3, 2025, 9:27:33 If you like piña coladas* - chorizo April 3, 2025, 10:15:10 Time to hit the log off button. On a number of levels.* - Carl Spackler April 2, 2025, 22:30:04 I don’t know what’s going on but I’d just like to be invoked in the thread.* - DiamondDazzle April 2, 2025, 22:13:31 do we have mods anymore? seems like this thread should be nuked * - biclops April 2, 2025, 18:51:43 Why do you hate fun?* - HamptonSki April 2, 2025, 21:44:34 don't you dare* - cpsteine April 2, 2025, 21:28:13 I’m convinced there are no mods* - jjlocke923 April 2, 2025, 21:14:49 The other board uses the actual N word* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 22:58:18 Yes there are* - Mrap24 April 2, 2025, 22:13:47 You misspelled "pinned".* - Chuck Woodaby April 2, 2025, 20:56:43 Lulz. * - harb April 2, 2025, 22:08:15 yet another chapter - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:08:34 You're incredibly lucky you haven't been arrested. * - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 9:35:43 arrested? wut? chill out.* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:00:25 It's so fucking stupid - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:14:26 We have a whole thread detailing how worthless cops are. Nobody is going to get - Warrin'_Illini April 3, 2025, 10:16:38 Just hope he doesn't do some grabbiness on the wrong kid with the wrong parent. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:36:11 I am overwhelmingly winning in the court of public opinion - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:48:06 Yes, because people are going to be honest to a guy crowing about how he assaulted a junior high kid - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 10:50:28 assault? jesus, cmon* - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 11:01:03 It is. Doesn't require harm.* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:36:07 any parent who would pursue this is a pussy. my kid does this and some neighbor chases him down, - cpsteine April 3, 2025, 12:39:03 There are too many meth heads in Seattle for the cops to ever care about this* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 11:40:35 Say that enough, you're going to believe it. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 11:44:38 A methhead with a gun tried to get into my front door as well - Sounder April 3, 2025, 12:21:53 I'll go one further, Sounder should go full Charles Bronson-style HAM on these fools.* - Warrin'_Illini April 3, 2025, 10:17:42 I think his story about grabbing the kid is exaggerated, or he'd be out on bail* - Stu April 3, 2025, 9:49:32 You all have no idea how the world actually works - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:25:14 It is possible that this entire thread is used as evidence at trial. It would - jjlocke923 April 3, 2025, 9:40:00 It needs to go * - uofi1998 April 3, 2025, 10:11:47 Given that there is a 100% chance that there's a video from the grocery - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 9:42:54 still time to delete this. * - VIV April 3, 2025, 9:25:06 maybe they're Young Libertarians?* - Poldark April 3, 2025, 7:30:58 I acknowledge that I'm not in your shoes and don't know how frustrating this has been - Blazer April 2, 2025, 22:18:22 the neighborhood community is fully in support of my actions - Sounder April 2, 2025, 22:55:27 They aren't going to tell you to your face "that was unhinged" - Blazer April 3, 2025, 10:21:42 Of course they are, do you understand the risk-reward ratio?* - HamptonSki April 3, 2025, 10:14:07 I’d be careful about feeling empowered by that fact, people naturally like to avoid confrontation. - OB25 April 3, 2025, 9:48:38 This* - Blazer April 3, 2025, 10:21:59 Karma is a bitch. - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 9:37:47 no parent has a problem with you physically grabbing a kid at a grocery store?* - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 8:23:28 Not one person has said they had an issue with it* - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:31:01 you told them that you - John Coctostan April 3, 2025, 10:39:05 Going back to my original suggestion of hiring two gang members to threaten them* - Stu April 2, 2025, 21:38:23 also: why don't you set up like 3-4 sprinklers with motion detectors on your porch? people use them - cpsteine April 2, 2025, 21:30:01 Vietcong-style traps in your yard* - timmer April 2, 2025, 21:35:31 That’s a perfect way to get sued if one of them gets hurt* - Ron McDon April 2, 2025, 22:14:17 ooo - complainant April 2, 2025, 21:38:32 dude, you were winning this thing; three sets of parents. stay the course!* - cpsteine April 2, 2025, 21:29:03 Good luck* - jjlocke923 April 2, 2025, 21:03:38 Sounder, for what it’s worth, I don’t think they left you with a lot of good options. - doubledown April 2, 2025, 21:00:37 in the words of Taylor Swift - Sounder April 2, 2025, 22:57:31 How does this end though?* - OB25 April 2, 2025, 23:40:19 With me winning* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 23:41:28 And how, exactly, are you going to win?* - Chicago1995 April 3, 2025, 9:50:58 You’re Batman! That’s awesome! Glad you did it - timmer April 2, 2025, 20:56:31 Oh, there’s likely zero-context video of said encounter. - tvillini April 2, 2025, 20:49:02 Only he didn't say "ding dong ditched".* - Chuck Woodaby April 2, 2025, 20:57:38 Have you considered working from an office - Dilbert April 2, 2025, 20:24:21 Confessing to the crime on the internet is a choice * - Orangeillini April 2, 2025, 19:56:26 Here is what happened to a guy like you, near me - Stu April 2, 2025, 18:55:07 You could’ve just revisited the social media shaming aspect - IlliniOllie April 2, 2025, 18:52:23 Did you at least cover your face with your hoodie? * - doubledown April 2, 2025, 18:49:17 assault and battery charges forthcoming - Poldark April 2, 2025, 18:32:01 That’s pretty terrible judgement. - tvillini April 2, 2025, 18:20:29 I'm completey out of patience - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:22:10 I can’t believe I have to explain this to a grown ass man… but you gave him exactly what he wanted. - tvillini April 2, 2025, 18:24:02 But have you considered how satisfying it was in the moment to track the kid down? - IlliniRunner April 2, 2025, 18:35:25 I realize he and his wife never wanted kids, but now she has an 8yo. - tvillini April 2, 2025, 18:53:38 Have you ever felt the need to defend your wife when she was being traumatized? - Sounder April 2, 2025, 23:00:23 Neither the school or the police is going to do anything - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:29:23 Here's the problem though - Blazer April 2, 2025, 22:35:18 … to them* - Stu April 2, 2025, 18:44:54 I understand the instinct, but that’s not gonna help* - snipes824 April 2, 2025, 18:19:25 Serious question, what's going to fucking help? - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:20:52 Maybe you should unfortunately look into moving - CanHartlebHireSnider April 2, 2025, 18:31:49 C’mon.* - voiceofreason April 2, 2025, 21:49:00 It’s a better option than going around physically assaulting trenagers - CanHartlebHireSnider April 2, 2025, 23:51:46 I thought this ended on Monday - Sounder April 3, 2025, 10:28:59 I have no idea. You had 3 kids show up to apologize with parents. I would have tried to keep that up - snipes824 April 2, 2025, 18:25:12 Yep, he had the parents of these kids on his side. - IlliniRunner April 2, 2025, 18:36:39 I still have the parents on my side* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:41:28 Not anymore. You assaulted a kid in public* - Desert April 2, 2025, 18:46:00 ...until they find out that you laid hands on a kid* - IlliniRunner April 2, 2025, 18:44:42 I sent the new kids picture to the same mom* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:30:01 That time he lost a cooking contest to JeffFrank* - HamptonSki April 2, 2025, 18:17:07 Yikes.* - Ron McDon April 2, 2025, 18:14:28 Cool. Congrats on your assault charge!* - Illiniphil April 2, 2025, 18:09:56 zero chance anything happens to me* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:11:53 Until he or one of his buddies tells a parent that you physically grabbed him. - Illiniphil April 2, 2025, 18:18:57 Meh…I’m on Sounders interpretation of things. Nothings gonna happen… - haighter April 2, 2025, 18:50:35 I laughed at this until I saw white* - opossum jenkins April 3, 2025, 15:37:37 eeeeeyikes* - IlliniRunner April 2, 2025, 18:56:33 Also I’d assume the security guard reported it to someone* - CanHartlebHireSnider April 2, 2025, 18:33:16 no chance - Sounder April 2, 2025, 23:42:20 Great, let them come, we've already filed two police reports that they can catch up on paperwork on* - Sounder April 2, 2025, 18:21:28 Two more kids showed up to apologize yesterday - Sounder April 1, 2025, 11:06:24 Major Update - Sounder March 29, 2025, 11:29:46 update to the update - Sounder March 30, 2025, 22:15:25 Finally, something. A parent getting involved is a good thing.* - uofi1998 March 31, 2025, 10:55:54 the whole point of the social media public shaming ritual - Sounder March 31, 2025, 10:58:12 It absolutely sucks you dealt with this, but it seems like it worked out the right way.* - uofi1998 March 31, 2025, 10:58:49 It's gone from amusing to annoying to straight up terrorizing - Sounder March 31, 2025, 11:00:40 If that was my kid - bbonb March 31, 2025, 10:48:08 I don't want to see the kids face, I just want him to fucking go away - Sounder March 31, 2025, 10:56:53 You could have some real fun with this. May I suggest an "ICE LIVES HERE" yard sign? - Warrin'_Illini March 31, 2025, 11:16:38 The guy is a pediatrician - Sounder March 31, 2025, 11:19:30 Fair enough. My friends and I did a lot of stupid shit around this age, effing with cars, doing - Warrin'_Illini March 31, 2025, 11:22:16 There is one kid in particular I am concerned with - Sounder March 31, 2025, 11:43:11 It’s the internet so you may get shit on but sounds like you handled things the right way - illini21 March 31, 2025, 8:24:52 I am hopeful that's the case - Sounder March 31, 2025, 10:14:42 It’s possible to do everything right and still get egged. That’s not being wrong; that’s life * - meanjeans March 31, 2025, 10:51:05 Thankfully, sounds like it’s finally ending. That would have infuriated me* - snipes824 March 31, 2025, 8:11:26 It's certainly taken my mind to darker and darker places as it's progressed* - Sounder March 31, 2025, 10:15:13 better keep your outdoor cameras on* - lcubed March 31, 2025, 7:59:36 For sure, and there's still a filed police report to follow up on if need be* - Sounder March 31, 2025, 10:15:38 Your homeowners insurance paid and up to date?* - timmer March 29, 2025, 13:05:18 Update - Sounder March 28, 2025, 13:49:59 I googled "Washington state, order of protection" and recommend you do the same. - complainant March 28, 2025, 16:32:24 How do I issue a protection order if I don't know the kid's name?* - Sounder March 28, 2025, 16:46:29 Name the school administrators as co-defendants. - complainant March 28, 2025, 17:18:03 You should hire a PI firm to see where they live.* - Warrin'_Illini March 28, 2025, 16:25:38 Have you thought about maybe hiring a group of rival students to take care of this for you? * - doubledown March 28, 2025, 16:14:24 this feels like the first act to a Death Wish sequel produced by the Daily Wire* - Sammich March 28, 2025, 13:53:50 I'm definitely fighting off thoughts of vigilante shit - Sounder March 28, 2025, 13:57:58 You know how to avoid that situation? Don’t ram three kids with your car. - IlliniRunner March 28, 2025, 16:24:42 The “if possible” had me cracking up. Seems very possible if not downright probable.* - DocWalk20 March 28, 2025, 17:18:57 How often have they don’t it these last couple weeks?* - OB25 March 28, 2025, 13:51:39 There was a bit of a lag - Sounder March 28, 2025, 13:55:27 ...why isn't this trespassing?* - assassin March 28, 2025, 14:01:54 I think his assertion is that it doesn't rise to a level of concern - Sounder March 28, 2025, 16:12:54 Tell him it probably will if they can’t help you out. * - haighter March 28, 2025, 16:41:21 If this kid wasn't a minor, I'd have already roughed him up a bit* - Sounder March 28, 2025, 16:44:23 Nah you need to explain to the cop that someone armed previously tried to get into your house… - haighter March 28, 2025, 17:15:26 You would have? * - doubledown March 28, 2025, 16:46:00 You got any of their names or addresses? * - haighter March 28, 2025, 13:58:39 I wish - Sounder March 28, 2025, 16:12:02 Maybe they’re just hungry. Grill them up some after-school meal - timmer March 21, 2025, 13:01:45 any update on this?* - lcubed March 21, 2025, 11:47:43 We sent an email to the school - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:03:37 File a police report... Please film the reaction of the person you report it to* - longsnapper March 21, 2025, 12:06:21 I realize that it's easy to think this is silly and ridiculous - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:11:59 Wasn’t there someone who tried to get into your house with a weapon a while back? - GhostofPokeyStixPast March 21, 2025, 12:29:51 Yes, that happened a while back, and it's definitely still PTSD for sure - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:38:30 Christ man...move out the hood. ;-) * - haighter March 21, 2025, 12:59:22 It sounds so much worse than the reality - Sounder March 21, 2025, 13:22:50 It’s not a school issue. It’s a police matter. JMO. * - uofi1998 March 21, 2025, 12:14:34 I guess my issue is that in a city that has very real problems - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:21:18 If they're terrorizing your neighborhood, it takes you and your neighbors making them... - haighter March 21, 2025, 12:24:11 The wheels are in motion* - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:26:08 And you get some outside time. Can’t put a price on that. * - doubledown March 21, 2025, 12:05:33 yesterday I sat there in the rain, that didn't feel like winning* - Sounder March 21, 2025, 12:12:22 I assume snitches get stitches* - CoronaTheirAss March 21, 2025, 12:01:09 First call should be to the moving company* - Dilbert March 19, 2025, 19:10:26 The way to handle this is to give them beers and get them on your side * - meanjeans March 19, 2025, 19:00:57 and spike those beers with rat poison* - VIV March 19, 2025, 19:04:13 Do you have sprinklers? Schedule them to match school dismissal* - Nobster March 19, 2025, 18:37:42 dupe* - bbonb March 19, 2025, 18:18:10 you had me until your last sentence* - bbonb March 19, 2025, 18:18:10 Tell them you’re an Illinois fan - Stu March 19, 2025, 17:02:11 You need to boobytrap your place. Also, get a shotgun.* - Warrin'_Illini March 19, 2025, 16:44:29 fuck steven seagal; go kevin mccallister* - Sammich March 19, 2025, 16:57:39 I literally hid on the side of my house with a hose in hand today - Sounder March 19, 2025, 17:00:18 You need bigger dogs and let them out the side door. In my experience... - haighter March 19, 2025, 17:06:52 I definitely wish Stella was still around - Sounder March 19, 2025, 17:08:23 STELLY BARKACELLI* - Jackie March 19, 2025, 18:22:13 two words: electrified door* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:46:32 Have you considered spraypainting an orange circle around your entire house? - OB25 March 19, 2025, 16:44:14 I'm genuinely curious if the school will care or not* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:45:35 You've really had to work hard at becoming the house incoming students are told to prank - OrangeSox March 19, 2025, 15:54:34 What a fun little bonding experience for the kids at that school. Almost seems cruel to end it. - doubledown March 19, 2025, 16:01:40 They're hitting multiple houses - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:00:00 The year my daughter was a sr in HS and we were at risk of getting TPed for homecoming.... - Illiniphil March 19, 2025, 16:08:29 yeah, it started with this sort of innocent gamesmanship - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:11:13 What's the Internet term for a self-milkshake ducking?* - complainant March 19, 2025, 16:21:05 Pretty sure that's not a milkshake ducking* - reggiedunlop March 19, 2025, 16:38:13 I don't think this is a milkshake ducking, is it? * - doubledown March 19, 2025, 16:24:59 Did Sounder just admit he started it? - complainant March 19, 2025, 16:30:49 I just went back and realized I don't care. * - doubledown March 19, 2025, 16:38:24 That was my question - CanHartlebHireSnider March 19, 2025, 15:56:46 Again, they are hitting all of the houses - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:02:05 Ok. I have two questions - CanHartlebHireSnider March 19, 2025, 16:07:11 I heard them coming up, went to the door - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:09:42 Should have answered the door dressed like Rambo. - Illiniphil March 19, 2025, 16:16:11 show them some Steven Seagal tihs* - chorizo March 19, 2025, 15:44:58 They are more likely to show him some white dog tihs* - Chuck Woodaby March 19, 2025, 15:45:59 No stand your ground laws in your libtard state, I presume? - timmer March 19, 2025, 15:34:58 I don't actually know the answer to that - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:39:21 And you'll be branded with the scarlet R. - uofi1998 March 19, 2025, 15:51:41 I really dislike the whole situation - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:54:02 I can only imagine. - uofi1998 March 19, 2025, 15:55:07 They're going to be here in a half an hour - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:03:02 Hire some badass gangsta to answer your door a few times - Stu March 19, 2025, 16:27:32 sounds like a good way to turn your delinquent problem into a gangsta problem* - Sammich March 19, 2025, 16:44:23 The answer to your problems is an old fashioned, nineteenth century spring gun* - ATL March 19, 2025, 15:27:16 I missed another lovely thread today* - timmer March 19, 2025, 15:19:33 Update: the principal is going to call us* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:38:00 ofc she's a milf* - chorizo March 19, 2025, 15:45:56 It's a man* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 16:05:34 it's seattle* - illinibone March 19, 2025, 16:38:31 Source?* - KCWildcat March 19, 2025, 15:59:39 Calling was a mistake. - doubledown March 19, 2025, 15:08:47 ooo - IlliniSax05 March 19, 2025, 15:13:09 I knew exactly what was coming - GMAW March 19, 2025, 15:16:58 The principal has to be questioning their life choices at this time* - KCWildcat March 19, 2025, 14:54:56 "dammit! I'm one year away from retirement, I'm too old for this shit!"* - shua March 19, 2025, 15:25:07 It's his free will and agency to tell me that it's not his problem - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:00:53 lol* - OWWDig March 19, 2025, 14:55:54 Oooooooo.... You're in TROUBLE!!!!!* - Stu March 19, 2025, 14:46:45 ooo - IlliniSax05 March 19, 2025, 14:29:46 i've always wondered what type of person couldn't help themselves from always giving online - John Coctostan March 19, 2025, 14:22:37 Kicking the door is absolutely crossing the line* - illini21 March 19, 2025, 14:28:48 agree. but i guess i'm saying it likely got to that point because sounder couldn't - John Coctostan March 19, 2025, 15:03:31 That's not at all how it went down, but I'm not going to convince you otherwise* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:06:47 of course you can. just trying to understand what happened - John Coctostan March 19, 2025, 15:09:38 The door kick was the thing that pushed me over the line* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:14:44 totally understand that. what happened between the two events? did you just ignore these kids? - John Coctostan March 19, 2025, 15:31:48 For the most part, yes - Sounder March 19, 2025, 15:33:01 When did the scaring you talked about below happen? - John Coctostan March 19, 2025, 17:20:27 The scaring took place in Octover of 2023 - Sounder March 19, 2025, 17:27:34 yeah, I'm not the bad guy here - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:31:12 As I said, this was entertaining at first, it crossed a line - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:24:45 Just follow them home and kick their door* - shua March 19, 2025, 14:09:18 Or park a Tesla in their driveway* - HamptonSki March 19, 2025, 14:22:33 I've tried to follow them twice - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:11:20 Sounds like the basis for a new Law & Order: SVU episode* - OWWDig March 19, 2025, 14:20:35 Law & Order: Orange Paint Poop edition* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:22:18 I'm down with OPP 'cause it stars Ice T* - Sammich March 19, 2025, 14:29:32 lol* - shua March 19, 2025, 14:11:53 I even spoke to some of the "good kids" - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:13:34 I'm starting to see why they are still tormenting you* - shua March 19, 2025, 14:14:05 For sure, my genuine attempts to deescalate - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:15:52 Teenagers love to cheese off the olds. Film at 11. - Stu March 19, 2025, 14:17:26 Honestly, at this point I kind of want them to do something that the cops can't ignore* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:18:07 That time he crashed his boat on Gilligan's island.* - Chuck Woodaby March 19, 2025, 14:22:26 trick them into supporting Palestine* - Sammich March 19, 2025, 14:19:31 lol* - CoronaTheirAss March 19, 2025, 14:21:19 no you dont* - VIV March 19, 2025, 14:19:22 This is also a great idea. Now you both know where each other lives. * - haighter March 19, 2025, 14:10:00 Just scare them within an inch of their life. If you've got good relationships... - haighter March 19, 2025, 14:08:35 I saw a video of how to stop this. You’re going to need a bucket of water, and a very cold day. - doubledown March 19, 2025, 13:53:17 Dont' forget the glitter* - CoronaTheirAss March 19, 2025, 13:54:46 Ringing is one thing, but kicking the door? Yeah, I wouldn’t just sit back on that one* - snipes824 March 19, 2025, 13:45:14 Kicked it so hard that it startled me like someone was trying to break in - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:49:57 I don't think this is a school problem here. Why should they get involved?* - CoronaTheirAss March 19, 2025, 13:41:56 I was hoping to use the school to deescalate the situation - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:43:36 THen i think Surf 's advice is the right advice. But the school has no jurisdication or - CoronaTheirAss March 19, 2025, 13:55:41 It’s legally dubious but… - SurfTheBoneyard March 19, 2025, 14:00:13 They wrote their names in wet concrete outside of my house - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:01:56 See what reaction you get… - SurfTheBoneyard March 19, 2025, 14:04:56 do you know if the school has a resource officer? they are typically helpful for these things* - lcubed March 19, 2025, 13:45:47 My wife emailed a formal complaint to the school yesterday - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:47:59 You are being too nice here. Take the video to the cops. Snap pictures of them if they even set - voiceofreason March 19, 2025, 13:36:42 Yeah, I'm well past the don't want them to get in trouble phase - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:39:05 You just posted “I legit don’t want them to get in trouble”* - jjlocke923 March 19, 2025, 13:42:29 My main objective is that I want it to stop - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:44:24 I'd actually be shocked if the seattle police even care* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 19, 2025, 14:14:40 I think it's 50/50* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:16:17 That's pretty high. probably closer to 10% likelihood of caring.* - illinibone March 19, 2025, 16:37:30 In Tennessee, not in Seattle - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:03:08 based on the video you posted above it could be a felony charge - IlliniSax05 March 19, 2025, 13:55:57 Good. That’s not Sounder’s problem.* - voiceofreason March 19, 2025, 14:04:07 You clearly need to go undercover at the school to track down the perpetrators* - IlliniRunner March 19, 2025, 13:36:09 Never Been Kicked* - HamptonSki March 19, 2025, 13:59:50 These little fuckers are from Hamilton - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:39:46 claymore * - ghost_of_clt March 19, 2025, 13:33:20 this seems like you're close to having something bad happen - reggiedunlop March 19, 2025, 13:32:58 I totally agree - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:34:48 orange spray paint around your porch * - biclops March 19, 2025, 13:27:52 can you post the video so we can provide an honest assessment?* - lcubed March 19, 2025, 13:26:44 Can a video be downloaded here?* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:31:14 If you have Gmail, you have YouTube. - complainant March 19, 2025, 14:16:19 That sounds like way too much work* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 14:19:07 Yeah. You need access to a smartphone, the Internet, and a couch - complainant March 19, 2025, 15:19:55 No, but you could text it to me and I can post an honest assessment* - jjlocke923 March 19, 2025, 13:40:10 No* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:40:50 I don't think you should feel like a Karen for this. That would be annoying as shit - illini21 March 19, 2025, 13:23:18 As I said, when it first started happening a few years ago - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:25:33 Stood on the sidewalk waving at you? Now that’s crossing the line* - jjlocke923 March 19, 2025, 13:30:53 Oh, for sure, we're way over the line - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:31:43 Just compile the video and give it to the school and the cops. - SurfTheBoneyard March 19, 2025, 13:19:12 That's what I tried to do when I went to the school - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:21:24 Next time, check with the principal* - OWWDig March 19, 2025, 13:22:32 Or find out if the school has a resource officer.* - SurfTheBoneyard March 19, 2025, 13:56:52 It's kind of you to nurture the next Dylan Klebold, but on the other hand - complainant March 19, 2025, 13:17:33 I tried the school first - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:22:40 I feel for you and I have no advice to offer. I will say though - jjlocke923 March 19, 2025, 13:13:31 It worked* - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:18:22 Prank them. Rig a bucket of water to dump on them next time or something. - OWWDig March 19, 2025, 13:05:49 Deer urine * - meanjeans March 19, 2025, 13:49:20 motion detect sprinklers - IlliniSax05 March 19, 2025, 13:10:59 or just have sprinklers going at the time school lets out* - shua March 19, 2025, 13:12:40 a few years ago, I caught one of them coming up to the door - Sounder March 19, 2025, 13:07:23 Scout?* - IlliniOllie March 19, 2025, 13:01:18   Searching