iFixitApr 30

Shoutout to the marketing ‘expert’ who mailed a large, battery-powered, LCD-equipped video greeting card to our CEO to demonstrate their innovative approach to ignoring the #ewaste crisis. Bold strategy.

We’ll be sure to reach out if we need help shipping steaks and leather handbags to PETA.

Show threadMark StosbergApr 30
@iFixit Can you flash the firmware with a special Thank You note to send back to them?
Show threadZuthalApr 30
@markstos @iFixit say, one that emits a shrill note at maximum volume once opened and cannot be shut off
Show thread^[[200~MichaelApr 30
@zuthal @markstos @iFixit Give em the full Mark Rober with fart spray and glitter 🎁
Show threadVincent SparksApr 30

@mnf

The people Mark Rober did this to didn't deserve it in the slightest, but these fuckwads absolutely do

@zuthal @markstos @iFixit

Show threadMark StosbergApr 30
@AVincentInSpace @mnf @zuthal @iFixit The package thieves?
Show threadVincent SparksApr 30

@markstos

Personally, after the third year in a row watching the recordings and finding out the literal only people I was targeting were poor people barely making ends meet and trying to do something nice for other people in their lives, and not cartoon villains like I kept making them out to be, I would have stopped.

Or at least stopped making the boxes scream "KEEP THE CHANGE YOU FILTHY ANIMAL!!!" when they opened them.

These people don't need Justice Delivered From On High by a vigilante engineer who then laughs at their misfortune and invites his millions of fans to do the same. They need support networks, which given Mark Rober's wealth, I bet he could provide if he wanted to.

@mnf @zuthal @iFixit

Show threadmoanosMay 1
@AVincentInSpace @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit finally someone says it. Nothing like spending thousands of dollars and a few years to punish poor people from stealing a bit of stuff that will be replaced anyway
Show threadsaxnot

@moanos @AVincentInSpace @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit it's theft and why should theft be okay when you're poor? Especially considering that the thieves did not steal from the rich but from their peers

I'd much rather they steal from Walmart

May 2 at 5:50amWeb
Show threadVincent SparksMay 2

@saxnot ugh, for the last time, this is not a post about whether theft is okay, it's a post about how vigilante justice is always bad but especially when done by manchild engineers who think they understand why people steal and what should be done to make them stop stealing much better than they actually do.

@moanos @markstos @mnf @zuthal @iFixit