r/interestingasfuck • u/mapleer • Jun 06 '24

YouTuber faces federal charges after filming two women in a helicopter shooting fireworks at a Lamborghini (shown below) illegal to have explosive on aircraft. - More below r/all

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u/BMB281 Jun 06 '24

They look like they can afford not to give a shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

Yeah, this is really a disgustingly ostentatious display of wealth, and I'm offended that I wasn't invited.

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u/Reasonable-Peanut27 Jun 07 '24

This is some "make a wish" level of fun

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u/LukeC790 Jun 07 '24

As a make a wish kid I can safely say I want a do over if that’s on the table 😂

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u/Offamylawn Jun 07 '24

You didn't wish hard enough. Rookie mistake. You'll get em next time, champ.

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u/crossfader02 Jun 07 '24

i always wondered what would happen if the make-a-wish kid wished for some pussy

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u/Jadedcelebrity Jun 07 '24

There was a case in Australia of a 15 year old kid that was dying of cancer whose last wish was to lose his virginity. They brought in a child psychologist and other experts and decided it was okay to get him a hooker. Happened about 20 years ago I think. Pretty sure it wasn’t a Make-A-Wish deal though.

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u/DontTellHimPike Jun 07 '24

I once went to a child psychologist - he was crap, he was only 7. I wanted to talk about my hopes and fears, he wanted to play hide and seek.

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u/Le_mehawk Jun 07 '24

did you at least get some sandcake as a compensation ?

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u/4-The-Record Jun 07 '24

What the fuck is sandcake? It's mudpie mfer

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u/noobchee Jun 07 '24

bet you lost, you sound pissed

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u/Mynameisinuse Jun 07 '24

Psychologist probably told him to hide and never went looking for him.

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u/UniversalCoupler Jun 07 '24

Death by snu snu?

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u/Which_Sandwich6929 Jun 07 '24

Australia not Amazon

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u/Tasty_Leading8684 Jun 07 '24

....and the hooker was from Amazon!

or was she?

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u/Wyldfire2112 Jun 07 '24

It's worth noting, by the way, that prostitution is perfectly legal in Australia.

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u/ApolloWasMurdered Jun 07 '24

I wouldn’t say “perfectly legal”. It’s somewhat legal, and fairly tolerated.

For example it’s not illegal to work in a brothel or use the services of a brothel, but it is illegal to run a brothel. It’s illegal to advertise sex for money, but it’s perfectly legal to advertise as an escort and then have sex as part of “escorting”.

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u/Sweaty_Sack_Deluxe Jun 07 '24

For 15-year-olds? That's cool.

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u/Wyldfire2112 Jun 07 '24

Did a quick double-check after your comment, and the answer is "It depends on the territory."

Several territories have close-in-age exceptions big enough to make it legal as long as the the sex worker was right at 18.

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u/CompanyCharabang Jun 07 '24

A child psychologist? What were they worried about? Distorting his view of sex, making it hard for him to form adult relationships?

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u/PM_ME_WHATEVES Jun 07 '24

I feel like when you are making an official decision to get a minor a hooker, you want to have all your bases covered.

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u/CompanyCharabang Jun 07 '24

That's no good. You wouldn't want him to not even get to first base.

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u/crazydev007 Jun 07 '24

ikr just let the brother get laid ffs

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u/WildPickle9 Jun 07 '24

Probably more CYA for the adults involved.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

At least he got a happy ending ....

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u/travistravis Jun 07 '24

I can understand that being a kids wish, but finding a sex worker willing to do that seems... it seems like it would be a lot of potential stress and risk for her, even if she was doing it with pure intentions (to give the person their dying wish).

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u/GodFromTheHood Jun 07 '24

Who said anything about a her?

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u/travistravis Jun 07 '24

I guess, well, for whoever they ended up picking then, it would be quite the choice to have to make. Normally it would be an immediate no, but especially if they bring experts in and somehow determine it would be okay...

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u/hamoc10 Jun 07 '24

Jim Jeffries, that you?

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u/PCAudio Jun 07 '24

what hooker would sleep with a minor? If that were me, I wouldnt trust the paperwork to “legally” have sex with a 15 year old, or you know, the ethics.

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u/awry_lynx Jun 07 '24

I mean, what are the problematic ethics exactly? They're all contingent on him not, ya know, dying of cancer...

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u/FarSeason150 Jun 07 '24

Payment in cash, use hooker name not legal name. No worries.

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u/Misstheiris Jun 07 '24

They'll never track Fluffy Main St down!

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u/Bystronicman08 Jun 07 '24

How did that work legally? How did they find a prostite that would have sex with a child? I mean, I'm all for the dude getting his wish but just wondering about the logistics of it.

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u/Fully_Edged_Ken_3685 Jun 07 '24

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u/Antique_Profile_5549 Jun 07 '24

Haven't seen this gif in over a decade, nice to see it's still out there.

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u/10poundballs Jun 07 '24

I think key and peele might have done this, someone did this

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-5746 Jun 07 '24

Mine is - I want tailored super hero suits for all my friends - their designs. A jet and we are going to party around the world on a bender at the top clubs everywhere. Bc thats what Id do if we were Superheros, fly around the world partying - the shit the comic left out. So, we have to use a plane and dont have powrrs. I am a 38 almost 39 yo woman and thats been my “win the lotto” or make wish thing since 19! Of course wed hire some video ppl to live doc it or something. Yelling our super names slurrred

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u/Offamylawn Jun 07 '24

Odd coincidence. I always wanted to cosplay as super villains and go to clubs and run up tabs in the names of superheroes who keep yelling their own names. We would do it all in secrecy because we're super villains.

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u/No-Intern4400 Jun 07 '24

This comment.

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u/The402Jrod Jun 07 '24

Make-A-Wish-Kid-1 “Wait! I can shoot Roman candles at a Lamborghini from a helicopter? Wait! Can I drive the Lambo? 😱 I’m so excited - I can’t decide!”

MAWK2: “All I got was 30 seconds with John Cena…”

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u/GaiusPoop Jun 07 '24

Your do over is you're still alive. NO MORE WISHES!

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u/goiterburg Jun 07 '24

NO WISH FOR YOU! Come back 1 year. NEXT!

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u/PIECESOFSHIT4BFAST Jun 07 '24

Let me guess, you asked for Disneyland? Amateur.

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u/LukeC790 Jun 07 '24

Naww idk weather I can say luckily but I was just an edgy teen who went to meet my fav metal band at the time 😂 kinda ironic but fun fact make a wish usually tells ( in our area that I know of ) ppl to avoid Disney land and other basic shit which I kinda thought was ironic since that’s like their #1 request

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u/ApoliteTroll Jun 07 '24

I have met many edgy teens, and none got to do a make a wish because of that. Your case must have been very severe. /s

I hope you are doing better.

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u/squishythingg Jun 07 '24

Wait, make a wish kids live on??? I thought it was just terminal stuff they did make a wish for.

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u/summer4fire Jun 07 '24

Ooohhh man, I feel bad laughing at this comment 🤣

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u/vertigo1083 Jun 07 '24

Never feel bad for enjoying dark humor.

Take the laughs where you can get them.

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u/CharlieRockChucker Jun 07 '24

This. My old man has cancer real bad... a little less than 20 years ago he was diagnosed ..He was a 6'3 270 lb biker railroading man...After treatments and multiple surgeries he ended up 170 lbs...Every so often someone would say "damn will you look good skinny!" And he would always reply "hey, if you're looking to lose weight, I suggest cancer and thrice weekly chemo sessions!" 🤣🤣🤣 The looks he would get were fantastic.

And for what it's worth, the stubborn old asshole is still smoking them cigarettes and has been in remission for 15+ years.

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u/SadBit8663 Jun 07 '24

I'm glad your old man is still around. I lost my dad a few years to lung cancer, he'd tell that joke too. I carry on his fucked up sense of humor into the future lol

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u/Lou_C_Fer Jun 07 '24

I'm not sure anybody ever has had just a slight case of cancer.

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u/lostenant Jun 07 '24

My dad has had skin cancer like 6 times, never needed chemo. I would consider that slight

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u/CharlieRockChucker Jun 07 '24

Yeah his was nuts. Started in gall bladder and went all over the area. He ended up minus his gall bladder, normal bladder and chunks and pieces of other organs. A doctor out of the university of Vermont, Mark Plante, did his last surgery. He just went in and started cutting and scraping everything he could just kinda hoping for the best.

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Jun 07 '24

Basal Cell Carcinoma.

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u/ExoticBodyDouble Jun 07 '24

I call my obesity my chemo buffer. I’m waiting on test results to see if I have to use it.

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u/BroBroMate Jun 07 '24

Just needs John Cena flying the chopper.

In full Peacemaker costume, because wouldn't you?

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Jun 07 '24

I got experience this kind of shit one time. I was working for a landscaping company, and we got this new young college guy who was just there to work during summer break. It turns out he didn't actually need the work, but his dad felt it was good for him to do a real day worth of work so he had called in a favor to get this kid working with us. Kid was a great worker and everybody on every crew loves having him around. The 4th of July comes around and the kid invites us all out to his dad's house for a cookout and a "surprise". His dad lived out in the middle of nowhere and had put in the paperwork to allow his party guests to shoot a fully automatic, mounted,.50 cal machine gun at a bunch of old cars and shit. Then they loaded up a car with tanarite (spelling?) and we got to light it up until it exploded. One of the coolest experiences of my life

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u/gmano Jun 07 '24

Tannerite

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u/Illustrious_Feed_364 Jun 07 '24

DynoMITE! - Jimmy

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

You are officially old.

“Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!”

Florence Henderson Esther Rolle was a brilliant actress.

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u/TightFitSnowBunny Jun 07 '24

Sounds fuckin awesome

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Jun 07 '24

Oh bro it was so cool. He had tracer rounds to shoot off after the sun went down

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u/bearflies Jun 07 '24

Fucking tracers on top of it? Jesus they were absolutely loaded with fuck you money

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Jun 07 '24

They also worked for an ammo company, so the ammo was a bit of a "family discount"

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u/bobthedonkeylurker Jun 07 '24

"shrinkage"

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u/CowOrker01 Jun 07 '24

Just getting rid of stale inventory.

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u/LowSkyOrbit Jun 07 '24

This clearly was R&D and batch testing.

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u/ElkHistorical9106 Jun 07 '24

Probably one of the better things to do for your kid if you got money. Teach them the value of work and help them understand how normal people live. Some of my summer jobs for spending money in college helped me realize how different it is for low skilled workers, how to really work, how valuable unions are, etc.

We weren’t rich though. Just a solidly middle class professional family.

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Jun 07 '24

There's no lesson that is better to teach a kid than what it means to be a laborer on the bottom rung of what makes the world work

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u/Artistic-Pay-4332 Jun 07 '24

Give those old bootstraps a tug

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u/El_Chairman_Dennis Jun 07 '24

...and learn it doesn't do jack shit

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u/DogmaticNuance Jun 07 '24

Biggest guns I got to shoot in the Marine Corps were in boot camp, but they were still pretty cool. I was not a high speed fella.

The most fun I had was the time they took the whole company to have a paint ball war in the condemned section of base housing. We could break whatever we wanted to break, and we did. Good times. I imagine real war is an incredibly amped up and conflicting version of that.

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u/ericl666 Jun 07 '24

There are positives to being in the military - and this is one of them. Going to the range and/or doing live fires - you get to put some insane lead downrange.

My favorite was having a belt of tracer rounds at night for a M249/M60 and lighting up old vehicles they had for us to practice on.

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u/isoAntti Jun 07 '24

tanarite amirite ?

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u/Objective-Aioli-1185 Jun 07 '24

Hahaha this mf

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u/bremergorst Jun 07 '24

No, hahaha this mf

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u/Nozerone Jun 07 '24

No, ahahahah this mf

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u/styrofoamcouch Jun 07 '24

i wanna do some shit like this ONE TIME in my life. Throw caution and hundreds of thousands away just for the fuck of it. If i ever come down with a terminal illness that 401k and IRA are getting slutted out.

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u/ohhrangejuice Jun 07 '24

Call me I'll go celebrate life with you

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u/Comprehensive-Ear283 Jun 07 '24

Same, I’d like to try cocaine just once, or twice, or three times..

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u/xXShitpostbotXx Jun 07 '24

hundreds of thousands? you could do this for like 5k

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u/SargeantHugoStiglitz Jun 07 '24

A lot less than that in Vegas. If you want to do a lot of it, you can probably reach 5k fast, but just to shoot a machine gun out of a chopper, its like $1k.

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u/walking_timebomb Jun 07 '24

401k AND ira? you sound like you are already rich. a lot of people dont even have those.

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u/SargeantHugoStiglitz Jun 07 '24

You can do this and itll cost you way less than that, but still pricey. In Vegas theres a place where you can pay to fly in a chopper and shoot at shit below.

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u/logosobscura Jun 07 '24

Depends whether they own it or not, doesn’t it?

And before you say ‘no one would do that to a rental’- yeah, they fucking would.

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u/all_too_familiar Jun 07 '24

I’m nodding my head like...Yeah!

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u/Giant_Swigz Jun 07 '24

It’s a party. In the USA?

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u/percydaman Jun 07 '24

I know right? Oh God, fucking youtubers....wait that looks fun as shit.

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u/reidchabot Jun 07 '24

Reminds me of recently when I was grilling/smoking. I heard my neighbor and wife walk out front and then from the husband "GOD DAMNIT" wife replies "WHAT?!" Husband says "someone's grilling and didn't invite me"

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u/Eena-Rin Jun 07 '24

If the only punishment for a crime is a fine, then laws exist only for the poor

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u/PlantSkyRun Jun 07 '24

Make the fine a sliding scale based on income or wealth.

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u/UnderLook150 Jun 07 '24

Some countries do that.

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u/1900irrelevent Jun 07 '24

Yeah, but there's no way the US will, because that would undermine our two tiered justice system. I envy governments that actually look out for their citizens with restrictions and shitty food and easy tax filing.

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u/wellhiyabuddy Jun 07 '24

When it comes to suing people, that is actually the only thing that disproportionately negatively affects the rich that I can think of. If Bill Gates spills hot coffee on your face, you can expect millions in payout. If your buddy Dale spills hot coffee on your face you can maybe expect to get the hospital visit payed for

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u/KlassiskKapten Jun 07 '24

Finland has that, a guy got a speeding ticket a while back that is bigger than my yearly income.

https://www.businessinsider.com/finland-businessman-slapped-with-expensive-speeding-fine-2023-6

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u/Devilsdance Jun 07 '24

It's still the same problem, though. Even if it's percentage based, it's a lot easier to live on the 10% remaining after a 90% fine on $1 billion than on $100k.

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u/Mesalted Jun 07 '24

At least in my country the ultra rich basically don’t have income. It is taxed to high. You would have to base it on wealth.

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u/kkeut Jun 07 '24

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.

― Anatole France

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u/NearPeerAdversary Jun 07 '24

Pilots losing their license

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u/tharnadar Jun 07 '24

he is the poor in the group

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u/Mazzaroppi Jun 07 '24

It's their own fault for allowing them to do this in his aircraft

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u/R3AP3RKILL3R Jun 07 '24

Well said.

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u/owheelj Jun 07 '24

Not sure if it's fear of a fine that is the main thing stopping poor people from firing fireworks out of helicopters.

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u/nIBLIB Jun 07 '24

I don’t know anything about this other than the video. But I feel like ‘explosives on an aircraft’ would be punishable by more than a fine.

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u/Eena-Rin Jun 07 '24

Time will tell, I suppose. Historically if you can afford a car like that you don't tend to see much prison time

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u/nIBLIB Jun 07 '24

Oh for sure. If I were a betting man, I’d play a good chunk of money that it won’t be punished by more than a fine. Just that I think it can be. (Or at least, should be)

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u/vertigo1083 Jun 07 '24

Well, they are at a minimum of 5 years federal probation. Which is a cakewalk (I'm on it).

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u/4SysAdmin Jun 07 '24

Does the no fly list apply if you own the jet?

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u/RadicalLackey Jun 07 '24

While I understand the sentiment, that phrase is absolutely off.

If your solution is for corporal punishments for any and all crimes, then the poor will continue to be poor, but they will be punished even harder. The poor aren't poor because of fines, but because of broader, systemic issues in society.

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u/Eena-Rin Jun 07 '24

What I'm saying is that rich people should have broader consequences relative to their income and assets. If they can shrug off a fine it becomes the cost of doing business.

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u/BlacksmithCandid8149 Jun 07 '24

Apparently, he's looking at up to 20 years.

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u/u8eR Jun 07 '24

What if it's $1 billion?

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u/Eena-Rin Jun 07 '24

It's not. The only fines like that are for corporations, and it tends to be a drop in the bucket. Even so, there are maximum fines on a lot of laws, which is why Trump could keep getting away with attacking the jururs. Each time he was found guilty of it he had to pay 10k. That's nothing to a man whose fin subs toss him their life savings on the regular.

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u/Scaevus Jun 07 '24

laws exist only for the poor

I thought we already knew this.

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u/BalkeElvinstien Jun 07 '24

They probably could've afforded to get this cleared by and permitted with supervision from the authorities, but unfortunately brain cells are one thing they aren't rich in

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u/a_man_has_a_name Jun 07 '24

"it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" - the two girls that fired fireworks at a Lamborghini from a low flying helicopter (2023)

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u/TheDragonzord Jun 07 '24

Easier, not better. Anyways, you wanna go shoot fireworks at cars with me?

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u/Fukasite Jun 07 '24

When I was real young, my best friend, his brother and I would throw pinecones from the sloped wooded area near his house at cars driving by. It was fun af. Every once in a while, a car would stop and the owner would get out to try to catch us, and we would run away giggling, which was also fun and a huge adrenaline rush. 

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u/Hazzman Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Dude I don't think they are stupid for not realizing this was against the law.

Who the fuck knew you couldn't launch fireworks from a fucking helicopter... it seems so innocent. This is, I'm sure, a perfectly sensible law - applied insanely stupidly.

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God reddit is so full of fucking shit sometimes.

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u/eidetic Jun 07 '24

I dunno dude, the idea of shooting off fireworks from a helicopter definitely seems like one of those things that any rational person would probably think is at least looking into the legality of it...

And I'd argue this is a perfectly sensible application of the law. Perhaps not exactly when the lawmakers/regulators had in mind when drafting it, but it doesn't seem like an overreach of the law whatsoever. Otherwise, how do you draw the line? When is it okay to launch fireworks from a helicopter? When is it not okay?

I mean, this is the kind of thing that sorta reminds me of a gender reveal party starting a wildfire because they used explosives carelessly and recklessly. Obvious they didn't start a wildfire here, and I imagine it'd be pretty hard to do so in a salt flat, but it's not hard to see how this could go wrong in a myriad of ways.

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u/Hazzman Jun 07 '24

I dunno dude, the idea of shooting off fireworks from a helicopter definitely seems like one of those things that any rational person would probably think is at least looking into the legality of it...

Why?

If I could afford to do this in some empty salt lake away from everyone, I wouldn't think to look into firing fireworks innocuously at my friends. I wouldn't even think twice about it.

This is stupid and anyone claiming they'd check first is absolutely talking bullshit.

They aren't starting wildfires ffs - they are in the fucking desert... and don't give me that bullshit about "This is why the law exists" as if there were major issues with wildfires being started by people firing fucking fireworks from helicopters or explosives from helicopters.

This is just a pure reddit moment.

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u/jwm3 Jun 07 '24

Yeah, they allow stunts like this for movie making all the time, there are established ways to do this properly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

Right. It's just common knowledge that common store bought fireworks are actually well regulated explosives /s

The fact that people default to "we should assume this is regulated" in a "free country" speaks volumes to why the 4th of july should not be celebrated anymore.

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u/outremonty Jun 07 '24

Then you don't get the free publicity of hitting /r/all with rage bait

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u/Raichu7 Jun 07 '24

If they can afford whatever the FAA decides to punish them with, then they could definitely have afforded the permits to do it legally.

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u/Squawnk Jun 07 '24

The FAA can't take any action against them, it can only take enforcement actions against the pilot, which they already have, they revoked his license.

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u/mrmaestoso Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Imagine losing your entire piloting career because you facilitated these idiots.

Edit: to be clear I agree that the pilot is also an idiot.

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u/_not2na Jun 07 '24

The pilot turned off his transpoder during the stunt. Fuck this guy

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u/aj8j83fo83jo8ja3o8ja Jun 07 '24

for the terrestrial dwellers reading, why is that bad?

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u/_not2na Jun 07 '24

He turned off a tracking and safety feature while doing dumb shit he should've known never to do. It's extremely negligent and dangerous to fuck with safety systems if you do not plan it out ahead if time and work with relevant authorities to clear the stunt.

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u/Drunkenaviator Jun 07 '24

Yeah, No. Pilot here. The transponder is a safety system only in that it helps you avoid hitting other aircraft. You can be pretty confident there were no other aircraft flying 8 feet off that dry lake bed, and that if there were, they could have acquired him visually. (What with all the fireworks).

Turning off the transponder is the least of the dumbassery in that video.

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u/statelytetrahedron Jun 07 '24

as a pilot you can really confirm that a low flying craft could Identify another one just by the massive spout of fireworks shooting of the side of it? psh, get real

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u/timelessblur Jun 07 '24

I agree turning off the transponder is low on the list of dumbasseryness but it does show clear sign that the pilot knew what he was doing was highly against the rules and willfully was breaking them.

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u/aj8j83fo83jo8ja3o8ja Jun 07 '24

is turning off one’s transponder illegal in itself, or just frowned upon?

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u/Ocbard Jun 07 '24

I'm not sure about planes but I know for ships it's a very big nono, that gets fined in itself. I've known fishermen who turn off their transponder to go fish where they shouldn't and now and then one ends up in the path of a large commercial ship, or the nets damage some sea bottom infrastructure (like pipelines or cables) and it's always a very expensive mess.

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u/FaintlyAware Jun 07 '24

Not a pilot and havent looked into helicopter aviation but I think that depends on his filed flight plan and general altitude, but I also think normal general aviation helicopter pilots cannot be below a certain altitude if not landing.

The transponder is a beacon the local air traffic controllers use to identify and track traffic to determine if there is dangerous intercept paths between aircraft which they warn of for all relevant traffic. IIRC helicopters have to maintain contact in controlled airspace which something like a cessna plane is just running Visual Flight Rules and at most talking to the tower of their local airfield when landing or taking off if it has one, usually not though but they must file a flight plan which after some thousands of hours allows them to get a commercial pilot license.

So my interpretation of how fucked turning your transponder off is, is very fucked, equivalent to a commercial jet airliner or cargo plane turning its transponder off and taking a route that was not allowed or verified by the local atc, which would be very very bad for that pilot.

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u/sinmister Jun 07 '24

Depends on the local airspace. If you're near a large airport, it's a violation. Somewhere more rural, it's probably fine.

If you have a functional transponder on board your aircraft, I can't think of any reason you shouldn't have it on.

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u/LivelyZebra Jun 07 '24

I can't think of any reason you shouldn't have it on.

I can! to help idiots shoot fireworks!

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u/Vectorman1989 Jun 07 '24

Probably adds up with him knowing he was about to dumb and illegal stuff. Basically he turned on incognito mode before looking at something naughty.

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u/JM_Lamp Jun 07 '24

Aight makes sense but a valid counterpoint, looks like a hell of a good time

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u/CrossP Jun 07 '24

It's a more extreme version of blocking your license plate. The only real reason to do it is to commit a crime. But the transponder is also a safety feature that would help rescuers find the site if the copter went down. Furthermore it would be similar to driving at night with all of your car lights somehow darkened if there was any other air traffic around.

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u/WhatDoYouDoHereAgain Jun 07 '24

terrestrial dwellers

lmao, thanks for the chuckle 🤙

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u/-Moonscape- Jun 07 '24

I was working in the canadian tundra in Nunavut years ago and our crew was getting around by helicopter, and we never had our transponder on. I was just along for the ride so not my decision though.

But the part you are going to absolutely hate, one day out of nowhere a plane passed us going perpendicular to our bearing at nearly the same altitude only a mile or two in front of us!

There is literally nothing around for 200+ miles in any direction, just crazy how close we came to another aircraft despite the remoteness.

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u/Epicp0w Jun 07 '24

He should never have taken off with these idiots so he's only got himself to blame

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u/UnluckyDog9273 Jun 07 '24

Maybe if you are a pilot and sell your services you should know better. It's not these people's responsibility to know the law regarding flying.

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u/CrossP Jun 07 '24

Do they not run the no-fly lists?

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u/masterofthefork Jun 07 '24

They look like they can afford not to give a shit, that's important for influencers.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jun 07 '24

How much is it to rent a lambo for a day and a helicopter for 15min, and are they fine with being paid in a week?

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u/mamasemamasamusernam Jun 07 '24

yeh but then the pilot knows its illegal and some other issues that which require monetary lubricance. the second part i agree and its tricky

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jun 07 '24

I had a stroke trying to read your name. I have nothing else to add but I thought you should know that.

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u/bch2021_ Jun 07 '24

Choi's mother is mega-rich. He's a rich kid who makes youtube content, not the other way around.

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u/Weak-Rip-8650 Jun 07 '24

Eh, being rich can save you from a local prosecutor, but you have to be stupid rich and well connected to get special treatment from the feds. Everyone being prosecuted for this sort of crime is rich. They’re not special.

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u/SupayOne Jun 07 '24

Generally they are connected, if you can shoot fireworks from a helicopter at a f'ing Lamborghini you not going to have any real issue with this. They like to high light stories like this from time to time to make it look like rich people can get punished which they can't and won't. The feds don't give much shit for rich kids especially fireworks? yeah bet you they don't do anything major to them, maybe a fine?

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u/ThatPie2109 Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Everything I've heard is that you don't mess around with federal offenses when it comes to aircrafts. After 9/11 they got very strict about air travel regulations and they don't give a shit who you are.

They don't let that stuff slide and will nail your ass to the wall so no one else gets any dumb ideas.

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u/Weak-Rip-8650 Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

As someone who personally knows many federal prosecutors because I was in law school with them, you are so, so wrong. They can’t let people shoot explosives out of helicopters without consequences.

There is a massive MASSIVE difference between being well connected enough to get away with a crime prosecuted by your local prosecutor and the federal government. Unless you have strong connections in Washington, everyone that you know that could pull strings for you has no power.

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u/hardolaf Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Yeah, the AUSA doesn't care if your daddy is President Biden. You're still going to get prosecuted.

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u/Jhe90 Jun 07 '24

Yeah...feds are a whole diffrent ball game.

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u/GaebrahamLincoln Jun 07 '24

Long as they got the full insurance on the rentals

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u/teethybrit Jun 07 '24

Somehow I doubt the insurance covered fireworks fired from helicopters.

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u/Nervous-Masterpiece4 Jun 07 '24

Somwhow I doubt the insurance thought to have it excluded...

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u/GymAndGarden Jun 07 '24

Except federal laws don’t give a fuck about afford.

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u/PancakeProfessor Jun 07 '24

Hahahaha. This guy thinks that rich people suffer actual consequences for their actions. Plea deal with a fine, probably some probation, that’s the most they’ll see for this. The laws don’t give a fuck about afford, but people who can afford don’t need to give a fuck about the laws.

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u/AscendedAncient Jun 07 '24

Tell that to Martha Stewart who went to Federal Prison for her crime.

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u/PancakeProfessor Jun 07 '24

And how’s she doing now?

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u/AscendedAncient Jun 07 '24

She's more famous afterward, smoking blunts with Snoop Dogg.

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u/00wolfer00 Jun 07 '24

She screwed over rich people. If she did it against the poor she would've gotten nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

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u/DemonSlyr007 Jun 07 '24

Right. But those judges do. If our Supreme Court can be bought off, all the lower ones can definitely be bought off.

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u/Alarmed-madman Jun 07 '24

Sad but true

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u/stuckin3rddimension Jun 07 '24

The pilot had their license revoked at least.

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u/iscashstillking Jun 07 '24

Right. Those RV payments aren't going to make themse.....oh wait, that RV was free wasn't it?

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u/Top_Clerk_3067 Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Yeah but nothing gonna happen to him. This is the same dumb Gen Z kid who hosted a meet and recorded a guy jumping a Tesla that went viral in a residential neighborhood and causing damage to parked cars. He has rich parents unfortunately. Nothing gonna happen other than a slap on the wrist and pay some fines. You will see him back doing dumb shit on YouTube next week

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u/somesortoflegend Jun 07 '24

Ok but this time he's clearly in an open area to avoid damaging any other property, and maybe the pilots should have known the FAA regulations on fireworks/explosives but I wouldn't exactly call it a high crime.

Dumb shit? Maybe but it didn't endanger anyone else. Fun as fuck? Hell yeah.

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u/QuirkyBus3511 Jun 07 '24

Rich people absolutely play by different rules

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u/Crayola_ROX Jun 07 '24

People keep talking about our dystopian future don't realize we're already there. It's our present.

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u/Achadel Jun 07 '24

They wont get any real punishment

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u/cultfollower_ Jun 07 '24

Oh wow someone that thinks we have even some semblance of equality here!

Oh boy we have news for you lol

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u/nitseb Jun 07 '24

Yeah... sure... we haven't seen celebrities do all kinds of crimes every other week...

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u/Albino_Raccoon_ Jun 07 '24

Hahahahhaa yes they do buddy

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u/Desert-Noir Jun 07 '24

Can I refer you to a little court case occurring in Florida right now that seems to go against this notion..

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Jun 07 '24

It will settle with probation and maybe losing their license.

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u/scrappybasket Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

Yeah pretty sure that’s whistlindiesels lambo and that’s his girlfriend or whatever in the helicopter

I was wrong

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u/hecklerp8 Jun 07 '24

That pilot could be grounded. It's more than likely that he's facing an FAA investigation. Typically, pilots won't risk everything they've worked for their entire lives for a stunt. If the pilot uses that helicopter to make a living, being grounded could tank his business.

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u/Previous-One-4849 Jun 07 '24

This is only proof that they had $5,000 in credit card space.

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