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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

scenario: you know a chud at your workplace. he shows you a 'funny' meme on his phone and you peep his twitter handle. it's LoliHitler88. you hate this guy so much. can you put his real name and face on a billboard next to his greatest twitter hits if you don't call him any names on it. is that considered harassment or free promotion. this is a hypothetical

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago

Putting up posters is cheaper and less legally dubious.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

This is true

[-] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Legal? Probably? But I doubt a billboard company would be willing to put up something they see as controversial

[-] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago

sign... woke strikes again

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

"we're not going to print this because it's petty and potentially libellous and childish"

"Ugh you're so woke"

[-] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

No Im based and this hypothetical billboard company is cringe and PC.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I'm so mad at this company rn angery

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

You have said the actual truth

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

have you ever been to the Saar Chasm? it's one of the most amazing parts of the Grand Canyon

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago
[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

”I get jokes.”

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

🙄🙄🙄

[-] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

Put it in the lobby of work instead. It would be much funnier and probably reach more people.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

But be careful where and how you print it, I hear they can trace those things these days.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Use magazine cutouts and glue from the company lol

[-] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

I mean if you're using your employers equipment they will know who printed it depending on what solution they use.

PaperCut is very popular and logs everything you print, even a copy of the printed file if configured to do so. Minimum: file name, time printed, which printer it was printed at, who printed it, and from what computer it was sent from.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

100%

You would definitely want to print it somewhere else.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago
[-] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

I've always wondered if I could just order a printer from China to get around this

[-] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

if you want to try diagnosing printer errors in chinese be my guest

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

WHAT THE FUCK DOES 纸质墨盒 装载信 MEAN?!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

the fbi can trace it... your shitdick IT firm or craft supply store or warehouse or whereever you work can't

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Then I guess the next question would be would there be a reason for authorities to get involved? Is this a case of harassment? Anyway, it seems the best recourse is to print it in black and white anyway to avoid any tracking dots.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah for sure be weary of any corporate controlled hardware. Usually the print server is a separate appliance that is probably logging all print jobs to some extent.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

This is true

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago
[-] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Canonical response

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Thank you Mr Elon sir.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

Just anonymously email it to your boss or to a large mailing group

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sysadmin version is to print them from an untraceable account on every printer in the company

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Spitballing here...

Unless this person is a public figure there's, at the very least, an argument that the billboard company might refuse. Also... you're gonna have to do a ton of legwork to try to keep this from tracking back directly to you.

If the billboard company allows it, that person you're putting on blast can try to take you to civil court for any damages real or imagined. At a minimum, you'd be expected to pull down the billboard plus any court fees you and probably the plaintiff incurred.

Find a public place to print off some flyers and pay with cash, wear a hat and a "loud" scarf/shirt. Drop them in places where somebody may find them around the office, hopefully with enough people handling them to get everybody's fingerprints on 'em.

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