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[–] 171 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This reminds me of the time the police got called to an office building because someone saw a man with a rifle in one of the windows. Turns out it was a gaming studio, and the man was a human-size cardboard cutout advertising Battlefield or some similar first person shooter.

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    [–] 106 points 7 months ago (24 children)

    Was it Terry Pratchett or Douglas Addams that had a witch that was going to be burned at the stake? She had a little future-sight abd went to her death willingly and with dignity. And with 50pounds of roofing nails in a barrel of gunpowder under her dress.

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  • [–] 76 points 7 months ago (18 children)

    Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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  • [–] 39 points 7 months ago (16 children)

    You mean just Terry Pratchett, right? 😢

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    unfortunately Neil Gaiman is still alive and benefits directly from things like purchases, so no. You cannot mikufy an author who benefits.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    I'm OOTL on this, did Gaiman do something?

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  • [–] 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    from wikipedia:

    Claire described non-consensual kissing and groping by Gaiman after meeting him at a book tour event, as well as a $60,000 payment from Gaiman to her in August 2022.[176] A woman identified as "K", who also first met Gaiman at a book signing, said that during their relationship he subjected her to painful sex that she "neither wanted nor enjoyed".[21][177]

    Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny for Gaiman and Palmer's child, alleges that Gaiman sexually assaulted her within hours of their first meeting in February 2022.[177] Pavlovich recalled that he said, "Amanda told me I couldn't have you" after the assault; according to one of Palmer's friends, Palmer had previously told Gaiman, "You could really hurt this person and break her; keep your hands off of her". Pavlovich said that Gaiman had anal sex with her in the presence of his son.[21]

    Caroline Wallner, a former tenant of Gaiman's, alleges that he demanded sexual favours in exchange for being allowed to continue living on his property.[21][178] Wallner says that on one occasion, Gaiman grabbed her hand and placed it on his penis while his young son was asleep in the same bed.[21] In 2021, Wallner, her ex-husband, and Gaiman signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and Gaiman paid Wallner $275,000. In early 2025, Gaiman and Wallner both requested arbitration, the dispute resolution method mandated by the NDA, each accusing the other of violating the agreement.[179]

    The writer Julia Hobsbawm accused Gaiman of "an aggressive, unwanted pass" and described how Gaiman pushed her onto a sofa and French kissed her in 1986.[178][180]

    and something that made it really fucking obvious, if it wasn't already:

    In a blog post responding to coverage of the allegations against him, Gaiman said there were "moments I half-recognise and moments I don't".

    he doesn't even fucking try to deny it

    E: something else that pisses me off is this part:

    Gaiman has denied engaging in non-consensual sex, and dismissed Hobsbawm's allegations as misreading the situation.[178][180]

    If she says he sexually assaulted her and he says she fucking misread the situation, then he sexually assaulted her. are you fucking kidding me. the most good-faith interpretation is that he misread the situation an assaulted her without intending to do so, but given the track-record and the fact that he says that she misread the situation instead of being horrified at himself, I am willing to extend absolutely no good faith.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    Mostly yes, but we should not step this low. From the original source linked in Wikipedia:

    His position is that it was no more than a young man misreading a situation,

    So the bad wording is wikipedias fault

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Good Omens is the name of the book.

    Agnes Nutter had concealed forty pounds of roofing nails and eighty pounds of gunpowder in her petticoat.

    Which makes me wonder how much of a hulking beast she must have been to carry that.

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  • [–] 59 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    If someone shoots Boris, the owner will have a lot more to worry about than home invaders

    164lbs of Tannerite Kills a Barn

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    [–] 49 points 7 months ago

    Boris will not drop the gun, but he will drop the building structure.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I see there is Gender Reveal Tannerite, which would dye the perps a chosen color.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    "Boris, Boris Claymore"

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I hope Boris has a very substantial steel plate behind his back.

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago*

    This is no “go big or go home” he simply goes boom. He give me Mole from Atlantis vibes.

    (https://media.piefed.social/posts/El/Pa/ElPafaXi8arpuGA.png)

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (27 children)

    Unfortunately I think this is still illegal 😔

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    [–] 16 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I'm worried Boris won't go off. He's most likely to be shot with a handgun which won't set off the tannerite.

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    [–] 13 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Same energy as "claymore in the snow room aimed at the outside door". It can only do one thing and it will statistically do it to the person spending the most time around it, not any imagined opposition.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    If I am not mistaken, you have to shoot tannerite to cause it to go off. So unless the owner in this case is shooting guns in their house it seems pretty likely this wont go off or harm them, but will harm someone who chooses to shoot an armed civilian for not putting their gun down.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    Keep one in the car so you can use the HOV lane.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    175 lbs of Tannerite. Boris, the house and some part of the neighborhood will attempt a space voyage, if Boris gets shot.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Be Boris, Friend.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    I would be concerned about Boris wrecking a perfectly good foyer. Maybe put at the end of your street, leaning on a tree, just make sure the neighbors know what he is, but not who put him there.

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