They don’t have capital punishment where the catfisher guy lives, and I’m generally not in favor of it. But in this case, I wish it were an option. I work with children around this age at my school every single day, and I’m so upset right now, I can’t see straight.

From DailyMail court coverage:

Cimarron was told if she did not comply her photos would be sent to her father. In gut wrenching detail the prosecutor described how Cimarron pleaded with McCartney to stop. Even when she was visibly distressed and crying, he told her to ‘dry her eyes’ and involve her younger sister aged nine in a sex act.

Cimarron refused and said she would rather kill herself with McCartney cruelly launching a countdown and telling her: ‘goodbye and good luck’.

The court heard Cimarron’s sister later heard a popping sound that she thought was a balloon bursting.

This is a UK article, but the little girl, Cimarron, and her father, Ben Thomas, who both tragically took their own lives, were Americans and lived in a small town in West Virginia. Little Cimarron killed herself out of shame. 18 months later, the father killed himself because he couldn’t get over her loss.

This is a horrible story, so read with caution. I wish I hadn’t read it, but people need to know stuff like this happens so that they can better protect their own kids.

I don’t think it had anything to do with Odinism, BUT the bodies were arranged in a weird way. And the cops have been keeping a lot of evidence pretty quiet. So we’ll see.

I’ve been following the story for a while now. She hung two of her kids up with a dog leash. Then blamed on one of the victims, saying he committed suicide and took his sister with him.

She doesn’t really seem very remorseful, but at least she’s going to prison for life.

I’ve had my e-scoot for about nine months! Pic here: https://lemmy.world/post/20575626

But for my new commute, the roads aren’t as smooth. So I went bigger and got the bike. I have to say the scoot is way more fun so I’ll keep it.

And I apologize as well.

And hey, we agree on cars. I just bought an e-bike a few days ago, and I’ve been nearly killed twice already. Fucking drivers, totally ignoring bike lanes. Fuckers.

Ok, then we’re good. See? You say you’re sorry, I’ll say I’m sorry. And then we can just hate on the people who drive cars like shit. Deal?

I wasn’t mad either. So see? We’re not mad.

Let’s be friends now. I think maybe besties in the future. After the election, maybe? Harris will win, you can relax, etc.

I wasn’t upset though. I replied. You got mad. Now you think I’m a troll. That’s what happened. Dude, it’s in the link to the conversation. lol

And hey, we are both subbed here, so see? We have something in common. So we can be friends and move on.

You insulted me without provocation. I responded. Now you call me a troll. Dude, that’s what’s happening here. But this isn’t really the thread for that. I came here talking about a bike rack. You came here to call me a troll.

Or were you here looking at bike racks too? And we just mysteriously crossed paths here?

Let’s be clear—our very first interaction started with you insulting me by calling me an “edgelord,” which is a blatant provocation. As seen in your link: https://lemmy.world/comment/12909326

You initiated the conversation by insulting me, and now you’re falsely accusing me of trolling when I was simply responding to your attack.

If anything, you set the tone for that exchange, and yet you’re acting as if I’m the one in the wrong. It’s weird for you to insult someone and then play the victim when they respond.

Do you think it’s acceptable to personally attack someone in your very first interaction with them, even tho they haven’t attacked you?!

That’s your argument for calling me a troll? You’re saying I’m a troll because I responded to your unprovoked insult to me?! And I still didn’t personally attack you after that. lol

Yep, my post history is public: https://lemmy.world/u/UniversalMonk?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts

And what makes you think I was “surprised” at any backlash?! Friend, I’ve been getting backlash since my first day here. There is no “surprise” on my end.

And how was I troll to you? How am I treating people?

Right? And it’ll probably keep going down! I have a small fun downvote brigade that follows me around! lmao

So the people in c/politics think I’m the #1 troll on all of Lemmy (I voted for socialist candidate in this year’s US election instead of Harris). A few of them sent me DM’s saying they’ll follow me around just to “keep an eye” on me.

They like to post stats of how many downvotes I get (which I just used and put in my profile anyway.)

If you’re really bored and want to see some of the comments about how much I suck and should be banned, you can start here: https://lemmy.world/comment/12929978

But seriously, it’s boring and basically it’s people thinking Lemmy should be one big echo chamber. I get called to be banned daily. Meh, I’m still here. :)

Actually, that’s a great idea. I was gonna ride my bike to grocery store, but lack of bike rack annoys me, so I was going to take my car. I’ve never had a bike stolen before, but I just got this new e-bike, so I’m kinda extra cautious.

But I am definitely going to write to their headquarters this morning and suggest a bike rack! Thank you, friend! :)

Yep, I noticed that too, OP. And when I point it out, they claim I’m crying victim or that I have “main character syndrome” or that I am sealioning.

But you’re not alone. Other people notice this just like you do.

Why would I “Post less,” and expect that to help black people?! What?!