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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 81 points 1 week ago

Err, username checks out...?

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When confronted by troopers, Highlander allegedly said “he only made the statements in these chats to be inflammatory” and that “he was ‘trolling’ and ‘rage baiting’ because he found it highly amusing,” according to the criminal complaint.

It’s just a joke bro

[–] liquorice@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wait im confused - so what images they found then? lololol

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like they did find images as he was sharing them on discord and looking them up with discords AI (which I wasn’t aware was a thing), but when the police went to pick him up he used the old “I was only joking” defense.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can we take a moment to focus on using Discords AI to find CSAM?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They don't catch the smart ones!

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

I was thinking more of the fact that it is even possible in the first place.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 3 points 1 week ago

Triggered much, FBI agent?

[–] olejellylegs@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same approach used by right wing agitators.

“Just a joke bro…” “I’m just talking about fucking kids/supporting the KKK/discussing the positive sides of slavery… and supporting Trump… you know as a joke…”

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, it's ALMOST a clever cover. I would assume someone named mrchildporn would either have a squeaky clean harddrive and spend his days helping old ladies cross the street, or else have been long ago in prison

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah. Its hard to imagine the scenario that a healthy person would choose that name tho

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

A healthy person? No. But a horrifically unwell person, who's entirely innocent with a sick sense of humor? Maybe... Maybe.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago

yeah, i mean, its fucking insane.

[–] olejellylegs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I’d assume they work hand and glove with the GOP…

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s seriously bizarre how goddamn stupid people are with computers.

Bullies and assholes taking the defaults, signing up for NaziNet, flooding the intertubes with their most intimate wrongs.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s seriously bizarre how goddamn stupid people are ~~with computers~~.

FTFY.

How we got the point of zapping rocks with lightning to make them think despite how disappointing humans are is a god damn miracle.

[–] JackTea@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago

You summed up human existence. How we survived, and also got to where we are, is a miracle. Not human ingenuity. The fragile genius in an ocean of stupid.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

With a username like that he must have been framed.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

that's right MrChildPorn, only our fearless leader can fuck kids and get away with it.

my "not involved in human trafficking" ~~t-shirt~~username has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my ~~shirt~~username

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Is that a young "Bubbles"? He's a sexual predator too....