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What's your favorite thing that anyone has done out of pure spite? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The Killdozer

Heemeyer held various grudges against town officials, neighbors of his muffler shop, the local press, and other Granby residents. Over about eighteen months, Heemeyer secretly armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete.

On Friday, June 4, 2004, Heemeyer used the bulldozer to demolish the Granby town hall, the house of a former mayor, and several other buildings. He killed himself after the bulldozer became stuck in a hardware store he was destroying. No one else was injured or killed.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago

The townspeople play so innocent in this story. I've lived in small towns and see right through their bullshit. The only reason they get away with it is the other party is dead and can't defend himself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Killdozer theme song

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Stuart Semple hates Anish Kapoor. He hates him so much that he requires those who purchase his paints to sign that they are not Anish Kapoor, are not buying them for Anish Kapoor, and will do everything they can to make sure they do not end up in the possession of Anish Kapoor.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago

Semple is metal as fuck. He made the Pinkest Pink after Kapoor bought exclusive artistic rights to Vantablack, then after Kapoor taunted Semple with a picture of his middle finger dipped in Pink, Semple made Diamond Dust, which is glitter made out of literal glass shards. He also made Black 2.0 and later on Black 3.0 because fuck Anish Kapoor.

It's not just Anish Kapoor he's against; he's against the whole monopolization of art materials and colours. He made TIFF Blue (versus Tiffany Blue), Easy Klein (versus International Klein Blue), and even Freetone (versus Adobe and Pantone).

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

2007 starbucks, AZ. If a customer was an asshole, the worker they were an asshole to would request a restock of the sugar free classic so the Barista on bar could hear. There was no sugar free classic syrup. The drink would be made decaf.

It's petty, but....dont be a dick

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

The name of that barista was Satan.

https://youtu.be/VdQKVDUBu2g

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Comedian who raised 125k for a lady who's house got destroyed in a hurricane. Just to fuck with them basically

He says hate but feels like its just spite he just feels reeeeal strongly about it

Caution: pre 2015 video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzRfVg2edo

https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2013/12/30/doug-stanhope-crowdfunded-126k-for-atheist-tornado-victim-to-annoy-christians

[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For people wondering like me. He raised the money to buy her a new house. It was to piss off her religious neighbors that the athiest got a new house when they didn't.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Thank you, I needed the context!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (3 children)

My landlord was sexually harassing my neighbor with threats to raise rents if she didn't 'give it up'

So me and 4 of my friends took apart his car and broke into his apartment and mostly reassembled it in his living room

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

Cars are unibody these days. You and four of your friends carried an entire chassis through a human-sized door? Did you remove the doors? Did you remove the windshield? Did you move the engine and trans too? Did you carry the whole subframe together, or? How'd you get the lift in the house? Did you rent any tools?

...now, I'm not calling you a liar, but barring a 90's Miata, I dunno, bro. I just don't know, bro.

edit: missed a spot, .world snowflakes

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Favorite... wait what? We're supposed to LIKE things people do out of spite?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah we probably aren't supposed to like them but I remember reading what was probably a joke, but I had to laugh awhile back. Something about a guy finding out his girlfriend was cheating on him so he packed all his stuff and left and when she got home she found not only did he leave but he uninstalled the toilet and put it by the street as they lived in a 1 bathroom place.

Probably fake, but that's some creative ass pettiness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

There was another one about a woman whose husband left her and told her sell my Porsche and send me the money, so she sold it for $100. I know it's natural to laugh at human failings, I'm just turned off by "What's the worst behavior you ever saw?" posts.