| I assume most know what a hackathon is because most people here do something related to the computer science field but if you don't know, it's basically an overnight event where programmers work on technology projects in teams. So two kids made some comments and then someone reported it to one of the officials of the event because they were worried that it could have been a real bomb. On the first day, these two individuals got expelled from the event and had to go home.  Original article The counterarguments made by the people who got kicked out: [1] [2] What do you think about this situation? Should they have gotten kicked out for the harmless joke? Have you ever be reprimanded or punished over a silly joke? Discuss and share stories. |
| There's a reason the kid who made the clock that looked like a bomb got expelled. If they're going to joke about making the actual thing and bringing it they should be aware they won't be allowed in. |
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| That is actually hilarious. Funny world, this is. People get reprimanded for clocks, and retribution is not given to real terror. I don't have enough information to pass judgement on them. I don't know whether the decision was objective, or whether the person who found the comment "unsafe" was just using it as an excuse to lessen their competition. If it was objective, I don't even know if it's fair. Would it have been fair a few weeks ago? If the ridiculous original incident hadn't happened, this wouldn't be a problem. That's what I do know. However, I'd expect adults to act with a hint of professionalism. Take yourself seriously if you want other people to do the same to you. |
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| lmao 9/11 joke, someone give them a free clock. |
CaelidesuSep 22, 2015 7:10 AM
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Scavrefamn said: The result of living in a feminist world. What does bomb threats have to do with females? lequack said: It was a stupid joke to make and I can see why they got kicked out. At least it did not become a big deal and getting kicked out of a hackathon is not a big punishment its just a one time event Well, I feel bad because it's a big event that they prepared for and worked hard to innovate their ideas. As a fellow hacker. |
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| Probably a satirical reference to that Mohamed bomb affair. Can't blame them, it was a fucked up affair. :/ |
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PeripheralVision said: Probably a satirical reference to that Mohamed bomb affair. Can't blame them, it was a fucked up affair. :/ The second one was just a harmless pun, though. |
PeripheralVision said: Probably a satirical reference to that Mohamed bomb affair. Can't blame them, it was a fucked up affair. :/ It did look like a bomb, I would have atleast got a closer look at it even if it were a white kid bringing it in. Can't trust kids these days fuckers all shoot schools up n shit. |
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mayukachan said: PeripheralVision said: Probably a satirical reference to that Mohamed bomb affair. Can't blame them, it was a fucked up affair. :/ The second one was just a harmless pun, though. Quite a Bombastic pun he made, though I still Exploded with laughter. |
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Spooks_McBones said: PeripheralVision said: Probably a satirical reference to that Mohamed bomb affair. Can't blame them, it was a fucked up affair. :/ It did look like a bomb, I would have atleast got a closer look at it even if it were a white kid bringing it in. Can't trust kids these days fuckers all shoot schools up n shit. I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ |
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mayukachan said: What does bomb threats have to do with females? Women , manginas and feminists are anti jokes, anti freedom of expression and pro ultra-authoritarianship against intelligent (and obviously heterosexual) men. That is one of the core tenets of their religion. This kind of thing is the direct result of female privilege. In a world not strongly catering to vagina, such a thing would never occur. |
PeripheralVision said: Spooks_McBones said: It did look like a bomb, I would have atleast got a closer look at it even if it were a white kid bringing it in. Can't trust kids these days fuckers all shoot schools up n shit. I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ The thing that bugs me the most is that the guy who instantly kicked them out wasn't even one of the higher ups in the Hack. He should have consulted some of the other officials there before making that decision. Scavrefamn said: mayukachan said: What does bomb threats have to do with females? Women , manginas and feminists are anti jokes, anti freedom of expression and pro ultra-authoritarianship against intelligent (and obviously heterosexual) men. That is one of the core tenets of their religion. This kind of thing is the direct result of female privilege. In a world not strongly catering to vagina, such a thing would never occur. lol there are no such things as "females" in a hack anyway |
PeripheralVision said: Supposedly the clock had to be plugged up to work. So he had to have plugged it into an outlet and set the alarm or someone else did, but that's doubted as he's the one to build it.I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ |
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PeripheralVision said: Spooks_McBones said: It did look like a bomb, I would have atleast got a closer look at it even if it were a white kid bringing it in. Can't trust kids these days fuckers all shoot schools up n shit. I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ Yeah but schools have been doing that kind of shit for years I remember in the 90's of reading articles where kids brought in home made fake guns that look like shit or crossbows made of bits of wood and got the same treatment. now a days kids use real guns and bombs so surprised the punishments haven't actually escalated. I honestly do think tis case had nothing to do with racism this time and really was just because the teachers were paranoid and the kid really made a clock that looked like a bomb. Shit these days I'd find the idea of it been a bomb more probably than some kid just happened to build a clock (who builds a clock now a days) that just happened to look like a bomb. Of course everyone makes this about race but damn its an easy mistake to make these days. If I were a Muslim guy I wouldn't walk around with a heavy bag filled with computer bits I'd built into an art project that happens to look like a bomb then act surprised when im arrested for forgetting it near a bin by a bus stop. It really would look suspicious. Just like any white kid in a trench coat carrying around his dads gun would be arrested even if he was just taking it to be cleaned. |
SpooksSep 22, 2015 7:36 AM
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Spooks_McBones said: PeripheralVision said: I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ Yeah but schools have been doing that kind of shit for years I remember in the 90's of reading articles where kids brought in home made fake guns that look like shit or crossbows made of bits of wood and got the same treatment. now a days kids use real guns and bombs so surprised the punishments haven't actually escalated. I honestly do think tis case had nothing to do with racism this time and really was just because the teachers were paranoid and the kid really made a clock that looked like a bomb. Shit these days I'd find the idea of it been a bomb more probably than some kid just happened to build a clock (who builds a clock now a days) that just happened to look like a bomb. Of course everyone makes this about race but damn its an easy mistake to make these days. If I were a Muslim guy I wouldn't walk around with a heavy bag filled with computer bits I'd built into an art project that happens to look like a bomb then act surprised when im arrested for forgetting it near a bin by a bus stop. It really would look suspicious. Just like any white kid in a trench coat carrying around his dads gun would be arrested even if he was just taking it to be cleaned. I agree to an extent, and I believe the clock was taken out of it's case and put into a box. What I don't agree was the punishment. I don't think race is that big a contributing factor to it, it's the over zealousness of the schools to play by the books. Why I did something similar to this kid and no bats an eye. (I took my disassembled computer to school.) |
PeripheralVisionSep 22, 2015 8:28 AM
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Spooks_McBones said: PeripheralVision said: I would've examined it too, but 3 days suspension is a bit harsh. I've done FAR worst things at that age and I've gotten usually 1-2 days suspension. I mean, can they prove it was his intent to cause panic? It's like that time that kid brought a lego gun (for lego minifgigures) to school. :/ Yeah but schools have been doing that kind of shit for years I remember in the 90's of reading articles where kids brought in home made fake guns that look like shit or crossbows made of bits of wood and got the same treatment. now a days kids use real guns and bombs so surprised the punishments haven't actually escalated. I honestly do think tis case had nothing to do with racism this time and really was just because the teachers were paranoid and the kid really made a clock that looked like a bomb. Shit these days I'd find the idea of it been a bomb more probably than some kid just happened to build a clock (who builds a clock now a days) that just happened to look like a bomb. Of course everyone makes this about race but damn its an easy mistake to make these days. If I were a Muslim guy I wouldn't walk around with a heavy bag filled with computer bits I'd built into an art project that happens to look like a bomb then act surprised when im arrested for forgetting it near a bin by a bus stop. It really would look suspicious. Just like any white kid in a trench coat carrying around his dads gun would be arrested even if he was just taking it to be cleaned. Just because you're right, doesn't mean you're correct. |
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mayukachan said: Scavrefamn said: The result of living in a feminist world. What does bomb threats have to do with females? Because feminist are quite largely involved in spreading all this oversensitive political correct bullshit mentality. |
Monad said: mayukachan said: What does bomb threats have to do with females? Because feminist are quite largely involved in spreading all this oversensitive political correct bullshit mentality. The idea of feminism has nothing to do with racism, that's the thing. Maybe "SJW"s but yeah. |
mayukachan said: Monad said: Because feminist are quite largely involved in spreading all this oversensitive political correct bullshit mentality. The idea of feminism has nothing to do with racism, that's the thing. Maybe "SJW"s but yeah. I think he meant radical liberals, which are comprised of quite a number of feminists. |
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| i guess it was just time for them to leave, right guys??? |
HighKing77 said: Afshar said: i guess it was just time for them to leave, right guys???  I thought it was good. I exploded with laughter. :/ |
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HighKing77 said: Afshar said: i guess it was just time for them to leave, right guys???  |
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Astros said: HighKing77 said: |
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Scavrefamn said: Something something smash the patriarchy something something male privilege.The result of living in a feminist world. In respect to the actual discussion, I think the organizers did the right thing. Yes, these are jokes that refer to the kid that got arrested for his bomb like clock but the thing is we've had so many potential threats made towards large gatherings that if the organizers didn't take these seriously and something did happen, they would be on the hook for everything. If it was a harmless joke like making fun of the word dongle, I would see this being overkill but joking about having a bomb at an event should be taken seriously. Fucking complicated issue though. |
ThrashMattoSep 22, 2015 9:16 AM
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| There's jokes that are inappropriate, but still funny. That joke wasn't even funny, and it's just a joke you don't make anymore. Terrorism is too real of a threat these days. People should be smart enough to just not joke about that stuff. Do you go up to a girl in an alley and say "I'm going to rape you!"..... JK ? No, of course you don't, because that is too real of a threat to be saying it as a "joke". Also remember the admins on that site really can't allow people to say that stuff, it could come back and hurt them and their site. It's just stupid. It's like that kid who got arrested for saying in a very serious way that he was going to shoot people at his school. He said he was saying it sarcastically and as a joke, but it doesn't fucking matter. No one thinks it's funny, and people get scared by the possibility of those threats being real. Basically, these aren't jokes....they're fake threats. |
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Afshar said: i guess it was just time for them to leave, right guys??? i feel bad because i snorted to this Fintan said: Do you go up to a girl in an alley and say "I'm going to rape you!"..... JK ? No, of course you don't, because that is too real of a threat to be saying it as a "joke". Also remember the admins on that site really can't allow people to say that stuff, it could come back and hurt them and their site. some people in this thread think rape is funny sadly ;-; |
Spooks_McBones said: I assassinated JFK Ftfy |
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Spooks_McBones said: I assassinated JFK |
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Astros said: Well, laughing at that just got me a lot awkward looks at workSpooks_McBones said: I assassinated JFK |
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mayukachan said: Afshar said: i guess it was just time for them to leave, right guys??? i feel bad because i snorted to this Fintan said: Do you go up to a girl in an alley and say "I'm going to rape you!"..... JK ? No, of course you don't, because that is too real of a threat to be saying it as a "joke". Also remember the admins on that site really can't allow people to say that stuff, it could come back and hurt them and their site. some people in this thread think rape is funny sadly ;-; I think some rape humor is funny. Does that make me less of a person? Also, saying "x is not funny" is obnoxious. You're basically saying it as a true statement when it's really an opinion. :/ |
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ThrashMatto said: You're welcome. =)Well, laughing at that just got me a lot awkward looks at work |
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| Well hackathon wouldn't want to be associated with bomb building so I could see why. |
| Probably referencing Ahmed Mohamed. Joke or not, comments like this should be taken at face value because well people could die. |
PeripheralVision said: mayukachan said: i feel bad because i snorted to this some people in this thread think rape is funny sadly ;-; I think some rape humor is funny. Does that make me less of a person? Also, saying "x is not funny" is obnoxious. You're basically saying it as a true statement when it's really an opinion. :/ No, it depends on the context.... Which is why I gave a context, rather then just saying rape jokes are not funny ever. "jokes" like the one this thread references is in a context where there's very little humor, it's just saying something as a false threat as I mentioned. |
| Watch them not get any whitehouse invites and shit like that. |
| srsly? seriously? The got kicked out over a joke? On facebook? SERIOUSLY? |
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mayukachan said: Monad said: Because feminist are quite largely involved in spreading all this oversensitive political correct bullshit mentality. The idea of feminism has nothing to do with racism, that's the thing. Maybe "SJW"s but yeah. Racism? O_o WTF? |
Monad said: the bomb case is a form of racismmayukachan said: The idea of feminism has nothing to do with racism, that's the thing. Maybe "SJW"s but yeah. Racism? O_o WTF? |
mayukachan said: The idea of feminism has nothing to do with racism, that's the thing. Maybe "SJW"s but yeah. Second-wave feminists excluded race from their talks and activism because they were concerned primarily with helping middle class white women gain equal footing with white men. Today, there's a branch of third-wave (modern) feminism called 'intersectionalism' that focuses on helping women from all races and backgrounds. There are some very vocal SJW/fainting couch feminists in these circles, but they don't comprise the entire movement. |
| Who would want to blow up a hackathon? Then again, there was that one guy who tried to gas a furry convention. |
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RedRoseFring said: And the guys who wanted to shoot up that pokemon thing.Who would want to blow up a hackathon? Then again, there was that one guy who tried to gas a furry convention. |
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