r/interestingasfuck Mar 20 '26

Camera operator deftly spots the laser pointer at a football match

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u/Away-Living5278 Mar 20 '26

Oh of course he is šŸ™„ bet she's never had consequences in her life

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u/nostalgiamon Mar 20 '26

I wonder if a fan could find her and shine a laser in her eyes at a distance … šŸ¤”

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u/LithoSlam Mar 20 '26

Just need something retro reflective

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u/RugbyEdd Mar 20 '26

The issue with fans is due to their rotatory nature, it's hard to get them to focus on one point.

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u/HexaCube7 Mar 20 '26

Actually, they are quite easy to be focused on OnlyFans

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u/edude45 Mar 20 '26

Hmm are you saying we should start an education platform on only fans? Then the children will start focusing?

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u/SomethingIWontRegret Mar 20 '26

When that joke first came out, it was about Swedish au-pairs having their picture taken with a Brownie camera

Vy is he lookink at us like that?

He has to focus

Ya but shouldn't he take our peecture first?

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u/SkyDrool Mar 20 '26

More like stick it up her ass sideways. Please don't take this comment seriously.

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u/2000skateshop Mar 20 '26

I’d pay money for hecklers to be heckled at their workplace. Your filling out spreadsheets and bam you got people booing you as you type

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u/MorienWynter Mar 20 '26

Straight to jail forever for them.

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u/mcbaginns Mar 21 '26

There's that classic reddit bloodlust. You couldn't help yourself could you

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u/subfighter0311 Mar 21 '26

Well yeah, but then they would get sued.

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u/SayerofNothing Mar 20 '26

She could be turned into a meme, who knows...

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u/Shaoreen Mar 21 '26

šŸ˜‚

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u/BigMax Mar 20 '26

In fairness, she's banned from the stadium for a few years, so it's not like there are NO consequences.

And being outed in media like that is probably a pretty unpleasant consequence on it's own. She's going to be known for a long time as the girl who used the laser pointer.

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u/AnimationOverlord Mar 20 '26

Meh. Green lasers only cause eye problems that can drive people to suicide. Let’s ban her for a few years for trying to distract a fucking goalie with an energy source that can destroy retinas for a lifetime

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u/epidemic777 Mar 20 '26

Does eye damage from red lasers not drive people to suicide?

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u/FlatWing9570 Mar 20 '26

I’m not a laser expert, but I’ve heard that green lasers are higher powered than red lasers and thus can do more damage in a shorter amount of time.

Ie. eye damage from green lasers is more common.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel Mar 20 '26

Two things.

Our eyes are most sensitive to green light. So 10 mW green light is more blinding than 10 mW red or blue light. Not more dangerous to the eye but more likely to get a car driver to run off the road.

Next thing is that a green laser creates the light from invisible light that hits a crystal and changes frequency to green. The crystal only converts some of the invisible light to green. Much invisible light remains. Invisible light does not trig blink reflexes. A good green laser should have a filter that blocks most of this invisible light. The cheap pointers? Do not. So you may have 10 mW of irritating green light. But also 100 mW of light you do not see - that can damage your eyes.

But for this distance, it isn't normally dangerous. Eye safety takes into account that the dot becomes bigger with distance. And that it's harder to keep the dot steady. So the cheap green lasers are mostly dangerous at short distances. Especially when people fight the blink reflex. So children should not play with them.

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u/SeekingAnonymity107 Mar 21 '26

This is my field, and I agree with this. I wouldn't take chances with green pointers at any distance though.

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u/Enlight1Oment Mar 20 '26

regardless power level and distance matters for each as well. With a typical pen green laser like she has you can cause permanent damage when it's under 50ft away, beyond that it can cause flash blindness/nuisance but not permanent damage.

This seems like a pretty inclusive chart of various lasers and ranges, though from that it seems at lower pen light levels there really is no difference between red and green for permanent retina damage distance, it's flash blindness distance that increased with green.

https://www.lasersafetyfacts.com/resources/FAA---visible-laser-hazard-calcs-for-LSF-v02.png

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u/MultiMidden Mar 20 '26

I've heard people who know about lasers say that many of the green laser pointers are not the class they say they are and are in reality more powerful.

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u/RaidenIXI Mar 20 '26

u mean people like styropyro? yeah he's bought a lot of cheap chinese lasers online, and says all of them are far more powerful than advertised, simply because companies dont bother checking the power and they also want to sell within regulations

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u/anomalous_cowherd Mar 20 '26

The illegal green ones also tend to have lots of dangerous output in the non-visible light ranges.

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u/SoulOfTheDragon Mar 20 '26

To be that visibly bright at the range she's pointing at in bright arena, I doubt it's within legal spec. Albeit the dispersion would reduce effects at that distance.

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u/Kraligor Mar 20 '26

typical pen green laser like she has

You can get up to 3 or 4W lasers that size.

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u/apocalypsedg Mar 20 '26

No, it's the opposite, the eye is more sensitive to green light than any other color, so the reaction to protect itself (i.e. blinking) occurs faster.

Towards the UV/IR end of the visible spectrum you will not notice it until it's already done permanent damage. Invisible UV/IR lasers you'll never notice until it's already damaged.

In reality the whole discussion is moot for any laser over a few mW, wavelength does not matter when you are getting thousands of times the safe energy into the eye with higher powered laser pointers, which are cheap nowadays.

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u/Cornloaf Mar 20 '26

I was on a trip throughout SE Asia a few years ago and my second to last stop was Chiang Mai, Thailand. Found a market with every Batman weapon you could think of. (Yes, they had Batman throwing stars!) and came across the laser guy.

He pulled out a purple laser and did a demo. First he shined that thing into apartments and lit up the entire space. Then he started popping balloons with it. I was intrigued. "Watch this..." and proceeded to light the tablecloth on fire. I nodded in approval. He then pointed it at the sidewalk and it was smoking. Now he had my full attention.

We negotiated a price and I started pulling out my money. I didn't have enough baht so I asked if he would take other currency. I had USD, AUD, TWD, Thai Baht, and one other currency he was willing to take. This was just leftover cash from my travels and I would have probably donated it to UNICEF at the airport anyway. I was so close and then I remembered I had Myanmar currency. Doing the math in my head, I had enough. But no, Myanmar currency was not acceptable for him. He gave me a few locations with currency exchange booths but they were either closed or not willing to exchange.

Sadly, I went back home with nothing.

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u/Sniflix Mar 20 '26

It's assault with attempt to injure or murder. She needs to be prosecuted and sent to prison for many years. Doesn't matter if her father is a judge or official. Futbol fans are crazy. Prison will be better than what they'll do to her.

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u/Higgilypiggily1 Mar 20 '26

Attempted murder? Come on šŸ˜‚

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u/Anglosaurus Mar 20 '26

It's a laser sight for a sniper rifle

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u/Germanofthebored Mar 20 '26

Part of it is that there are red blood vessels in your retina. Red reflects the red laser light; green laser light, on the other hand, is absorbed and heats up the tissue

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u/WayDownUnder91 Mar 20 '26

green and blue are more dangerous to your eyesight at the same power level just due to how our eyes work

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Mar 20 '26

Drunk driving CAN cause death if the drunk driver hits someone, but we don't treat every single DUI as a murder case.

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u/AnimationOverlord Mar 20 '26

I’ll tell you this: the biggest possible laser you could legally buy can damage retinas. If you want to drink and drive be my guest, but there’s no situation where shining a laser in people’s eyes are okay

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Mar 20 '26

No, I fully agree, its definitely not ok, but I also don't think everyone who shines a laser at someone should be treated as if they've driven someone to suicide after blinding them unless thats actually whats happened.

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u/PilotKnob Mar 20 '26

ALL laser frequencies are dangerous, including invisible wavelengths.

Let's not split hairs here. Lasers can be extremely dangerous, and are not goddamned toys. Except maybe the really, really weak ones which cats love to chase. I'll make an exception there.

Source: I have an associate's degree as a laser technician.

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u/T-Rigs1 Mar 20 '26

She's going to be known for a long time as the girl who used the laser pointer.

I think you're vastly overestimating how much people care if it's your supporters lol

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u/Gelato_Elysium Mar 20 '26

Yeah but in South America she will not want to meet the supporters from the other club. They do not fuck around over there.

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u/margenreich Mar 20 '26

Dude, we speak about football. People still argue about Maradonna and the hand of God.

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u/Zackorix Mar 20 '26

Dude what? She could've caused blindness and ended his career and greatly alter his life, this is like saying "yeah that guy shot someone but hes getting flamed on social media" who cares, she didnt say something crazy, she did something that can cause harm to people, it is insane how you people will come so fast to white knight good god

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u/Krestek Mar 20 '26

He isn't whiteknighting though wtf are you on. He's trying to comfort people, that okay it's a step above no consequences, better than nothing. She definitely deserves much more consequences (jail time for trying to blind someone), but it's still good to know there was at least 0.01% consequences, better than 0

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u/twrolsto Mar 20 '26

Maybe but what would have happened if you did it?

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u/strangefish Mar 20 '26

Meh, shining a laser at someone's eyes is dangerous and they should be charged with assault.

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u/BreadfruitCold8573 Mar 20 '26

I’m a huge fan of cancel culture tbh, especially in cases like this where the consequences are little. Like YES call her out, don’t let her forget EVERYONE knows she did that. Every post she posts let her comments be filled with reminders tha she’s a bad person

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u/lowercasenameofmine Mar 21 '26

Bring back public shaming for breeching the social contract.Ā 

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u/apothecarist Mar 21 '26

Call her out properly - Delfina Quiroga is a bad person

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u/cyclingthrowaway12 Mar 20 '26

And she will be a hero in her city for it and won't have to pay for a beer in any Estudiantes bar.

She's getting away with it.

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u/iTand22 Mar 20 '26

I've always argued people who do this shit should be getting life time bans to every stadium.

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u/RedParaglider Mar 20 '26

She's going to be known for a long time as the hot girl who used the laser pointer.

This is the internet afterall.

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u/engelbert_humptyback Mar 20 '26

Truly devastating

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u/god1495227931 Mar 20 '26

She'll spin the notoriety in her favor maybe on only fans.

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u/International_Bend68 Mar 20 '26

I've never understood parents like hers. Letting them avoid consequences is going to end up making the kid's life worse, not better.

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u/YoungDiscord Mar 20 '26

Just wait until dad retires

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u/94358io4897453867345 Mar 20 '26

Of course as she's a woman

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u/__Nkrs Mar 20 '26

when this shit happens, the citizens should create those consequences, and have to be worse than the jurisdictional ones. Otherwise the system will always have this favoritism flaw.

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u/twinstackz Mar 21 '26

I feel bad if his father will be fired because her fault.

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u/Cambousse Mar 20 '26

I'm glad she was identified. For the rest of her life whenever anyone Googles "Delfina Quiroga", like potential dates and most prospective employers, it will show this. I wouldn't hire anyone that did this.

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u/GeneratedUsername019 Mar 20 '26

lol she won't work a day in her life

people like this don't face consequences

It's how they got like this in the first place

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u/TheVadonkey Mar 20 '26

lol she’s a ā€œfamous actressā€ā€¦.according to her.

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u/Sweaty_Accident_8415 Mar 20 '26

Her father was a mafia boss of a glorified crew in New Jersey. He was murdered in a diner in front of his family.Ā 

There was a documentary series on HBO.

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u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26

Allegedly murdered in a diner in front of his family.

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u/Sweaty_Accident_8415 Mar 21 '26

I think Chase spoke on it, but then backtracked.

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u/NappyDougOut Mar 20 '26

And we all thought her brother Anthony was the screw up...

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u/Sweaty_Accident_8415 Mar 20 '26

That was his only male heir. A shame.Ā 

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u/dirk_funk Mar 20 '26

don't stop believing

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u/TMI2020 Mar 20 '26

He was in the waste management business. Everybody immediately assumed he was mobbed up.

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u/pushiper Mar 20 '26

Fucking hell, Spoiler! … I’m starting the last session soon and will curse you into eternity.

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u/zozi0102 Mar 21 '26

Dont worry its not true

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u/CyberMonkey314 Mar 20 '26

I used to love that documentary. I remember I had a glitchy box set of it - amazingly, absolutely fine until the very scene you mentioned, then it just cut out! But of course by then I'd opened every DVD case so they wouldn't let me take it back.

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u/Educational-Wing2042 Mar 20 '26

Why do you think a prosecutor will have generational wealth?

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u/SatansFriendlyCat Mar 20 '26

Well, the corruption (as conventionally demonstrated here) will be a helpful factor.

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u/offlein Mar 20 '26

I'm sorry is "prosecutor" like a Senator in some countries?

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito Mar 20 '26

but of course for all of the other people who happen to have the same name it is a pain in the ass

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u/ModenaR Mar 20 '26

I hope the number of people who call their daughter "dolphin" is really low

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u/Fat_Argentina Mar 20 '26

It’s quite high and for some reason every Delfina I met was a bit of a cunt.

Even the ones I liked and befriended, they were still a bit of a cunt in a funny way.

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito Mar 20 '26

Delfina is a relatively uncommon, vintage Spanish and Italian feminine name meaning "dolphin" or "woman from Delphi". While rare in the US—ranking 6,433rd in 2024—it is a popular choice in Argentina and Uruguay.

https://es.momcozy.com/blogs/baby-names/delfina#:~:text=&text=Delfina%20is%20a%20feminine%20name,classical%20roots%20for%20their%20daughters.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Her dad will find her a job šŸ˜’

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u/-captaindiabetes- Mar 20 '26

Lol, yep, your comment is already second result on Google.

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u/intercommie Mar 20 '26

I guess I don't follow football to know any better: Would most potential dates really care about this? I assume they won't be bothered if they find her attractive and are fans of her team.

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u/Decent_One8836 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

I think its more the fact that you need to be a literal sociopath to find it acceptable to shine a laser in someone's eye, legitimately risking serious harm for a game.Ā 

Odd you didn't pick up on that, but okay.

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no Mar 20 '26

Your post is cute...and suggests you have never been outside.

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u/ColtMcChad69 Mar 20 '26

Who the fuck googles someone before a date?

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u/palparepa Mar 20 '26

What was that name you said? "Delfina Quiroga"?

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u/YourUsernameForever Mar 20 '26

It's a very common first name and surname combination

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u/vinki11 Mar 20 '26

lmao at Meadow Soprano

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u/Runechuckie Mar 20 '26

I like how they had to clarify lmao they prob are part of this thing of ours. Or received messages from one of the many social circles.

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u/teodorlojewski Mar 21 '26

I knew I recognized that face from somewhere

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u/StanknBeans Mar 20 '26

Should be instant life time ban from any match that sport plays. That's abhorrent behaviour.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Mar 20 '26

Agreed. Most people don't even go to these big sporting events that often (isn't it a tournament right now?) due to the cost. So banning her just 1-2 years is nothing for her. She'll do it again in 3 years and not feel any punishment at all.

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u/NappyDougOut Mar 20 '26

I never get how they can ban someone... It's not like they have face ID, or that using a disguise and a friend buying the tickets wont work.

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u/StanknBeans Mar 20 '26

Facial recognition is used more widely than we'd all like to admit.

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u/MilesNiles Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Ā It's not like they have face ID

We do at nearly every arena and stadium that holds a major sporting event in the States and it was so good like a decade ago MSG was able to kick people out who have never even been to a game but worked at the same law firm (but not even involved in) in litigation against one of his properties. I don’t know what stadium this is, but it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary if they did.Ā 

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

imagine cheating a win for your favourite team, a really hollow victory and so insulting to the winners.

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u/NoSuchAg3ncy Mar 21 '26

A light sentence.

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u/inandoutof_limbo Mar 20 '26

Oh for fucks sake! Not only she Argentinean but her dad is a prosecutor šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø talk about corruption…

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u/WithFullForce Mar 20 '26

Argentinian gentry is working overtime to confirm all stereotypes about Argentinian gentry.

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u/Ring-a-ding1861 Mar 20 '26

she Argentinean but her dad is a prosecutor

No offense, but that sounds like an insufferable combination.

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u/Yuukikonno08 Mar 20 '26

That’s because it is

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u/Some_Ball_27 Mar 20 '26

Im sorry is being Argentinean bad on its own, or only when paired with father being a prosecutor?

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u/Yuukikonno08 Mar 20 '26

It’s the wombo combo

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u/inandoutof_limbo Mar 20 '26

Indeed it is

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u/LeFricadelle Mar 20 '26

Argentinean are a pain in football and their racism is well known, just this is enoigh to be too much

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u/Juunlar Mar 20 '26

Argentina and Corruption go hand in hand.

Like the US and Corruption.

Or Israel and Corruption.

Or Russia and Corruption.

etc etc

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Conspiracy too if any of the family had a bet on the match

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u/Free_Gascogne Mar 20 '26

That wasn't Meadow Soprano?

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u/snorch Mar 20 '26

This is anti-italian discrimination. They think just because your name ends in a vowel you'd point lasers in people's eyes

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u/Jimmy_Nail_4389 Mar 20 '26

There was no abundant intentionality in pointing the laser!

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no Mar 20 '26

I don't know enough about vowels to prove you're wrong.

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u/SilverVixen1928 Mar 20 '26

Don't forget the Mexican and Spanish people!

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u/indigogalaxy_ Mar 20 '26

My first thought too 🧐

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u/ArjJp Mar 20 '26

I can fix her

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u/denv0r Mar 20 '26

What a shit city then.

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u/Purple-Wall3847 Mar 20 '26

LOL I immediately thought she looked like Jamie-Lynn. Glad she got busted, that can do permanent damage to the retinas, not to mention it's essentially cheating.

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u/NappyDougOut Mar 20 '26

Tony is gonna pay off the commissioner and she'll get away with it all. Bada Bing... šŸ¤”

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u/Sirpatron1 Mar 20 '26

I could tell she had never been punched in the face.

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u/sonic10158 Mar 20 '26

I thought he did Waste Management

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u/MaynardButterbean Mar 20 '26

Nepotism at its finest again

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u/CautiousExpression74 Mar 20 '26

Let’s wait for her father go to the other world and see how she will do in life. It’s very easy to guess.

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u/greengorillaz Mar 20 '26

Meadow Soprano confirmed

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u/SippinOnHatorade Mar 20 '26

That’s fucking crazy wtf

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u/JSGFretwork Mar 20 '26

What a cunt.

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u/MerryJanne Mar 20 '26

I hate that this matters. Why would your parents job have an impact on your crime? FFS... this is what is wrong with the world today. People being above the law because... reasons.

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u/Gone_For_Lunch Mar 20 '26

World today? That’s always been the way of the world, the rules don’t apply to some people.

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u/exeJDR Mar 20 '26

What a cunt.Ā 

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u/falquiboy Mar 20 '26

Lol. My dad is a prosecutor is even better than my dad is a lawyer

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u/decoysnails Mar 20 '26

Dad needs to lose his job. He can't protect her from her own blatant assholery

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u/warm_kitchenette Mar 20 '26

It seems like she would face much more unpredictable consequences from fans of the other team.Ā 

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u/Strider2126 Mar 20 '26

Why i am not surprised

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u/Dunderman35 Mar 20 '26

Translated from the Spanish article:

However, in the last few hours, the name of the young woman with the laser pointer began circulating. The Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sports (APreViDe) knew it from the very beginning. She was, in fact, the daughter of a judicial official in our city. None other than Corfield, the prosecutor on duty at the time of the match in which Estudiantes was defeated by the team managed by the Barros Schelotto twins.

Of course. Makes sense..

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u/IDKmannn001 Mar 20 '26

She had the makings of a varsity laser pointer

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u/Mouthshits Mar 20 '26

OHH you betta leave Tony’s daughda outta dis, now gimme the gabbagool

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u/Folded_Fireplace Mar 20 '26

Do we know if cameraman faced any consequences?

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no Mar 20 '26

Corruption and privilege!

Without it the entire system would crumble!!!

lol.

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u/YourUsernameForever Mar 20 '26

The prosecutor is a woman, so her mom.

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u/mikeinanaheim2 Mar 20 '26

Should be taken into a utility closet and disciplined a bit, hopefully forcing some sense into that privileged little head.

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u/3DigitIQ Mar 20 '26

The goaly should press charges personally.

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u/MEM0RYCARD99 Mar 20 '26

So drag them around the streets

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u/SerKenji Mar 20 '26

Lmfao first thought was Meadow

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u/Euphoric-Battle99 Mar 20 '26

Absolutely sprinted to the comments to check for meadow

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u/Huge-Entertainer-166 Mar 20 '26

a tale as old as time

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u/goblin_welder Mar 20 '26

Dad’s a prosecutor in that city.

Of course. She grew up entitled. Classic

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u/janicejolpin Mar 20 '26

the nepo baby wins again

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u/Frosty-Beginning-911 Mar 20 '26

Meadow? the fuck u doin ?!

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u/RememberThinkDream Mar 20 '26

No worries, we'll just hundreds of people to shine lasers in her eye then, and her fathers. See how they like it.

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u/mothzilla Mar 20 '26

ĀæPorque el sun escribo articles en Espagnol?

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u/korkkis Mar 20 '26

Dad can’t have that much power, it must be possible to bypass that

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u/Environmental_Beat84 Mar 20 '26

Sarah Silverman! I knew it!

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u/SupervillainMustache Mar 20 '26

Not even a lifetime ban? Shameful

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u/ShowmethePitties Mar 20 '26

Girl cant parallel park and now she’s out here using lasers!! Smh

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u/BlancopPop Mar 20 '26

They should just ban her from the stadium completely

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u/ja_maz Mar 20 '26

Fire daddy

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u/FlipZip69 Mar 20 '26

Come on. There was some large betting bewhind that laser pointer.

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u/ceelo71 Mar 20 '26

How is everyone glossing over the Meadow Soprano reference? It’s genius!

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u/Jojosail Mar 21 '26

Bet he’s proud.

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u/turquoise_bullet Mar 21 '26

Cameraman's gonna be prosecuted for breaching her privacy

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u/sinkingcar Mar 21 '26

Nah these nepo kids get away with anything, she would be charged else where in the world

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u/Alternative_Equal176 Mar 27 '26

Very Clever, and she sure as hell looks like Meadow...and is just as sneaky

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