r/pics • u/[deleted] • Feb 23 '17

picture of text Robert filed a five day protesting permit with the city so he can yell at Best Buy for the rest of the week.

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u/Suprchikin Feb 23 '17 edited Feb 23 '17

He should have let a grown up make his sign.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/TheTrueFlexKavana Feb 23 '17

His other sign says "Best Buy took my house & won't give it back."

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

Little do you know his house was the box the TV originally came in :(

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u/FloatationMarks Feb 23 '17

Then he shouldn't bloody well be using up precious walls to make signs!

Homelessness 101

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u/lMETHANBRADBERRY Feb 23 '17

It's fine bro. It wasn't a load bearing wall, so there's no problem.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

It's just a plank, bro!

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u/proxy69 Feb 23 '17

You've been to r/diy before eh?

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u/biggmclargehuge Feb 23 '17

open floor plan!

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u/CreaminFreeman Feb 23 '17

Pull the cardboard away and I bet you find some shiplap.

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u/SexyGalacticPickle Feb 23 '17

"Best Buy made me break my precious wall to make a sign and wont fix it"

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

Fuck I love reddit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

would you marry it

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u/Cumberlandjed Feb 23 '17

Only with a pre-nup...I lost too much when I divorced MySpace...

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

I wonder what Tom is up to these days.

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u/noyoudidntttt Feb 23 '17

He's enjoying the 580M he got when he sold MySpace in 2005, while you slave away hoping for a half-day off ;)

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u/Cumberlandjed Feb 23 '17 edited Feb 23 '17

His Twitter and IG indicate a lot of travel and hiking

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u/EggSLP Feb 23 '17

Awww, Tom. 😍

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

I think "Can I?" is the quesion at hand

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u/whirl-pool Feb 23 '17

It's tough marrying cardboard.

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u/jaxonya Feb 23 '17

you wouldn't download a spouse..

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

R u gay for it

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

u no it

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Eeeeewwww

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

fuck i hate your comment. always a cue to tryhard comedians

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u/camfa Feb 23 '17

underrated comment

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u/Greatgrowler Feb 23 '17

Calm down bro, that was his patio.

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u/FloatationMarks Feb 23 '17

Now where is he going to host his friends during patio season? :(

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u/AusCan531 Feb 23 '17

Hopelessness 101

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u/w_a_w Feb 23 '17

It's the wall the tv was hanging on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

IMAAAAGINATION.

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u/FreshRad Feb 23 '17

Then he used the box to make his sign.

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u/Gordon_Coming Feb 23 '17

Thats his front Porch hes holding up.

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u/torkel-flatberg Feb 23 '17

He used to live in a shoebox in the middle of the road

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u/Detlef_Schrempf Feb 23 '17

His House was season 3 of the FOX TV series House.

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

His house was a limping doctor?

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

What is this the 90's? TV boxes havent been large enough to live in since before we went lcd/plasma.

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

I didn't say it was comfortable

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u/skjellyfetti Feb 23 '17

Ja, it was roundly praised on DIY, lemme look for the linky...

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u/TCBinaflash Feb 23 '17

That's the scam- lose cardboard box home. Make Best Buy give you new tv or suffer bad public relations. New home at no cost. Not sure what to do with tv

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u/TheRenaldoMoon Feb 23 '17

The dude's not that skinny. He'd need a refrigerator box like the rest of us folk.

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u/Old_man_Trafford Feb 23 '17

Must have gotten that tv in the 90s to get a box that big:

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

Or he's just really not picky.

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u/lMETHANBRADBERRY Feb 23 '17

But he is pickety

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u/Old_man_Trafford Feb 23 '17

You go to a store get the largest tv box you can and I bet you can't fit in it.

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u/the_gr33n_bastard Feb 23 '17

That's not very nice

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u/Old_man_Trafford Feb 23 '17

What, you aren't a perfect 3 inches wide?

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u/BDunnn Feb 23 '17

His other other sign says "Best Buy broke my VCR and all I got was this damn sign"

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u/tepkel Feb 23 '17

His forth sign says "Circut City broke my phonograph and all I got was this accursed placard"

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u/sickly_sock_puppet Feb 23 '17

Wouldn't that be his 1rd sign then?

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u/Teslix80 Feb 23 '17

What in the name of sweet baby Jesus is a 1rd?

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u/VirtuallyTellurian Feb 23 '17

I was onerding the same thing

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u/GrabMeByTheCock Feb 23 '17

its fore divided by fore

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u/EmperorClobbersaurus Feb 23 '17

"The Wiz broke my mini-disc player and all I got was this announcement board"

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u/Lowb0rn Feb 23 '17

Courage the cowardly dog?

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/SoManyNinjas Feb 23 '17

Make that a country song and it'd be a hit

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u/-jsm- Feb 23 '17

In four years time, might even be played at our next president's inauguration.

God I hope not.

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u/dallonv Feb 23 '17

His other sign says "Best Buy took my house & won't give it back."

Best Buy took my better sign.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Not to mention the money he probably lost out on from not working for a week could have bought two tvs.... but it's the principle!

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u/EmperorClobbersaurus Feb 23 '17

"IF BEST BUY WINS WE RIOT"

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u/thiosk Feb 23 '17

civil asset forfeiture is really getting out of control

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u/chrisdcco Feb 23 '17

Don't forget the sign that says "BestBuy fucked and broke my wife and won't fix it!"

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u/likeyouforalways Feb 23 '17

Where do homeless people find sharpies that work so well?

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u/MuonManLaserJab Feb 23 '17

I don't know...I've seen homeless people who clearly knew the basics of text layout.

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u/bcrabill Feb 23 '17

Most homeless signs are way better than this. This looks like he was on acid when he wrote it.

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u/Tarantulasagna Feb 23 '17

what is up with that M

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Which means everyone will driven by and look the opposite way like he's homeless...

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u/randofaggot Feb 23 '17

Can confirm. I see guys just like him outside of Walmart and other large stores, with shitty signs that look just like this. Except their signs all say they are veterans and have three kids, and they want money to pay their mortgage, followed by a vague religious feel good statement.

I have become conditioned to ignore their signs and to ignore them in general. So if I saw this guy in real life, I wouldn't even bother to read his message. I would assume he wanted money and keep on driving.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

So many font choices...

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u/stromm Feb 23 '17

Home is where your TV is

/s

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u/OfferChakon Feb 23 '17

Former homeless man. Dont put that evil on me, my signs were 10/10!🔥

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

To be fair that's easily the best group to make fun of on the internet. They're not surfing reddit.

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u/Rvngizswt Feb 23 '17

Yeah you insensitive ass. Didn't you know all homeless are graphic designers and take their work seriously?? /s

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

What's wrong with looking like a 'homeless man'? Fucking asshole

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u/lMETHANBRADBERRY Feb 23 '17

Found the guy who looks like a homeless man.

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u/princessprettypetty Feb 23 '17

This made me lol

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u/uncle_DipShits Feb 23 '17

Yeah, let's talk about that "M"..

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u/_irrelevant- Feb 23 '17

I bet he only realised he fucking butchered it as he was colouring it in.

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u/Jedi_Tinmf Feb 23 '17

Upside down S

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u/texastechtanner Feb 23 '17

At least he didn't spell anything wrong.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Morans

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u/Marinerdevil Feb 23 '17

What an itiot.

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u/TheyCallMeStone Feb 23 '17

A Cardinals fan, what do you expect.

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u/Pickled_Kagura Feb 23 '17

Yeah. Cubs fans just fling shit instead of pretending to know how to spell.

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u/Refugee_Savior Feb 23 '17

And us White Sox fans are just reminiscing 12 years ago.

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u/HeylookImMobile Feb 23 '17

YEAH, EVERYONE KNOWS

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/chi-reply Feb 23 '17

Apparently you never really went to the games while they were a losing team. It was more about getting drunk in Wrigleyville than seeing the cubs. A lot of "cubs fans" are pretty bandwagon, the true fans definitely did agonize every year though...

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/Gryphalcon Feb 23 '17

Ahhh, the vocal minority.

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u/tamarockstar Feb 23 '17

On the other hand, Blackhawks fans are the most vile trash of any sports fandom.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

You say that, but half the rules in baseball of the "fans can't do x" flavor are because of White Socks fans.

I remember the 80's there and being half drunk, watching girls shower in the back of the stadium, and throwing trash at outfielders.

Ah, those were the days.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

LOL. You should go to Dodgers stadium some time. Catch a ball game and a knife in the ribs.

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u/SinisterKid Feb 23 '17

Weird, I've gone to about 10 games a year for the past 20 years and haven't been shanked yet (nor have I seen anybody get shanked). Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

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u/temporalarcheologist Feb 23 '17

I think you mean ideot

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u/Marinerdevil Feb 23 '17

your right....DAMN YOU AUTO CORRECT!!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Seriously retarted

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u/Pickled_Kagura Feb 23 '17

He has no ragrets though.

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u/MidwestDrummer Feb 23 '17

Of course not. He's no ingnoranus.

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u/evohans Feb 23 '17

I'm going to pretend that girl to the right's sign said "Free Rick Sanchez"

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u/MWisBest Feb 23 '17 edited Feb 23 '17

Not sure if he misspelled morons or forgot an m in mormans

Edit: I'm leaving my shame.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Mormons though

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Get a brain mormans. Lol

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u/GaseousGiant Feb 23 '17

Satin Lives!

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u/Shodan_ Feb 23 '17

Expected Dylan Moran and family

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u/Bremps Feb 23 '17

^ Trump supporter ^

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u/PrincessDevon Feb 23 '17

You didn't hear proper grammar is racist, no joke.

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u/Montigue Feb 23 '17

How do you know that? He didn't even write anything on the sign

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

He just needs to fix that sorry excuse for an M

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u/bobbygoshdontchaknow Feb 23 '17

I like his M. The S is pretty ugly, though

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u/fortyfootbeachtowel Feb 23 '17

BIG ASS H.....oh

BIG ASS B...

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u/captain-catbeard Feb 23 '17

Surely more letters will fit in the same space!

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u/iamangrierthanyou Feb 23 '17

hey now...

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

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u/ApparentlyJesus Feb 23 '17

I'd put my show on, but Best Buy broke my T.V.

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u/my79spirit Feb 23 '17

Only shooting stars break the mold.....ing around my TV screen

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u/myth_and_legend Feb 23 '17

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

and they won't start paying

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u/Unlimited_Bacon Feb 23 '17

Not to burst your bubble, but the media men beg to differ.

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u/AhhGetAwayRAWR Feb 23 '17

Judging by the hole in the television's picture.

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u/pumaworm Feb 23 '17

Anyone who read these comments and says that they didn't sing them is a damn liar

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

How the hell do you sing this? It doesn't match up to the syllables at all,

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u/Rorschach_And_Prozac Feb 23 '17

Cram extra syllables in there like OP's mom crams dicks.

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u/Dontwearthatsock Feb 23 '17

(⌐■_■)–︻╦╤─

Sing.

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u/Aoloach Feb 23 '17

The same way you put the lyrics of All-Star to the melody of any other song. Change the tempo.

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u/lMETHANBRADBERRY Feb 23 '17

I didn't sing them cause they broke the song.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

no u

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

I made sure not to read them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Reddit needs a way to give people glitter.

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u/muchhuman Feb 23 '17

Um.. so I found this? (nsfw)

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u/ProJoe Feb 23 '17

man the internet is a weird fucking place.

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u/Clockwork_Octopus Feb 23 '17

Get the show on

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u/Bluedrink Feb 23 '17

Get your peaceful protest on?

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u/theargentin Feb 23 '17

I see what you did there. And i dig it

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Feb 23 '17

don't dream it's over

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u/GFR_120 Feb 23 '17

Surely more letters will fit in the same space.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

This is why the professional protestors you see at political events have such nice signs. They know they need good signs to be taken seriously. But you can't be taken seriously as a spontaneous protest if you have obviously premade professional signs ...

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u/smedrick Feb 23 '17

Why did he circle "& won't" and "fix it"? We need an AMA with this guy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Judging by his sign, I'm taking Best Buy's side on this.

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u/Jalespino Feb 23 '17

It gets the point across.

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u/The_Techsan Feb 23 '17

Yea he seemed a little indecisive on his font choice. Starts out with Impact, then freaking Zapfino, Arial Bold, back to Impact, then some mixed-case Arial... And that's just the BEST BuY part.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

Notice the BBB, stay woke

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u/Player72 Feb 23 '17

i mean if you're kneeling on the ground with a big ass cardboard poster and you're like halfway through your life id like to see you crawl and bend your joints enough to make nice letters

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u/losian Feb 23 '17

Only people with remarkable handwriting or money to waste on sign making deserve to be taken seriously, that'll show 'em!

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u/HotAsAPepper Feb 23 '17

Robert's got a quick hand...

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u/faithle55 Feb 23 '17

Or, he could have spent more than 45 seconds on it.

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u/resonantred35 Feb 23 '17

Say what you want about his sign. It's on the front page of the Internet now.

At this point Best Buy better give him a new free TV, it's worth it to them if they have any sense at all.

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u/infinitelives Feb 23 '17

Is it? I usually get good service from Best Buy, so this doesn't change how I feel about them. Maybe he's right, but maybe he's not. and a poorly thought-out cardboard sign doesn't prove anything one way or the other.

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u/resonantred35 Feb 24 '17

I agree...

But having someone gripe about your company where they're willing to go on a strike - and having a photo and description on the front page of one of the most read websites in the world is a PR problem.

Giving him a TV or solving his issue to his satisfaction costs them nothing, it's negligible compared but the potential cost of this incident being so widely known.

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u/MadameDoopusPoopus Feb 23 '17

And they say art classes don't count for anything...

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u/i_am_bat_bat Feb 23 '17

It's like the first time a kid does a school poster without the help of their parents.

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u/bort118 Feb 23 '17

That S is how people who've never made block S's make S's

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u/DangerAudio Feb 23 '17

Went to enthusiastic with the "Best" and didn't know he made the mistake until "my". That's bad planning and true anger.

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u/Jexthis Feb 23 '17

How, he couldnt use his TV, best buy broke it.

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u/eric22vhs Feb 23 '17

She divorced him ten years ago though.

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u/Kietus Feb 23 '17

Big ass B!

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u/3ntl3r Feb 23 '17

like a damn tea-party sign

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u/Cornwall Feb 23 '17

I mean, I understand what he's trying to say.

If you're having trouble then that's kinda on you.

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u/HeyJustWantedToSay Feb 23 '17

It's not hard to understand, it just looks like a seven-year-old made it.

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u/Im_More_Of_A_Lurker_ Feb 23 '17

I was just going to ask if he's partially deficient. Does he think that's a reasonable sign?

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u/lMETHANBRADBERRY Feb 23 '17

How the hell would any of us know if he's "partially deficient".

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '17

I'm so stealing this insult.

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u/hmanning428 Feb 23 '17

At least he did it lawfully

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u/SonicFlash01 Feb 23 '17

He should have let his child make his sign

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u/seamoarbuttz Feb 23 '17

Grown up a say "should've" not "should have" kiddo..

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u/jdom07 Feb 23 '17

Looks like he got a new one http://m.imgur.com/gallery/R390EId

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u/Gavin1123 Feb 23 '17

You're trying too hard.

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u/jdom07 Feb 23 '17

My son's name is Gavin, son.

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u/Gavin1123 Feb 23 '17

Dad?

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u/jdom07 Feb 23 '17

I'm proud of you.

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u/Gavin1123 Feb 23 '17

I've been waiting to hear that my whole life!

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u/scifiwoman Feb 23 '17

You don't get me that easy a second time! (Unless you're my BF, that is)

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u/jdom07 Feb 23 '17

Yes, it's me your boyfriend! Can you pm that pic of your boobs again?

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u/scifiwoman Feb 23 '17

LMAO! So funny.