Comment on Pie in the face.

mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Carl@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, pretty much. A large part of what made the face-pie so effective was simply the “we can still touch you” reminder. It’s a powerful message, because it reminds them that their bodyguards only need to fail once. Which is why they’ve captured the courts and police, to deter attacks even when they aren’t under constant protection.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I remember a few years ago, there was a big to-do about people throwing paint on their yachts lol. Even that was enough to scare them.

    If they want to charge people with bioterrorism over pies, then the pie throwers might start throwing brick pies given they will face similar charges.

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• Blibly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because we stopped doing shit like this and gave in to bullshit civility politics. That shit only benefits the fascists.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Because we stopped doing shit like this

    Did we? Or was this always a rare and remarkable incident, both in that it happened at all and it was captured and preserved for us to talk about today.

    Certainly, you can talk about the no less than three different Trump assassination attempts. Or the Luigi Mangione shooting. Or the fatal stabbing of Bob Lee, CPO of Cashapp. Or the assault of Bryan Kobel, CEO of TC BioPharm, after a dispute with his Uber driver. Or the vigilante attack on Paul Pelosi. Or the Doohickey assassination of Shinzo Abe. Or just run the numbers annually for violence targeting C-level officials

    This study analyzes 424 open source reported incidents targeting senior private-sector executives between 2003 and late 2025, highlighting a sustained and accelerating rise in both physical and cyber threats. Physical attacks dominate (85%), and one-third of all incidents resulted in injury or death. Incident frequency has surged since 2023, with 2025 already doubling 2024 totals by October, marking the highest level on record. Targeting increasingly occurs at workplaces and residences, with protest-driven activity driving growth at public events.

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    • Tiger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Great research and insight thank you

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Interesting points. Don’t know if I recall all those offhand. But the Cashapp guy for instance, that was a fight between two people of essentially the same class over some family / dating / cocaine issue. That doesn’t really fit the pattern we’re talking about here.

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    • Blibly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Bruh I’m just talking about throwing pies in assholes’ faces I don’t need all this jeez louise

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• tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Easily get shot these days. Most of the big names are surrounded by exSF who are carrying far more firepower in their briefcases than any one of us can ever purchase.

  Most of the time they are even carrying firearms that are illegal or never properly gone through NFA. A few rappers and their bodyguard occasionally get a weapons charge but you never see Musks or Fuckerberg get in trouble.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I seem to recall some video of Musk going through security at a courthouse, and hoping he would slip up with a gun or a bag of cocaine. I’m sure nothing would have happened to him.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Without exaggeration, doing it back then risked much the same.

  These were brave acts then. They’d be brave acts now.

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  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yup.

    What changed is not the risk, just how we perceive it. Not long ago living under fascism was literally considered a worse fate than death

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    • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean, there are face tracking cameras everywhere and everyone has a camera in their pocket. Being anonymous is very difficult

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      • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Granted, but people were also just less afraid of putting their face to their actions and being “hunted” by the enemy

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• godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What happened to the dude who shot syringes of his piss at Ilhan Omar?

  Aka a literal biological attack?

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ooh did you say this is how to get… Into a tickle fight?

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• oeuf@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is that because modern food is so unhealthy?

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