Facebook User Arrested For a Poke

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Facebook User Arrested For a Poke

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 12, 2009 @11:11AM from the criminalizing-the-annoying dept.

nk497 writes "A woman in Tennessee has been arrested for poking someone over Facebook. Sharon Jackson had been banned by courts from 'telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating' with the apparent poke recipient, but just couldn't hold back from clicking the 'poke' button. She now faces a sentence of up to a year in prison."

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First POKE! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-12 11:16 · Score: 3, Funny

POKE! POKE! POKE!
Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by spun · 2009-10-12 11:17 · Score: 5, Funny

I hope she enjoys getting poked in the pokey.
I don't think you understand the mechanics of lesbian sex...

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In an interview by tecnico.hitos · 2009-10-12 11:17 · Score: 4, Funny

Interviewer: Ms. Jackson, how have been your life since you was prohibited from comunicating?
Sharon Jackson: ...

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Its too obvious... by confuto · 2009-10-12 11:19 · Score: 4, Funny

That last poke pushed the "victim" over the edge!
Re:Ok, and? by Nimey · 2009-10-12 11:22 · Score: 3, Funny

But it's got a "Web 2.0" social site involved, so it must be New! and Exciting!.

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In my day... by lobiusmoop · 2009-10-12 11:25 · Score: 5, Funny

a poke got you infinite lives, not arrested. /get off my 8-bit lawn

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1. Re:In my day... by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · 2009-10-12 12:10 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Oh, the flat lightgreen space next to the white rectangle with a black isosceles triangle on top? Sorry, I thought your house was a rocket. My bad, I'll stop trying to pick it up now.
  
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Re: burden of proof / implications on free speech by HeronBlademaster · 2009-10-12 11:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Does teabagging in Halo violate the restraining order?
Ah, the great questions of the universe...
Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by circletimessquare · 2009-10-12 11:59 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't think you understand how many here understand mechanics way more than they understand sex.

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Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-12 12:17 · Score: 2, Funny

I understand quantum sex.

No wait...
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Sounds fair to me by WillAffleckUW · 2009-10-12 13:07 · Score: 2, Funny

There are way too many poker-faced people who should be in the pokey for poking someone.
That said, they should have forced her FB status update to read "In Prison For Breaking the Law" and changed her FB picture to be that of someone wearing an orange jumpsuit.

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Re:all i have to say is by Valdrax · 2009-10-12 13:33 · Score: 2, Funny

brb, jail

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Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by genericpoweruser · 2009-10-12 13:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Quantum sex you say? There's a app^Wcomic for that! http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1666
(I'm not affiliated with them in any way--I just think the comics are funny, and that you might too)

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Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by dakameleon · 2009-10-12 14:13 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't think you understand how many here understand mechanics way more than they understand sex.
Great, more car metaphors.
Well Timmy, when a daddy car and a mommy car love each other very much...

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Re:The last of the true blue /.ers? by dbIII · 2009-10-12 14:15 · Score: 2, Funny

Well I thought it was about putting stuff at a memory address. Yet another bit of meaning overload.
Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by gid · 2009-10-12 14:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Really, I don't even understand how two women can make love, unless they kind of scissor or something.
Re:No communication is no communication. by karnal · 2009-10-12 14:38 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm thinking they need a "Send Lawyers" button to the right of "Ask mafia to attack"
Or "Create Restraining Order"

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Re: burden of proof / implications on free speech by Scarletdown · 2009-10-12 19:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Does teabagging in Halo violate the restraining order?
Or what about teabagging in City of Heroes?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/Scarletdown/COH/COH-Teabag.jpg

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Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by muckracer · 2009-10-12 20:21 · Score: 5, Funny

> I understand quantum sex.
Me too! With my eyes closed I have the most awesome sex ever with gorgeous women but the moment I look I'm all alone :-/
POKE 788,52 by Gunstick · 2009-10-12 21:52 · Score: 2, Funny

c64 rules!

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