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Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke

Posted by Soulskill on from the a-very-unwise-joke dept.

Kohath writes "Eighteen-year-old Justin Carter of Austin, Texas was arguing with a friend on Facebook about League of Legends back in February. After being called 'insane,' he responded with 'Oh yeah, I'm real messed up in the head, I'm going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts.' Below that, he wrote 'lol' and 'jk.' He was arrested March 27, 2013 and has been in jail since that time. A hearing to review his case is scheduled for July 1, 2013. His parents have launched a change.org petition to convince the authorities to release their son."

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  1. Sarcasm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A teenager being sarcastic? No way that *never* happens.

  2. Oh, Canada... by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    The statements “lol” and “jk” — meaning “laughing out loud” and “just kidding” — indicate that Justin’s statement was entirely sarcastic, said his father.

    But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter’s Austin address, determined that it was near an elementary school, and called the police.

    Fucking Canadians...

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  3. Ugh, this is disgusting. by Yosho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, how could he get away with saying something like this:

    eat their still, beating hearts.

    That is entirely the wrong place to put a comma. How could a heart be both still and beating? If you really have to have some kind of punctuation there, "still-beating heart" would be acceptable.

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    1. Re:Ugh, this is disgusting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      The article doesn't mention it, but this is actually why he is in prison.

    2. Re:Ugh, this is disgusting. by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

      (Scene: prison cafeteria)
      "So kid, what are you in here for?"
      "I spelled lose with two 'o's."
      (everyone at the table moves away a few inches)

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  4. Re:Teenager? by Ultra64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "is something wrong with a statement "18 year old teenager". I kinda thought "teenagers" ended right about 16, "

    SevenTEEN
    EighTEEN
    NineTEEN

  5. The revenge of the humorless... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is the age when the humorless will finally get their revenge.
    Be aware, we are on to you!

  6. this makes me so mad by Cito · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm gonna go shoot up a school, perhaps bomb wall street and throw M80's at the white house

    jk

    jk = just killing