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Warez Site Owner Got Arrested
ICE seizes seven top warez/streaming sites — and fkn0wned's own mods nearly nuke the thread over a missing source link
A July 2010 news repost about U.S. ICE and DOJ seizing seven popular piracy sites (including TVShack.net and ThePirateCity.org) as part of a copyright crackdown, cross-posted into the World News subforum. The thread briefly got closed by admin ap3x for lacking a source link, then reopened by moderator PopTart once one was added — a small snapshot of the forum's own citation rules in action. Discussion itself was short: members reacted with mild alarm and government-cynicism, and one member (f0wh) corrected the idea that the site owners were criminally charged, noting seizure isn't the same as prosecution.
Those sites owners got themself in VERY bad shit D=— linh6496
Fucking governments suck.— PopTart
The owners didn't get charged, they can't get charged because they didn't break any law.— f0wh
Florida finally bans baggy pants. Oh, and bestiality
Florida legislates against sagging pants and horse-goat incidents in the same week — the World News board reacts accordingly.
A member posted a snarky news roundup about two real 2011 Florida bills — one banning baggy/sagging pants in schools, the other criminalizing bestiality — framed as classic 'only in Florida' absurdity. The post itself is a lightly-edited reblog of a guyism.com article, complete with the site's own sarcastic editorial notes. Replies were short and jokey, piling on the tired 'Florida is America's inbred cousin' sentiment typical of the World News subforum.
Florida, always the conscience of America, is known for its progressive nature on everything society cares most about.— misterfopje
Florida - the in-bred cousin of america— [FkN] Emrys
*Now moving back to Florida...— .Dissident
NBA Lockout, 2011 (World News repost thread)
PopTart drops an NBA lockout news copy-paste, and the peanut gallery has zero sympathy for millionaires
Admin [FkN] PopTart posted a CNN wire story about the 2011 NBA lockout after owners and the players' union failed to agree on a new collective bargaining deal, quoting Adam Silver, David Stern, and Derek Fisher. The thread got barely any traction beyond a handful of replies mocking players for complaining about multi-million-dollar salaries. A quiet, low-stakes World News post typical of the section's real-world-news dumps between the site's gaming and cheat content.
Boohoo I'm only making 5 million a year..— Riggex
+1.— [VIP] Ruddified
Calif. investigating high school strippers
PopTart drops a wire story about a school talent show gone wrong — and the replies say it all
A World News board post from forum regular PopTart shares a 2010 news wire story about a California high school talent show controversy, where male students performed in underwear and an assistant principal was placed on leave pending investigation. As was typical for the World News section, the actual discussion is minimal — just two quick, jokey replies from ap3x and m1sterfopje riffing on the headline rather than engaging with the substance. A snapshot of the low-effort, link-and-react style of news sharing common on the forum.
hawt— ap3x
lmao, where's the vid xD— m1sterfopje
Law bans Internet images that cause 'emotional distress'
Tennessee passes a law so broad it could make posting a picture online a crime — thread reacts with pure disbelief
A World News post by [VIP] Fopje (posting as 'The Associated Press') relays a story about a Tennessee law criminalizing online images that cause 'emotional distress' to anyone who sees them, not just the intended target. The two replies are short and dismissive, capturing the general 'is this real' reaction typical of the forum's news subforum. It's a quick, low-drama thread, but a nice little time capsule of early-2010s internet culture reacting to overreaching legislation.
you have got to be kidding me.— [FkN] Adora
lol fuck the united states man— [VIP] nullvoid
College Student May Owe Army $80,000 After Coming Out as Lesbian
ROTC scholarship, 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' and an $80k bill — one honest memo cost her everything
A single news-repost thread in the World News subforum, shared by longtime poster m1sterfopje, about UNC Chapel Hill student Sara Isaacson who was discharged from her Army ROTC program under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' after coming out as a lesbian, and was told she might have to repay nearly $80,000 in scholarship money. The post is a straightforward Fox News excerpt with no visible reply discussion attached in the archive. It's a small time-capsule of the era's news-sharing culture on the forum, sitting alongside ads for a steam/rapidshare giveaway section.
I didn't feel like I could be a good officer if I didn't have integrity.— Sara Isaacson (quoted in article)
I was very clear with Miss Isaacson about that. I told her I won't ask.— Lt. Col. Monte Yoder (quoted in article)
Star Wars and Harry Potter dwarf exposed himself to teenage girl
The Ewok actor, a juggler's hat, and a UK court case — one of World News' odder tabloid drops.
A World News subforum post reposting a Daily Record/AP-style tabloid story about actor Nicholas Read, known for small roles as an Ewok in Star Wars and a goblin in Harry Potter, facing a UK court case over an alleged indecent exposure incident on a train. The thread is a single link-and-blurb post by regular poster Fopje with one short reply from Adora expressing sympathy for the alleged victim. Typical of the World News section — a quick tabloid oddity dropped and briefly reacted to rather than a long discussion.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww poor girl— Adora
N.Y. Police Officer Pleads Not Guilty in Cannibal Cop Case
The 'cannibal cop' news story hits the World News board — real world horror as forum fodder.
A thread in the World News subforum linking/discussing the real-life news story of a New York police officer pleading not guilty to plotting to kidnap, cook, and eat women — the infamous 'Cannibal Cop' case that made national headlines. Like many World News threads on this forum, it served as a place for members to react to and discuss bizarre or shocking mainstream news rather than gaming or hacking topics. No extended discussion content survived in this archive beyond the news headline itself.