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[–] orangeNgreen 103 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Sometimes life seems like a poorly written television series.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

Some real Curb Your Enthusiasm vibes

[–] ZoopZeZoop 23 points 7 months ago

Have you seen The Matrix Resurrections? It seems just like something The Analyst would do to us as a joke.

[–] errer 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This feels most like Breaking Bad where Walt’s actions cascade to two planes crashing over his house and the debris landing in his pool. Which I think we can all agree is generally not a poorly written show.

[–] orangeNgreen 17 points 7 months ago

That’s fair. I loved Breaking Bad.

I was just picturing some scene with a lawyer sitting up at night at his home, going “How in the world am I going to prove my case against Boeing! I’ve got nothing and the trial is TOMORROW!” Just then, a Boeing emergency slide crashes into his window.

[–] CluckN 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shame to hear about the lawyer falling on his own knife 6 times.

[–] BreadOven 2 points 7 months ago

It was clearly self inflicted.....6 times......the day before the next hearing.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully this isn't the airplane equivalent of being mailed a finger

[–] CMahaff 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't this be the equivalent of the mob mailing their own finger?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a hardcore threat there. Mailing your own finger clearly shows that you don't care about hurting anyone even yourself it means sending a message.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Let's just hope that fimger grows back because it might be needed.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

Oh wow! Something beneficial to his case just randomly washed up at his home? God must be rewarding him for being such an honest lawyer.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

To be fair, with the number of parts falling off those planes it was a statistical certainty that something was going to wash up at his house!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

I imagine his eyes turned into dollar signs and popped out of his head with a "cha-ching" sound when he saw it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The slide is also now suing Boeing.