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Man accidentally shot self in foot while attempting to kill cockroach (wlos.com)

submitted 4 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He took off his shoe and threw it at the bug to kill it, but a revolver he had hidden in the shoe fell to the ground. Upon making contact with the floor, the gun discharged and the bullet hit the victim in the foot.

That's even more bizarre; how does one hide a gun in their shoe??

[–] Trollhammer@jlai.lu 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When you roll a nat 1...

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why are there so many fucking accounts less than 30 days old? Do y'all just keep making accounts every week? Are there this many newer Lemmings?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Reddit did another stupid, so there's plenty of new joiners

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 4 months ago

This reference may or may not be before your time .. forgive me, I've seen this before.

Think of it as "Eternal September" and you'll be able to take it in your stride .. brace yourself, this is going to happen more and more, at least for a while.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not long ago Reddit introduced a new policy thatpunishes people for upvoting bad posts, which includes posts about Luigi Mangione. After that, people have been moving into Lemmy as an alternative.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thank you for the context. Always happy to see growth, the paranoid bit of me always jumps to the worst conclusion.