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UK police show up at man's house because of his offensive username, then drop it after seeing him. (media.piefed.world)

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lmao they saw him, realized he was asian and immediately ran for their lives lol.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

That was racist of them wasn't it?

"Oh you look like a ChingChongChinaman, bye".

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd probably leave in embarrassment too lmao

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 30 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I'd already be pretty embarrassed if I was a police officer and told to go to people's homes because they were rude on social media. This would just be the cherry on top.