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this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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Looks like the vehicle of a big, strong, alpha who carries his gun to the grocery store in case there's a trans person in aisle 4 who would viciously attack. /s
I mean you could handle this like an adult and let the air out of all his tires.
It's incredibly easy to do with some aluminum foil. You can keep a folded up piece of it in your wallet, and then tear off tiny pieces to make balls, and shove those into the valve.
I know it sounds silly or archaic but "mischief" is a very serious charge with significant penalties. You'd rather get vandalism.
It’s not. I was arrested and charged with it a while ago. It’s a low level misdemeanor.
It turns out that we're both stupid. At least where I live, all crimes people casually refer to as "vandalism" are in fact legally handled under the charge of "mischief". But also included are things like blocking someone’s driveway, interfering with computer data, preventing lawful use of property, and tampering with infrastructure. Which of course can be much more serious crimes than keying someone's car and can come with significant jail time.
There's multiple degrees of criminal mischief, and those that have $0 in damages (putting foil in an air valve) are of the lowest level.
Call it in. I got a truck just like this towed within an hour and a half for illegally parking, partially blocking an alley street.
Expensive and very inconvenient for the owner, which is just what we want 😌
Also, tow companies love making money. Most won't hesitate to tow an illegally parked vehicle.
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Always report to the authorities (police or whatever), even if they don't do anything. If the complains keep pilling up, it will fuck their stats and eventually someone will be forced to do something.
After reporting, do whatever you want ;-)
"Poke." says the knife.
"Pssshh!" answered the tire.
Yeah even for this person's selfish thought process i don't see how they feel comfortable doing this. The whole time it's there they should be constantly worried that their car will get keyed
Subtler, safer, and more damaging to damage the air valve instead.
You don't know what you're talking about. The air valve is separate from the tire. It attaches to the rim. There's no inner tube.
A new tire is 50-200 bucks. 50 probably being a used POS.
That valve? Many tire shops will replace for free, or very cheap (a few dollars max.)
Side wall damage? You're gonna need a new (or used, not recommended) tire.
Also. Go for a small, sharp smooth blade. There's a good chance it'll just slow leak and they'll make it to McDonald's or whatever and then run flat. XD
It's not the cost, it's the inconvenience.
Even if he has a spare tire for that monster, I wanna see him try replacing it, it'll be hilarious.
Or he'll have to call a tow and wait for it.
Either way, awesome. Push comes to shove, "your honor, I offer to settle this dispute by paying the cost of the valve I supposedly damaged."
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The tires for my minivan run $130 to $220 each. The tires on that truck are not standard and are extra wide. Id bet closer to $300-$400 each.
Tow truck companies love the commission.
European brains cannot comprehend that this is a “car” and not a semi-truck.
Also, isn’t it dangerous to do the stabby stabby with tires? Because they might burst? Asking for a friend.
yes, just let the air out.
THEN STABY-STABY
Also can't comprehend the "protected" bike lane.
It just looks like more road
Don’t you see the thin strip of « same concrete as the road but paler »?! Totally protected now!
Also, if it was a higher wall, a car could get slightly damaged if it veered of course. Totally unacceptable. Human bodies don’t scratch the paint off as much.
Lentil under the cap, slowly releasing the pressure.
So they don't notice and then they drive with flat tires and crash into and kill decent pedestrians and cyclists?
They'll notice.
Not that slow. Most cars stay in place over the course of a day around 23h (maybe not at a time), but still: if the driver doesn't hop in immediately, the tire will be mostly or totally deflated at when they arrive.
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Report it on the Minneapolis 311 app, usually bike lane parkers are gone by the time someone finally shows up to investigate, but they use the reports to direct infrastructure improvements to try to keep this from happening again.
I had some asshole parked in the protected bike lane on my ride home elsewhere in Minneapolis tonight and I really should have reported them but I didn't.
It would be a shame if they had to take longer because they needed to inflate a mysteriously flat tire...
Sure would be expensive for them to replace that set of tires because the sidewalls blew out for some reason
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Don't tell us, tell the tow company. Make sure you collect the spotters fee if they offer one.
Have it towed then?
I was going to say, just call a few tow companies. They are the worst scum of the earth class traitors ever. They're looking to take anything they can to hold for ransom.
You just have to be vaugue enough about the vehicle that they send one of their guys getting $15/hr who doesn't give a shit to show up before the tow companies owners realize that's their family/friends truck.
Fucker is parked left of center too. Other than an obviously "not a parking space" you're supposed to park in the same direction as traffic faces. Always a pickup.
looks like a one-way road.
where I am at you can take a picture and send it to a city office that will have a parking ticket created and sent out.
MN License YNE5564
They can't (legally) drive without a license plate.
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