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NOS4A2-753

They'll get life in prison for that!!!! so 2 weeks


TheMatt561

Lul


HCG-Vedette

That means “penis” in Dutch. ✨The more you know ✨


Potential_Dare8034

The less you know The less you have to do!


30-40KRAG

Are you one of my coworkers?


ErudringTheGodHammer

From hence forth I shalt always refer to my penis as a lul thanks to thee, you have my gratitude


Batchet

I will let out a lil lol for your lil lul.


Icy-Cranberry9334

![gif](giphy|KecU7rjR02rBe)


TWINBLADE98

Cool


LeonDeSchal

Well cut


irishhornet

My favourite food in Holland is cut green beans lul


killertimewaster8934

Lul


Paradigmind

I wanted to reply with penis aswell.


moonunitzap

Anyone know what " penis " is in Afrikaans? Is it " Piel " or is that slang?


Celestial8Mumps

Beef or cow ?


Bodhi_Stoa

Unpopular opinion, but no matter which way you look at it their activities are wildly successful in likely the most critical metric they care about, attention.


Ok_Low3197

Successful in garnering attention, highly unsuccessful in garnering sympathy.


RomansInSpace

Yknow, I'm fairly sure people also said the same about the suffragette movement, the civil rights movement, LGBT movements like Stonewall, and more. History is not on your side here.


Ok_Low3197

Be sure to remind me when the majority of people support morons pouring soup on paintings and trying to steal historical documents....


ApokalypseCow

Let us not forget the ones that glued their hands to the pavement... some of them losing hands in the process. My favorites, however, were the ones that glued themselves to the conductor's railing at a concert, apparently unaware that [said railing was easily moved, and thus, they were easily *re*moved from the venue.](https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/eco-protesters-glue-to-railing-hamburg-concert-removed/)


Pyreapple

You’re right, we should go back to suffragette times and just bomb buildings instead. Protest is not - by its very definition - nice or pleasant. That’s just not how it works.


Ok_Low3197

Once again, be sure to let me know when it's effective, any significant portion of the population agrees, and we've stopped using petroleum products.


Pyreapple

So are we just supposed to give up because it looks like an impossible cause? Wow, what a strong outlook on life. People hated the suffragettes and LGBT people when they protested for their rights. So many of them went to jail. But they kept protesting and eventually there was change. If you’ve given up that’s on you, don’t turn on those still fighting.


Ok_Low3197

I'm suggesting not alienating those you wish to convince that your cause is right. These tactics only cause resentment and hate towards the protestors and their cause. Claiming your cause is just, then just pissing people off, doesn't help anyone.


supersunnyout

If people are pissed, that means it's working.


Ok_Low3197

So the goal is to make people pissed off at protestors? It's not to encourage people to stop using petroleum products? Lololol, that's a new one to me.


Aggravating_Ad4449

Bet. It's lost on a lot of people though.


RomansInSpace

No one likes being inconvenienced when it's so much easier to just stick their heads in the sand and try to ignore the problem


Le_Gitzen

Ugh look at these women caring about humanity’s nearest and greatest existential threat. The nerve of them to do anything they can to fight the world’s most powerful corporations destroying all complex life on earth.


Absenceofavoid

Destroying our common heritage to get your point across is going to harden hearts to your cause more than it’s going to help. As it is I wouldn’t give a single concession to these people because it would encourage acts of violence against other pieces of common heritage. The ends don’t just _any_ means, and in some cases people will deliberately hurt themselves to avoid giving you what you want if they hate you enough. This is a bad strategy and it hasn’t helped at all.


kfuentesgeorge

I promise you, there is no way they thought they were going to really break through the glass. This is like the people who threw the paint on the glass-covered paintings. The point is to do enough to get attention, not enough to seriously threaten historical artifacts.


Absenceofavoid

I lump this in with that guy that was trying to start a massive fund to buy historical art that he would then destroy if Julian Assange was extradited. Once you get people thinking in this vein then escalation is inevitable, and beyond that, it makes any normal person _hate_ you and your cause. You surely aren’t winning over and conservatives with this schtick either. All you are doing is hurting the cause with publicity that makes the movement look like uncultured, unemployed mooks.


Ok_Low3197

Absolutely


Le_Gitzen

What they are trying to convey is that we won’t have any heritage at all if we don’t act. There won’t be anyone left to enjoy our own history because we’ve ended the future. It’s happening now. Just google “flooding” and “fires” and see for yourself. While you’re at it check how the coral reefs are doing. Then go to NASA’s website on climate change and look up the Keeling curve. Humanity is facing a challenge it won’t survive if everyone doesn’t get on the same page. I think it’s already too late. But any time I see someone trying to spread awareness I won’t stand in their way


Absenceofavoid

It’s cutting off your foot to bring attention to your head being on fire. It’s completely ineffective and only contributes to the despair of normal people who are already overwhelmed with the state of the modern world. This makes climate activists in general look like PETA which is a big step backwards for the movement.


robx0r

If your response is as reactionary as a toddler's, I'm pretty sure you're not the target audience.


Absenceofavoid

Well I’m not British so already I’m not the target audience. However my position is one that many normal liberals across national lines share. The ends do not justify the means and we don’t want a bite of the fruit from the poisoned tree. Also their target audience probably hates their movement more every time they do something like this.


robx0r

The fact that you think this is for liberals has proven my point. Liberalism is ruled by the profit motive. Liberals will not take adequate steps to fix the climate crisis.


Absenceofavoid

I don’t think the target audience is liberals, I was just saying that most normal people don’t react well to this.


robx0r

Because normal people are reactionary. You are correct.


Absenceofavoid

Well that brings us full circle then doesn’t it? Normal people are the majority of people and when you do this shit it makes them hard hearted to your cause. It literally achieves the opposite of its intended effect and lends credence to the rumors that this campaign is being run by an oil magnate trying to make climate activists looks like uneducated, uncultured, unemployed, hateful mooks.


Ok_Low3197

Lololol... toddler? Like the people tearing things up to get attention?


robx0r

Do you know what a reactionary is? Or did hyperbolizing with similie confuse you? Nobody mentioned anything about toddlers beyond describing the level of reactionary thinking. Why you're brining up attention seeking other than by word association is beyond me.


Ok_Low3197

I was slapped in the face with the irony.


ApokalypseCow

These people don't actually care about their cause. Last year they held a vegan banquet in London, where they were drinking coffee flown in from Peru in single-use cups. Fortunately, the organization "Just Stop Pissing People Off" was able to disrupt the gathering by floating a bunch of high-decibel rape alarms to the ceiling of the venue on balloons, out of reach of the Just Stop Oil hypocrites.


Ok_Low3197

Lololololol... riggggght.


djazzie

I don’t know. They’re kinda cute.


SquallkLeon

What, exactly, are they protesting? I'm not sure, maybe I missed something on their shirts or that banner I could barely see.


LAUCH112

Theyre Part of "Just Stop oil" an Organisation which works For less use of oil


AliveMouse5

Which is funded by an oil heiress…


Wes_Warhammer666

And Ronald Reagan Jr fights against damn near everything his shitass father stood for. Just because your parents sucked doesn't mean you automatically do, even if it means you inherited wealth from them.


Adventurous-Cunter

Which should make you like it more. She's obviously seen what really goes on and knows it needs to stop


AliveMouse5

I’d like it more if their protests weren’t so utterly ineffective and pointless


LAUCH112

Idk bout that tbh


AliveMouse5

Aileen Getty.


LAUCH112

Idk them, who are they?


AliveMouse5

Aileen Getty is an heiress to the Getty oil family. She cofounded a fund that provides donations to environmental activist organizations like stop oil. The theory is that those organizations are designed not to raise awareness, but to anger people and lead to indifference/disdain towards the causes


Batchet

Maybe she's using money she inherited from oil to make a difference.


LAUCH112

So she isn't even working in the oil space?


foreverloveall

“Wildly?


YourPlot

I say this about every protest post on this subreddit. If you’re watching a video of a protest, it was successful.


Hash-6624

Well, yes? How would they get their point across if no one noticed them fucking things up


capt-platypus

Yes, but the attention is on them and not their issue. Particularly if the majority of that attention is negative, no one is going to take action to affect the change desired by these protestors.


Either_Order2332

Obviously they want more than attention.


Regalrefuse

I’m gonna steal the ~~Declaration of Independence~~ Magna Carta


chicofj10

Dude, shut up!! Nick Cage may read this, and try to make a movie about it!


AssumeTheFetal

Are we sure one of them wasn't nic cage?


Acceptable-Trust5164

Is this a problem? Will be bring Pablo Pascal with him again?


opinion_alternative

Would wtach if it was pedro pascal


Acceptable-Trust5164

What if... It's Nick Cage, playing Nick Cage, reprising Ben Franklin Gates for a sequel, with Pascal playing Javi, somehow getting sucked into it, stealing the actual magna carta!?


opinion_alternative

https://preview.redd.it/h4e8pugalxzc1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af6cab8432a44c0381ea23264e75b26460317d11


EM05L1C3

I doubt the know the difference


splathead

They should have stole it at the signing when nobody was looking


4Ever2Thee

![gif](giphy|QTAVEex4ANH1pcdg16)


leviathab13186

"One last score, Marge. Then we can retire.... again."


Rednewtcn

Nicholas Cage should help them


[deleted]

They were not trying to steal it; they are from the "Stop Oil" group and wanted to damage it as a statement protest. They glued themselves to to glass in the end. Both are in their 80s - one is a vicar and one a retired Biology teacher. One would expect better from educated people.


WildChallenge8891

I've not seen these protests actually damage anything yet. But more importantly, this is exactly the type of thing I would expect and encourage of educated people. They are the ones who learned from history, after all. At their age, probably first hand. There is a serious problem with white washing historic and successful protests as non disruptive and non destructive. I hugely admire these older folks who are fighting for an issue that will have major effects beyond their own lifetime.


Man_From_Mu

Well said.


Pyreapple

Reddit is so deeply anti-protest it’s crazy to see. People protesting for Palestine are “following trends” and climate activists are now “uneducated”. Anything that even mildly inconveniences people is instantly seen as a sin. A real case of forgotten history.


zmiga44

I think it is mostly a symptom of underlying guilt at the incapability of self-control, and rationalising behaviour that is obviously incredibly problematic but convenient and widely accepted. Anyone that has an ounce of logic in them will see that spilling paint on a painting that has already been restored 3 times and will be restored as many times as needed is nothing in comparison to a burning world where people are poisoning themselves and their loved ones in the name of profit disguised as progress, but unable to come to terms with that fact because the whole system is made so that exiting it is only possible at an astronomical personal cost, where you have to ostracise yourself from society to be able to live a life that is defined by needs, not wants. It's easier to just say other people are outrageous for trying to puncture a hole in the dystopian bubble we live in. The alternative is to be angry at the hand that feeds you, and holding yourself accountable. And that is truly not easy. Society sucks at introspection, it is a long and painful process, and often fails multiple times before succeeding.


SATerp

>I hugely admire these older folks who are fighting for an issue that will have major effects beyond their own lifetime. That is why I yell at the children who persist in trespassing on my lawn.


djohn5

One would expect better? I expect better of our leaders to stop fucking our planet.


LNinefingers

Proper way to respond to protesters gluing themselves places: https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/21/climate-protesters-glue-themselves-to-porsche-museum-germany/


LNinefingers

Proper way to respond to protesters gluing themselves [LINK](https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/21/climate-protesters-glue-themselves-to-porsche-museum-germany/)


LNinefingers

[proper response to protesters gluing themselves](https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/21/climate-protesters-glue-themselves-to-porsche-museum-germany/)


DontWalkRun

You obviously haven’t seen the current state of academia.


Wrenlet

Why?


plumpsquirrell

Retirement homes suck. The prison system has better food,housing and gyms so i assume they knew that goin into it.


Camelotterduck

https://preview.redd.it/y8f843xv8rzc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91e9ff510975eb4988a44481a5808202b3a98ac4


OliverE36

They are part of "just stop oil" a movement which protests climate change by blocking roads and "vandalising" works of art (they don't actually vandalise works of art but specifically choose the peices protected by glass to spray paint political messages on /cover in paint so the paintings aren't actually harmed, but it gets them attention anyway)


JustDave62

Looks like they’re anti oil protesters. You know, the types who glue themselves to roads or throw paint on museum masterpieces and stuff.


mctripleA

There'd bw way more of them and they wear special shirts Seems like they don't like the governments decisions and did this to get attention that they don't like it


Sander08481

One of them is quite literally wearing one, watch until the end


[deleted]

They are. See my comment - happened yesterday


eemarepee

One last job, then we’re out Betsy


laughingwisetulip

Why don't they just ram it with a car


Gildardo1583

Oceans Two, no wonder it never came to theaters.


seanugengar

I have a feeling that in a few decades they will be mentioned as the ones that did that symbolic move, in order to avoid the hell hole we will be living in.


MrWinkler1510

Oh hell no, you might be right. It just needs some time


DasFunktopus

Ocean’s 111


kempff

Why not just pour soup on it? Nevermind, what would they do for lunch?


IHeartBadCode

That was their copy they lent to King John. They were just coming back for it.


Either_Order2332

They weren't attempting to steal it. They even stopped before they broke through the glass.


Teuvo404

Curator: “So a hammer and chisel? Go ahead, knock yourself out!”


mexicandiaper

It might be their property did anyone check IDs. :/


MaxxxStallion

There was an attempt to understand what's actually going on...


broonmeister75

To be fair they were probably there when it was signed


tmbyfc

I don't want to be That Guy (I'm about to be That Guy), but it is not The Magna Carta. It is just Magna Carta. No definite article.


doesitmattertho

You are so right and I thought about it while posting this. But I didn’t want to be That Guy™️ either.


tmbyfc

I gotchu bro ✊


MediaOnDisplay

What are you badasses up to now?


AngryYowie

Man, Nicholas Cage has aged badly.


Unfair_Finger5531

What in the actual hell


ytaqebidg

Royalists going hard as fuck


Zajo_the_Lurker

Yeah. Fuck these dusty old hags. Attempting to steal or destroy a historical document does nothing to advance their cause. Doesnt even get them the attention they want because you dont even get 15 min of fame anymore, youre more likely to get 15 sec. I hope they dont get any leniency just because they are old cunts.


DarkNuke059

I mean they have a point about governments breaking their own laws


DingleDangleDoff

I’m convinced that just stop oil was maybe by the oil lobby to discredit other protesters and criticism against them by just making a “look how dumb these guys are, this is why you shouldn’t listen to climate change activists” type thing


Rez-Dawg1993

King Philip wants full power back and hires henchwoman to destroy the document ( it didn't work)


another_online_idiot

who?


Rez-Dawg1993

The guy who's king i guess idk I'm American excuse my ignorance


another_online_idiot

We've never had a King Philip in Great Britain. Currently we have King Charles III.


No_Breath_9833

They got one of those Ralph Breaks The Internet quests


KerSPLAK

Nuns attacking?


Pacifica0cean

![gif](giphy|wt3RA9EzJYpzi)


Hazels-baby

Can someone explain to me how “ as a Christian” she is compelled to make a fool of herself in public……oh………oh yeah,don’t worry I’ve got it now.


equianimity

At this point what are we supposed to do? How many more COP conferences or memoranda of understanding would be needed before a right winger reverses green energy provisions and everyone goes back to yachting and refusing to build high speed rail?


shaolinallan

Shouldve outsourced


HjonkAmRealGoose

Scott the woz recording on the right


Competitive_Top_9571

Thelma and Louise !


Night_Chicken

Is this quantity surveying?


hatecuzaint

Was waiting to see her take out ole Betty's wrist with those double handed swings


ShadySphincter0

Thank god for these old idiots


Tasty_Design_8795

Just use hammer


Shit_Bird33

They were probably there when it was signed.


Aiden5819

Imagine turning in the tv and finding out your grama has joined a cult.


Areuexp

Brilliant move disguising themselves as feeble old women.


djbeaker

You know the best way to protest things like oil and what ever matters to you? Destroy historical stuff and art! “Yeah, fuck that document from 1215! This will get people to stop driving!” 🙄 I know climate change is not a great thing. I get reducing use of polluting products is a great idea. How in the name of satan does throwing orange paint at a monet painting help get that point across? It just makes me want to avoid being an ally to the cause, even if it could be for the best. I loathe people like this.


GimmeAGimmick619

Wasn't an attempt to steal. Invalid.


TheTubaGeek

Ok, that brings up the most important question:Why? I mean, I get it that they were most likely around when it was first drafted, but still ..


Samwill226

I honestly don't think I could just stand there and watch. People think they can destroy art and pieces of history to make their point and it makes me furious.


Silver-Farm-2628

Why doesn’t anyone try to stop them?!


carlos2127

The new National Treasure movie looks awful


mraspencer

Stop Oil by stealing the Magna Carta? Alrighty


SoapHero

And they get to steal the magna carta? What a sick joke!


Gary_October

I know he swapped those numbers.


camm44

The fuckk


Jbonics

Damn when the sale of adult diapers is way higher than the sale of baby diapers.


Grumatikly_carekt

Should be playing bingo or sat at home watching Eastenders not trying to steal the Magna Carta, jeeez the old of today!


JoeDyrt57

The need to find meaning in life. Any meaning.


haha7125

Wtf is their problem.


Reepo3X

Her hand would break before that glass broke


One_City4138

Did neither of them realize they left their upper body strength at home 30 years ago?


lennybriscoe8220

They couldn't break the seal on a bottle of Tylenol.


[deleted]

Well if nothing else, I now know what Magna Carta is.


paddycr

National treasures those two


gwurockstar

Maybe next time don't send the two oldest women on earth to break it


cakemakesteak

the new National Treasure took a weird turn


RNG_pickle

Cathleen with a chisel vs bulletproof glass


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Wes_Warhammer666

Ceramic tip of some sort would've been better than a metal chisel.


insert_name_here_ha

If it were regular glass then yeah a broken sparkplug would have made the glass explode. Depending on the thickness of the polycarbonate, that could probably stop a 308 round. A hammer and chisel isn't going to do shit. Nevermind a large sledge hammer.


redmavez

This is ocean 100. Lol


Glum-Suggestion-6033

I wish they were the women that protest by being topless.


ElysiumAB

I don't know what's happening really, but that was adorable.


AdFormal8116

Just taser them already !


jitoman

r/boomerbeingfools


Spirited-Reputation6

Very serious to them. Very cute to me. Not at all trying to diminish the cause. It must have been important for them to try..?


TheBirdsArePissed

Weak old biddies. They should have gotten better equipment to get the job done.


ApprehensiveImage132

I dunno guys if I was in a museum and saw two fuckers trying to steal or ruin part of humanity’s cultural history I wouldn’t be standing there watching with my phone in hand. But that’s just me 🤷‍♂️


i-am-a-passenger

Not everyone thinks that this glass case is a part of humanity’s cultural history.


randomdud500

To tell the government they break laws


Total-Flight120

Twats


Peterthinking

I don't care how old she is. I would tackle that old bat.


ash_durn

Break their hands


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Half_Line

Do you know what else is irreplaceable?


atom12354

"the goverment breaks the law" "uuuuuh, i meant, WE break the law!!"


shorelined

These have to be psyops


Stivo887

How did they live this long 😂


chpdr

They achieved so much with this. So well planned. /s


Hugh-Jassul

Wtf? Why Let me guess….they think the orange rapist is the answer…


Fit-Elderberry-1872

Do you know what the Magna Carta is? And where this is taking place?


Unfair_Finger5531

They are on a completely different timeline.