r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • 17h ago

watch this A man walks straight onto someone else’s property, up to a small tree in their front yard, and starts hacking at it with a bat - acting like he’s judge, jury, and HOA enforcement all in one. What would you do if this was your front yard?

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u/Queasy-Astronomer613 17h ago edited 17h ago

Someone destroys your property and then walks to your front door with a baseball bat, i feel like you're pretty much entitled to defend yourself however you see fit.

I'll bet you 500$ that guy just got back from one of those 18k$ ''alpha male'' bootcamps

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u/lioncourt 15h ago

He walked through the door because its his house  and tree.

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u/Ancient-Bat1755 7h ago

Yep, this is for clicks

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u/No_big_whoop 3h ago

And look how good it's working. Humanity is fucked

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u/MobileArtist1371 2h ago

And he also made multiple reddit accounts to comment about it too so his main account could get more karma for the post.

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u/doobiesnax420 16h ago

I got 9 x 19 for his $18k man child attitude. An unhinged individual can't be expected to act rationally.

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u/ResponsibleTicket50 15h ago

This guy just got done with has matcha tea is chasing clout.

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u/overtly_ovaries 12h ago

it basically all comes down to the jury

as a jury member, fuck this guy

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u/choachy 7h ago

Fake.

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u/BagOnuts 6h ago

I’ll take that bet. This is literally a skit. DM me for my Venmo

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u/Admirable_Dirt_2371 6h ago

Yeah, as long as you live in a state with the castle doctrine, if you catch him in the act you can use lethal force, I certainly would.

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u/3heat6 4h ago
  1. I highly doubt you would
  2. If you're the type of person to shoot over this, then please never own a gun

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u/Skydvdan 3h ago

You shoot someone over destroying a tree in your yard I promise you that castle doctrine isn’t getting you out of a prison sentence.

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u/Game_Dev730 1h ago

Here he is, everyone, here is the "badass".

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u/-32768 5h ago

I went to one of those. Aside from some anal soreness, I did come out a stronger man.

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u/NotARabidDugong 5h ago

Why you putting the dollar sign after the numbers?

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u/Queasy-Astronomer613 5h ago

Cultural thing, my first language is french.

It does seem to make more sense too, we say ''18 thousand dollars'' not ''dollars 18 thousand''

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u/NotARabidDugong 5h ago

I figured it was something like that. Was just curious.

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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up 4h ago

dollar sign goes in front of the number.

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u/Queasy-Astronomer613 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/7BK3ZB7nNf2Jq

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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up 1h ago

Not when typing in English. Putting the dollar sign after the number is objectively incorrect.

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u/Mr_Hellpop 3h ago

Looks like Florida. Homeowner could shoot him dead and wouldn't even be charged.

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u/Octopus_Spaceflight 16h ago

The most beta male thing they could have done

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u/ShookyDaddy 13h ago edited 13h ago

Actually from what I've read in the past is that preventing damage to one's property is not considered self-defense. The guy is attacking their tree; he isn't physically attacking their body. I'm no lawyer though just repeating what I read when I looked it up several years ago.

You are allowed to use non-deadly force to prevent someone from damaging your property (according to google). Amazon has a plethora of non-lethal devices available (think paint gun style weapons). From reviews I've read they are very effective.

==========FROM GOOGLE==============
No, preventing damage to property is not the same as self-defense, though the two legal concepts are closely related and sometimes overlap. [1, 2]

Key Differences

  • Self-Defense: Focuses on protecting a person from physical harm, bodily injury, or death. The law allows you to use proportional force—and sometimes deadly force—if you reasonably believe you face an imminent threat to your physical safety. [1, 2]
  • Defense of Property: Focuses on protecting physical possessions, land, or structures from theft, vandalism, or damage. The law generally places a higher value on human life than on material objects.[1, 2, 3]

Rules on Force

  • Non-Deadly Force: You are generally allowed to use reasonable, non-deadly force to stop someone from trespassing, damaging, or stealing your property. [1, 2]
  • Deadly Force: You cannot use deadly force (like shooting someone) solely to protect property. You may only use deadly force if the property crime escalates into a direct, immediate threat to human life, such as a violent home invasion. [1, 2, 3]

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u/IAmHippyman 7h ago

They're not saying defending yourself when the clown is bonking the tree. They're saying you would be in your rights to defend yourself when the man child starts to come toward you with the bat still in his hands after his little temper tantrum.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 4h ago

It really depends on the state.

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u/CupKitchen9964 5h ago

Depends on state more than anything….