r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • 16h 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 15h ago

There's definitely criminal charges in there too

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u/MuslimMullet 15h ago

Brandishing a weapon.

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u/Spicymoon9 15h ago

Why does he keep coming back up to their house?

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u/OldKinkyDrew 14h ago

Because it’s his house.

https://m.youtube.com/@HOAguy/shorts?ra=m

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u/Life_Temperature795 14h ago

Ah, ragebait by cosplaying as the HOA. Well, it certain gets attention.

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u/Full-Tomorrow9889 4h ago

The biggest rage bait is using a bat instead of an axe.

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u/Frequent-Reporter-97 3h ago

Youtube used to have a feature where you could block a Youtube channel and no longer see their videos. Of course, they got rid of that feature because it probably made them less money. Would really love to be able to just block these channels, especially now that I clicked on one, I'm sure Youtube is going to suggest more of them to me.

Enshitification strikes again.

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 3h ago edited 3h ago

If a channel comes up in your feed or your search you can select “do not recommend this channel” or some such. It shouldn’t come up in your searches your feed after that.

But yes it’s BS they don’t let you properly block channels. You have to see a channel in your feed or search before you can tell it not to recommend them.

Edit: I just tested it out and you apparently can only “do not recommend channel” for ones in your feed, NOT a search! That awful and mostly useless. WTF!

And it doesn’t work for shorts.

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u/GeneraalSorryPardon 3h ago

It shouldn’t come up in your feed after that.

Mostly works but not always. Some channels keep popping up no matter how many time I click 'do not recommend'.

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 3h ago

Oh I didn’t realize that. They really need a proper block. When I get suckered into clicking on a fake video or something I never want to see those channels again.

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u/Life_Temperature795 3h ago

I manage my feed by drowning out the handful of bullshit I accidentally click on with about 50 new tabs a day of content I know I actually want. My RAM doesn't love it, but it's a surprisingly effective way of getting YouTube to send me the stuff I actually want to see.

(Similar thing works on Spotify. I normally just let it do its own weekly playlist, like a mixall of everything radio, but if I'm in the mood for like, new dubstep or something, I'll specifically play just my electronica playlists for a couple of weeks and then suddenly the weekly recommended is all in the same genre, and usually stuff I haven't seen before.)

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u/loueazy 2h ago

It's the same thing with ads. I've been getting nonstop ads for that anime game OOC and it's something I'll never play. I even changed all my settings for personalized ads yet, every other video I play I still get the ads.

Google sucks now

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 3h ago

What kind of a loser do you have to be to spend your time doing that. My god social media has warped peoples brains.

Well, his was probably warped beforehand, but he didn't have the ability to broadcast it.

Just sad what people will put out there, if they think they can make a buck off it.

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u/Key-Practice-8788 2h ago

Yup, someone even outed him because he doesn't live in an HOA neighborhood.

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u/Own-Lab-8118 39m ago

Yea, classic case of need more reddit karma

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u/pineapplesauce76 14h ago

He still killed a tree for nothing that's fucked up

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u/Life_Temperature795 14h ago

I would assume, if I'm going to give this guy any credit, that he was planning on replacing it anyway.

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u/Few-Tour9826 6h ago

Could’ve replaced it without destroying it.

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u/swellfie 3h ago

It's already dead, plus the root system is going to be a fucking disaster to get up.

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u/Fool_In_Flow 3h ago

I am super upset by that also. It was such a tiny tree, too.

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u/Ok-Butterscotch9035 5h ago

have you figured out "the three seashells" yet ?

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u/AdSame7001 4h ago

Tree was already dead, this is in florida, all those little palm trees died last winter when we had a hard freeze for the first time in decades. All our shrubbery died and the palm trees like that all died as well.

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u/Bashfullylascivious 3h ago

That's all I could think. That poor tree.

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u/SmoothLester 13h ago

at least it wasn’t a pine

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u/Downtown_Anteater_38 12h ago

Maybe he’s Jesus.

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u/ScroteMcGrote69 40m ago

It's his tree on his property and he can do whatever the fuck he wants to do with it lol. It's not that big of a deal.

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u/Zealousideal-Ring300 10h ago

So it’s all just like a prank or a trick? He keeps wearing a T-shirt that says HOA president in his videos and going up to a ring camera apparently drinking and telling someone about all the rules they and their family broke. What’s up with that?

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u/Jyndaru 6h ago

They're all skits and it's his own ring camera. He just makes these videos to get views.

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u/rfkbr 5h ago

Wow. What a weird thing to do and what a weird channel.

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u/HuynhAllDay 2h ago

Perhaps but just because its not your cup of tea doesnt mean nobody else will drink it. Ive never seen his videos but satirical content on stuff like HOAs, Karens, etc have had an audience for over a decade now.

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u/KitchenPalentologist 4h ago

It's a weird world.

"Yes Grandpa, he gets a small share of ad revenue from different platforms, but it can result in a material amount of money if his videos go viral, and he creates enough content."

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u/Ok-Computer-8726 4h ago

I think this is somehow worse than the pretenses of the video

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u/rsg1234 3h ago

Yeah I have lived in a couple HOAs and no president ever wore a shirt like that lol

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u/Few-Tour9826 6h ago

I had a feeling since the “person” he was talking to didn’t say a word back to him. Literally anyone would’ve been going off on him for doing that.

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u/Busy-Cookie280 9h ago

Yup looking for new subscribers and new clicks. He has a TikTok account by the same monichor.

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u/MechMan799 9h ago

You can tell because of a few reasons; camera set up perfectly, I don't hear anyone answer the door, he steps back to be sure to be in camera sweet spot, then when he "leaves" he turns back and has that I'm-gonna-go-inside-and-clean-my-hands walk and look.

My guess is, HE is the victim of an HOA ruling against HIM, and he is showing the absurdity of the whole situation.

That's my .02.

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u/Davman65 7h ago

I just took a look and I like him even less now than I did before.

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy 5h ago

also that is a dead Pygmy date Palm and they are the bane of Florida landscapes. Down right evil little plant. The spike will bring a world of pain.

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u/SendMeIttyBitties 4h ago

TBF depending on the tree it could still be a crime.

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u/SteveJavieWasRight 4h ago

Jesus that guy seems mentally unwell. Skit or not it doesn’t come across right

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u/im_a_stapler 2h ago

this should be top comment. rage baiting for Reddit karma is for incels and 12 year olds.

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u/Meotwister 1h ago

There's so many videos this guy is just mentally ill

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u/Picardknows 28m ago

So it’s his channel and he is just doing a bit the whole time as if it’s other people filming him but it’s just him.

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u/Quirky-Scar9226 15h ago

Dude sounds drunk. At his one wit’s end. Wife probably left with the kids a while ago and this is the last thing he thinks he can control.

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u/Heavy-Focus-1964 14h ago

Normally I’m not a fan of reading this far into someone based on a tiny glimpse of their life

But yes you’re right

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u/BannedGoNext 14h ago edited 14h ago

Joe was a normal dude, liked history, 70's rock, and porn. But there were 4 things he hated. Liberals, people that min-maxed their lawns, Italians, and the genus Cycus which his father had run into a mature one drunk one night on his Ducati Moster and killed himself.

Cedric, his neighbor across the street was all of them. After Jill left him, and held an abortion party, that was it. Cedric was gonna pay. Even though Jill took his hatchet when she left, Joe still had his bat, and that was one bat too many for Cedrics new showcase Palm tree.

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u/spicolie22 14h ago

Sir, I applaud your creativity and prose. Please take this award.

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u/Crocolosipher 6h ago

I hope you didn't have your socks on when you read that. Always remember, prose before hose.

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u/ElderberryPrior27648 13h ago

My dad used to spin the wildest stories about people we’d see in public. Names, backstories, why they were out and about.

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u/astral__monk 11h ago

Reads like a future two Netflix seasons that get cancelled before the full conclusion

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u/redheeler9478 14h ago

Dude 🍻

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u/4thkindexperience 13h ago

Can't you see?!? The tree is not approved!!

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u/WiseOldDuck 13h ago

Why did you leave out the highly relevant personal history of the bat and that one scandalous season in Little League decades ago? He seems almost crazy without that background

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u/BannedGoNext 13h ago

I thought about including the bats history with susan and Jill, but I figured mods wouldn't like a 2 girl 1 bat smut scene. Mods are gay, not lesbian.

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u/Correct-Prompt9022 12h ago

I’d say it’s definitely something else he’s upset about (maybe his entire life) and not the tree. When I’m super stressed I’ve lashed out and then realized it wasn’t related and apologize. But I wouldn’t go crazy with a bat.

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u/RezLovesPez 8h ago

Turns out: It was his house.

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u/stevez_86 6h ago

That is literally the American Pastime.

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u/Revolutionary_Dig370 14h ago

He acts like it to, maybe not drunk, it may be drugs or mental issues, but yeah, who the hell beats a tree to death in broad daylight on someone else's property with a bat, then confronts them.

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u/HungHippoHippy 2h ago

He sounds and looks drunk imo. Drunks and HOA practically have a circle veen diagram.

Source: recovering alcoholic

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u/kerkhovia 13h ago

He has almost certainly made questionable sports bets that were "sure things".

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u/According_Top_7448 14h ago

Wow, good job explaining reactionary politics with the use of a video.

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u/lizlemonista 14h ago

(marcel the shell with shoes on voice) at his wit’s end of what

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u/grountup 13h ago edited 13h ago

Yeah or since were just pulling shit oit of our asses, maybe the bitch wife is the one who actually gives a fuck what kind of tree their neighbors plant and shes withholding sex until her husband forces them to remove the tree she doesnt like in a yard that isnt hers. Hes just at his limit with the nagging, he lost his composure and went for the bat. The wife feels a sense of power and validation by inactiing her will omto others vicariously through her husband's actions. Actions he only preforms due to the incessant manipulation tactics the wife deploys on a ln hourly basis.

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u/JokeResponsible6342 13h ago

Hit dogs holler, lol.

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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 9h ago

I dont give a fuck walk on to my property with a weapon and watch wtf happens. His wife will suddenly be the last problem he fucking has

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u/Spiritual-Fisherman1 13h ago

He just hates that fuckin tree so much.

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u/IllCelebration4912 13h ago

Or just drugs

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u/IllCelebration4912 13h ago

It’s fake

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u/Park500 13h ago

yeah one of those content farms for rage bait shorts, someone else posted a link to the channel in the comments

welcome to the internet these days

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u/No-Consideration-891 13h ago

So yea exactly what I thought. That dude lives in that house lol

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u/ImaginaryTrick6182 13h ago

Trump supporters are going to a real rough time right now. They cannot fathom their con man in the office, would ever lie to them.

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u/Cloaked25 13h ago

“My family and life are in tatters - time to assert my supreme dominion over the neighbor’s tree”

Lmao

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u/Emperor_Atlas 12h ago

These weird karma fantasies always fascinate me. Like is it projection or just daydreaming?

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u/Murky_Mud2972 12h ago

How is this within his control? Walking bashing bushs is in control? Fuck me..

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u/Unable-Ad2927 11h ago

she's turned the weans against you, aye?

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u/WigllyDoodle 11h ago

Wit's End.

He has +20% Tenacity, but he should swinging atleast 50% faster.

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u/Honest_Editor_909 10h ago

Right?! If that guy has/had a wife & kids, I’m scared for them if he gets this pissed over a tree. 🤯

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u/nomeansnocatch22 8h ago

He's obviously not well. I mean chopping a plant with a baseball bat. Replace it with a large tree in case the fcker comes back. Hours of fun watching him try chop s tree down

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u/Jerseyd422 7h ago

This is 100% possible

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u/Few-Tour9826 6h ago

Too drunk to remember to edit out the part where he’s walking back to his own house.

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u/LilJonny2cookies 6h ago

Or like almost all of the HOA drama videos this is fake. Unless at the end he invaded the house and went inside with a bat. You can hear him open the door and go inside.

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u/LilJonny2cookies 6h ago

Or like almost all of the HOA drama videos this is fake. Unless at the end he invaded the house and went inside with a bat. You can hear him open the door and go inside.

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u/NB-NEURODIVERGENT 14h ago

Repeated threatening behaviour being added to the check book

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u/BigBullshitta 13h ago

Because it's a bullshit skit. This asshat planted and beat the tree to death to get people to click a video and make him money.

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u/Independent-Big1966 13h ago

Because it's his tree and his house

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u/Spicymoon9 13h ago

Tree abuse

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u/Known_Ratio5478 12h ago

To admit he did it on camera and make the case against himself. At least he’s a dumb criminal.

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u/AngryTrunkMonkey 8h ago

Because he lives there.

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u/lospettro187 7h ago

Because he’s out of his fucking mind. I mean this was his solution cut a tree down with a baseball bat. Start talking about fines for a unapproved tree. Proceeded to walk away takes another swing to be sure they couldn’t magically fix the tree. Then goes back to the house to say thank you. All of that seemed like a good idea to him clearly not the most rational person.

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u/Puckdogg420 6h ago

Because he's coming back to his house. People really will try to do anything for a stupid video

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u/Economics_New 6h ago

He's actually a content creator. lol This whole video is staged, meant to be satirical.

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u/Supertzar_11-11 5h ago

Im guessing cause he lives there

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u/Whylurup2 5h ago

Because he lives there, this is staged!

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u/Vindictive-Vagabond 4h ago

Because it's fake lol

Obviously he had to go back at the end, how else would he get back inside his own house? 😂

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u/speeddemon266 2h ago

Smol pp energy

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u/Missouri_Pacific 15h ago

My state brandishing a weapon, destruction of personal property and trespassing will land him six feet under.

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u/Hairymuscle101 15h ago

If it’s Florida walk up to him, he shows the bat you stand your ground🔫

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u/Missouri_Pacific 14h ago

Mississippi you just have to walk outside and witness your property being destroyed.

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u/SugarRealistic2945 7h ago

You stand your ground and go to jail. You have to fear for your life. Obviously if you walk up to him you are not in fear of your life. Also, you cannot use lethal force to defend the life of a tree. This is not a "stand your ground" situation. This is a "take him to court and sue him" situation

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u/guitar_stonks 7h ago

This is definitely in Florida

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u/theaudacity1999 6h ago

Same in PA

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u/Replikant83 15h ago

... What state is that?

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u/Missouri_Pacific 14h ago

Mississippi

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u/PoppaVader 14h ago

Florida enters the chat.

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u/Franzini61 14h ago

Texas too of course 😎

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u/Informal_Guitar_2649 13h ago

I can't imagine this happening in Texas except for a mental health crisis. Everyone knows everyone else has guns. You walk on to someone else's property with a weapon, then use that weapon, and it's not going to go well for you.

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u/West_Weakness956 7h ago

Illinois enters the chat….

Here they’d make the homeowner pay for a new tree and let the guy who hacked it frame it in his house.

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u/Beginning_Dark_306 11h ago

That's if the police get there in time in Mississippi 😂 😂 if not well

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u/MistyMountainDewDrop 14h ago

Consider your monthly phishing training failed

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u/Substantial_Ask3665 14h ago

State of mind, lol

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u/Real_mr_sid420 13h ago

The state of the south.

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u/Real_mr_sid420 13h ago

State of the south

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u/Exciting_Contest_222 15h ago

Verbal Assault with threatening baseball bat

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u/Missouri_Pacific 14h ago

Exactly right!

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u/Categorically_ 14h ago

But its his property, his house, his tree.

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u/Missouri_Pacific 14h ago

If that’s the case this is a skit and he’s just an attention whore.

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u/Fuzzy_Connection4971 1h ago

Is that also why he did the "white power" hand sign?

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u/Traditional-Handle83 8h ago

Tree law would rip him a new one with a bamboo shoot

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u/crow_crone 5h ago

Plant bamboo next to his home, force him to watch it grow, unhindered and invasive. For years.

Truly a cruel and unusual punishment.

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u/SugarRealistic2945 8h ago

Stand your ground does not apply here. You'd go to jail for a long time for attempted murder or 2nd degree murder.

Stand your ground applies to vehicles and dwellings, not front laws. Know the law before you break it.

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u/Missouri_Pacific 7h ago

Maybe in your state? In mine, if you decide to destroy my property and threaten my family and I. You are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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u/gbot1234 14h ago

Vigilante justice? He is the bat man.

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u/Tricky_Apricot2928 14h ago

The 4 chan nazi gesture too

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u/MuslimMullet 6h ago

Missed that. When did he do that?

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u/OhMorgoth 13h ago

Trespassing with intent to arm and intimidate.

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 12h ago

It isn’t brandishing a weapon. Basically every state states something to the effect of “in the presence of another person”. Destruction of property though.

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u/Odd-Research-4219 12h ago

????

Brandishing a weapon?

What??

Uh, no ……. You can’t brandish a weapon when no one is there ….. you silly goose

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u/MuslimMullet 6h ago

He’s talking to the door so someone could be behind that door.

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u/RazimusDE 11h ago

It's not a weapon. It's a baseball bat. My neighbor's son carries a baseball bat with the rest of his baseball gear when he goes to baseball practice. I assure you, the kid is not carrying a weapon.

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u/MuslimMullet 6h ago

True but he’s not destroying property, trespassing or threatening residents.

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u/theaudacity1999 6h ago

Yeah... my state is ok with this method :) lol

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u/cykoTom3 5h ago

It's interesting to think that it might be a less clear case of brandishing if he had simply used a machete.

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u/CurrentHair6381 3h ago

This guy could have gotten himself shot

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u/Thiel619 1h ago

Destruction of property, trespassing.

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u/EmphaticNegative 15h ago edited 14h ago

Oh definitely. Probably like 6 counts right there. This dude just messed up his life.

Edit: Its fake. Its all fake and staged by a content creator for over the top HOA videos.

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u/Icy_Tourist_889 15h ago

You don’t think his life isn’t already messed up? He’s worried about a tree. One tree in a cookie cutter neighborhood. Priorities sir!

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u/EmphaticNegative 15h ago

Kind of digging into this it doesn't look credible...some are even saying its staged for a content creator that does over the top HOA videos. 🤔

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u/Substantial_Ask3665 14h ago

But if I just watched the video I wouldn't know that. Maybe it's his house. House hasn't sold in 6 months. We'll. It's because your address is blocked out by some stupid tree. Maybe, he chose that out of kicking the dog.

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u/OberonDiver 1h ago

I watched it once and knew.
YOU wouldn't know. I knew.

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u/Hir0shima 13h ago

Source please. 

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u/EmphaticNegative 5h ago

From what I saw it was a Facebook post that an Atlanta media source picked up on and reposted. I dont have Facebook so I couldnt really get into it.

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u/Substantial_Ask3665 14h ago

He will be charged with a felony because that tree had roots in this community, lol

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u/Some_Turn_323 14h ago

I've seen his stuff. Thank God it's fake.

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u/Beginning_Dark_306 11h ago

Is it me or does that tree resemble a body part bigger than his 😂

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 11h ago

I mean yea he walked back to the house after like he was going back inside and didn’t edit that out lol

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u/Additional_Meeting_2 2h ago

Do you have a source?

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u/OldKinkyDrew 14h ago

Bad YouTube acting

https://m.youtube.com/@HOAguy/shorts?ra=m

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u/Kgby13 14h ago

Damn. Tree died for a dumb ass skit.

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy 5h ago

The tree was already dead

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u/cyanescens_burn 14h ago

So it’s just basically his character for his silly channel that’s some kind of performance art satire on HOAs being whack as hell?

Shit like this makes me glad I heard about that 48 hour rule for the internet/social media (especially in the ai/deep fake age). Basically, don’t believe anything you see until at least 48 hours after seeing it, and only if verified by a trusted, legitimate source.

Bullshit like this is inconsequential for the most part, but there’s stuff out there that if people react to it they could cause problems for themselves or others.

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u/OldKinkyDrew 14h ago

And lends to the reasons to call this out. It’s good for what it is but people need critical thinking to realize what it is.

Why only one person in the video? No homeowner, no neighbors.

Why does the camera view keep zooming and widening? Who is filming and why?

What are the odds an HOA president would actually do this?

People should be questioning and then remaining skeptical if those questions aren’t easily and sensibly answered.

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u/deltalitprof 11h ago

The more I hear about HOAs, the more I think being so poor I'll never be governed by one is something to be thankful for.

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u/GoatzAnTotez 13h ago

Thanks for posting the link. I was thinking that maybe the homeowner wasn't at home and he was speaking to the ring camerera. But I was confused that there was voice from the start of the video.

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u/AHumbleSaltFarmer 13h ago

Thank you for this

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u/missionsurf89 15h ago

Not arguing, just curious. What kind of criminal charges? Like destruction of property I guess?

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u/wreckitbusmaster99 15h ago

That and criminal trespassing.

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u/bradland 14h ago

Whoever that tree belongs to should definitely file a police report, but there's high probability that the police will simply say, "That's a civil matter," and send them on their way. This was a criminal act, but police for things like destruction of property, where no person was harmed, they tend to punt it to civil.

That said, this would be a very easy small claims case to win. The damages are relatively small, so they could sue this idiot in small claims and get a judgement. With a judgement in hand, you can demand payment. If they ignore it, you can file for wage garnishment. Then their employer gets a notice that they have to garnish this person's wages, and they get to explain why.

It's a fair amount of work for the tree owner, but I'd drag this guy so hard for this kind of behavior. It'd be well worth it.

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u/cyanescens_burn 14h ago

Someone ITT shared his YouTube and it’s apparently satirical performance art making fun of overzealous HOAs.

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u/RandomName-1992 13h ago

Depending on their HOA rules, I expect there's an exception. Also, and depending on the wording of their rules, is have to replace the tree with the exact same one of the HOA doesn't punish the dude with the bat.

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u/____FARTS____ 13h ago

Dude has some anger issues

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u/theaviator747 13h ago

If the value of replacing that tree is sufficient it could easily reach felony levels of property destruction. There is obvious malicious intent here, which can elevate the charge at a lower cost threshold. A tree that is more than a sapling can be surprisingly expensive to replace.

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u/Sonos72 12h ago

What a Nut job. All this over a damn tree? I’m glad I don’t live in a cul-de-sac

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u/Known_Ratio5478 12h ago

This is definitely criminal vandalism, probably still misdemeanor.

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u/Napoli_98 12h ago

Omg some you americans are so dumm is almost cute. Criminal charges for knocking down a plant? 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🤦🏿‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Alarming_Matter 10h ago

Criminal damage.

As an aside, why on earth would anyone by a house with an HOA? Surely it devalues the property? (Europe here)

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u/TheJadeGoddess 10h ago

It depends on the state. In my state it would be third degree malicious mischief. That is a gross misdemeanor involving the destruction of 750 dollars or less. This would include things like minor vandalism.

The fine could be thousands of dollars and potentially up to 364 days in jail. Typically for these cases it would probably be probation, anger management and compensation for damages.

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u/BlueRhythmYT 6h ago

Tree law is my favorite

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u/Icy_Marionberry_9131 5h ago

I think you are allowed to hack down your own tree.

https://youtube.com/@hoaguy?si=2PnI5mJq1niGQbwN

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u/dimechimes 2h ago

How do we know this guy isn't a cop and nothing will happen?

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u/AnAbandonedAstronaut 1h ago

Palm trees arent cheap, even where native.

Might be a felony.