Comments on: Toothless man arrested for eating raw meat at Walmart http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steve Nordquist http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1216324 Steve Nordquist Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1216324 Fresh, local, organic...this...bra-aa-ins. He's just trying to eat the spectrum of foods. David, it's always nice to have a seasonal reminder of who not to let bite. A safe Sukkot, everyone. Fresh, local, organic…this…bra-aa-ins. He’s just trying to eat the spectrum of foods. David, it’s always nice to have a seasonal reminder of who not to let bite. A safe Sukkot, everyone.

]]> By: Carolyn Horn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215794 Carolyn Horn Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215794 you are sick. you are sick.

]]> By: Charles Neal http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215354 Charles Neal Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215354 he was kicked out of the local shelter for showing up a number of times drunk he was kicked out of the local shelter for showing up a number of times drunk

]]> By: Charles Neal http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215351 Charles Neal Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1215351 knowing the guy personally i'd say he was drunk when they caught him. yes he is homeless. spends what money he gets on booze.he has back teeth btw knowing the guy personally i’d say he was drunk when they caught him. yes he is homeless. spends what money he gets on booze.he has back teeth btw

]]> By: Chas Ochocinco http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214702 Chas Ochocinco Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214702 How is it absurd that a crime escalates to a felony after you repeat it several times? How is it absurd that a crime escalates to a felony after you repeat it several times?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214582 Lobster Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214582 Seems like this would be self-correcting. Seems like this would be self-correcting.

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214495 Nicky G Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214495 Here in Baltimore, some locals actually eat raw ground beef sandwiches.  I am not making this up, and yes I realize that it's sick. Here in Baltimore, some locals actually eat raw ground beef sandwiches.  I am not making this up, and yes I realize that it’s sick.

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214299 lecti Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214299 Why am I not surprised that this news is from rural PA? It must be the water. No, seriously. Why am I not surprised that this news is from rural PA?

It must be the water. No, seriously.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214175 Lobster Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214175 To be fair, they could probably walk fine if they were let out of their little tiny cages. To be fair, they could probably walk fine if they were let out of their little tiny cages.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214095 cdh1971 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1214095 In Jail/Prison he will get three hots and a cot. And dentures. Also he's old enough to probably not be fckued with too much. In Jail/Prison he will get three hots and a cot.

And dentures. Also he’s old enough to probably not be fckued with too much.

]]> By: Garnett Schuyler http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213919 Garnett Schuyler Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213919 Actually, the vast majority of meat available at supermarkets comes from neutered bulls, otherwise known as steers.  So, yeah, he's kinda right. Actually, the vast majority of meat available at supermarkets comes from neutered bulls, otherwise known as steers.  So, yeah, he’s kinda right.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213747 Guest Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213747 most. probably. just. most. probably. just.

]]> By: Bottle Imp http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213693 Bottle Imp Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213693 Sure, our prison system is fucked, but for the average homeless man or woman, we're probably talking county jail for 30-60 days. And it has started getting colder in many parts of the U.S.  I worked for a short period of time for a county DA's office. When the colder months came around, the homeless would start trying to commit minor crimes to get into jail and out of the cold. How do I know that's why they did it? Because with budget cuts there weren't enough beds in the jails, so most of them started getting community service. A few of them start demanding to be put in jail instead of doing 16 hours of community service and you start thinking about it. There just aren't enough beds at the homeless shelters in the U.S. Jail becomes a means of survival. I think in this context, it might not be "nice" as in generally a good thing, so much as better than the alternative, the alternative being freezing to death. Sure, our prison system is fucked, but for the average homeless man or woman, we’re probably talking county jail for 30-60 days. And it has started getting colder in many parts of the U.S. 

I worked for a short period of time for a county DA’s office. When the colder months came around, the homeless would start trying to commit minor crimes to get into jail and out of the cold. How do I know that’s why they did it? Because with budget cuts there weren’t enough beds in the jails, so most of them started getting community service. A few of them start demanding to be put in jail instead of doing 16 hours of community service and you start thinking about it. There just aren’t enough beds at the homeless shelters in the U.S. Jail becomes a means of survival. I think in this context, it might not be “nice” as in generally a good thing, so much as better than the alternative, the alternative being freezing to death.

]]> By: Rickety Rack http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213678 Rickety Rack Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213678 I know this is neither here nor there, but he is a very handsome man in that photo. Dentures would certainly help fulfill the obligatory social mores, but he has a strikingly attractive visage. I hope he gets the help he needs, which I doubt is prison. I know this is neither here nor there, but he is a very handsome man in that photo. Dentures would certainly help fulfill the obligatory social mores, but he has a strikingly attractive visage.

I hope he gets the help he needs, which I doubt is prison.

]]> By: Brent Kirkham http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213669 Brent Kirkham Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213669 Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em that's what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard   New York 1989 Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I’ll piss on ‘em
that’s what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let’s club ‘em to death
and get it over with and just dump ‘em on the boulevard
Lou Reed – Dirty Boulevard   New York 1989

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213664 Guest Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213664 Ever wonder what they did with the money? Ever wonder what they did with the money?

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213657 Tom Hale Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213657 I started to mention something similar. Here in Memphis there was a government funded psychiatric hospital that was shut down 10-15 years ago. The patients were released to their families if they would take them or just put out on the street. I started to mention something similar. Here in Memphis there was a government funded psychiatric hospital that was shut down 10-15 years ago. The patients were released to their families if they would take them or just put out on the street.

]]> By: joeposts http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213637 joeposts Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213637 Poor guy will never get help, just longer and longer (and more expensive) prison sentences. Good use of tax dollars - ineffective and irresponsible. It might be more useful and less wasteful to give him money to burn for warmth. Poor guy will never get help, just longer and longer (and more expensive) prison sentences. Good use of tax dollars – ineffective and irresponsible. It might be more useful and less wasteful to give him money to burn for warmth.

]]> By: E T http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213619 E T Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213619 "can't even walk properly" obviously you've never seen a newborn lamb. “can’t even walk properly” obviously you’ve never seen a newborn lamb.

]]> By: Sarah Shevett http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213605 Sarah Shevett Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213605 Milk comes from all female mammals, beef comes from cows of both sexes. Welcome to earth! Milk comes from all female mammals, beef comes from cows of both sexes. Welcome to earth!

]]> By: Dwayne Anderson http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213588 Dwayne Anderson Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213588 This is one of those guys we as a society have to support support, like it or not. I'd rather pay my share by means of a miniscule increase in prices at the supermarket due to lost profits, rather than the thousands of dollars it's going to cost taxpayers to incarcerate a convicted 'felon'. This is one of those guys we as a society have to support support, like it or not. I’d rather pay my share by means of a miniscule increase in prices at the supermarket due to lost profits, rather than the thousands of dollars it’s going to cost taxpayers to incarcerate a convicted ‘felon’.

]]> By: Jonathan Peterson http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213589 Jonathan Peterson Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213589 Tom Hale said "nice compared to living on the streets".  Depending on the streets, he's probably right. Tom Hale said ”nice compared to living on the streets”.  Depending on the streets, he’s probably right.

]]> By: skysky http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213581 skysky Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213581 I was going to comment that it should be "central Pennsylvania" and not "Central, Pennsylvania," but honestly, outside of Pittsburgh and Philly every town might as well be "Central, Pennsylvania". There is actually a small place in PA called "Central," but that's not where this incident took place. I was going to comment that it should be “central Pennsylvania” and not “Central, Pennsylvania,” but honestly, outside of Pittsburgh and Philly every town might as well be “Central, Pennsylvania”.

There is actually a small place in PA called “Central,” but that’s not where this incident took place.

]]> By: Simon Johnny http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213577 Simon Johnny Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213577 milk comes female cows, beef come males. lamb from baby sheep less then a year old, those poor fluffy animals can't even walk properly before they have thier legs cut off and dipped in mint. yum. milk comes female cows, beef come males. lamb from baby sheep less then a year old, those poor fluffy animals can’t even walk properly before they have thier legs cut off and dipped in mint. yum.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213572 Lobster Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213572 Walmart is considered the store of the unwashed masses, the dregs, the plebians, the rednecks, and the bottom of the social ladder in general. That said, we all secretly shop there because Walmart has great prices. But we don't enjoy it! Walmart is considered the store of the unwashed masses, the dregs, the plebians, the rednecks, and the bottom of the social ladder in general.

That said, we all secretly shop there because Walmart has great prices. But we don’t enjoy it!

]]> By: Simon Johnny http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213564 Simon Johnny Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213564 Is Walmart really that bad in America? In the UK, our Walmart owned 'ASDA' supermarkets actually lead the way in quality and non-pumped shit. Or maybe in the UK we just don't know what decent food actually is... at least from a supermarket anyway.. Is Walmart really that bad in America? In the UK, our Walmart owned ‘ASDA’ supermarkets actually lead the way in quality and non-pumped shit. Or maybe in the UK we just don’t know what decent food actually is… at least from a supermarket anyway..

]]> By: Ryan Griffin http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213561 Ryan Griffin Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213561 Have we determined if said meat being gummed was from a male bull or a female co...er...bovine? Have we determined if said meat being gummed was from a male bull or a female co…er…bovine?

]]> By: glaborous_immolate http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213562 glaborous_immolate Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213562 I agree, but I wonder if he's really educable at this point. I agree, but I wonder if he’s really educable at this point.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213557 Guest Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213557 going for a reaction v. actual sociopath?  It is indeed hard to tell over the internet. going for a reaction v. actual sociopath?  It is indeed hard to tell over the internet.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213554 Guest Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/toothless-man-arrested-for-eating-raw-meat-at-walmart.html#comment-1213554 I'm guessing you are not your brothers keeper. If you are, you're doing it wrong. I’m guessing you are not your brothers keeper. If you are, you’re doing it wrong.

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