How A Single Savage Tweet Ignited The World

Four years ago today, Justine Sacco became the world's number one villain.

Published 7 years ago in Funny

On December 20th, 2013, Justine Sacco, a former employee of InterActiveCorp sent out a tweet which would forever change her world. She was en route from London to South Africa for work when she tweeted this:

And soon thereafter the Internet lite their pitchforks and took her down hard. Justine had a Twitter following of 150 people yet the Tweet soon received over 50,000 retweets and spawned numerous article from sites like CNN, The International Business Times and Buzzfeed.

By today's standards, it's safe to assume the Tweet would have been lost in the hurricane that is Twitter or it would have been written off as an insightful bit of satire that challenges the narratives of what it means to be white, especially in a country like South Africa. But in 2013, jokes or shall I say comments like these were still very touchy and ultimately Justine's Tweet has been used as an example of the dangers of making questionable jokes online. The following screenshots are from the following days as Justine began to feel the effects of what she had done.

Since her Twitter crisis in 2013, Justine has rebounded and landed another job at a PR firm, yet she has withheld where she works from the media and for good reason. So before you send that next Tweet or post on Facebook just ask yourself, is it worth it?

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Youtuber Will Serve Jail Time After (Accidentally) Killing Boyfriend For A Video

A stunt to gain some fame on YouTube ends in tragedy.

By Andrew Cunningham

Published 7 years ago in Feels

A 20 year old pregnant woman will be serving some jail time after a stunt for a YouTube video resulted in the death of her boyfriend, who is also the father of her 3 year old daughter.

The couple had planned to see if a .50 Caliber bullet would pass through a book her boyfriend (Pedro Ruiz III) was holding in front of his stomach. A few hours before the shooting Perez tweeted: "Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. This is HIS idea not MINE."

The shooting took place outside their home in Halstad. Ruiz set up one camera on the back of a vehicle and another camera on a ladder nearby, according to the criminal complaint. Perez stood about a foot away and fired the weapon.

A a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol was used in the tragic stunt. The weapon is described as "one of the world's most powerful semiautomatic handguns" by the specialty retail company Cabela's.

Ruiz reportedly believed the book would stop the bullet. Perez called 911 but Ruiz was pronounced dead at the scene, from a gunshot wound to the chest. Their 3-year-old daughter was nearby when he was shot.

Perez entered a plea agreement in Norman County District Court for second-degree manslaughter. Perez is to serve 180 days in jail and spend a following 10 years on supervised probation.