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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

'Enron CEO' Hit With A Pie In The Face In New York

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'Enron CEO' Hit With A Pie In The Face In New York

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'Enron CEO' Hit With A Pie In The Face In New York | VIDEO
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Connor Gaydos, a man connected with a satirical project on the relaunch of the energy company Enron, was hit in the face with a pie in New York City on Thursday. A video of the moment surfaced where the 28-year-old is seen entering a building in New York City before a person threw a pie at his face. The video quickly went viral on social media., US News News - Times Now
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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    Now this is vigilantism I can get behind.

    Although it would be funnier if they hadn’t pied themselves and had pied a real CEO.

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      Are you expecting some local neceomancer to raise Ken Lay just for a practical joke? Because I was…

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        Oh you wouldn’t need to raise him from the dead. Just digging him up would be fine.

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          He’s just Laying there after all.

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      https://youtu.be/eFa1eHOEvyg?si=9mPcTvhI7-yilBAm

      Just trying to make your day a little brighter.

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      Seems like the last vigilante would get behind too.

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    Lame. PR stunt.

    Do it to a real CEO, and ditch the pie.

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    • WhatThaFudge@lemmy.sdf.org
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      To be fair… Not everyone is willing to risk it all and straight murder people, but still want to show their dissatsifaction with the system.

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      So just hand on face then?

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      Before the UnitedHealthcare CEO assasination, it would’ve been. Now it’s not.

      Before, it would’ve had the message of maybe “we think a pie in the face and some public humiliation might make you fix your ways”.

      Now though?

      Now the message it sends is “this could’ve been your public execution, and the world would’ve cheered.”

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      Just like you are?

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    A satirical Enron, so was the pie a planned part of the art or was it a legit attack by someone not in on the joke?

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      It was planned. But still quite funny.

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    That’s pretty lame. There’s way better things to do with CEOs in new york

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      I think part of the point is just to show that they can be touched. It would be like walking up and saying “bang bang” with finger guns instead of actually shooting them. It’s a way of going “I could have done it. You’d be dead if I wanted it. This is a reminder and a warning that you only rule because the plebs allow it.”

      I agree, there are better things to do to CEOs, especially for companies as shitty as Enron. But if CEOs are on high alert like they are now, then a pie to the face would be a good way of keeping them anxious. It would tell them “your security failed. They need to succeed every time, but the masses only need to succeed once.”

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    Staged for free advertising? It makes no sense for someone to attack a nobody, that “Enron CEO” is a title that has been given by himself.

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      Satirical company, so yes, that’s all it is and nothing more.

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    Note: not actually the energy company.

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    I bet he was pissed but when he got home he felt quite lucky that was all it was.

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    They’re bringing back Enron? Who’s fucking idea was that?

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    This is literally all publicity stunts.

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    satirical project on the relaunch of the energy company Enron

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    The new Enron might be a satire on crypto but it’s more likely just another crypto grift

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    Was he pied by Bernie Sanders?

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    Now do trump.

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      I thought presidents get shoes

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        It is tradition, after all

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      Ideally with something denser and faster than a pie.

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        For sure. I’d settle for the pie though since he’s apparently so afraid of it.

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    Everything about this is lame.

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    Oh My God, Oh my fuckin Gawd. 😂🤣🤣😂

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