It is starting to feel like the 1920s.

[stilgar]

Over the weekend a youtuber did an unboxing video for the newest Magic the Gathering cards he received early by accident. Instead of contacting the man WOTC sent the fucking Pinkertons to his house. Who does that?

 

https://www.engadget.com/magic-the-gathering-publisher-wizards-of-the-coast-sent-the-pinkertons-after-a-leaker-200040402.html

[Jman]

1 hour ago, stilgar said:

Over the weekend a youtuber did an unboxing video for the newest Magic the Gathering cards he received early by accident. Instead of contacting the man WOTC sent the fucking Pinkertons to his house. Who does that?

 

https://www.engadget.com/magic-the-gathering-publisher-wizards-of-the-coast-sent-the-pinkertons-after-a-leaker-200040402.html

Hasbro apparently but their financials are in the toilet.

Also the Pinkertons have no legal authority and actually are banned from working for the government thanks to the Anti-Pinkerton Act of 1893.  If you tell them to fuck off and they try to enter your home, you are within your rights to shoot to kill.

Edited April 26, 2023 by Jman

[Lemming]

3 hours ago, stilgar said:

Over the weekend a youtuber did an unboxing video for the newest Magic the Gathering cards he received early by accident. Instead of contacting the man WOTC sent the fucking Pinkertons to his house. Who does that?

 

https://www.engadget.com/magic-the-gathering-publisher-wizards-of-the-coast-sent-the-pinkertons-after-a-leaker-200040402.html

The Pinkertons? The predecessor to the FBI?

[Top Gun]

How the goddamn fuck are the Pinkertons still a thing?

[stilgar]

34 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

How the goddamn fuck are the Pinkertons still a thing?

They never went away.

[Top Gun]

That is profoundly depressing.

[Lemming]

26 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

That is profoundly depressing.

It’s scary is what it is. They were not very nice to perps and victims alike.

[Seight]

You wanna see something really wild?

Parent	Securitas AB (1999–present)

[Jman]

16 hours ago, Top Gun said:

That is profoundly depressing.

If it helps any, they are pretty much a shadow of what they used to be, thugs that coast by on their reputation from almost two centuries ago.

[1pooh4u]

Hasbro did a dick move but at least they offered him some items for the incident and the dude’s views doubled since it happened 

other than that, yeah, between the political shit going down and now this, def makes it feel like we’re back in the ass end of the 20th century 

[Lemming]

On 4/26/2023 at 7:28 PM, Seight said:

You wanna see something really wild?

Parent	Securitas AB (1999–present)

Hey, those people you like… jk