No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box • Hacker News Board

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by cocacola1 » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

Historically, I think they've been called provocateurs – colloquially known as assholes. They've always attracted media coverage, but now every site & app has the power to deliver media coverage to you, so you see a lot more about them.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by readonlybarbie » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

I was very confused as to why people had believed that passport control and property registrar records had less weight in an investigation compared to a pizza box.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by gattilorenz » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

nxm wrote: post #15

foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

Have you listened to Tate in a more than 15 sec clip? I don’t agree with everything he says but he does speak the otherwise unspoken truth on many topics. His attention is justified.

Care to provide examples of such topics and truths?

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by kfkfldklf » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

They can't be THAT new; punk culture got its start nearly SIXTY years ago, as an example of a subculture that was intentionally inspiration insulting

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by croes » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #10

Off-topic, but it feels like I'm the only person who thinks phrases like "small dick energy" are bad. When did it become acceptable to shame men for the size of their penis? Whenever I've mentioned it, people have defended its usage with arguments that didn't sound convincing to me. Why is it acceptable to say "small dick energy" in the age of body-shaming awareness?

You've read Tate's tweet? What goes around comes around.

BTW small dick energy dies say anything about the real size, it just has the same kind of energy

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by rjzzleep » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

I was trying to skim this article, but it's a very hard read.

I don't know who he is, but Wikipedia say it's an American-Brit. Is there any reason to assume that he didn't just fly there? In which case of course they knew he was there. He used his passport to get in after all. Also what's the cost of a police patrol checking out a house? I've seen people get harassed at home for not paying a 20 Euro ticket in Germany, surely the Romanian authorities can do the same.

How is this even a story? Completely absurd.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by where-group-by » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #10

Off-topic, but it feels like I'm the only person who thinks phrases like "small dick energy" are bad. When did it become acceptable to shame men for the size of their penis? Whenever I've mentioned it, people have defended its usage with arguments that didn't sound convincing to me. Why is it acceptable to say "small dick energy" in the age of body-shaming awareness?

"petty persona energy" doesn't have the ring to it.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by denlekke » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

the most important section is a quote of a romanian newspaper: "After seeing, including on social networks, that they were together in Romania, the DIICOT prosecutors mobilized the special troops of the Gendarmerie and descended, by force, on their villa in Pipera, but also on other addresses."

the author does a convincing job of indicating there is no authoritative evidence that the pizza box played any role. the author does not convince me that the pizza box did not play any role.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by Zigurd » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

bigmattystyles wrote: post #7

I’m just happy I had no idea who this person was. Turning into my dad has been a blessing…

Hear hear! I had heard the name but had no idea why until he was murdered on Twitter and shortly after busted for being casually criminal in a predictably misogynistic way, as a mere facet of his total worthlessness.

May all our encounters with influencer douchebags be so brief and yet satisfying.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by coltonweaver » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #20

coltonweaver wrote: post #9

I understand the clarification of this article but it seemed far too long. TL;DR - They didn’t use the pizza box to find his location in Romania, they used it to confirm that he was currently in the country to detain him. Edit: As called out below, this is also just speculation.

>they used it to confirm that he was currently in the country to detain him. Even that is pure speculation

Yes, good call out. Important to note here.