US Customs destroys rare floppy disk
twitter.comIn a follow-up tweet they show there is a sticker saying that DHL opened the box, too, seemingly before the US Customs. The tweet shows the image and reads: "So I found this label on the side of the box. Of course, the boxes were all left blank. Not sure anymore if this intentional destruction of property was the work of a @DHLexpress employee or @CBP employee…”.
I had a microwave burrito that I had put in the microwave and still was sealed in the wrapper before going to the airport ( it wasn’t that hot) and security was squeezing it and inspecting it like it was a nuclear bomb or something.
I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security with not the slightest idea that it might look like an IED. This was years before 9/11 so they just made me open my backpack and assure them it was food.
I'm confused...
> I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security
> This was years before 9/11
Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11, how would you have passed through security with a burrito before 9/11?
> Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11
You were confused because this belief was false.
As others said, security definitely existed, typically in the form of metal detectors and x ray scans. Planes had been hijacked since the 70s and that's when it started. 9/11 just ramped up security to very high levels.
> Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11
Wildly false.
Your point is not lost, but why would you heat things in the plastic or BPA or PFAS coated wrapper at home? It makes it pretty bad for health. At least remove it and heat it in a plate. You can rewrap it in a paper towel if you must. In fact I would even rinse it well first while frozen to remove the plastic residue without impacting the food.
Because I didn't want to pay $10 for it in the airport when Wal-Mart sold it for like 33-50 cents at the time.
To be fair, it was an old pornographic game from Japan that features characters who are still minors. The customs agents should probably have simply disposed of it instead of sending it forward.
Say what you will about the ethics of sexual depictions of fictional minors, the legality in the US isn't clear cut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_porn...
I scanned through it quickly but did not see anything pornographic.
Is this censored, or just avoiding the illegal bits?
For people who do not want to go to the twitter link, I held my nose and went there for you. Looks like a diskette with an Adult Manga game/movie or something of which only 50 are left.
Seems to be called "My Tsukhime Trial Edition: (月姫 体験版). The owner will file a report.
Please, if submitting twitter links, can you provide a summary too so we do not have to go there :)
Still wondering why using xcancel is not mandatory for sharing Twitter posts on HN
For the same reason that it is possible to share e.g. bluesky/facebook/instagram/etc. links. If you don't want to open X links you can use something like Libredirect to make sure all such links go through a proxy, this is what I do.
Don’t they have a rate limit?
Some don’t mind opening Twitter, others can use services like xcancel.
That is just pure evil. I feel for Keripo.
I want to feel bad, but shipping anything across borders is a huge gamble, or at least it feels like it these days.
One has to wonder if the customs agent even knew what a floppy is, as there’s an ever increasing chance they’d never seen one before.
You don't have to destroy things you don't know. In fact, it might even be dangerous.
If we can't read it, so you can't.
That’s dumb but also maybe don’t mail that.
This is staged and you can tell the box is opened by the way they poorly move the camera away from where it is in view each time. Pay attention to the moment before the scissors are grabbed and the box flaps open.
The camera moves away. It is deliberate misdirection, multiple times.
The shock is disingenuous and incredulous.
I am disappointed that grifting and manufactured rage bait like this is in the fp on hn. Rarely do I log in but can you not turn this place into a dump with low quality sensationalist content?
This is fraud being sold as malfeasance. No thanks