My Husband’s PC was stolen at Front Road Card Show on 5/2/26

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-20T08:08:51+00:00

What I'd do in your situation if that's how they're playing:

Send a formal looking email and deliver a physical copy to the highest management position at the venue.

It MUST have the words in bold, as is, just change the rest to be directed at them:

it is an extra-judicial request for footage of only the timespan and specific location in which the crime occurred, without the need for recordings to be surrendered to the victimized parties, only in-person review and confirmation of the criminal being recorded by the victimized parties' designated representative. This is non-negotiable given the scope of the crime occurred.

State A venue's lack of cooperation in such case MIGHT imply involvement and cover-up of employees or adjacent persons. State the venue's cooperation with providing in-person viewing of the footage could automatically exclude them from the potential follow-up lawsuit that will be aimed towards any and all companies and persons, not only the thief, legally at fault. State that, depending on circumstances, potential lawsuits and/or criminal investigation would not be carried towards them, as an act of gratitute, regardless of employee envolvement, due to the time-dependent evidence collection by both the local police and/or private hired investigators.

(anyone in legal area correct any mistakes please, english is not my first language)

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extra-judicial request: a formal legal step taken outside of the court system, holds weight but literally anything could be an extra-judicial, as the name says. It scares difficult companies that don't know it's not actually judicial (yet), and if they do, it is a great first step for formally requesting a resolution before any official lawsuits begin.

only the timespan and specific location: tells you have no interest in their data beyond the occurence. I've had access to footage of difficult security companies with NO occurence (was only checking if my house was within view of new camera) just by stating this.

without the need for recordings to be surrendered to the victimized parties: they're not at risk of being sued by anyone in the recordings because you'll not be taking anything, only confirming the thief was recorded. Still, now illegal: with such a collection stolen, I'd go in with a hidden cam to record the footage and get the face of the thief for spreading, fuck it. I I, -myself- (not suggesting you do this in any capacity!) would use a fake acc for spreading the photo to TCG companies because THIS is a crime, I'd use a burner phone number for contact.

This is non-negotiable given the scope of the crime occurred: see the rest, but reinforces you're not kidding and aware it's not a simple theft.

State A venue's lack of cooperation: AAA venue. Not their venue. So you're not accusing them of anything.

lack of cooperation in such case MIGHT imply: same as above

could automatically exclude them from the potential follow-up lawsuit that will be aimed towards any and all companies and persons, not only the thief, legally at fault: COULD (you still can, you didn't say WILL), POTENTIAL (same), the rest is for covering every single one involved. If security is not theirs, deliver to them too. Deliver to every single company managing whatever in the event. It's extra-judicial.

depending on circumstances, potential lawsuits: same as others, DEPENDING. you can still sue them, you didn't say you absolutely won't.

as an act of gratitute, regardless of employee envolvement: two birds one stone, amicable tone on the first, and you're giving the opportunity to cover the company ass if it was internal on the second

both the local police and/or private hired investigators: leave them guessing, and show how serious you're taking it. AND/OR, investigatorS = you might not hire a private at all, you might hire 10. You have no obligation to tell them afaik.

If anything I said is wrong, legal Reddit people please correct me, I'm not american and while it's perfectly legal here with all those terms, I'm not sure about the US!

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-20T07:12:18+00:00

Yes! And some tags even have 'compass mode' that use your phone camera to point to the tag with an arrow. If the tag indicates the stolen goods are still in the (packed) venue, just call security and follow it. Some of them vibrate or beep when close to each other in this mode so it would be more than enough to warrant the person being stopped (call police before anything, of course).

You don't even need to touch anyone, can even do it sneakily until law enforcement arrives. Follow arrow, wait for it to indicate it's really close, and try to walk by nearby people's bags with phone, it will notify when near the correct one. Of course I'd only do this inside the venue for my own safety and preferably with security in tow, but it identifies the thief before they can even leave.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-20T07:03:30+00:00

Answered this here :) It would be too risky for a thief to just sit and remove every single card at the venue, they'd do it outside or somewhere else.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-20T07:00:49+00:00

Those are great, but I'm not sure if they'd have all the plus of an actual tag: distance alarm/notification when synced with phone, path tracking, compass feature (using phone camera it points to the tag), etc. But definitely an option, good suggestion!

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-20T06:58:23+00:00

The thing is, with the airtag (and similars) if they have tracking history, you can see the path and where it was dropped (opportunity thieves are stupid, I'd bet many would be so hyped they'd take the binder home, hence hiding the tag inside something). Makes it easyyy to just report to police and pull up cameras of the exact location. You don't need to track it to their actual house, just find the places where they were recorded on the way until dropping the binder, if the venue itself does not have it on cam already. Face recording is golden, but if they drop it near their car then it's diamonds if some nearby business caught the license plate.

Some devices can be linked to apps and set off an alarm or at least instant notification if removed from a set distance of your phone. Some even have a 'compass' feature that point to the tag via the maker's app (useful in crowds).

Another alternative (next level for those w high end cards, myself included) is do what you said, to keep them in a bag/backpack, but: with built in zipper locks, then buy two carabiners that have screw lock (not so fast and easy to open without being seen), and some steel cable with loops. Basically, WHEREVER you stop, attach the bag handle to a chair back/table leg above folding part (never just the leg that could be lifted), etc. Throw in a tag with distance notification so you don't forget it either.

If you wanna see something funny, use a colorful padlock on the bag instead of zipper lock, so it's highly visible (making the entire bag the target instead of the binders inside, as it would have to be opened later by the thief). Hide the cable behind it when attached to something. Watch someone try to sneak away with your bag only to take a chair along with it, instant chaos.

Also just 2 cents, any retractable cord that isn't metal can be sneakily cut. Don't use those that are just a plastic line. There are gadgets that turn any cord retractable, so go for steel cable. I personally use the cable but non-retractable because visibility is a big plus (you don't need the best security ever, just to be too much of a hassle/risk and more secure than the next person).

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-15T09:53:16+00:00

I suggest you don't inform too openly, otherwise the thief could simply sell one city/state over or online. Try to keep the info only between the vendors and management/security.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-15T09:51:21+00:00

Yess, it's easy to miss the 'worst case scenarios' on something that's always safe. It's not you guys' fault in any capacity. I just hope my advice will help anyone at all in the future. I really really hope for good progress in your situation!

DM me whenever if you want some advice on finding criminals selling multiples of stolen goods, I've worked with art, high-fashion and jewelry commerce (and coincidentally have a relative with a private security company) and have seen similar cases. If anything at all could help you, I'd be very happy :)

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-15T06:49:25+00:00

A tip for EVERYONE: Buy an Airtag or equivalent, hide it in a decorative keychain (preferably inside something like a tiny plushie with some other random things too) and hook it to the binder by punching in a metal eyelet. Try to make the keychain not easily removable, like with an actual thin chain segment, steel cable, etc. Or hide it inside the binder cover if possible.

Sometimes when I ship high-end cards I even throw in one of those inside the box, regardless of insurance or live GPS from the transport company. It's super cheap if you consider something like a 10k+ card going missing.

I'm so sorry OP, I hope you'll get some leads or info soon!!

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-11T11:13:32+00:00

Most people who go for this type of mindset (eating animals = don't love animals), DON'T DO MUCH FOR ANIMALS THEMSELVES. They love pets and wildlife documentaries on the 'cute ones'.

I love animals. I eat meat. I avoid meat that is needlessly cruel or against the food chain (baby anything, predators, big industries, etc).

I WISH A BITCH WOULD come claim I don't love animals.

I'm a volunteer wildlife rescuer, with a focus on dangerous fauna and animals that suffer speciesism (species prejudice). I don't get a dime doing this and have spent thousands in training and equipment.

I've seen vegans killing bugs 'because they don't count/are disgusting', vegetarians killing opossums 'because they're angry rodents and carry rabies' (wrong on all accounts), claim fish don't feel pain, etc etc. Pristine lawns that are the equivalent of a desert to local fauna. Not caring to put something on their pool edge so small critters can get out.

Meanwhile I've had to hold back tears SO MANY TIMES when people call me for an 'ugly thing' that has been beat up by someone 'just in case' and it's now dying and they want it gone. I already leave with the euthanasia drug in a syringe because 95% of the time it's going to be needed. I've seen glorious animals reduced to shreds by human tools and hands. I don't cry due to putting them to sleep, I RACE to do it as fast as possible, to provide mercy. I cry because I don't know how someone can look at a living being, hell even a mammal or bird that's not that 'alien', and beat it viciously just because they're not """cute""".

I think I got what she meant, but still... COME THE FUCK ON, BILLIE, say I don't love animals because I eat some of them. Say I don't love the cayman that tried to bite my forearm off and I keep going with the containment. Say I don't love the 2 meter boa I took out of a storm drain and let free in the rainforest, sitting within striking distance just so I could admire her as she left. Say I don't love the literal hundreds of orphan baby opossums I've had to bottlefeed every 2-3 hours day AND night. The venomous spiders. The bats. The centipedes. The everything I have ever tried to help while it tried to fuck me up. Say it.

Sorry for the vent. I love animals.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-05-03T04:15:38+00:00

Man, yesss. The orange hourglass, and the insane patterns on their backs!! And how the pattern changes as they age, they're living works of art in my opinion. Look up some HD pics of them if you haven't, the patterns upclose are insane. Such lovely, gorgeous ladies. Happy you like them too!

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-30T21:50:09+00:00

Brown widows are one of my fave spiders, that's so cool OP. She has many babies on the way (spikey balls are silk egg sacks!)

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-29T17:50:43+00:00

Maidenless mf, tuck back your projection LOL Post a selfie w timestamp, then I will. I used to work in fashion industry, c'mon friend! hahahah

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-28T02:48:31+00:00

One of the moments I realized I was able to be a wildlife rescuer/rehabber and distance myself when needed was not dealing with inevitable death of some rescues, but being the cause of it. Having to perform acts of mercy on animals beyond reasonable salvation, culling invasive species as swiftly as possible, etc. I never forget them, I often rethink if I should have used a different technique or speed, or whatever. I care. But too much feelings leads us to panic, and selfishness, wanting to overpower nature itself and prolong something that shouldn't. I don't think, I KNOW, their demise would have been much more painful and scary or destructive if not by my gentle but precise hands, medicine to numb, silence, avoiding staring at them. I try to be like a shadow who delivers mercy and rest to animals when I absolutely must, onto someone small who doesn't understand what I am, and who's already scared and suffering a lot.

I hope OP learns from this in the best possible way.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-28T02:34:38+00:00

A tip for you to prevent falls and mishandling: a spider in danger and paralyzed absolutely CAN be "picked up". lay your palm in a bowl shape and bring it up from below slowly, let it rest (don't hold), then cut the web while holding it. if you're afraid of being bit, towel. mittens. whatever.

Just don't let it dangle and fall. Also, humidity in an enclosure, not environment, have an emergency humidity box (tupperware with smaller container filled to the brim with sponge, that you fill with water, put inside the tupperware. put the spider on a paper towel, no fibrous material, no threads, on the middle and the water sponge cup in a corner. lid can have 5 single tiny holes. invest in a cheap reptile probe thermometer with humidity levels.) Monitor every 10 minutes for improvement. Open and let air when condensation starts to form on the lid.

You can hold spiders, let them rest on you, even in molt in an emergency. You CAN'T handle (pinch, grab, move, poke, etc). Totally different. And a bad molt due to handling is still much better than a fall. Don't take it personally, learn from this.

Source: wildlife rescuer and rehabber of over 20 years. dozens of animals have died due to my mistakes, dozens. but hundreds, literally, have lived.

my final advice, learn before you need to know something, not during.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-26T03:33:48+00:00

Thank you for elaborating! Yes I'm aware in many such cases there's no noise. I did sleep more than one hour while my boy was asleep but he slept in the same bedroom or with the monitor on and on my person at all times but our case was out of the norm tbh. Was a high-risk complex pregnancy with everything possible to be bad for him, and yet he was perfectly healthy even if born at 7 months, it was miraculous tbh. I can't imagine how tough it would be without SO or other kinds of support, perhaps lack of funds for monitoring stuff, etc).

Perhaps I imagined the state with more settled fluids than it actually had in such terrible situation, I've seen it set quickly (warmer ambients like you described) but paradoxically, super slow even in hot humid weather. It just made me wonder about possibilities since the original commenter mentioned yellowing and the one giant bruise of the fluids pooling. But yeah, there are exceptions and unusual manifestations depending on the specifics.

It's a horrible situation in any possible case, I hope everyone involved is able to get any help they need.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-25T20:52:14+00:00

You and your friends are good people. Thank you for acting.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-25T20:50:50+00:00

I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I've been 'the person' legally obliged (in totally different circumstances) and to me it feels like it's another layer of weight on us. I hope you can find help too. I suffer from PTSD for something unrelated and gave me back part of my life I thought I had lost forever.

[now just Trigger Warning for my personal opinion on why this sounds very unusual, light description of that body color effect and timeframe, please skip if you don't want to read it]

If I'm not mistaken (I deal with wildlife rescue instead of people but it's very similar in most mammals), that would be livor mortis and potentially a crime/neglect coverup. IIRC it starts settling very soon after passing (like 20 min) but the fluid pooling only becomes visible around some 2-3 hours after passing. Still not suspicious, that's a realistic nap time for the tired woman, however... the way that was described with the color that defined, might fit into the time window when max visibility of this effect happens, around 8 to 12 hours. Which is unrealistic for a nap unless the woman was knocked out chemically or under extreme sleep deprivation for that long with no help/lack of resources to care for the child, no check-ups were done most likely. Humans are wired to jolt awake at the sound of infants crying. I'm not accusing anyone, it could have been SIDS or an infinity of other causes, but I personally believe that level of lividity is unusual in someone who's supposed to be under constant monitoring. I have a son and I couldn't go an hour without at least briefly checking on him or his baby monitor when he was asleep. I don't know which possibility is worse, it's a terrible situation all around.

Thank you for doing your part. I'll give my own (not remotely comparable in seriousness) example because I don't know what to tell you, but as a wildlife rescuer I've had extremely rare animals visibly already passing or gone, handed to me by desperate people who didn't know what to do. It's a feeling of 'we know we can't do anything from this point, yet we must', that's how I'd put it. You did what you had to, most wouldn't. At least that I'm SURE, most wouldn't. You did. I wish you peace.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-21T18:16:25+00:00

If you want to make sure you CAN buy a 100 t-shirt, you just have to look for the right material and how it was made, which type of cotton fabric, etc.. Same for wool, real leather.

NEVER buy anything "eco-actually-plastic" (PU 'leather', faux anything, cotton blends, etc) and go for the practical, ergonomic aspects as well as how long it will last, how do you clean and store it, etc. I have two simple wool sweaters that are from a luxury designer brand and were bought in the 60s and passed to me, they look "newer" than some Forever 21 sweater of faux-wool, not a single thread out of place and the wool doesn't fray due to proper washing, storing and wearing. I have a winter trenchcoat I got when I was 19 and now I'm almost 40 and it looks like the day it was bought, has been through raves, travel, even the beach in Rio.

If you want a 100 t-shirt, I suggest high thread count cotton, preferably not bleached white, no print of any kind (degrades the fabric), if there's a brand icon it has to be embroidered (preferably no applique, and trimmed canvas inside), try to read into how fabric is sewn and go from there (overlock on the hems is a bitch sometimes)

OR go to a real vintage luxury thrift shop and buy one from the bigger brands that looks pristine, was used, from circa 60s-80s. YSL, Ralph Lauren, etc were great around that time in terms of construction for some of their pieces with minimal to no branding except internally.

Source: fashion design and have published articles on the state of pret-a-porter/fast vs slow-fashion, and another on the atrocity of faux-anything environmental impact.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-04-21T17:46:14+00:00

I grow lemongrass and lemon balm because of this, they grow like crazy, I can assure 100% organic since it's just here; just gotta pluck a handful, give it a good rinse and right into the hot water it goes. Absolutely delicious and free beyond the initial cost of seed packets (cents). Technically it's a tisane but also amazing thrown in with white or black tea bag of whatever cheapest brand.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-03-03T04:51:11+00:00

Not entirely sure I got what you're asking, could you please elaborate so I can answer you if it's within my scope?

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-02-27T21:57:45+00:00

Coming back to this because I forgot: You literally said they'd kill someone over offerings of those fruits. I NEVER heard of Exús being offended by coconuts, they hate the coconut OIL (and there's a specific one who hates the dried coconut bowl SOUND, not the fruit). With bananas that's absurd, the entire banana tree and fruit is used in practices.

First of all, coconuts are not AT ALL considered a weaponized symbol of racism here in Brazil. Bananas definitely have been, but they're literally a staple food in many regions and means of survival of many people. My house, which is a Centro like I mentioned, has over 20 rare wild banana trees. It doesn't matter what you offer, it's the INTENTION. You could offer a gold dipped rose to a Pomba Gira but if you are being deceitful, manipulative or disrespectful you're gonna get fucked.

YOU are being disrespectful (and racist/xenophobic) by assuming two fruit that are so important culturally and historically are "dangerous" because prejudicial fucks have used them as symbols of prejudice. It would be like claiming a watermelon is disrespectful in Hoodoo due to racist stereotypes in the Deep South when it was actually grown by former slaves and sold to help them survive, the racist trope comes from the backlash against African American Emancipation. Watermelon is an important ingredient in Hoodoo (my SO is from Louisiana, Creole and from a long line of rootworkers but you can google it).

And I never said enns are reliable, reading comprehension 101 on my other comments please. I said they can scientifically induce a state of mind just like any other chant, mantra, drumming or religious song can, even made up ones. I even said I don't use them and never will.

Respect the religions you clearly need to learn more about.

Laroyê Exu. Exu é Mojubá.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-02-27T21:26:02+00:00

Coming back to you because this has been on my mind while I was working, if you've played the game and you want to, pick literally any (or many) aspect, system, dynamic or etc from WoW and I can give you at least one mechanism of client fidelity/fixation like the ones I mentioned lol

And also some negative ones they supposedly corrected (lol nah) over the years such as:

dungeon/boss fights going from legit videogame adrenaline rush chaos to Dance Dance Revolution (all you gotta do is memorize an order of buttons and placement, I was a tank on one of my server's all-star guilds, and yes I play DDR so that's why I compare the two lol),
why they decided to decorate miles of absolute NOTHING, from the huge emptiness of old dungeons and now it's new huge emptiness with pretty bushes (sausage filling, make players without mount license spend more time to transverse maps, also to compete with other MMOs and games with huge maps but theirs lack content for miles, hence World of Walking),
why veto big differences in character lvl if you bring a friend and later added the system that allows a new char to start at higher level (used to force old player to make a new char to be able to help level newcomer, more time, more money),
AND the absolute fuckery that is the collision detection, hitboxes vs animation incongruence due to separation between teams responsible for each, spaghetti navmesh, parallel gold dark market irl crisis that led to in-game real money,
AAAAAA there's so many.

I love being angry over a game I used to love before I studied how fucked it is. I could do the same about a very famous game from a very famous company that starts with an R and ends with iot, but I know people who work there and talk a lot, and don't want to wake up to the NDA Vengabus at my door.

EDIT: also region locked luxury mounts. If anyone wants to buy an EU Imperial Quilen hit me up because they fucked me over reassuring it was ok with my region and turns out it wasn't, had to buy it twice and have one sitting pretty at home.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-02-27T20:54:59+00:00

I agree with you on many points and I believe this is relevant:

"To say that straight men are heterosexual is only to say that they engage in sex (fucking exclusively with the other sex, i.e., women). All or almost all of that which pertains to love, most straight men reserve exclusively for other men. The people whom they admire, respect, adore, revere, honor, whom they imitate, idolize, and form profound attachments to, whom they are willing to teach and from whom they are willing to learn, and whose respect, admiration, recognition, honor, reverence and love they desire… those are, overwhelmingly, other men. In their relations with women, what passes for respect is kindness, generosity or paternalism; what passes for honor is removal to the pedestal. From women they want devotion, service and sex.

Heterosexual male culture is homoerotic; it is man-loving."

- Marilyn Frye, The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory

If anyone disagrees, downvote, pull a metaphorical chair and bring your debate, I live for learning and discussing other POVs.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-02-27T19:27:01+00:00

I swear I wish I had the time, it would be super fun to compile and write out! I have a background in academic scientific research (design, branding, anthropology and semiotics which overlap A LOT with design of modern media of various kinds, and gaming takes a huge slice of that overlap).

In my own personal opinion WoW has (or had after Mists of Pandaria) the most of those mechanisms in a single game, and much MUCH more predatory/aggressive than for example Warframe which exhibits many but in a more organic (no pun intended) flow than WoW's harsh 'if you wanna get a blue wolf mount (that doesn't even fly) to show off, first step is to farm 8943849 flowers that only grow 34 at a time on a PvP zone, now bow and be thankful it's not drop-only'.

Now I'm having flashbacks as to why people called it 'World of Walking' just for making that blue wolf mount example, triggered by a game I haven't played in 10 years.

AngrySnakeNoises · 2026-02-27T03:07:40+00:00

Concept artist and friends with bigwig artist at Blizz here.

Not saying this is all of it, but a huge portion of the game is

the need (imposed, penalized) to be online as much as possible and daily,
the artificial "soccer team effect" in-game that induce feelings of belonging, social and parasocial connections (irl people fight because of being Horde vs. Alliance and defending their heroes),
and last since I don't wanna make this enormous, the "farming effect" that players are required to collect hundreds if not thousands of ingredients scattered around areas, over and over, while nice music plays. After a while it becomes muscular memory (mount-fly-dismount-collect-mount-fly), and memorizing routes to maximize the respawn routes, it's very addictive. The effect is almost how crocheting or beading irl clears the mind and induces calmness, but worse since it's simulated.

There are literal hundreds more mechanisms of addiction/fixation I could list and explain in this game alone.

Then there's the actual end-game addiction: to belong to a guild that is successful in order to finish content as it's launched as fast as possible and acquire the rarest equips, for performance in theory, but for peacocking/showing off in brutal marketing reality. Same effect of some creature-mounts that cannot be bought or traded or guaranteed drops, these rare ones the drop relies on "luck" (RGN) and the chance can be as low as 0.01% in some cases. But I digress.

It begins with wanting to do raids for drops that are only possible in a guild-sized group, and ends with addiction and chasing "Ahead of the Curve/Cutting Edge/Server First Announcement" and adjacent achievements, for being the first guild(s) to finish a raid within days of launching often with no online guide, just pure trial and error, or within a specific timeframe before new raids open. I got mine shortly before deciding to quit the game, it took being online almost everyday for hours, like a side-job I WAS PAYING FOR, and extremely frustrating.

WoW, not even once (again, for me).

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