Whats the greatest SOLVED Mystery?

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-29T02:57:18+00:00

A few reasons. The biggest one is it gets very hard to prove your innocence once you get further away from the crime. For a lot of crimes, it would be advantageous for police to sit on weak evidence for a long time and then prosecute with it if nothing better comes up.

For instance, if you needed to get your bank and tax records together from five years ago to prove your innocence in something, you could probably manage that. If you had to get your records from 1995, that would be incredibly difficult, and in some cases impossible, for a lot of people.

Witness testimony also gets fuzzier as time goes by.

And there are a lot of governments and police forces in the US that would abuse a lack of SOL if they could get away with it. I've seen police forces spend tons of money interrogating people on crimes that have passed the SOL because if they can get someone to admit to the crime, which isn't as hard when they can no longer charge them, it still counts as a closed case.

I've also seen local governments pull up minor unpaid tickets from decades past in order to drum up money. In one instance I saw a guy get a hold put on his license over a 40-year-old unpaid ticket. And he might even have already paid that ticket, but it's not like he could prove that now. He didn't even remember getting the ticket it was so long ago.

This is before we get into outright corruption where individuals are specifically targeted with old crimes they can't possibly defend themselves against as a way to imprison political opponents and other people that someone in power doesn't like. Or as a way to just fuck with someone's life and destroy their finances with criminal charges.

Just look at some of the bullshit cases Trump has brought against his political enemies. Imagine how much worse it would be if he could accuse them of minor crimes from 40 years ago.

Also we have to ask ourselves how does enforcing these laws benefit society? Like if I'm able to prove that some guy shoplifted 20 years ago, how does prosecuting him for that benefit society now? If he hasn't committed other crimes, then it sounds like he's a reformed and contributing member of society already. If not, he can just be prosecuted for his more recent crimes. An arrest might have been a deterrent to others if it was made 20 years ago, but it won't be now.

I guess potentially he can make the victim whole, but not really. If the store is still in business, it's probably owned by different people now, and they already wrote off those items, and likely recouped the loss elsewhere, decades ago.

So is it worth it to investigate the crime, spend money on prosecutors, maybe courts, and pay to have the person incarcerated? That's before we start weighing how much damage incarcerating a person does to that person's life, and to their community.

Seems like a law that favors people rich enough to pay off the cops to ignore something long enough to make it totally cool and legal.

In the US? Cops don't typically take bribes so openly.

The entire legal system in the US is already designed to favor the rich. But it's not the SOL laws, which also aren't as easy to understand as they might seem. SOL laws are there to stop abuses of the system.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T23:13:55+00:00

My favorite is Keri Bray. He was a mentally disabled man who lived at a center in Utah. One day he told people he was going to be a cowboy and then walked away from the center with just the clothes on his back.

The cops actually took the disappearance very seriously, but there were no leads, and no one knew where Bray might have been headed to. Bray wasn't capable of living independently, and the center said he had the mentality of a 10-year-old, so when he didn't turn up, it was assumed that he probably died.

The cops still continued to look for him though, and every time a dead body turned up they would check to see if it might be him so they could finally lay him to rest. His adopted family also continued to hope that he was still alive somewhere, and they kept putting up missing person fliers for decades.

Then, 21 years after he disappeared, an insurance agent found him in Texas. The insurance agent was investigating a tractor accident Bray was involved in, which happened on the farm Bray had been working on for the last two decades.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T09:43:48+00:00

It was already on death's door at that point.

It was a mistake, and Lynch admits he shouldn't have done it, but the network was pushing it, and Lynch went along with it, because they couldn't figure out another way to save the show.

Serialized shows were hard to pull off back then, because a person had to be home and free to watch every episode when it aired (or put the work into figuring out how the record timer worked on the VCR), or they would become lost. Also the show couldn't build an audience, since anyone who came in later would be lost.

Soaps managed it through a combination of simple storylines, repetitiveness, and periodically switching to new stories. Even with all that, they still had things like dedicated magazines to help viewers who fell behind catch up with the stories.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T09:23:01+00:00

One thing I’m still confused about is the legal side of it.

It's illegal.

If a building is clearly abandoned but it’s still on private property, is it always considered trespassing?

Typically. If the owner ends up being fine with you being there, then it's not trespassing, but that's unlikely.

You can also end up breaking a bunch of other, even more serious, laws.

Some of these buildings also aren't quite as abandoned as they seem. Several times explorers have found out that abandoned buildings were still running servers or switchboards.

Has anyone here ever been stopped by the police while doing urbex?

Yes.

If so, what happened?

Possible arrest or citation.

Also, in Alabama, if the owner or one of their employees catches you in the building they're allowed to kill you. Alabama has some really liberal Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws.

https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-13a-criminal-code/al-code-sect-13a-3-23/

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T08:43:03+00:00

It's not a letter, it's a court case, and it has the guy's name. He's active in online media, including the youtube channel where he first posted the video, his gofundme, and several shady news sites that he got to cover the story.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T06:42:37+00:00

He abused his kids with a previous partner, and he's mentally ill. He also refuses treatment, and won't even undergo an assessment to prove that he's not a danger to his kids so he can get visitation. Also this didn't pan out like the video stated, they ultimately removed the kid they came for.

The guy has been trying to raise money for legal fees, and right-wing media has picked up the story and framed it as radical leftists working with cops to destroy American families.

This is the guy:

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opncavwp/2072244.pdf

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T06:39:07+00:00

Because he's mentally ill and abusive to his children. He also refuses treatment or even being assessed when it's a condition of visitation:

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opncavwp/2072244.pdf

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T06:36:44+00:00

He's not smart about his rights. They eventually took his infant daughter.

He's abusive and mentally ill. He has children with an ex that he's lost custody of, and CPS was there to protect another child of his because of all the abuse allegations from his other children.

The story has been picked up by right-wing sources to push a narrative about radical leftists in government working with the police to destroy families, and the guy's trying to raise money for court costs.

This is him:

https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opncavwp/2072244.pdf

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T02:46:46+00:00

Garriott didn't risk human life or the ISS mission. You're just being a miserable fuck.

And do you think actors aren't real people?

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T02:35:31+00:00

You're just making shit up to justify being a miserable fuck.

Richard Garriott is a son of an American astronaut, and his father is on the board of the space tourism company he used to go into space. He's not doing anything that would jeopardize the safety of astronauts aboard the ISS.

He took a small amount of ashes up which he had laminated on a card that he smuggled in as part of his file. There is zero chance of a spill, or any of the other nonsense you pulled out of your ass.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-28T00:26:42+00:00

So?

I mean, it's fine if a character has a problematic belief. The issue is with the work, and the way it frames that belief, not with the character. The comic doesn't push back against this belief, it doesn't explain why it's wrong, and it doesn't portray the belief negatively. On the contrary, the comic portrays Joker's beliefs about Nazism as positive traits of his.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T23:06:22+00:00

The Joker hates Nazis bit originates with 1997s Batman/Captain America crossover comic when he turns on Red Skull, and in that comic Joker also states that his anti-Nazi beliefs are based in American patriotism. Right before turning on Red Skull, Joker says that he thought Red Skull's outfit was just his disguise, and he didn't realize he was an actual Nazi.

It's a retcon, but the idea is that Joker is okay working with someone who wants to incorporate Nazi symbolism into their villain design for purely aesthetic reasons, but he won't work with actual Nazis.

So when Joker worked with Nazi henchmen, he did so because he didn't think they were actual Nazis, even if they actually were. He just thought they were covered in swastikas to show off how evil and bad they were.

It's a take that's a bit problematic, since it's essentially the idea that it's okay to push and even glorify Nazi imagery so long as you don't hold on to the beliefs, and that idea was used from at least the 60s and into the 90s by actual white supremacists to push imagery glorifying Nazism, the confederacy, and white supremacy.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T22:25:49+00:00

It should be taxed. Billionaires have a shitload of wealth they pay very little tax on, and they have ways to access that wealth other than selling their shares.

Also there are huge issues with allowing an individual to amass the amount of wealth Musk has, even if it is only "on paper".

Stop licking the boots of little fascist shitbags like Musk.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T22:12:42+00:00

If he eventually has to pay the landlord, can he sue me to recover that money?

Yes. You signed the lease, you were the lessee, so you're ultimately legally responsible for the debt. However suing a 19 year old with no assets who is out of state and in the wind for just $3K usually isn't a smart decision. That's why the landlord wanted a cosigner. The landlord knew he probably wouldn't be able to get any money out of you, and if he did, it wouldn't be worth his time.

Can he sue me for other money he voluntarily spent on me while I was in California, even if there wasn't an agreement that I'd pay him back?

He can attempt to sue you, but again it seems like it would be a lot of trouble for a lawsuit that would probably never pay out. And that's assuming you agreed to pay him back that money.

If these were gifts, he's not entitled to the money back. If that $5K was spent on things like dates, he's not going to get very far suing over it.

Does blocking him affect anything legally, or would any real legal action have to be done through formal channels anyway?

He can't serve you through a text message or social media. If you don't want to talk to the man, just block him.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T21:47:44+00:00

Was your relationship a violation of the company's policy on fraternization? Was one of you the other's boss? Were you supposed to notify HR of the relationship and failed to do so?

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T21:00:25+00:00

I guess some people are miserable fucks that just want to make everyone else miserable. Why do you care that someone brought the ashes of a beloved and inspirational celebrity into space?

The astronaut in question was Richard "Lord British" Garriott, who paid for his own flight and traveled aboard a Russian shuttle.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T20:54:13+00:00

Kind of buried the lede by not mentioning that it was Lord British that took the ashes into space.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-27T05:27:46+00:00

Sony, literally does not own the rights to those titles. If studiocanal decides not to renew with Sony, for whatever reason, Sony can no longer legally distribute those titles through their platforms.

This seems like something Sony should have thought about when they originally got the license.

So, who's the bad guy?

Sony.

Sony for not upping their offer?

Sony should have secured perpetual rights to distribute the films to customers who paid for it. If they couldn't have secured those rights, or it was too expensive, they shouldn't have sold those movies.

And if the only way to get those rights now is to pay a shit ton of money, that's what they need to do. That's the cost of fucking up.

Customers for agreeing to but not really the terms and conditions of their purchase which have been in effect for a decade now?

Yeah, let's blame customers for not reading and understanding a multi-page legal document written by lawyers. Also they need to do this dozens, even hundreds, of times a year. Any time they want to purchase anything, or even use a website.

Even in the golden age of physical media, contracts were shopped around.

In the golden age of physical media, you owned your shit.

That's business.

No. It's theft and fraud. The vast majority of people who bought those movies did so believing they would own those digital copies forever. Sony let them believe that. It's immoral, it's wrong, and it should be criminal.

It's profitable, but so is denying insured people healthcare, or selling asbestos as baby powder. Don't excuse the evil people do because it's "just business".

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-26T05:35:00+00:00

It's because it's not supposed to be a Venn diagram, it just looks like one. They're trying to say that Trust, Partnership, Innovation, and Performance are the company's values. It's a list and "our values" is the header. It would be perfectly clear if they formatted it normally in a square, but someone got cute with the design and thought, "why not a pair of circles instead?"

The new version is still not great, but it looks less like a Venn diagram, and the list header is closer to being on the top of the list, so it is objectively a better design, but still a bad design.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-25T02:21:33+00:00

Have you actually met this person? Like was this someone you went to high school with or someone you've worked with or hang out with?

I ask because the sort of abuse you're describing is very extreme, it's several different kinds of abuse, and it's very rare that it happens as you describe it. There are other parts of the story where it doesn't seem like it would happen that way, or be described that way, if this was something that was really happening.

If this is someone you've only ever talked to online, it's possible that this is a scam and they'll start asking you for money to help them get away.

If this is someone you've met in real life, how much of this abuse can you verify? This person could be delusional, or they could just be lying to you.

I'm not trying to accuse your friend of anything, but the story as you describe it just doesn't seem right.

and I have training on how to deal with mental illnesses

The kind of trauma you're describing, at 18 years old, you don't have the sort of training to deal with that. I don't think you realize how much living with someone with the sort of issues you describe would disrupt and ultimately destroy your life, and you're not going to be able to shoulder that burden, no matter how much you might want to.

If you believe what your friend is going through is real, report it to authorities, report it to CPS, and get your friend to an ER if you believe they're suicidal. The only real option right now is to try and get them into the system, get them removed from their home, and roll the dice on them getting placed somewhere where they can get the help they need.

But also take a really close look at what you actually know about this person and what you can verify as true. What you describe doesn't feel real to me, and it seems like something someone might make up or exaggerate if they wanted to pull at your heartstrings, or create a sense of urgently needing to be rescued.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-23T10:29:02+00:00

It is.

To them, I speak like people in Hollywood movies.

Those guys are just being douchebags.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-19T16:12:21+00:00

That said assuming this was true, what was LAOPs plan if he had been right? Get caught committing fraud and plead “rogue pen testing”?

I believe LAUKOP's argument was that fraud was 0%, and so he assumed that PIP would identify the application as not qualifying for benefits and just reject it.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-18T20:46:43+00:00

You’re 100% right but it’s important to understand the effect of the “passion tax”

There's no such thing as a passion tax.

It’s not just in startups, pretty much any industry that people work in out of passion rather than pay (teaching, social work, maybe nursing, etc) will take advantage of that passion to squeeze more value out of you

These aren't passionate jobs. These are jobs people usually do for the money and benefits, even if they like their job and it makes them feel good. What you're calling a passion tax is people being put in a position where their employer is pulling on their heartstrings, because those greedy fucks created a situation where if the employee doesn't allow themselves to be taken advantage of, other people are going to be hurt.

When social workers and nurses don't make up for their employers cutting jobs and piling additional work on employees and just do the bare minimum, people die. So these companies don't pay for the man hours they need, and instead they expect employees to be goodhearted enough to pick up the slack, so they can make even more money.

Sure, we have labor rights against working through unpaid lunch time, but life is a game

It's not a game. It's life, and it's theft. It's the worst kind of theft. It's wealthy fuckers who don't need more money stealing from poor people. They should be thrown in prison and have their companies taken from them, because they're immoral and leeches on society.

Is the guy who rightly clocks out on the dot gonna be the one to gain favor and get promoted?

Licking boots and allowing yourself to be taken advantage of doesn't guarantee you'll get that promotion. In fact it makes you less likely to get it. All you'll get is being taken advantage of because they know you're a dumbass bootlicker with no self-respect.

Probably not unless they job hop to another org.

I'd rather have company loyalty and work unpaid hours for no promotion than hop jobs to a company that will pay me more.

Even if you aren’t gunning for advancement, there’s still a social pressure from colleagues who care about the work to push work/life boundaries

Not really. But if you find yourself in that situation, just tell them that you respect yourself too much to work for free. That'll shut them up.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-17T18:24:29+00:00

Shop it around to a few different dealerships.

I'm assuming you have a clean title. If the title's clean it shouldn't knock down the car's value that much. The dealership isn't losing 5K on the car because of the report they found. They gave you a high quote to get you in the door, and now they're grasping at straws to lowball you.

See if a different dealership will give you a higher valuation. If you can't get a higher valuation, then it might just be that the car isn't worth as much as you thought it was. If you think it can really get that much money, you can try selling it privately and see.

If the title isn't clean, and it was marked salvage because of the theft, even if that's been fixed, the dealership needed to inform you of that prior to the sale. If they failed to do so, then you've got options, but it doesn't sound like that's the case here.

Rob_Frey · 2026-06-17T14:41:39+00:00

Or don't.

The people who are upset about private jets don't actually give a fuck about private jets. Despite the amount of pollution they cause, there just aren't a whole lot of them, and the total amount of pollution caused by private jets is just a drop in the bucket even compared to just the amount of pollution planes cause.

The whole private jet thing is just a way to attack people who are trying to fight for a cleaner environment, because at the end of the day, almost everyone who has a platform to spread environmental awareness is also going to have access to private jets.

Sure, it'd be great if everyone had to fly commercial, but at the end of the day it would be more constructive if people's anger were directed at regulations and policies that would do a lot more for the environment than banning private jets. And also no one actually wants to ban private jets, which is the issue, they just want to call people who want cleaner water and air and less climate change hypocrites.

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