# Local Flashmob Fail

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 29, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612 "2012-08-29T10:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/1 "2012-08-29T10:52:32Z")

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[http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/tips-warns-police-of-event-on-facebook](http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/tips-warns-police-of-event-on-facebook)

> Seventeen-year-old Ryan E. Paolucci allegedly posted a “Storm the Millennium Party” invitation on Facebook. Paolucci is accused of inviting 910 guests to the event at 2040 Walden Avenue, on Friday at 10 p.m. Cheektowaga Police say 70 people had accepted the invitation and 34 people had responded with “maybe.”
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> Police say, from comments posted on the site, it appeared the party planner’s intent was to cause damage and create chaos.

Wonderful. Would have been better if the police contacted the 69 other people going so that this kid showed up all by himself.

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/2 "2012-08-29T11:33:29Z")

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Saw LZ post this on Twitter…not really a flash mob, more of a dumb fucking gathering of assholes.

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**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/3 "2012-08-29T11:47:34Z")

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This is news?

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/4 "2012-08-29T11:48:24Z")

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The fucking kid is being charged with three different things. Fucking nonsense if this poor kid winds up with a record and has trouble with his future over this.

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**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/5 "2012-08-29T17:41:32Z")

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A flash mob isn’t to be distructive, wtf

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------

Obv. someone hates him

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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/6 "2012-08-29T19:11:25Z")

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^^^ Google search “flash mob robbery” or “flash rob” and you’ll see differently. It’s not all about random Thriller dance performances…

> **[Flash rob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob_robbery)**
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> A flash rob, also known as a multiple offender crime or flash mob robbery, is an organized form of theft in which a group of participants enter a retail shop or convenience store en masse and steal goods and other items. Typically, store workers and employees in these cases quickly become overwhelmed by the large number of participants and thus, are unable to stop the theft. The National Retail Federation does not classify these crimes as "flash mobs" but rather "multiple offender crimes" that ut...

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**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-flashmob-fail/225612/7 "2012-08-29T19:35:46Z")

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I’m gonna flash fart.

Done.
