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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rjhne wrote

Reply to comment by MissingInBrain in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

Yeah, I recall my mom telling me about it. She got the details wrong, but she got the part about him being mentally screwed up, and dying.

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MissingInBrain t1_j8sweyj wrote

She's like, ok, this guy dressed up in red pajamas and stole pizza. There was a bunch of TV shows about how he was perpetrating the crimes. It mad him so crazy and embarrassed that he...[actual facts about the story].

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8t3o3d wrote

Nah, she thought he died in a shootout with the cops, not later by suicide. She also thought the big lawsuit that ended the 30 minute guarantee was by the Noid family, not related to a fatal crash from a bad pizza driver. Basically crossed up facts from different stories.

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MissingInBrain t1_j9b8wio wrote

The 30m guarantee wasn't because of a driver accident?! 🤯

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