# If you were arrested for a high-profile crime, what about you would the media have a field day with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050 "2012-07-22T16:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/81 "2012-07-24T04:45:40Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > If you think the headlines would be bad for seeing a psychologist, **imagine the headlines for being a psychologist**. ‘It Was Inevitable Really’, Says All Who Knew Her, ‘The Surprise Is The Clown Makeup & Live Parrot.’ ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/82 "2012-07-24T05:59:57Z")
Quiet guy, odd sense of humor, foreigner from a violent culture. Few friends, over-educated, odd career path, posts on a message board of similar freaks who likely egged him on. I’m looking at _you_ **Clocky**. > [@Brynda](#): > > If you think the headlines would be bad for seeing a psychologist, imagine the headlines for being a psychologist. Oh, right, and I’m also in an odd loner-type field. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/83 "2012-07-24T06:12:01Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > If you think the headlines would be bad for seeing a psychologist, imagine the headlines for being a psychologist. Is The Rampaging Shrink Proof That All Shrinks Are Nuts? Watch the 90 Minutes special, with guest comentators Chip and Dale! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/84 "2012-07-24T09:20:37Z")
I got kicked out of Disneyland, for hopping off of a slow ride and walking through a dark tunnel. I unknowingly tripped a kill switch and the lights turned on and the ride stopped. Yep, lock me up. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/85 "2012-07-24T14:57:00Z")
Thought of some others they’d undoubtedly latch on to for me: - My large collection of horror novels - My collection of Ayn Rand novels and nonfiction - Seven cats They might as well just lock me up now! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/86 "2012-07-24T16:00:31Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > There are several aspects of my life that the press would have a field day with : > > 1. I have a collection of medieval-type weapons – swords, maces, spears, axes. > 2. I have a fairly large comic book collection – about 70 long boxes worth. > The collection has its own room. > 3. I have a large number of books related to the paranormal and the occult. > Magazines, as well, like the Fortean Times, Fate, etc. > 4. I have a “Deviant Art” webpage : > [http://gytalf2000.deviantart.com/](http://gytalf2000.deviantart.com/) > (Not safe for work) > > It is devoted to my sleepy fetish / paraphilia. I like drawing pics of extremely scantily-clad superheroines getting knocked out by various means (punches, blows to the head, chloroform, energy blasts). It isn’t presented in a realistic style – my heroines never have bruises or cuts, etc. – but most people are still going to see it as a bit creepy. > … > In other words, I am quite deranged, and it is only a matter of time before I snap and go on a violent rampage. It is a wonder that I haven’t done so, already… But wait, there’s more! 1. I grow my pinky fingernails long. 2. I have long hair and a beard. 3. I enjoy talking in various different voices / accents. 4. In Church, I often sing the soprano line with my falsetto voice. 5. In addition to my collection of books about odd phenomena and the occult, I also have quite a number of books by and about H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. 6. I have Cthulhu plushies on my desk at work. 7. I own several books about swords, bowie knives, tomahawks, their history and usage. Also DVDs, like this one : [http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/thefightingtomahawk-dvdset.aspx](http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/thefightingtomahawk-dvdset.aspx) … Well, I’m having fun with all this! I wonder if the Feds are paying attention to this thread? (Did I mention my delusions of grandeur and paranoia?) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/87 "2012-07-24T16:05:52Z")
Probably my office filled with books about vampires. And the multiple articles I’ve published about the same. If what I did was bad enough, they might have a special on “the strange world of Unitarianism”. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/88 "2012-07-24T18:31:28Z")
Hey, it gets even worse. I was just looking at some WWII era cartoons on the internet (another bad sign) and I remembered that I used to Seig Heil during my sleep. I don’t know if I was dreaming I was at a Nazi Rally, but once my right arm went up the circulation got cut off so I’d have to wake up to pull the arm back down. After several nights of endlessly Heiling Hitler I got fed up and strapped my arm to my side with a belt so I could sleep through the night. Take that, Hitler! Then I went out and bought a bird from Paraguay which goose stepped and Seig Heiled me on the day Mengele’s death was confirmed. I let the bird live. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/89 "2012-07-24T19:16:28Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Hey, it gets even worse. I was just looking at some WWII era cartoons on the internet (another bad sign) and I remembered that I used to Seig Heil during my sleep. I don’t know if I was dreaming I was at a Nazi Rally, but once my right arm went up the circulation got cut off so I’d have to wake up to pull the arm back down. > > After several nights of endlessly Heiling Hitler I got fed up and strapped my arm to my side with a belt so I could sleep through the night. Take that, Hitler! > > Then I went out and bought a bird from Paraguay which goose stepped and Seig Heiled me on the day Mengele’s death was confirmed. I let the bird live. Hope you remembered to get out of the wheelchair before bed, Dr. Strangelove. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/90 "2012-07-24T19:38:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My library book history and my Stephen King collection. The ALA is very serious about privacy. You don’t have a library book history, no one does. ---
**Author:** ![katierw80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@katierw80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katierw80)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/91 "2012-07-24T19:40:45Z")
I’m quite shy and introverted, in my early 30’s and live with my parents. I’m not the most social person out there. I look very sweet and innocent. I’ve gone through clinical depression. I’m a Christian and go to church most every week. (Very suspect to some people nowadays even though it’s a very normal church!)I’m addicted to reading whumpy fanfiction so my Internet history probably looks a little strange! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/92 "2012-07-24T19:43:55Z")
> [@katierw80](#): > > I’m addicted to reading whumpy fanfiction so my Internet history probably looks a little strange! Okay, I have to ask: what qualifies as “whumpy” fanfiction? 🙂 ETA: Oh! I Googled it. I’m in worse trouble than I thought. I _write_ whumpy fanfiction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/93 "2012-07-24T20:38:49Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The ALA is very serious about privacy. You don’t have a library book history, no one does. Thats just what they want you to think. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/94 "2012-07-24T20:51:42Z")
"Wow, you know, **toofs** was such a friendly neighbor! Now that I’ve heard the news reports that he had over 23,000 rounds, or was it over 27,000 rounds of ammo in his house? And all those GUNS! Our kids were in _danger_ the whole time and we didn’t even know it! The government really needs to do something to protect the children! CNN said he had all this military training and experience, so like, my neighbor was a _trained KILLER!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/95 "2012-07-24T20:55:44Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The ALA is very serious about privacy. You don’t have a library book history, no one does. So all I have to worry about is my Goodreads list of the last five years. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/96 "2012-07-24T20:55:51Z")
This thread reminds me of this awesome graphic: [How the Media Sees Guns](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=-nVr11kzYiCrsM:&imgrefurl=http://www.firearmstruth.com/2010/is-this-how-the-media-sees-guns&docid=5BZaNI7XtX2EiM&imgurl=http://www.firearmstruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Guide-to-Firearms1.jpg&w=600&h=500&ei=qgsPUP7LCaOi6wHv0oEg&zoom=1) ETA: Miss Woodhouse reminds me of the time I went to Vegas and went to a shooting gallery so I could shoot an MP5K, an assault rifle, and a shotgun, the types of which I can’t remember off-hand. I have pictures of myself looking pleased as punch holding each weapon (also a beretta) and I still have the targets. “Went to Vegas to practice and train and prepare for the killing” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/97 "2012-07-24T21:07:36Z")
I’m a Sunday School teacher. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/98 "2012-07-25T04:41:41Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I’m that nice, quiet guy who lives next door and never causes any trouble. Always willing to help out the neighbors, family man, mows his lawn and… > > Shit! I should just turn myself in now. Yeah, pretty much the female, non-family having, apt dwelling version of this. They’d have a field day with how unremarkable I am. “When boring people go nuts.” > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [And of course…](http://www.riflegear.com/blogimages/KittyRifle.jpg) I can’t decide if this is terrible or awesome. > [@Mangetout](#): > > I’m a Sunday School teacher. Please go on a killing rampage. Think of the headlines! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/99 "2012-07-25T05:57:23Z")
I’m a horror movie freak, who is also a pinko leftie. I don’t have any children (!) and my mental health issues are well documented. I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but that’s the highlights. Oh, and I don’t mind Olive Garden. That right there should make me front page news. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/100 "2012-07-25T06:04:15Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > …I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but that’s the highlights… You have periodic episodes of amnesia?! Og knows what atrocities you’ve committed that you can’t even remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050.md?page=6)