# The naked wizard meets the age of electricity- NSFW **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190 "2009-04-24T06:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/1 "2009-04-24T06:08:34Z")
The day the magic died [http://w](http://w) w [w.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/naked-wizard-tazered-at-c\_n\_190502.html](http://w.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/naked-wizard-tazered-at-c_n_190502.html) close up w’s to make link active > [@](#): > > The police officers beg and plead for the man to put on his robes, but all the Naked Wizard wants to do is be free of his wizard sleeves and hang in the breeze. He throws his colorful garb onto the grass. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/2 "2009-04-24T06:51:08Z")
Ugh–all this over nudity? He should not have been tasered over this. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/3 "2009-04-24T08:10:55Z")
The guy shouldn’t have been resisting arrest. Although I’m sure someone will be along shortly to claim that the evil police should of had to put themselves in danger by wrestling with him a bit more rather than ending it before they had to resort to baton strikes. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/4 "2009-04-24T11:51:27Z")
When the cops start putting on their rubber gloves… LOOK OUT! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/5 "2009-04-24T12:06:25Z")
My favorite part is the intoxicated people in the background screaming “WWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYY!” as if the cops had just chopped his head off. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/6 "2009-04-24T15:05:10Z")
Wow. Just…wow. I mean, seriously…someone with that short a dick should not be trying to flaunt it in public. That’s just foolish. Not to mention not complying with the request to get dressed. They did ask nicely. Then they ordered him to get dressed. He refused. Then they tried to make him get dressed. He resisted. What we just saw is a classic example of stupidity in action, and the results of those actions. Not to mention a pack of ignorant idiots barking at the cops like hyenas. ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/7 "2009-04-24T20:20:47Z")
I really hate tasers. If he’d been a crackhead with a baseball bat, sure. But the stick that man was swinging around posed danger only to those who see it without warning on the internet, and he was nonviolent besides. The cop kneeing him in the chest was also completely unnecessary. Course the idiot shoulda put his clothes on too, so I’ll just declare all around stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/8 "2009-04-24T20:38:00Z")
Act like a dick, get treated like a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/9 "2009-04-24T20:58:05Z")
> [@astro](#): > > close up w’s to make link active There’s a “parse links” toggle on the posting screen, right below the sig toggle. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/10 "2009-04-24T21:10:10Z")
[Link to GD thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515340) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/11 "2009-04-24T22:30:02Z")
Huh, it didn’t hit [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival) yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/12 "2009-04-25T09:48:50Z")
> [@CutterJohn](#): > > I really hate tasers. If he’d been a crackhead with a baseball bat, sure. But the stick that man was swinging around posed danger only to those who see it without warning on the internet, and he was nonviolent besides. The cop kneeing him in the chest was also completely unnecessary. > > Course the idiot shoulda put his clothes on too, so I’ll just declare all around stupidity. Stupidity should HURT. Maybe then we’d have fewer people acting stupidly. I have to admit that the link didn’t work for me. I need to upgrade this computer, so I’m rather inclined to believe that it’s the computer’s fault, not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/13 "2009-04-25T18:33:04Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Stupidity should HURT. Maybe then we’d have fewer people acting stupidly. Stupidity isn’t always an objective case, and I don’t agree pain should always be a consequence of it. If I think you’re being stupid right now, should you be tasered because of it? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/14 "2009-04-25T19:20:02Z")
Yeah, I know nothing about where this is taking place, but what is public nudity? A ticketing offense? Three cops vs. a naked man and they need to use that kind of force against him? I hope he gets a good lawyer and sues. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/15 "2009-04-25T20:52:45Z")
> [@Floppy\_Joe](#): > > Act like a dick, get treated like a dick. But he was only acting like a _little_ dick. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/16 "2009-04-25T21:05:35Z")
What’s wrong with his penis? Is it deformed maybe? It looks like an outie bellybutton. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/17 "2009-04-25T23:08:54Z")
This afternoon I got naked on a residential street. A police officer was present, but fortunately the police officer also got naked. We were changing after kayaking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/18 "2009-04-25T23:18:20Z")
And the video link would be where? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/19 "2009-04-26T02:18:21Z")
Ain’t one. There is, however, a VHS vid of me being stripped naked in a large hole (a recycling wave in a rapid), but not on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190/20 "2009-04-26T06:06:01Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Stupidity isn’t always an objective case, and I don’t agree pain should always be a consequence of it. > > If I think you’re being stupid right now, should you be tasered because of it? Thank you. If you ever see me use this, or a variant of this here, it’s because I stole it from you. It’ll go far in political discussions with the family. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-wizard-meets-the-age-of-electricity-nsfw/494190.md?page=2)