# Think your life is shitty? Take a look at this link **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716 "2007-02-18T16:23:16Z")\ **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:** [February 18, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/1 "2007-02-18T16:23:16Z")
[Wave after wave of little criminal vignettes](http://www.lexingtonprosecutor.com/recent.htm) with pictures and more archives at the bottom. Every little story of a life gone astray and people victimized by petty and not so petty crime builds into a numbing, mortified wave that makes you appreciate what you’ve got, however squalid you think it may be. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/2 "2007-02-18T16:39:29Z")
Wow that is Scumbag Central. Years ago there was a British real life TV series that I saw which followed the investigations, arrests and interrogations from selected murder cases. The overwhelming sensations were the stupidity of the participants and the banality of what led to the crime. It was profoundly depressing, sometimes I felt sorry for the “poor” murderer because you could tell that by his moronic standards he had no choice but to do what he did. I don’t think these people are like you or I or anyone we know. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/3 "2007-02-18T16:43:24Z")
Two thoughts: 1. Theft by Unlawful Taking? Is there some other kind? 2. Don’t trust people with the last name “Strunk”. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/4 "2007-02-18T16:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] 1. Theft by Unlawful Taking? Is there some other kind? [/QUOTE] Ya beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/5 "2007-02-18T17:23:12Z")
Me too! Doesn’t theft always mean you’re taking something unlawfully? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/6 "2007-02-18T18:04:17Z")
One post on the horror of it all, and three posts on the awkward phraseology of legal grammar. The Dope\* is\* a different place. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/7 "2007-02-18T18:29:45Z")
And one post wondering how these people got to this point in their lives. ☹ Sad. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/8 "2007-02-18T18:33:37Z")
**astro** , I didn’t see much point in commenting on the rest. I didn’t see “the horror of it all” I saw “more of the same” that we’re (unfortunately) totally used to seeing in this day and age. I see sites like this all the time. I read articles about pathetic criminals all the time. I see news reports on tv about them _all the time_. It has ceased to shock me or prompt me to comment in amazement. Is that sad? Of course it is. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/9 "2007-02-18T18:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Two thoughts: 1. Theft by Unlawful Taking? Is there some other kind? 2. Don’t trust people with the last name “Strunk”. [/QUOTE] Theft can be unauthorized use, as well as unauthorized taking. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/10 "2007-02-18T18:45:24Z")
At first, I was going to say “avoid men with moustaches,” but that trend faded as the pages went on. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/11 "2007-02-19T02:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Two thoughts: 1. Theft by Unlawful Taking? Is there some other kind? [/QUOTE] Looks like there’s also “theft by deception.” (It’s in the fifth one down.) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/12 "2007-02-19T07:03:00Z")
Judging by the expression in [her mug shot](http://www.lexingtonprosecutor.com/images/shanksamanda.jpg), I’d say she was related to [Tom DeLay](http://www.iowatrueblue.com/uploaded_images/Tom-Delay-709367.jpg). She’s a hottie, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/13 "2007-02-19T10:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Two thoughts: 2) Don’t trust people with the last name “Strunk”. [/QUOTE] take a close look at their photos. seperated at birth… married later? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/14 "2007-02-19T12:20:19Z")
There were at least _three_ Strunks on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/15 "2007-02-19T12:57:05Z")
OK, if I ever take an IQ test and the question is “Snopes is to Yoknapatawpha as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is to Fayette” I’ll know to answer “Strunk” Now I only have one unanswered question: when guys were arrested in the 1940’s, 1960’s, etc, were they always naked from the waist up? Because, from watching _Cops_ since the late 1980’s that seems to be the dress code. Or was there a gradual shift from the torn-up zoot suit to the dingy wife-beater to full torso nudity? ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/16 "2007-02-19T13:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > various members of the group loading compact discs and DVD movies into duffel bags > [@](#): > > They also found two more rocks of cocaine, 179 grams of marijuana, rolling papers, $211.00 in cash on Edwards, and $600.00 cash in a duffle bag. > [@](#): > > The detectives located 50 grams of marijuana, $148 in a duffle bag, drug paraphernalia, a .22 caliber pistol, and a High Times marijuana magazine. And in economic news, duffel bag sales in Fayette County are up 650%. I wonder what’s up with the last guy. He couldn’t fit $148 into his wallet? And neither of those last two seemed to put anything but cash into the bags. “Drugs and guns? Sure, just toss 'em on the dining room table, but we really have to hide that legal tender!” ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/17 "2007-02-19T13:36:18Z")
Maybe mug shots just tend to create this effect, but don’t most of 'em look like they came right out of Central Casting to play the role of low-life criminal? ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/18 "2007-02-19T13:41:44Z")
At least drunk drivers aren’t getting off lightly (Ryan Leugers). In the bad old days, people would get off of vehicular homicide charges “because they were drunk”. Now, it’s the reason _for_ the conviction. Well done, Kentucky! ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/19 "2007-02-19T14:01:31Z")
[QUOTE=Bootis] take a close look at their photos. seperated at birth… married later? [/QUOTE] That was my first thought, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716/20 "2007-02-19T14:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Two thoughts: 1. Theft by Unlawful Taking? Is there some other kind? 2. Don’t trust people with the last name “Strunk”. [/QUOTE] **Opal** , did you just…post a list with only two items in it? Or do I still need my coffee? 😕😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-your-life-is-shitty-take-a-look-at-this-link/392716.md?page=2)