In what historians will likely describe as ‘a bold social media strategy,’ a woman recently decided to combine two of humanity’s great traditions: disrespecting sacred public spaces and fishing for compliments on the internet.
The unnamed content creator — and we use that term in the loosest possible sense — chose a WWII Memorial as the backdrop for her livestream, apparently deciding that a monument honoring the hundreds of thousands of people who died defending the free world was the perfect place to… commit federal vandalism on camera.
But here’s where the story achieves a kind of breathtaking, galaxy-brained audacity that truly sets it apart: after finishing her memorial-defacing activities, she reportedly turned to her audience and asked them to ‘make me look fancy.’ With filters. She wanted beauty filters. Applied to her face. Immediately after committing a federal crime. On a war memorial. Live.
One has to marvel, genuinely marvel, at the sheer confidence involved. It’s the digital equivalent of robbing a bank and then asking the teller if your hair looks okay in the security footage.
For those keeping score at home, vandalizing a federal monument carries penalties including fines and up to ten years in prison — which, frankly, leaves plenty of time to reflect on one’s content strategy and whether ‘crime tutorial meets makeover stream’ was really the niche worth pursuing.
The Greatest Generation, who actually built the memorial in question through blood, sacrifice, and extraordinary courage, could not be reached for comment, though one imagines their thoughts on the matter would be both pointed and unprintable.
Perhaps the only silver lining is that she did the livestreaming herself, which is really quite considerate of law enforcement’s workload.
Source: Dexerto
Original story via Reddit Offbeat
