US Customs destroys rare floppy disk

(twitter.com)

39 points | by Shank 5 hours ago ago

22 comments

  • docdeek 4 hours ago ago

    In a follow-up tweet they show there is a sticker saying that DHL opened the box, too, seemingly before the US Customs. The tweet shows the image and reads: "So I found this label on the side of the box. Of course, the boxes were all left blank. Not sure anymore if this intentional destruction of property was the work of a @DHLexpress employee or @CBP employee…”.

    https://x.com/TehKeripo/status/2027231941729378340

  • b3ing 5 hours ago ago

    I had a microwave burrito that I had put in the microwave and still was sealed in the wrapper before going to the airport ( it wasn’t that hot) and security was squeezing it and inspecting it like it was a nuclear bomb or something.

    • fallinghawks 29 minutes ago ago

      I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security with not the slightest idea that it might look like an IED. This was years before 9/11 so they just made me open my backpack and assure them it was food.

      • Helithumper 15 minutes ago ago

        I'm confused...

        > I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security

        > This was years before 9/11

        Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11, how would you have passed through security with a burrito before 9/11?

    • OutOfHere 3 hours ago ago

      Your point is not lost, but why would you heat things in the plastic or BPA or PFAS coated wrapper at home? It makes it pretty bad for health. At least remove it and heat it in a plate. You can rewrap it in a paper towel if you must. In fact I would even rinse it well first while frozen to remove the plastic residue without impacting the food.

  • happa 3 hours ago ago

    To be fair, it was an old pornographic game from Japan that features characters who are still minors. The customs agents should probably have simply disposed of it instead of sending it forward.

  • forinti 5 hours ago ago

    That is just pure evil. I feel for Keripo.

  • october8140 4 hours ago ago
  • BizarreByte 4 hours ago ago

    I want to feel bad, but shipping anything across borders is a huge gamble, or at least it feels like it these days.

    One has to wonder if the customs agent even knew what a floppy is, as there’s an ever increasing chance they’d never seen one before.

    • forinti 4 hours ago ago

      You don't have to destroy things you don't know. In fact, it might even be dangerous.

  • october8140 4 hours ago ago

    That’s dumb but also maybe don’t mail that.

  • bayindirh 5 hours ago ago

    If we can't read it, so you can't.

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  • jmclnx 5 hours ago ago

    For people who do not want to go to the twitter link, I held my nose and went there for you. Looks like a diskette with an Adult Manga game/movie or something of which only 50 are left.

    Seems to be called "My Tsukhime Trial Edition: (月姫 体験版). The owner will file a report.

    Please, if submitting twitter links, can you provide a summary too so we do not have to go there :)

    • wiether 4 hours ago ago

      Still wondering why using xcancel is not mandatory for sharing Twitter posts on HN

      https://xcancel.com/TehKeripo/status/2027171532825571678

      • hagbard_c 15 minutes ago ago

        For the same reason that it is possible to share e.g. bluesky/facebook/instagram/etc. links. If you don't want to open X links you can use something like Libredirect to make sure all such links go through a proxy, this is what I do.

  • josefritzishere 2 hours ago ago

    Flagged? Really?

  • risk 4 hours ago ago

    This is staged and you can tell the box is opened by the way they poorly move the camera away from where it is in view each time. Pay attention to the moment before the scissors are grabbed and the box flaps open.

    The camera moves away. It is deliberate misdirection, multiple times.

    The shock is disingenuous and incredulous.

    I am disappointed that grifting and manufactured rage bait like this is in the fp on hn. Rarely do I log in but can you not turn this place into a dump with low quality sensationalist content?

    This is fraud being sold as malfeasance. No thanks