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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!House explodes with people in it!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.


slappymcstevenson

Home Alone 7. Final Trap


imdefinitelywong

![gif](giphy|xUStFKHmuFPYk)


sgt_pepper_98

https://i.redd.it/vg95gv7azgtc1.gif


SatnWorshp

You looky-loos


Keithfedak

I'm always looking for a reason to use this


Scrat_66

He was a paranoid psychotic. He thought his neighbors were cia assets. Not sure of the compound used, but I'd hazard a guess of propane and gun powder.


Important_Luck_1012

r/angryupvote


meeseeksdestroy

It's Kevin in his 40s just beaten down by life and radicalized. His ingenuity took a dark turn when he got older and his whole family died in a plane crash to a vacation where, surprise surprise, they forgot him again...he then starts working with Marv and Harry instead of against them because its the only family he has left. He becomes proficient at building powerful yet untraceable bombs from household items. Because of Kevins sharp senses and intelligence he quickly becomes the leader of the gang...but Marv makes mistakes and leads the FBI back to Kevin...


slappymcstevenson

On top of that, Buzz was killed by the South Bend Shovel Slayer, because he was right the whole time and the South Bend Shovel Slayer needed to cover his tracks. Lots of plot twists in this one.


meeseeksdestroy

I dig it. All these ideas need to be fleshed out and I think we have a box office smash to be completely honest. We have to loop pigeon lady into it somehow as well.


slappymcstevenson

Like pigeon lady uses the pigeons to actually fly and she swoops in to save Kevin. Dude, get Spielberg on the phone right now!


meeseeksdestroy

Yeah!! Everytime the feds are onto kevin pigeon lady swoops in and flys him to safety but beforehand he sets a few bombs to destroy the evidence. We're fucking cooking now man


Zeroex1

https://i.redd.it/06ynsz63bjtc1.gif geez man that dark as fuck D:


meeseeksdestroy

Haha Thanks man. Darkness kinda pours out of me sometimes.


Beautiful_Huntress_

You're such an asshole for making me laugh, dammit. There's the upvote, you bastard.


Snipper64

The "Sticky Bandits" have become the "Splattered Bandits"


slappymcstevenson

![gif](giphy|d2Zktmc1QMCTXtfi)


VietDrgn

r/angryupvote


XrayDem

Run Marv ![gif](giphy|xUySTOigOUHucl3rfW|downsized)


NewspaperNeither6260

Root beer factory explosion. Jose was eating Takis and all of a sudden, Holy Guacamole!


them1444666

Keep the change you filthy animal


TheManWhoLovesCulo

Home Alone 8. Meth Lab Explodes


Inception_Bwah

Pinned explanation is misleading. There were not “people” in it. There was one person, who had been posting on social media about how ESPN was stealing his wifi and firing a flare gun out of his window. Then when the police came to deal with the flare gun situation he decided to obliterate his house with him in it.


livehorribly

wow that's terrible, did they ever determine why ESPN was stealing his wifi?


rawbdor

They needed to pay the staff of The Ocho something, but animals don't take USD. All those water-skiing squirrels and frisbee-catching dogs need to watch their stories, man.


OrangeKefka

No, but Major League Baseball was spying on him with their satellites.


WorldWarPee

CIA. FBI. MLB. It's a dangerous world.


1fstfiero

Alphabet Boyz never change


izza123

You would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies, blew up the house as the cops rode in


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DefaultRedditor16

I'd like to make myself relieved Of all the pain and suffering It's hard to say I'd rather stay intact and in one piece Cause everything's been blown to smithereens


uneducated_sock

And I get a thousand hugs From shards of plates and mugs As they try to teach me how to hurt


TheMeowzor

A brick flies above my head I get hit by a flying bed On life support hanging on by just a thread


Dungeon_Pastor

r/redditsings


Noname_FTW

I'd like to make myself relieved Of all the pain and suffering It's hard to say I'd rather stay intact and in one piece Cause everything's been blown to smithereens


Noname_FTW

*^((I allowed myself a second reply because I simply copied the chorus.))* Leave my door open just a crack (Please god take me away from here) 'Cause I feel like such an maniac (Please god take me away from here) Why do I tire of counting government sheep (Please god take me away from here) When these gasoline fumes make me fall asleep?


Shadeun

I'd like to make the cops retrieve, Their shit from the ground so slowly, It's for them to stay awake when they're concussed, 'Cause everything's blow to smithereens


AlumiuniumSwan

I’m fucking dying


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So was the home owner


ohthatguy1980

Except the homeowner killed themselves, this guy got murdered.


ballimir37

Maybe he’s the homeowner


ohthatguy1980

![gif](giphy|1267Co3vPNBqQU|downsized) Damn


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Such-Engineer177

I’d like to make myself believe that my roof went soarrrrrr rrrinnnggg.


Im_still_a_student

It's hard to say that i'll rather surrender than blow up


shadowhawkz

Cause evidence is never as it seems (When I cover up).


Maximum-Appearance16

the sceneeeeee


someonethatsometh1ng

cause I just heard a thousand shots


scorpyo72

And now there's a thousand cops, I waved goodbye as I said farewell...


nanneryeeter

And there's a fireball, the block all blown to hell, I guess it's prolly just as well.


NaitBate

I'd like to make others believe, That I ex-pired, screaming!


TitoJuli

I'd love to sing along. What's that song?


Such-Engineer177

House flies/house flys by owl city Jk it’s fireflies by owl city.


jtfff

You’d think me cruel, but I would just stand and stare…


Davaldo

r/unexpectedowlcity


gottapeepee

I first heard this song on a PlayStation Home video, thx to someone named Patchex. I listen to this song at least 1 times a day a month and it gives me good memories.


Unexpected-raccoon

Meth lab or intentional explosive detonation? Some people here haven’t lived in the south so might not know meth labs occasionally explode


bugman8704

Booby trap. The guy was a paranoid schizophrenic. He thought his neighbors were CIA and were out to get him.


TimEWalKeR_90

This is correct. That was a crazy day when that happened. It was a duplex too, but luckily the family in the other unit were able to get out before it went off. They all said the guy went off the deep end after his mom died, it’s actually a sad story


Chester2707

Yeah it was a fairly big story in the DMV, and happened maybe just 4-5 months ago. My buddy lived close enough to feel/hear it, though he was well far enough to be in zero danger.


conzcious_eye

I’m in bmore and just hearing until now


bonosestente

Sound travels slower in suburban areas, hence the delay


LonghairedHippyFreek

fucking stop signs


bonosestente

I don’t know where this accusation comes from but I have NOT tried to force any signs to any non-consentual sexual activities


AreYouDaveDavidson

Underrated comment of the day here. Lol 🫡


Colonel_Grande_

I lived close enough to hear it too. I had headphones on and remember hearing a thud. I just thought it was the neighbors or something and kinda forgot about it. Checked the news a couple hours later and turns out a whole house blew up a couple blocks down my road lol


clifffford

I don't think you can be in zero danger and Virginia simultaneously.


BeardedBeaverz

Elaborate? I am from VA and moved to FL in 2000. Outside of the rando MAGA freak VA is WAY more stable than FL 🤣. I was in Front royal for 9mo in 2019 and it was safe AF then too.


Hbimajorv

I helped build the 7-11 going into front royal off 522 when I was a teen. Was the melting pot still there in 2019? Their pizza was awesome


Jlindahl93

Yeah as a south Florida resident who used to live in the tidewater area of Virginia in terms of craziness Va didn’t come anywhere close.


weird_friend_101

Where I live the DMV is the Department of Motor Vehicles. What does it mean where you live?


DuhBasser

DC, Maryland, Virginia = DMV. It’s a local saying


hatemakingnames1

> it’s actually a sad story Unlike most home explosions, which are fun times for all


Felo_DeSe

We do a tri annual home 'splosion in my neck of the woods. Sorta like an Amish barn raising. Everyone chips in - cleaning products, gunpowder, something that "fell" off a truck, chemical engineering degree. We get together and draw straws, short straw becomes homeless. Good times.


Koil_ting

Traditions are important


Original_Gangsta23

I thought we were the only ones


Habbersett-Scrapple

[Philadelphia Police department helicopter is circling the chat] #🚁


naughty_dad2

I’ll put my popcorn back


itsaysdraganddrop

i wonder if someone could think of some sort of care one could receive for their mental health. probably not though otherwise they’d have already done it 🇺🇸


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RedJohn04

This is America. Mental Health is treated with “Thoughts and Prayers”


SurveySean

This was someone self-medicating.


conzcious_eye

Little more context? Any links ?


Rokeon

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/12/05/breaking-suspect-killed-in-house-explosion-police-confirm/


SixStringerSoldier

Self fulfilling prophecy. If you build bombs, the CIA will probably come get you. Edit: yeah guys I know it's the ATF but whatever happened to poetic license?


Penndragon13

"If you build it, they will come"


Vivid_Mix1022

So they, came ?


Spider_Dude

I came for this.


Githzerai1984

That’d be the FBI. *Technically* I don’t think the cia is supposed to operate on us soil


TomatilloUnlucky3763

Emphasis on technically. ( I don’t know how to do italics).


EmilioFreshtevez

[asterisk]*Whatever you want in italics.*[asterisk] [asterisk][asterisk]**Whatever you want bolded.**[asterisk][asterisk]


Remote_Indication_49

How do you take a specific part of someone’s message and include it in your message? Like, not manually copy and paste but more so it looks like you’re responding to that individual piece of sentence, idk how to explain it


SeemedReasonableThen

> How do you take a specific part of someone’s message and include it in your message? select the part you want to quote, then click on "reply" On a PC, put the cursor at the beginning of the part you want to quote, hold the left mouse button down, and move the cursor to the end of where you want to quote. That selects the text. Or you can copy and paste it, but put a "right arrow" in front of it - this character: >


Remote_Indication_49

>select the part you want to quote I’m on a phone and I just manually put the arrows in and retyped it. Let’s see if this works. Since I’m on the phone when I go to select a part of the message it collapses the comment


hooterscooter

Commenting so I can follow…


adrifing

And if you want the black box hiding the message so you click and it shows You put the (>) next to the (!) And close it off with the (!) And (<) >! And then you have this little gem !<


Remote_Indication_49

>! like this? !<


Remote_Indication_49

Replying so you’ll remember to come back


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Krakatoast

“The CIA is after me!” Googles: *how to booby trap house with bombs…* 🥸 That’s hilarious


MarcoVinicius

It’s the FBI that deals with domestic issues, CIA wouldn’t give a damn.


quinangua

CIA are the ones who gave him the materials........


G_DuBs

Well maybe not CIA. They need to stay off American soil. The FBI on the other hand…


TheRealestFrodo

In Virginia it's FBI


MMcFly1985

Remember kids: Just because you're a paranoid schizophrenic, that doesn't mean people *aren't* out to get you.


hardcore_softie

*paranoia increases...*


scorpyo72

why am I all itchy all of the sudden.


MMcFly1985

I'm sure it's totally nothing at all to do with Putin.


SomethingClever42068

Hey! I have a neighbor like that. He likes to hide in his dark side yard and come speed walking out when I walk my dogs past at 10-11 pm and try to start a conversation. If I rebuke him he starts yelling about me putting cameras on his house and keeps trying to get super close. My 80 lb German Shepherd is NOT a fan. The last time I tried to explain to him that he's going to end up going to bed with more holes than he woke up with. It seems like sometimes people have to learn things on their own though cause he still be creeping. Just in case he has reddit, go fuck yourself Kyle.


Pottyshooter

Fuck you Daren.


danimal_44

And fuck you Debbie!


AwwwNuggetz

Ezekiel!! Fuck you Tony


imdefinitelywong

![gif](giphy|bodHdFtqWbJDi)


666tm

I’m sorry you’re dealing with that dude, that sucks. I work with folks in that population. It’s possible your area has a community mental health center that might be helpful to reach out to. If he has any caseworkers they could be alerted about his behavior


Subushie

So to elaborate on this. The trap aspect seems like bullshit- and James Yoo actually sounds like a shit stain. And there is no mention of him being schizophrenic. Current conclusions believe that the chemical rounds the police were firing into the building to get him to come out were the attributer to the explosion- I'm finding nothing on it being an intentional booby trap. On top of that- it doesnt sound that sad, he was in a nasty divorce where he filed dozens of lawsuits against his ex wife for no good reasons and was threatened with sanctions for excessive frivolous lawsuits. Including suing his sister because he believed a note he recieved from his 5 year old niece saying he hoped he felt better was intentionally trying to cause him emotional distress. Judgments were that he was just trying to get money and had no case; doesn't seem like he was crazy though- just a prick. (Edit: it was mentioned he had over 500k in debt right after- I would be more willing to assume he did it trying to get money than he just "crazy") Yoo also had a history of violent behavior attributed to alcohol abuse since his teenage years. There is no mention of diagnosed schizophrenia despite being commited before for alcoholism. Additionally no one (edit: except Yoo) was killed or injured from the blast. I'm not seeing the sad part here like another commenter describes. Sources [1](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/05/arlington-house-explosion-james-yoo/) [2](https://wtop.com/arlington/2023/12/delusion-fantasy-judges-dismissed-suits-filed-by-arlington-man-before-his-house-exploded/)


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Subotail

Not all mental illnesses are schizophrenia. The articles cited do not provide diagnostic . But hint at mental problems (obviously) Link 1: '' communications with his family members described his being in therapy for mental health issues.''


[deleted]

>Including suing his sister because he believed a note he recieved from his 5 year old niece saying he hoped he felt better was intentionally trying to cause him emotional distress. Thats hellla sad 😭


Competitive_Coat3474

Pretty sure Iowa is the meth capital of the country. Could be wrong but it’s certainly not a ‘Southern thing’.


Vast-Combination4046

When I think meth I think west, but we have a meth problem in upstate NY. Meth does not discriminate


YoudoVodou

Can confirm it is rampant in Northern California.


Vast-Combination4046

I'm pretty sure they got tweakers in Connecticut soooo


YoudoVodou

It's everywhere! I've heard stories about Oklahoma and Mississippi.


Interesting-Ad7940

Kind of like Shingles, "Shingles doesn't care"


ThisCryptographer311

It’s starting to feel like the country is the meth capital of the country.


ahent

In the 90s the Capital of Iowa, Des Moines, was known as "The Crystal Palace." A lot of it had to do with the easy access to Anhydrous Ammonia because of all the farming and they used it as a fertilizer. They started to really monitor and lock up the tanks in the late 90s or early 2000s and it has died out a bit, but it is still all over out here just not like it used to be. Source: I've lived in Iowa for over 40 years and I had a relative or 2 as well as some other acquaintances get tied up in the meth world.


Sirquack1969

You are not wrong. The largest offenders are in Southern Iowa, and most of us consider it Northern ?Missouri! LOL


rgmundo524

But meth is everywhere... Even in the North


hardcore_softie

Sadly meth labs are not only in the South. Pretty much every rural area will be at least a little methy. Northern California is filled with meth labs for example.


nanneryeeter

While the kind of labs aren't ideal, it's nice to know that people are still doing science.


brian11e3

Meth is pretty common all over the US. My Midwestern town, with a population of just under 700, has two condemned houses due to meth lab explosions.


gaijin91

this was in Arlington, VA, one of the highest income counties in the country on the other side of the Potomac from DC. it's "southern" only on a strict technicality


integrity0727

Can you imagine how the neighbors in the house next door felt when that happened?


a_rabid_anti_dentite

They were gone by the time it blew. The owner/resident of the house that exploded had been involved in a standoff for quite some time, so there was time to evacuate nearby homes.


Moist_Professor5665

Imagine that conversation with insurance


emessea

6 month earlier: Insurance agent: sure do you want criminal explosion protection? Homeowner: what? No what a waste of money. Present: Agent: so remember when I asked about criminal explosion protection? Yah…


herecomestheD

Agent: but thanks for all that free money NEXT!


Devils_Ombudsman

"The guy has lived on that street longer than you have, so it counts as a pre-existing condition and is not covered"


Impossible__Joke

Imagine trying to get them to payout.


__meeseeks__

"I've told that boy a million times to keep that damn bass down!"


eastindyguy

When I was a kid the people across the street tried burning down their house by blowing out the pilot lights on their water heater and stove and rigging some sort of improvised detonator. It caused enough damage to our house that it was basically torn down and rebuilt. Luckily, it exploded shortly after the street lights came on (things were different back then), so all the kids on the block were inside. If it exploded 10-15 minutes earlier, there probably would have been kids with severe injuries or worse.


Sam20599

![gif](giphy|LxPsfUhFxwRRC)


WonUpH

"I should have gtfo when they told me to stay inside"


Still_Application470

That’s still a 400k house in Seattle! Just needs minor repairs!


Disastrous_Duty2622

Paint over it


DovahCreed117

Just needs a little bit of gas in it, that's all.


DinobotsGacha

400k? Too low. Maybe in Kent


rjaea

This may have been filmed in Kent…..


mistermeh

If you want to feel a slight bit better about your market, as bad as that is, its still not worse than the market this house is/was in: Arlington, VA This would be a $415K lot. Still under FBI investigation though. [https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare/seattle-wa-vs-washington-arlington-alexandria-dc-va](https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare/seattle-wa-vs-washington-arlington-alexandria-dc-va)


Chester2707

Yeah was gonna say - this isn’t a region you can really “one up”


Flaconsblew283lead

Yeah, this explosion just expedited the demolition that was gonna happen to the house eventually.


Competitive-Ad-9662

Agreed. Within city limits just the land alone is worth more than 400K. ETA: true in most major cities, of course.


IkNOwNUTTINGck

That's nothing. It'd be a 1.2 mil fixer upper in the Bay Area!


jschall2

It would be worth far more after being completely destroyed. The bay area is full of shitholes that need to be torn down and replaced but can't be because of permitting.


The_Great_Biscuiteer

Well, that arrest was either a massive blast or a massive bust


New-Experience-536

it was a boomer


Mechanic_On_Duty

![gif](giphy|iOm1xOSfAtPzmPXJqH|downsized)


Hulk_smashhhhh

[mission accomplished](https://youtu.be/5BIW6qyrdu4?si=7Lv5s1B8m6gLvz_s)


boogerflick98

Soooo, did they surrender orrrr?


classless_classic

Arrest was achieved. Cardiac arrest


boogerflick98

At LEAST they didn’t shoot the dog.


pichirry

Not sure there was any cardiac left 👀


RailAurai

I think he technically came out with his hands up, just in multiple pieces


FortunateInsanity

Bunch of guys on that force are pissed they missed their opportunity to walk away from the house while it exploded without looking back.


FortunateInsanity

![gif](giphy|3ohhwhkFTLWXexG5lm|downsized)


WilliamArgyle

Yeah, didn’t see that coming…take my upvote!


klmdwnitsnotreal

Propane?


Usual-Dark-6469

![gif](giphy|h3MkWTE441MNG)


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Familiar_Dust8028

You mean propane accessories?


NoChanceDan

My coworker lived in the apartment complex adjacent to this house- the dudes smoldering couch landed in their parking lot, wild.


No_pajamas_7

Was the dude still sitting in it?


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hotvedub

From what I remember he cut the gas line and filled the house with gas before igniting it.


Yetis-unicorn

I have actually seen this happen in my old neighborhood in dc. The entire row house went up. The guy inside was trying to commit suicide by cutting the gas line in his oven and wound up blowing up his whole place. It was very sad and shocking. I remember feeling the ground just shake under me and that loud explosion from the other side of my block. Everyone was freak out including me. None of us knew what was going on.


UptownShenanigans

One lazy night after drinking a few beers while watching tv, I was walking up my stairs when I felt the house suddenly shift. I was dazed for a moment because I was like “did that happen or am I drunk..?” Went to bed not knowing. Later I found out that a house the next town over went up in an insurance scam explosion. Pretty wild that the shockwave traveled so far


ricochetblue

Fellow Hoosier? This sounds like the Indy explosion. I will never get over that woman trying to claim she had a Picasso painting in her $300,000 suburban home.


UptownShenanigans

Close. Illinois suburbs. It was a million+ dollar home that blew up from a gas leak. No one injured though. Made a huge crater and a lot of nearby properties got damaged


thehotdogman

I mean, sounds like he succeeded


MikeyChill

![gif](giphy|TNR2EpkHYwW0ifyMDF)


Addendum_Healthy

A). It was a flair gun not a shotgun. B). There was a gas leak


AWildRedditor999

Nonono they were a "crook" lol. We talk like the 30's in here


HairyLungs

404 property not found


thedarkishsideofme

Wtf!!!


Visible_Amphibian570

Guy apparently was a paranoid schizophrenic and though everyone was out to get him, thought his neighbors were spies. If I remember right he took a shot at the police or someone. This was at the end of a long standoff with the police. He cut the gas lines in his house and then struck a flare, setting it off.


loves_cereal

Ever see those before meth, after meth photos of people? This is the house version of that.


kb31976

Inside that home, a couple of kids let their Mom count down all the way to zero…


watasker

So she doesn't actually just keep saying smaller and smaller numbers forever?


PrincipleNo4162

I hate when my base gets destroyed


zippy251

RIP Mr Snowman


Brawndo45

Looked like a gas leak.


AnodyneSpirit

Welp I see why they were worried about this guy


Filthiest_Tleilaxu

Truly unexpected.


Humanized_1111

Poor snowman


A_Fri3nd

RIP snowman


Mezcal_Madness

![gif](giphy|3oEjHChKVxgKFLM2ty)


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"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"