Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.
  • FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.caEnglish
    111·
    1 month ago

    Good, these are the types of guys that go “It’s just a prank bro” or “It’s a social experiment” except it isn’t. It’s just you being an inconsiderate jerk.

  • bort@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    110·
    1 month ago

    "I know for a fact that I’m not going to go to jail. Not one day in jail. I’m going to laugh my ass off when all these motherf***ers are saying I’m going for 30 years, 20 years, five years, 10 years. I’m not even going to do one day, bro. They’ll give me a fine and say, ‘Don’t come back to Korea.’ You’re the one that’s going to look so dumb when I don’t get any jailtime or anything. Bro, I’m going to laugh like a f**king villain.

    amazing.

      • bort@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        212·
        1 month ago

        at the end of the day, his only crime is being annoying. He didn’t kill someone, didn’t steal anything, etc. So 6months seems fair.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        If we’re lucky, he will annoy the wrong person and get the shit kicked out of him. Maybe he’ll learn.

    • FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.caEnglish
      181·
      1 month ago

      If they do a prisoner exchange with North Korea anytime in the near future, they should send this guy to them. Just because. Maybe it will teach the arrogant US citizens to behave better in other countries.

      Note, I’m not saying that about the US citizens that are considerate human beings.

  • magnue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    66·
    1 month ago

    This guy is like a reverse hostage. Countries will threaten to release him if they don’t get what they want.

  • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    1 month ago

    Apparently he kissed a statue of a woman that was built as a memorial to all the south Korean women that were raped by the Japanese during their colonial rule. In case anyone was wondering what he did to end up in jail.

    I’m willing to bet he knew exactly what that statue was a memorial for.

  • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    47·
    1 month ago

    Norwegian philosopher Arne Ness said it best:

    “There is no freedom without responsibility - in fact, the two are intrinsically the same.”

  • Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 month ago

    Now that he’s convicted, an interesting question might be “is there enough evidence to convict him in other countries who have extradition treaties with South Korea?”…

    I have limited sympathy for people who make their living by bothering people.

  • LoafedBurrito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 month ago

    This made my day. He thought he was untouchable and now is in a forced labor camp for 6 months.

    Dude is just one of the worst humans.

  • sleepmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    Used to frequent a streaming site for telestreaming robots. I remember the owner getting excited when Ice Poseidon contacted them because of his popularity, thinking it would help traffic. Community warned her it was playing with napalm. She invited him anyway. It only attracted a shitload of griefers, incels and filth that never fully went away after he quickly became bored and left. Site was never the same.

    This piece of shit was somehow even more annoying so you love to see it.

    • HereIAm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Now I used to like RWJ, but it did become a bit cringe and corporate over the years, so I’m genuinely surprise how watchable that video was.

  • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    I’ll be glad when everyone forgets about this guy in two days and I don’t have to see his dumb face in my feed anymore.

  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    181·
    1 month ago

    The great tragedy is that S Korea commuted his 3 year potential sentence to just 6 months.