Tutorial on Homo Balticus digital "death threat" skills
Therefore:
1) If one has an issue with somebody, never write via SMS a death threat full of typos;
2) As Italians say, "La vendetta è un piatto che se mangia freddo";
3) "Mr. T", and so many others, tend to forget the multiplying power of social media and the digital world, but old Soviet school dies hard, as one can easily conclude by reading the Elementary School English language skills, maybe mixed with some B-class Netflix Albanian mafia movies;
4) As it is crystal clear, these types of "threateners" write these brave statements while drunk, mildly drunk, or extremely drunk, and not necessarily during the weekend. Vodka is most of the times their favorite substance, and not even the Russian or the Polish ones, I mean cheap and low-quality Estonian/Baltic vodka, way cheaper;
5) The receptor of such SMSs must take things seriously even if they can be just a tipsy bad joke, usually written by a bipolar individual who knows personally the target (me, in this concrete situation) and somehow developed an inferiority complex towards/against the Westerners;
6) These types of "threateners" tend to do it in order to impress other people around rather than feeling it from their inner being. Or as we say in Portugal, "Please grab me right now or I will destroy him!" (free translation);
7) We should be cool and compassionate with people like "Mr. T" since this coolness will trigger angst and frustration in him and a Carnival/orgy of threats will follow, almost non-stop and quite creative for such a limited orangutang lexicon, which can be really funny and entertaining for weeks and months, believe me;
8) Nevertheless, when nasty things really happen and some people (four individuals out of the blue in this case) start spanking you in a restaurant without knowing you and then run away when the police arrive, such threats gain some credibility. Well, not because "Mr. T" necessarily wanted it (he could end up in jail as a moral author, for instance) but especially because his entourage starts believing he is not as dumb as he in fact is;
9) Otherwise, the best way to deal with "Mr. T's" is not to answer directly, and, instead, go to the next Police Office or local Prosecutor and let the authorities know just in case something really bad happens to you: in this case, "Mr. T" will naturally be one of the main suspects and these characters tend to panic because they don't want to be deported to Siberia;
10) Another possibility for the random (or not random) target is to keep the tension over and over, in the mid-term, to stretch it for a while, Hitchcock-like suspense, so that "Mr. T" lives in fear of a potential attack and is restless and nervous till the end of his days. Usually, they are victims of a stroke or a heart attack at a very early stage of life;
And that's all folks. Thanks for your attention and interest today. Next week we will debate other topics also important in our digital world and the damage thumb, sorry, dumb people can cause on you. And more recipes will follow, of course, such as the famous banana bread or the Portuguese custard egg tart, aka, "pastel de nata".
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