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Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to "ward off" people who he said were breaking into businesses.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 168 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Steiner told KXAN that he likes to commute to work in a helicopter, a sentiment he has shared on Instagram as well.

“Austin traffic is bad, so I’m doing my part to make it a little better by not being in it. #ecowarrior,” he said in a post of a video of him flying over downtown Austin.

Ok, so he's also a moron. In case anyone was wondering.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So... A guy who hasn't done any work in years, did something kinda cool 20 years ago, loves Alex Jones, and says that the helicopter he uses to assault and endanger the homeless to defend a business while calling himself a hero to the middle class? Fetch me my fancy bib, it's time to eat the rich.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

.... don't eat junk food. Compost.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really hope the FAA pulls his license over this shit. His daddy owns the helicopter so this is just some entitled asshole, who I hope gets to sit in traffic with the rest of us soon.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Austin traffic is bad, so I'm doing my part to make it a little better by not being in it. #ecowarrior,"

His lack of self-awareness is far worse than Austin traffic.

[–] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

"I dump my car's used oil in the local creek, so there are less people at Jiffy Lube idling their cars #ecowarrior"

[–] suction@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think he’s trying to be funny

[–] babypigeon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Wasn't wondering 😂

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Nah the title cleared that up, but it's good to get confirmation.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess you can count the non-moronic country singers on one hand, after a bad accident with a saw.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Let's do this.

• Dolly Parton

I think I nailed it. Any others?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Johnny Cash? Willie Nelson, when he is not not buzzed, umm some guy who was very influential and died 60 years ago.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, you only need a stub to count to one.