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Which bears a resemblance to the PBS logo. It figures
Posted on 04/15/2023 4:36:47 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
On March 22, two boys, 13-year-old Joshua Federov and his 11-year-old friend, were attacked by a man with a knife outside of Dollar Tree in Mill Creek, Washington, located about 20 miles Northeast of Seattle, after they called the man an "NPC," an insult originating from video game parlance meaning "non-playable character."
Local news reports the 11-year-old, who wants to remain unidentified, was stabbed by the suspect in his lung, which collapsed, and his liver. He was first treated at Providence Regional Medical Center and then moved to Harborview Medical Center's ICU for three days.
The boy survived his injuries but must continue treatment for his wounds at home.
According to the Urban Dictionary, NPC can be used as a slur to say someone cannot think independently or critically.
Joshua David Pence, 29, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a weapon over the incident and booked into Snohomish County Jail with a bail set at $500,000.
The boys were hanging out at the Thomas Lake Shopping Center where they encountered the man.
Federov said, "He was at the crosswalk and we were on the hill at the dollar store, and then we yelled 'NPC' and he jaywalked across the street and then started chasing us into the dollar store."
Fedorov said, "We're going to be fine if we just run into the dollar store. That's what I thought. When I saw him pull out a knife, I realized it wasn't a joke."
The boys ran into the Dollar Tree and the suspect allegedly began stabbing the 11-year-old. Staff and customers intervened and detained the suspect until authorities arrived.
The 11-year-old's mother, Shanai Rowton, described her son's wounds and said he "got oxygen, they had just given him a unit of blood because he lost blood." She set up a GoFundMe for his continued medical treatment.
Local NBC reports that the "the suspect is a stranger to the children."
bttt
Google has become so worthless. When I put this guys name into google images all I get back are pictures of Mike Pence.
I am sure the boys learned a harsh lesson here.
This is so NOT a Florida Man story? Florida Man would “Huh? Oh, OK.”
This is a case of fool around and find out. Sorry the boy learned the hard way that messing with homeless/junkie types is not a good idea.
The NPC Meme has more personality than Mike Pence.
I thought it was non-player character
Sorry. FAFO. High tuition education.
LOL
“Google has become so worthless.”
You have that right! I can go searching for an article I know I read a few days ago and even though I search with terms that are almost word for word the title of the article I’m looking for, Google cannot locate it. Instead, I get article after article from left-wing sites with their view of the subject matter of the article.
Stupidity and meanness all around on this one.
Google is $hit.
Total garbage at this point.
This is what eventually happens when you have a monopoly (which was government created) and they have zero concern either from competition or government.
Between the pay to play placing of search results, their political ranking, issues ranking, the search bar auto complete filters... Just total trash.
All you get is box hotels, chain restaurants, and Amazon.
Google no longer provides good search results and instead has become a mere advertising and sales platform first and foremost, where the searches are so filtered and ranked that you often get poor results.
funny
Same here. Worthless website
Uh oh, he used the N-acronym!
Surely there’s more to the story than meets the eye here?
Wow.
I tend to agree with you. How many people actually know what “NPC” means? Something does not smell right with this story.
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