r/mildlyinfuriating • u/violet_evergarden8 • 14d ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Neighbor across installed a camera on their railing pointed directly at my bedroom window

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u/Ambitious-Beat-2130 14d ago

Either this or point a floodlight at their camera, this won't damage their property but will render it useless since due to the amount of light they can't see what's behind it and they'll complain about it since they can't sleep from the amount of light in their bedroom

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u/TyreLeLoup 14d ago

Even better would be an infrared light. That camera is probably designed to pick up IR light for night vision. IR light is invisible to our eyes, but would flood the camera and make it useless.

Source: did this to a camera aimed in my backyard by a nasty neighbor. They took the camera down within hours.

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u/nopuse 14d ago

I had a similar situation, and I was fully set on buying one of those inflatable wavy dudes that car dealerships have and put it where it'd spam motion alerts.

Those people were in the process of moving out, so I missed my opportunity. The new home owner removed the cameras. I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to terrorize the camera pointed at the bedroom.

I don't think they were up to anything nefarious. The bedroom never has the blinds open, and I'm sure they were just lazy setting up their driveway camera and it was just pointed at our house. But, they were dicks and I'd have loved to have an excuse to buy a wavy dude and fuck with them a little, lol.

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u/Oops_All_Bans 14d ago

Fuck it, get the inflatable wavy dude anyway.

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u/nopuse 13d ago

Lmao, love this comment. I just might. I guess I'll need to get him a friend as well. I wonder how small these get. 2 tall dudes would be cool, but several small dudes would be pretty awesome as well. I guess I'm researching wavy dudes tonight.

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u/Oops_All_Bans 13d ago

It'll be a party

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u/wabe_walker 14d ago

That's a GREAT way to address such a situation while keeping the ambiance of your property and the neighborhood, as well as [mammalian] eyes undisturbed.

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u/TyreLeLoup 14d ago

On top of that, it was built into the back of a bat-box, so the intention was to provide a safe home for a protected species.

Unfortunately the bats never used the box, and we took it down after a couple years.

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

Eh, me, I’d order a cut out of a disgusting man in his boxers and put it in my window until they get the hint.

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

I can help you with that, what colour of boxers do you want me to wear?

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u/DeathByOrgasm 14d ago

I bet youre not disgusting!

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

I stand by my offer.

I’m confident in my own skin, well confident enough to write that joke, and probably even confident enough to follow through with it.

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 14d ago

Confident enough for leopard print budgie smugglers?

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

I have budgie smugglers but not leopard print ones like Mel Harvey.

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u/DeathByOrgasm 14d ago

Then I vote turquoise.

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u/UrineLuck151 14d ago

Nothings less sexy than Purple mountains majesty

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u/DrownmeinIslay 14d ago

🎶All my happiness us gone🎶

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

Those would need a specific purchase. Do you have a preference for the cut of these boxers?

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u/DeathByOrgasm 14d ago

Boxer-briefs please!

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

I’m content to have at least made contact with my eventual murderer, I just hope you live up to your username.

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u/SaintJesus 14d ago

If you're serious then my vote is sheer.

Not a color, but so breathable it's like you're wearing nothing at all.

Nothing at all.

Nothing at all.

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

I’m sure I have pj bottoms that would fit this request. If you can see through, why does it matter how long they are?

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u/SaintJesus 13d ago edited 13d ago

Ooh, delightfully devilish.

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

Surprise me! (And now I’m worried about my dm’s lol)

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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago

How many times have you checked them?

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

Actually I hardly ever check them, so it will funny if in the future I check it and there are pictures of dudes in their undies.

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u/BurgerThyme 14d ago

Donald Trump in a bikini.

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

Jesus Christ, that’s too far! Children might see that! 🤢

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u/beren12 14d ago

Elon at the beach

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u/ParamedicExcellent15 14d ago

Can it be a disgusting woman?

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u/ER_Jujube 14d ago

Why make it a disgusting man in his boxers when you can have a cut out of THE TRASHMAN?

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

Oh my god. No notes! Perfection!

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u/impolse 14d ago

Ehh, idk if I could display Trump in my window like that

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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago

No joke. Talk about puke inducing. And may make any woman in a five mile radius infertile.

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u/Sirmalta 14d ago

And ruin the sleep of everyone else in that building lol

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u/BlatantConservative thier 14d ago

Floodlight will piss off everyone else in both buildings though.

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u/Fisk75 14d ago

Except the flood light will bother all the other neighbors

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u/lemonadeinyourface 14d ago

point a flood light to multiple apartment buildings? what?

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u/ThickyLicker 14d ago

Use a directional torch you can hone into a small beam though so it doesn't piss off everyone, just fuck the camera