05 Satisfying Stories of Social Media Comeuppance

Social media is an inevitable part of modern life, and while we'd never make fun of people for using it (we wouldn't ask you to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube if we did), we point out that it's a very fun thing to do. Objectively terrible people examples get well deserved traffic because of this. For example, why not have fun gloating ...

1. Drug Dealer Caught Taking Literal Baths with Money

In 2016, a British man named Levi Watson confronted the police after being accused of being a major drug dealer. Watson vehemently denied the allegations and told authorities that he clearly could not have been a drug dealer, as the drug deals involved money, and he only had "money" to his name.

As you can probably tell from the title of this entry, Watson was actually a drug dealer, and he was arrested when police happened to scroll through his Instagram feed and found him sitting in a bathtub full of money. I got the picture. This sudden turn made the public suspicious of him, and people who are not drug dealers rarely have enough money to throw a handful in the sink. After discovering pictures of Watson with bottles of champagne and other shockingly suspicious items like cash and a Lamborghini, the police quickly arrested Watson and sentenced him to 7 years in prison.

Watson, apparently not learning his lesson, mocked the conviction by using the same Instagram profile that led to his arrest, prompting authorities to permanently delete it and increase his sentence. Because provoking him.

2. There’s a Starbucks Barista Ruining Spoiled Kids’ Photos

While there's nothing wrong with taking a picture of a pumpkin spice latte, no guy makes you feel all sorts of inconveniences. It's narcissistic, annoying, and most of all pointless having millions of the exact same photo on Instagram. Clearly, the world needed a hero to stop the frappuccino's triple wave of being equally made. 

In short, each Bummy is sported with a special order sticker atop the iconic Starbucks logo on any cup that belongs to a group of giggling pretenders misbehaving with employees. This impressive act of passive aggression achieves nothing, except to displease kids who spent $5 on coffee just to take a picture of it on Instagram by ruining the photo. Now if we can find someone who snatches phones from people's hands when they're trying to take a picture of their lunch, we'd be one step closer to a perfect world.

3. Woman Banned from Every National Park for Being an Awful Artist

Social media is a great place for artists to share their work and thanks to different social media platforms thousands of people have found an outlet for their creativity while fulfilling their passion.They can earn money. For example, we don't think anyone would disagree that perhaps centuries-old rock formations shouldn't be used as a canvas to line your Instagram page. Casey Nookeh disagreed.

In 2016, Noct was arrested for vandalizing ancient, protected rock formations on half a billion acres of US land (every national park in the US) with a creepy selfie using his Instagram handle and acrylic paint. It has been banned. To double down on the whole thing, Noquet took pictures of the vandalism and posted them on Instagram.

At first, Knocket vigorously defended damage to a national treasure preserved by the government specifically for future generations to enjoy by calling her childish chests "art". And to be fair, they were. But art in protected monuments is still a crime, so Noquet was arrested, fined, and banned from every national park for harming national treasures and for being generally stupid.

4. 50 Cent Called Out for Posing with Piles of Money After Claiming to be Broke

50 Cent, contrary to what you might think of a rapper, is actually an exceptionally shrewd businessman who has made many shocking financial decisions over the years. For example, investing in and promoting Vitamin Water, which was eventually sold to Coca-Cola, brought in nearly $100 million. Then Mini Mr. Saint went straight ahead and urinated on the wall.

Fiddy spent a large portion of his earnings on a large mansion and other things to solidify his status as a bullet boss, which led him to file for bankruptcy in 2015. In an effort to maintain his image as a straight G, Fiddy has tried to avoid extreme subtlety. Rumors of her breakup swirled for a photo of her sitting next to a fat pile of cash arranged to spell the word "Brooke". What we guess makes more sense in his head.

Although the photo was popular with his fans, the government was not happy and brought the rapper in for questioning for apparently concealing undisclosed assets. Hiding, in this case, means showing them off on Instagram. 50 Cent claimed that the money was merely a prop used for music videos, which led to further investigation by the Secret Service, who investigated him for fraud. When the money was found to be a prop, the government called 50 Cent an asshole and then told him his finances would be scrutinized more carefully. Fede took the news badly, claiming that he was being treated unfairly by the government and that he was helped pay off $32 million in debt without going to jail.

5. Kids Brag About Smoking Weed; Immediately Get Arrested

Given the current political climate, it is very likely that marijuana will be legalized to some extent in most states within the next few years. However, people who smoke weed are still some of the most irritable people in the world simply because they seem unable to talk about anything other than smoking. If you don't know such a person, consider yourself very lucky because this person is always annoying.

So for those who know someone like that, it can be comforting to know that in 2013, a 17-year-old girl was arrested on the spot for bragging about smoking cigarettes. We think it was the dirtiest weed ever, complete with a photo on social media (the exact location was never specified). We know nothing about the girl in question, partly because she was an underage and partly because she wasn't booked by the officers, which means she was white.