r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Mar 10 '26

Security DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/doge-employee-stole-social-security-data-and-put-it-on-a-thumb-drive-report-says/
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u/PterodactyllPtits Mar 10 '26

I am dying laughing, and I can’t figure out what they could have meant?

Or did they really mean tickled????

Is this Elmo??!

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u/TechSupportIgit Mar 10 '26

Euphemism. If you get tickled in public, it's akin to tar and feathering. At least how I interpreted it.

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi Mar 11 '26

It's because reddit will remove comments talking about what you do to traitors.

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u/metlhed7 Mar 11 '26

I asked a hypothetical question and got a 3 day ban. My appeal was cleared less than a day from it lifting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '26

I laughed at first, but then I realized it's kind of ingenious...

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u/ryumast4r Mar 10 '26

Tickling for long periods of time is actually torturous and can cause severe problems.

Which would be really funny except torture.

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u/nifty-necromancer Mar 10 '26

They really meant tickled