Intentional vandalism by a dickhead on a power trip.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2026
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what is "power trip"?
Using authority for the personal gratification of feeling powerful
1:1 odds the customs person had no clue what a floppy disc was.
Read about this yesterday, and from comments on the original Twitter post, it sounds more like CBP decided child porn was involved. Either they intentionally destroyed the floppy because they assumed that's what it contained, or they thought the floppy was actually just hiding something else (such as a mini CD or DVD?)
Ok but here's the thing, you don't access the data of a floppy by opening it like an oyster, so if he thought it was CP then he just purposefully helped destroy evidence and cover it up for the perpetrator.
The standard process is "check data, if CP, controlled delivery, arrest recipient." They do that already both for CP and drugs shipped through the mail when found, at the least they seize it and send you a "love letter" saying " come pick up your drugs" which obviously you ignore.
And you can also pull the little window back and look in and go "yup, them's is floppy guts" and let it snap closed, verifying it visually. That is assuming the child officer has ever seen a floppy but still, he'd more likely have seen a floppy than a mini cd, nobody used those even when they were contemporary.
"why would anyone make a save icon?"
Thought that the floppy was some kind of case/packaging? That would be insane... but possible... OMG.
Also, if customs destroys goods, because they are illegal, or whatever, they don't usually send the pieces, do they? Without a notice too?!
"Bro got the save icon 3d printed what a mad lad."
This is my suspicion too.
Sounds like typical US power trippers to me. This is who we are, stay away from us.
10 years ago there was a guitar amplifier company based in Panama that had the vacuum tubes smashed on 90% of their US orders. Put them out of business.
Whoever did this genuinely needs to have limbs removed.
Twisted and slashed to pieces you say? Tsktsktsk well how’s his body holding up?
I wish the people who did this were known so that we could make their ignorance Internet famous.
With how often this happens we can blame everyone working for customs. Bunch of paranoid jackasses that do nothing but ruin delicate equipment.
Or not use 🇺🇲 customs?
Did folks forget how to smuggle, Burunyuu?
Silly question but didnt someone copy that floppy before mailing it? Its not like floppy disks last forever anyway…
If there are only 50 (now 49, maybe less) copies out there, all floppies should be identical since they must have the same print in the metal shutter, color and paper print.
It's more about losing the physical media
Sure i could get a modern copy of lotr but it would be cooler to have a first print.
They must have seen lines and felt compelled to cut along them. The floppy will return, seemingly unharmed, as a love interest.