Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to “ward off” people who he said were breaking into businesses.

  • @AbidanYre
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    1701 year ago

    Steiner told KXAN that he likes to commute to work in a helicopter, a sentiment he has shared on Instagram as well.

    “Austin traffic is bad, so I’m doing my part to make it a little better by not being in it. #ecowarrior,” he said in a post of a video of him flying over downtown Austin.

    Ok, so he’s also a moron. In case anyone was wondering.

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      1 year ago

      So… A guy who hasn’t done any work in years, did something kinda cool 20 years ago, loves Alex Jones, and says that the helicopter he uses to assault and endanger the homeless to defend a business while calling himself a hero to the middle class? Fetch me my fancy bib, it’s time to eat the rich.

      • FuglyDuck
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        241 year ago

        … don’t eat junk food. Compost.

    • @[email protected]
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      461 year ago

      I really hope the FAA pulls his license over this shit. His daddy owns the helicopter so this is just some entitled asshole, who I hope gets to sit in traffic with the rest of us soon.

          • @valkyre09
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            61 year ago

            I’m pretty sure you can get a cream for that

        • @[email protected]
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          41 year ago

          Nice. The news station KXAN did a story on it about a week ago, and there’s video of this guy taking off from the shopping center. What a douche.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 year ago

      “Austin traffic is bad, so I’m doing my part to make it a little better by not being in it. #ecowarrior,”

      His lack of self-awareness is far worse than Austin traffic.

      • @Slwh47696
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        161 year ago

        “I dump my car’s used oil in the local creek, so there are less people at Jiffy Lube idling their cars #ecowarrior”

      • @suction
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        41 year ago

        I think he’s trying to be funny

    • The Barto
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      81 year ago

      Nah the title cleared that up, but it’s good to get confirmation.

    • @suction
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      41 year ago

      I guess you can count the non-moronic country singers on one hand, after a bad accident with a saw.

    • @PunnyName
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      -191 year ago

      Technically he’s right, since traffic is caused by cars. (the snowflake doesn’t blame itself for the avalanche)

      But he’s still a fucking idiot.

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        131 year ago

        I think they’re referring to the #ecowarrior hashtag. I’m sure the original was supposed to be a tongue in cheek dig at the #fuckcars crowd but it’s definitely wrong that a local helicopter ride is better for greenhouse gas emissions than one car in normal traffic

        • @PunnyName
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          -21 year ago

          Oh, totally.

          I’m only commenting on the “relieving traffic” part of his stupidity.

          • @suction
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            31 year ago

            Yes we were aware, but it’s still “that’s the joke”, my man

      • @AbidanYre
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        1 year ago

        I was referring more to the ecowarrior hashtag.

        A helicopter will almost never be the environmentally friendly choice for commuting.

        • andrew
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          101 year ago

          He’s fighting in the eco wars alright. Just on the other side.

      • snooggums
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        21 year ago

        Pretty sure personal helicopters are not eco friendly though.

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          Wasn’t commenting on that part, JUST the bit about traffic.