There will always be that little voice in the back of your head telling you, "I can take this punk. I'm Batman." But when the law can't or won't help us, the results aren't pretty. We're not condoning this kind of behavior (our lawyers were adamant on us making that clear), but we would be lying if we said we didn't chuckle at some occasional illicit acts of retribution. For instance ...

5 Scaring Package Thieves With Exploding Boxes

Package stealing is getting is so bad that putting something over your soiled undershirt, driving to a poorly stocked brick and mortar outlet, and dealing with fellow humans is starting to look attractive. But Jaireme Barrow of Tacoma, Washington was not about to resort to such extremes. After local police said they couldn't help him (despite Jaireme showing them footage of thieves constantly raiding his stoop), he realized all he needed was a box of 12-gauge ammunition.

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No, not like that. Sensing an opportunity to scare some fools straight and net himself some YouTube revenue in the process, Barrow rigged a series of fake packages on his porch with a bunch of blank shotgun shells. Of course, the perpetrator didn't know they were blanks. He might not have left with any ill-gotten merch that day, but he did leave with a package in his pants.