Comment by konjin

I never got more hate mail then when I tried doing outreach for my physics group. It did include death threats (I think) it was hard to tell if I was being accused of being part of a modern inquisition that burned people at the stake or should be burned at the stake or both.

It was pretty close to: https://web.archive.org/web/20150506055228/http://www.timecu...

Another good time was when I was running a crypto meetup and we had to call the cops because someone came in naked, the CIA had put chips in their clothes and they had to burn their house down so they weren't homeless but on the run.

Then there was the time I was on the board of a hacker space: https://shitnoisebridgesays.tumblr.com/page/3 it wasn't noise bridge but it had the same vibe.