I'M IN UR TRAILER, BURNIN UR COMPUTERS: Crazy Man Drives 1,300 Miles to Burn Down a Dude's Trailer Because of an Online Feud

Published: July 27, 2007, 5:02 pm

Tags: gadgets, i m in ur trailer burnin ur computers

Here's a friendly reminder: Don't screw with people on the internet, as they aren't all pasty, spineless nerds. Just most of them. If you're unlucky, you'll be like John G. Anderson. He had his trailer burned down after he called Russell Tavares a nerd online. Apparently, the line was really drawn when "Anderson called him a nerd and posted a digitally altered photo making Tavares look like a skinny boy in high-water pants, holding a gun and a laptop under a 'Revenge of the Nerds' sign." Holy crap, I hope Greg Packer doesn't have that kind of temper. Tavares apparently really, really hates being called a nerd, as he drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas, snapping pictures at each state line and posting them online to prove that he was insane and on his way. Even after he was sentenced to seven years in prison, he wouldn't let the flame war (pardon the pun) go.Tavares would not let the feud go even at his sentencing. According to Pack, Tavares took cellphone photos of Anderson in

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