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Ok_Government_2062 t1_j0pp58d wrote
It's odd that this is news. People ghost their family all the time.
BazilBroketail t1_j0pq4mi wrote
Yeah... this just seems like rich overbearing parents got a plug at CNN. Their statement was weird, "we thank the media for the coverage of Kenny or he never would have seen the reports" or whatever.
Weird all around.
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Turtle-power2021 t1_j0psp00 wrote
He probably threw away airtags they hid in his luggage to track him and they freaked out.
Helpmehelpyoulong t1_j0pxpj8 wrote
My first thought too. Man was clappin some cheeks
Background_Dream_920 t1_j0q1kno wrote
White rich kid is missing national news. Same old shit.
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justforthearticles20 t1_j0qdy4l wrote
Spoiled White Rich Kid goes to Spain to get Laid. Parents send all of international Law Enforcement to drag him home.
DeathByGoldfish t1_j0qg8j1 wrote
CNN should be fucking ashamed for giving this attention.
Nervous-Ear-8594 t1_j0qna9m wrote
He even tells them to stop contacting the news. They won’t tell anyone what he said because it’s probably family drama. Probably fell in love there or something happened and he didn’t want them involved. He’s a grown adult, though. And reporting someone missing after just a couple days like this is just dumb, it’s one thing if they always respond to their phone and go to work everyday and suddenly stop, it’s another if you know someone left the country but is scared when you don’t hear from them after a while.
Bellsar_Ringing t1_j0qsjf3 wrote
If this is a Hallmark movie, by Christmas Day he will have realized the pretty foreign girl is his true love, escaped from his parents, and burned all of his bridges getting back to her in time.
silversatire t1_j0r28f2 wrote
It was more than them just reporting him missing. They had a website in English and French, were having flyers put up, the whole thing.
Formergr OP t1_j0r2m6h wrote
And also criticized French law enforcement for not searching hard enough. Talk about fulfilling all stereotypes of the entitled American. Not helpful, dude.
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macabre_trout t1_j0rjl6i wrote
Reading about this case, I thank God that my college study abroad trip was in 2001 when no one in my family had cell phones. I was gone for two months and I think I called my family a total of three times. 😄
veggeble t1_j0rkyep wrote
> it’s one thing if they always respond to their phone and go to work everyday and suddenly stop
Isn’t that pretty much what he did? He stopped responding to his phone and suddenly stopped attending classes.
Nij-megan t1_j0rzb15 wrote
American parents have to be so overbearing, poor kid couldn’t be an adult without them freaking out. He was much safer in France and Spain, should have stayed longer.
BarracudaLower4211 t1_j0s1bbu wrote
Ditto. I skipped my last 4 weeks of immersion classes and rode the train for a month. It was 12 credits of independent study. I submitted no documentation I actually attended class and was never asked. Got a 4.0
washington_jefferson t1_j0sl5xm wrote
That's pretty wild. I had a cell phone in 1995 when I was 15. I think I only knew a couple of people who didn't have cell phones when I went to college in 1998. That said, when I lived and/or worked in Germany in the early 2000's, I'd have to use my German cell phone to call my parents on their land line. US rates were super high on cell phones back then for overseas calls.
washington_jefferson t1_j0slurj wrote
> It was more than them just reporting him missing.
In the article it says his fellow classmates were the first to report him missing to the authorities. So, it was not his parents initially.
BazilBroketail t1_j0t17x1 wrote
You're painting me into a corner here.
Didn't know that...
barbie_museum t1_j0tq8jm wrote
Yeah...girl...
HerpToxic t1_j0txzor wrote
>His fellow students reported him missing on November 29, prompting an investigation.
He's been "missing" for 20 days...that's barely anything.
Bellsar_Ringing t1_j0tzhsa wrote
Only because I said Hallmark channel.
einsteinvisaholder t1_j0u73qg wrote
They thought he said he went to a town in France but they misunderstood the name and he actually went to Spain and then stopped responding to them. I would be concerned also.
Bitter_Director1231 t1_j0u7rms wrote
Sounds odd. Sounds like an over entitled rich white American family. I'm sure he wasn't in any danger. He wasnt really missing, he went off the grid for awhile doing dumb shit he would be embarrassed about.
Bitter_Director1231 t1_j0u7xim wrote
He went to Genovia, looking to hook up with a princess who wanted to rebel against her royal lineage.
Then he had to tell he who he actually was.
Hallmark Cinematic Universe all the way
dog_eat_god t1_j0uavup wrote
Nah, for Hallmark movies, the charming american rescues the pretty girl from the evil socialist Europoor country and brings her back to a hero's welcome in Buttfuck, Kansas. Stars and Stripes flags on every house, a parade, marching bands,......
Impressive-Hold7812 t1_j0uc8aq wrote
Mom went thru Red Cross just to get a hold of me in Ramadi 2005, annoyed chain of command till I reminded them I'm a fucking adult in a warzone, neither she or I are a Dependent of the other according to DEERS, and I had cut her off from my life.
Dude went off the grid to get high/laid. Helicopter parents went Interpol, lulz.
Congratulations Kenny, you will be remembered as the Manchild on the Milk Carton.
Formergr OP t1_j0ulsqp wrote
> Mom went thru Red Cross just to get a hold of me in Ramadi 2005, annoyed chain of command till I reminded them I'm a fucking adult in a warzone, neither she or I are a Dependent of the other according to DEERS
Aaaah sorry you had to go through that in the middle of everything. Damn, Red Cross, huh?
Impressive-Hold7812 t1_j0uoxdp wrote
Weird moment between the carnage.
They thought I was a nice sheltered boy.
No, I was just finding out who I was becoming. A weird blend of geek and grunt.
I watched the adults around me and picked which traits I aspired to and to make my own mistakes.
I looked middle school my first tour (125lbs, SXS, and by the end of the tour, I fit XSXS), and they had fun leveraging that appearance for anything dog & pony morale related, as I had this weird magnetism of grannies feeling bad for me.
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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j0pne9p wrote
"Dad! Stopping telling the news on me!"