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Delonte Thomas

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The Resume

    (circa 1994- )
    Born in United States
    Birth name is Delonte Ahshone Thomas
    Resided in Hennepin County, North Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Shot three women at a Minneapolis birthday party after attendees sang 'Happy Birthday' to the guest of honor, but not to his date, who shared the same birthday (July 9, 2014)
    Convicted on one count of first-degree attempted murder and three counts of second-degree attempted murder (June 16, 2015)
    Sentenced to 27 years in prison, at the age of 21 (Jul. 24, 2015)

Why he might be annoying:

    Come on, 'Happy Birthday' reprise choruses are mad tacky...
    His conviction inspired a seemingly endless round of 'happy birthday jokes' (see above).
    He called himself 'the peacemaker' 'who tries to make the best of every situation' in his defense hearing.
    He claimed to have virtually no memory of ever shooting anybody, much less having a gun.
    He overreacted to a minor slight over the party attendees not wanting to serenade his girlfriend with the 'Happy Birthday' song.
    He stormed out of the party and returned an hour later with a semi-automatic handgun, opening fire, specifically, at two women attendees (unintentionally hitting a third woman).
    He was evidently too cheap to take his girlfriend out for dinner for her birthday, because he tried to hijack someone else's birthday celebration for his girl.
    The shooting took place just hours after the Minneapolis Mayor and Police Chief held separate news conferences addressing the spike in violence, calling for young people to 'put away your weapons.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He badly wanted his girlfriend to have a happy birthday (right reasons, wrong methods).
    Real talk - yelling for people to 'not sing Happy Birthday' to someone IS pretty cold.
    Some argued that if he were white he would have been classified as 'mentally ill' and been given a lighter sentence.
    His conviction predictably brought out race baiting trolls who claimed that this was further evidence of Black America's deep-seated issues.
    Miraculously, all three shooting victims underwent surgery and recovered to full health, despite enduring between eight and nine .40 caliber shots in their legs, arms, and chests.
    He won't be celebrating his girlfriend's birthday in the free world for another 27 years (provided that she hasn't moved on or that he isn't paroled).

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 48 Votes: 58.33% Annoying