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Friendly reminder that if you see someone shoplifting food, no you fucking didn’t.

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Don’t break the law then😎

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The law as explained by a cartoon dog:

https://youtu.be/r2xakGZvLjI

Piped bot! You are needed!

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Translation: just starve to death

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Ever heard of Food Stamps?

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42 points

and remember to steal from corporations, not people

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I only steal from grocery chains, mom and pops don’t deserve it.

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So you can just steal food?

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12 points

Posting my favourite Green Arrow moment again:

https://imgur.com/gallery/ZNelr3I

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I’ve just read that and can’t see anything badly written. Where was the bad writing? (Or is it just their views you don’t agree with?)

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Questions for retailers (who probably won’t see this, but whatever):

  1. Do you have a security guard? Yes/No

a) If yes, and you’re still getting shoplifters, hire better security. Problem solved.
b) No? Get a security guard. Problem solved.

  1. Still here? Are you complaining about having to pay for a security guard? Yes/No

a) If No, why are you still here? Go hire that competent guard.
b) If Yes:

  1. What’s the cost of the shoplifting compared to having a security guard, taking wages, insurance and premiums into account? Less/More

a) If Less, stop complaining, you’re getting a bargain.
b) More? Looks like hiring a security guard might be worth it after all.

Do I shoplift? Ha. I’m currently agoraphobic and don’t leave the house. My arms aren’t that long.

The last time I was in a physical store, I was of the opinion that as long as I can afford something I need, I’ll pay for it. For things I merely want and can’t justify the expense, I’ll do without. (Sounds a bit like 3a.)

And the last time I nicked something (calm down, put your monocle back on) it was probably a sweet from the pick & mix at Morrisons when I was 10 or something.

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From what I recall, there are quite strict limits on the actions that a security guard can perform to actually detain someone, so actually a big factor is the police response time.

Telling a little family-run corner shop to get a security guard isn’t that helpful

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D’oh. I had briefly forgotten that small shops still exist. Probably because the ones nearest me went out of business. Not because of shoplifting but because they were priced out by corporate stores.

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There’s pretty large evidence of a car theft epidemic tho tbh

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That’d be personal theft. The police have already signaled they couldn’t give less of a shit about that.

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And it’s not in the UK, as the cars were sold with immobilisers here.

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Is there? Genuinely asking as I’ve not heard of that

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Yeah it’s been fairly bad in north London for the past couple of years. Seems to have been particularly bad these last few months tbh.

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Sure, but do you think the right wing nutjobs who get angry about things like this care about evidence?

They’re glad of another excuse to validate their anger against “them”, and even if later evidence comes out to suggest something never happened, their rage and hatred has by this point only grown deeper.

We’re on a path to a return to bring openly run by these sorts of people, and eventually all that deep hatred of “them” will come pouring out once there’s the power to act against them on a national scale.

Us decent people are, by our nature, not angry and hateful enough to do anything to stop this until it’s far too late. History repeats itself over and over :-(

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anger against “them”

LOL oh the irony

Us decent people

ROFL

Us decent people are, by our nature, not angry and hateful enough

You think a lot of yourself don’t you.

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Rightwingers aren’t people and don’t deserve to be treated like people. That better for you?

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That better for you?

No, you sound like a rightwinger.

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God save us from ding-dongs who think ‘you are lying’ is a contradiction.

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pronouns themselves aren’t a problem lol. he had a specific group in mind. “the conservatives who are complaining about this issue” the problem arises when the “them” is nebulous or used as a racist dig whistle. he is pointing out conversations using it as the latter here.

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the problem arises when the “them” is nebulous or used as a racist dig whistle

I disagree. The problem is when you divide the whole into “us” and “them”.

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Missgendering everybody :(

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