• eletes@sh.itjust.works
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    I once saw a lady walk right through the self checkout and out the door. The only reason she got caught was she picked up a big frozen crab legs box and that triggered the alarm.

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      Last time I saw someone grabbing some food the only reason I saw them was to mention a security guard who was about to turn down the aisle. Gotta watch out for each other

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        I actually am excited to teach my kid tricks to get free shit from places like Amazon and Walmart. I’ve mentioned my excapades a few times, and have instilled in him we don’t steal from our neighbors no matter how small, people work hard for their shit. But companies that report $54 BILLION in profit and treat their employees like trash are fair game.

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      *stealing anything. (As long as they’re stealing from a business, at least.)

      You could be holding the cashier at gunpoint and emptying out the register, and I didn’t see shit.

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      I once remember reading a story where a police SQUAD chased a woman for over 3 hours in a police chase.

      The crime? She had stolen 2 loafs of pumperknickle bread, and ran out of the store. Employees chased her, got her liscense plate, and cops pursued.

      They then arrested her, and I forget the exact jailtime she got, but it was more than 10 years. If I were an employee, I’d have “chased” her. Just enough to get my bosses to think I was trying, but then oh no, I’m too fat and slow! She got away in the parking lot.

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        As a poor person, nah.

        As someone who’s spent a lot of time with out-of-touch rich kids, they think shit magically appears. Especially money.

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          Because people who live in areas where this shit happens regularly dont encourage it. Its scum behaviour that destroys the community.

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            Bro, it’s a little food. They’re not knocking over shelves and burning places to the ground. Walmart can get fucked, as far as I’m concerned Walmart created their own problem.

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              Its not a little food people walk out with shopping carts full of meat and other expensive items. Its not just Walmart this affects every store.

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                Companies unloading customers pockets and not paying living wages. At some point it’s going to be expected you’re going to get shit stolen. Its also insured.

                You’re probably the same person to vote against SNAP and free school lunch, then still bitch when people who can’t afford to eat steal it. Either help them, or prepare to get fucked.

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                How do the losses compare to the profits? How do the profits compare to charitable donations? How do the profits compare to taxation? How do the profits compare to average employee wage? You recognize the side you’re taking, right? You’re trying to adhere to a moral line when dealing with a blatently immoral entity.

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            Do you live in such an area?

            If you were make an ordered list of things that destroy a community, where does “petty theft of groceries” fall on the list? What other things are included?

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            the community is already destroyed when its acceptable to snitch on those who can’t afford groceries. ALL HAIL BIG CAPITALISM!

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    Don’t even need to steal it, just gotta show the staff your fidget spinner tits and they get so amazed that they give you everything for free. I’ve been doing it since 2019

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      Wait. Am I replacing my tits with fidget spinners, or am I supposed to be affixing fidget spinners to my tits?

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        Born that way, your mother would have had to use fidget spinners as utensils the entire time she was pregnant. For every single meal.

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          Wait, were you born that way or are you talking about them? I am weirdly invested but confused.

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            I was born that way but my mom slipped up and used a fork once when pregnant with my sister and she was cursed with normal human tits, and no one has ever gotten anything for free with those.

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
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      Yeah I’m a huge fan of the channel and their associations. My favorite is probably the one’s are usually the Dupont method series.

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        If you’re not in a constant state of post-nut clarity, then you’re constantly in a state of pre-nut delusion.