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"sliced tags off pillows" Does this mean something other than what I think it means? That's just... weird for someone to do, but even weirder for someone to n
by burgerbrain 15y ago
"sliced tags off pillows"
Does this mean something other than what I think it means?
That's just... weird for someone to do, but even weirder for someone to notice and care.
- gojomo 15y agoMeth addicts do bizarre things for reasons that only make sense in their manic/paranoid hallucinations. Compulsive and repetitive cleaning, redecorating, arranging, painting, burning, cutting, whatever. The mere fact that such tags usually say "don't remove under penalty of law" may have convinced them it was a listening device. Really.
- burgerbrain 15y agoYeah, I get that, but we are all aware that that warning is meant for the retailers of the pillows not the owners, right? I'm really just confused that it would be even worth mentioning in the same sentence in the other things.
- rkudeshi 15y agoI did not know that. Makes a whole lot more sense now.
- burgerbrain 15y agoYep, the tags are meant to inform the purchaser of safety stuff and whatnot. http://money.howstuffworks.com/removed-mattress-tag.htm http://money.howstuffworks.com/removed-mattress-tag.htm
- gojomo 15y agoThat detail helps indicate the bizarreness of the situation, which goes beyond strictly gain-oriented criminality. She/they hung out doing crazy things, too. (The detail in the original blog post about burning duraflames in summer with closed chimney also served the same aim.)
- grannyg00se 15y agoI think that when you've been victimized and it involves your home, you are very likely to go through the process of itemizing each and every little thing you can to see what is missing and what is changed. You won't want to keep finding new issues every day. You'll want to take full stock of the damage up front. At first it seems weird, but I think that the emotions involved would drive this behaviour.
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