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There exists a small percentage of men who will go absolutely savage on somebody for stealing from them, and the existence of those people is probably a bigger
by encoderer 2y ago
There exists a small percentage of men who will go absolutely savage on somebody for stealing from them, and the existence of those people is probably a bigger crime deterrent than the police.
So I say, shine on you crazy air tag tracking vigilante diamonds.
- crazydoggers 2y agoThis is called an evolutionary stable strategy. (my favorite type of Nash equilibrium) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionarily_stable_strategy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionarily_stable_strate...
- kstrauser 2y agoI don't want someone to put razor wire on their catalytic converters so that it slices thieves' fingers off. I do, however, wish to leave the impression with thieves that perhaps my catalytic converter is protected by insanity armor.
- 0_____0 2y agoWhen I lived in California I wrapped a bunch of chain around the cat on my truck. Wasn't actually that secure but thieves see a ton of chain and padlocks and go "ehhhh keep moving."
- kstrauser 2y agoI believe that. A big part of security isn't making your property theftproof, but making it more work than your neighbor's.
- dmd 2y agoYou don't have to outrun the bear...
- Aeolun 2y agoAround the cat? That must mean something different than I am imagining.
- neilv 2y agoThose Persians look like fluffy dusters, but mess with a man's truck that one is guarding, and it'll flip out like a ninja angel of bloody vengeance. When you buy a new F-150, a Persian guard cat is an even more essential add-on than a bed liner.
- dgfitz 2y agoIf you live in a city, yeah maybe. I have 3 removed cats in the toolbox of my truck, which I don’t lock, and neither they nor the truck have been touched. I even loaned the truck out to a rando on Facebook marketplace when I gave a fridge away, for free. Truck and cats came back
- fader 2y agoI think that in your eagerness to malign cities, you might have missed the joke.
- iamjackg 2y agoThe very next day?
- stephenhumphrey 2y agoWe thought he was a goner.
- 0_____0 2y agoI mean I live in a city now (denser than any city in the Bay) and I left my truck unlocked for 3 months before I sold it. Btw, in case this is relevant: if you have a 1st gen Tacoma, never sell that thing. Still miss that truck.
- aaron695 2y agoRazor wire is called that because it looks like a razor. The danger is about the pointy shape. I'd be careful climbing it, if you fall/slip it's way worse than barbed wire. (Not sure how to do it tactically) I don't think it's that unethical to put it around the cat if it's obvious. It might be a danger in an accident or something. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_wire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_wire
- coolspot 2y ago> Not sure how to do it tactically A mattress thrown over
- ungreased0675 2y agoOff topic, but I was very pleased with how easy a catalytic converter shield was to install on my car. It’s normally sold and installed by a dealer, but if you have any semblance of DIY skill it’s straightforward.
- mattmaroon 2y agoYou'd think so, but America is the most armed country in the world and most of us have had something stolen. I think the overall sentiment is "I'm like 99% going to get away with this and pawn it for money" and they're right.
- comradesmith 2y agoNot all AirTags exist within the US :)
- mattmaroon 2y agoThere are other places? Really I just assumed he meant here because he mentioned people getting unnecessarily violent.
- aksss 2y agoThe US has a monopoly on people getting unnecessarily violent? That seems like a trope - projecting the stats of a few zip codes onto a very large and diverse nation.
- happyopossum 2y ago“and most of us have had something stolen” I’m not sure that’s accurate. It may be true in large cities, but most people don’t live in NY or SF. Yeah - the closest stat I can find works out to fewer than 2% of people per year are theft victims. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/191247/reported-larceny-theft-rate-in-the-us-since-1990/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20the%20nationwide%20larceny,per%20100%2C000%20of%20the%20population https://www.statista.com/statistics/191247/reported-larceny-....
- nox101 2y agoGiven the average lifespan is ~80yrs then the average chance you've had something stolen over over say 40 years is much higher than 2%. It's 2% per year so ~45% for 30yrs and 55% for 40yrs?
- garof 2y agoI totally believe this, but now I want to check my assumption. Can anyone offer pointers to supporting evidence or research on it? Thanks