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Walk up to door with stack of papers with a stock photo of a puppy on it that says lost puppy. Check if there's a camera. If the owner comes outside, ask them i

Walk up to door with stack of papers with a stock photo of a puppy on it that says lost puppy. Check if there's a camera. If the owner comes outside, ask them if they have seen this puppy.

QuantumNomad_ 1y ago
And then at door 125,000 you finally reach the home of the puppy that’s in the stock photo you printed. And they say “Why yes, we have seen this puppy. How did you know??”
- namibj 1y ago
  So use one that you know to now be dead.
  - roughly 1y ago
    Well this is taking a dark turn
  - x______________ 1y ago
    We live in the age of generative AI.. can't you just use one of those instead?
    - pkaeding 1y ago
      See https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/ https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/ for some ideas!
    - cosmicgadget 1y ago
      "That puppy is an AI fake, you must be casing the neighborhood."
array_key_first 1y ago
And then remember you live in America and you get shot for walking on someone's property. Joking, a little, but seriously: the culture in the US has rotted to such an insane degree. Not only are we not friends with our neighbors, I'm actually scared to talk to them!
- Spooky23 1y ago
  I participate in Nextdoor.com because of a community group I work with. The fear in people’s hearts is insane. One memorable one was a Little boy who decided to sell candy bars. I knew the kid from my son’s school. Some psycho followed him for a few hours, tracked down to his home and called the sales tax authorities and the city clerk as he didn’t have a peddler permit. She documented her “investigation”, complete with photos.
  - saxenaabhi 1y ago
    Can you share more? Why was this person upset with kids selling candies?
    - galaxy_gas 1y ago
      They dont have any better to do. When I was living in south bay (nice suburb area) during short contract role the " nextdoor nanny state stay at home drunk soccer moms " would record out the front window, call the police in anyone POC, keep notes of what time you car leave and join its like HOA mental illness. Different people had chased my amazon driver with a phone accusing them of being illegal, calling police for while I was cooking indian food... Ide rather have the crime in the city in contrast to this nonsense I genuinely believe if I had dog at the time they would had poisoned it for barking once
    - potato3732842 1y ago
      > Why was this person upset with kids selling candies? Because they didn't "follow the rules" or whatever. You see this personality type all up and down HN but usually not so extreme as to call the city about a lemonade stand or whatever. The city clerk is also the same type of evil. They should have told that person there weren't resources available to enforce or some other lie.
    - Spooky23 1y ago
      Some people are psychopaths when people ring their doorbell.
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Walk up to door with stack of papers with a stock photo of a puppy on it that says lost puppy. Check if there's a camera. If the owner comes outside, ask them if they have seen this puppy.

QuantumNomad_ 1y ago

And then at door 125,000 you finally reach the home of the puppy that’s in the stock photo you printed. And they say “Why yes, we have seen this puppy. How did you know??”

namibj 1y ago
So use one that you know to now be dead.
- roughly 1y ago
  Well this is taking a dark turn
- x______________ 1y ago
  We live in the age of generative AI.. can't you just use one of those instead?
  - pkaeding 1y ago
    See https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/ https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/ for some ideas!
  - cosmicgadget 1y ago
    "That puppy is an AI fake, you must be casing the neighborhood."

array_key_first 1y ago

And then remember you live in America and you get shot for walking on someone's property. Joking, a little, but seriously: the culture in the US has rotted to such an insane degree. Not only are we not friends with our neighbors, I'm actually scared to talk to them!

Spooky23 1y ago
I participate in Nextdoor.com because of a community group I work with. The fear in people’s hearts is insane. One memorable one was a Little boy who decided to sell candy bars. I knew the kid from my son’s school. Some psycho followed him for a few hours, tracked down to his home and called the sales tax authorities and the city clerk as he didn’t have a peddler permit. She documented her “investigation”, complete with photos.
- saxenaabhi 1y ago
  Can you share more? Why was this person upset with kids selling candies?
  - galaxy_gas 1y ago
    They dont have any better to do. When I was living in south bay (nice suburb area) during short contract role the " nextdoor nanny state stay at home drunk soccer moms " would record out the front window, call the police in anyone POC, keep notes of what time you car leave and join its like HOA mental illness. Different people had chased my amazon driver with a phone accusing them of being illegal, calling police for while I was cooking indian food... Ide rather have the crime in the city in contrast to this nonsense I genuinely believe if I had dog at the time they would had poisoned it for barking once
  - potato3732842 1y ago
    > Why was this person upset with kids selling candies? Because they didn't "follow the rules" or whatever. You see this personality type all up and down HN but usually not so extreme as to call the city about a lemonade stand or whatever. The city clerk is also the same type of evil. They should have told that person there weren't resources available to enforce or some other lie.
  - Spooky23 1y ago
    Some people are psychopaths when people ring their doorbell.
- deleted 1y ago