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[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Big companie/rich people - absolutely

Small businesses/regular folks - nah

[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly, I steal already from big faceless corporations but not from the everyday man... I would continue the same modus operandi... Probably just do it more or to a higher level lol

[โ€“] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Lol you actually steal? Like shoplifting? Do you get nervous when doing so? Curious how people aren't scared as hell when doing that stuff. Every time I see someone shoplift I'm like: damn, this person got the guts to steal!, but I don't work for the store so idgaf what others do. Shoplifter you say? I didn't see anything.

[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hhahaha no not that type of stealing.......I don't do anything big time

[โ€“] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I won't be the dumb thief who details his actions on the internet, but I wasn't talking about piracy, and as I said not shoplifting or breaking and entering or anything like that...but it's from big entities who don't even notice it happened and the proceeds go to the needy ๐Ÿ˜…

Ahh, robin hood style of embezzelment. ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Somebody mentioned piracy?

[โ€“] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't take guts to steal. Just an inability to think, a streak of laziness, and a large sense of entitlement.

[โ€“] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does take guts to steal because you are doing it under the threat of imprisonment. Most people would be discouraged by that alone.

[โ€“] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That isn't "guts." Overcoming being afraid of consequence is merely self interest mixed with lack of abstract thinking.

[โ€“] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Didros@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Oh interesting!

I immediately read that as:
Big companies - "hell yeah we will steal from people"
Normal people/sm business owners - "no thank you, we don't want to steal, or be stolen from"

That matches current statistics already since something like 75% of theft is wage theft in America.

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