| ▲ | chatmasta 3 days ago |
| Isn’t looking poor a good strategy for being an unattractive target for theft? |
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| ▲ | mistersquid 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Isn’t looking poor a good strategy for being an unattractive target for theft? Looking poor is also an expression of wealth where wealth is defined money one has not yet spent which provides options in the future. (Source "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel.) |
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| ▲ | firefax 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Also keyword is "looking" poor. 300 hundred dollar jeans, fifty thousand dollar hybrid civics -- meanwhile, my Casio got a lot of curt remarks. | | |
| ▲ | happyopossum 3 days ago | parent [-] | | > fifty thousand dollar hybrid civics Bro - the highest trim line civic hybrid has an MSRP under $35k… | | |
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| ▲ | kragen 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| No, police punish theft from rich people, not theft from poor people. |
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| ▲ | chatmasta 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Good thing my backpack was stolen so I won’t look poor when I go into the police station to report the theft. | |
| ▲ | xp84 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Police (and DA) in SF don't punish any theft from anyone in my experience. |
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