Post #2097219
2026-01-13 21:17 UTC
Replies (5)
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-13 21:23
Exactamundo. OP expected this guy to be a criminal, and noticed when he did criminal things. How many people has OP assumed weren't criminals based on the way they dressed who got away with whatever scam they were pulling?
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@givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 21:25
I think that's the key to getting to bigots. Not: >You're falsely accusing people! They don't give a shit about other people, but: >You're missing other criminals! Gets their amygdala all riled up
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@SethranKada@lemmy.ca 2026-01-13 21:44
Yeah, that happens a lot. The smart ones just take the product out of the packaging and leave it on the shelf somewhere. I find the things all the time, so I'm definately missing a lot. That's not really what I'm talking about though. I'm talking about the ones that security chases out of the store, or that try to scam us. They *aren't* smart about it. Sure, there's plenty of innocent looking scammers and *really* offputting normal customers, but they aren't all that common from what I've found. I treat everyone the same regardless anyway just in case I'm wrong, but still. I suppose what I'm finding aren't criminals but rather *attempted* criminals. I'm guessing they just grew up watching tv and when they got drunk or high enough to think stealing was a good idea, they just copied the aesthetics. Doesn't make having to deal with scammers that smell like they've never used a shower before and smoke a pack of cigaretts a day any better.
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@Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2026-01-14 05:21
[Toupee fallacy](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Toupee_fallacy) to be more exact.
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@ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2026-01-14 09:34
And survivorship bias.