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[–] givesomefucks 113 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The biggest thing you can do to make your property a target for theft is advertise you're into guns.

Criminals love stealing guns. Especially since some people keep thousands of dollars worth of guns sprinkled around their house, and gun owners like this are unlikely to write down/register serial numbers.

It's also insanely easy to fence them. There is a robust used market and resources to advertise anonymously and they hold value well.

The only thing stupider would be something like:

The only reason I don't own more guns is my wife loves diamonds. I also inherited a large amount of bearer's bonds and don't believe in safety deposit boxes.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's a reddit sub that is a bit 4chan, everytime someone posts their stupid bugout truck the most upvoted comment is 'when the zombie Apocalypse happens I'm going for you first because I know you have guns and supplies'.

It's one of the only things I miss about reddit, they were bonkers in a usually entertaining way.

[–] givesomefucks 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's like the billionaires that build huge apocalypse bunkers and plan to staff them with servants and private military contractors...

If the apocalypse hits the staff would mutiny in days/weeks.

I think that's why there's such a big push to AI. The rich know slaves eventually rebel. And Skynet while possible is less likely than a slave revolt.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That would never happen to spez because 'I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich

I never get tired of that article.

Spez, you are absolutely the first one against the wall.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yhe best thing to be in a collapse scenario is the random who minds their own business and gets shit done. Nobody is gonna trust the glory hound with an overly inflated ego, but the dude who just wants thing organized so they can start manufacturing tools is probably the most trustworthy.

[–] FlyingSquid 13 points 5 months ago

They have plans for that like making their security guards wear disciplinary collars. I’m not kidding.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

[–] grue 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why they bought basically all of Lānaʻi: the whole island is their bunker, and it's got a 9-mile-wide moat just to the nearest other Hawaiian island, let alone to North America or Asia.

[–] jaxxed 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Where is there food going to come from?

[–] grue 4 points 5 months ago

Lānaʻi itself, probably. It's got a ridiculously low population density and the entire island used to be the world's largest pineapple plantation. Also, fishing in the surrounding waters.

Annoyingly, it's a pretty ideal solution to that issue, too.

[–] rockSlayer 17 points 5 months ago

Open carry folks are also more likely to be robbed on the street, for the gun lmao

[–] Eheran 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Is that actually so? So they get robbed disproportional often?

[–] givesomefucks 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah, you can probably find a study to back it up

But it's a well known joke even in gun communitie that those are just "rob me stickers".

Anyone with those stickers is an idiot with a gun. So rational people avoid them and the owners think it's because they're tough. Meanwhile criminals check to see if there's a gun in it when it's unoccupied or follow them home and rob them when the truck (it's always a truck) is gone.

[–] Yankee_Self_Loader 2 points 5 months ago

It’s fascinating seeing people who might as well have big signs on the backs of their vehicles that say “hey! My house is full of expensive stuff and I’m gone on the weekends!”

[–] gedaliyah 57 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is this even technically theft? Seems like more of a "free samples, please take one" situation lol

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 20 points 5 months ago

"Your honor, most people read it as 'come and take it 😈'

But one could also assume it's 'come and take it 🙇‍♂️'

So technically they did."

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if it could be argued like the whole welcome mat thing.

I don't remember where it was but someone got their house broken into and the burglar got away with it in court because the homeowner had a welcome mat and that was used as justification for entering.

This planet desperately needs purged.

[–] massacre 17 points 5 months ago

That sounds like an old wives tale...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Oh vampire rules!

[–] Malfeasant 2 points 5 months ago

That's why I have this for my "welcome" mat...

[–] ShitOnABrick 0 points 5 months ago

No Its property damage and it should be charged accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They tread on him.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 3 points 5 months ago

But . . He said not to! With a ol’ scary snake on it and eveythang!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

no step on snek. unless you got a shiny boot i can kiss.

[–] Noodle07 1 points 5 months ago

No step! Ssshanks

[–] disguy_ovahea 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah it goes right through, no problem.

https://youtube.com/shorts/swbJSDwTucQ