Well, gosh golly, increasing crime must be true because my Fox-addicted parents are still calling Minnesota's state capital city's twin "Murderapolis." [eye roll]
Ooo, "Repo Man" is currently streaming on Netflix. Maybe I'll watch it tonight.
If you spend any time on Nextdoor, you're going to be convinced that petty crime is rampant, because all those people talk about is a) "I saw a suspicious guy doing suspicious stuff on my Ring cam" or "My package was stolen off my porch today" or "My car was broken into." Seriously, those subjects are about 90% of the posts I see.
(P.S. "Suspicious guy" is usually sorta brown, and "suspicious stuff" is coming too close to their house, which is enough to convince them and their neighbors commenting that they were being cased for a break-in soon.)
The one that's actually titled "Repo Man", the 1984 film. "Repo!" was... something, to be sure. I watched it mostly for Anthony Stewart Head. If you have Netflix, now would be a good time to check this one off your watchlist.
OT, watching the scene at Columbia U, versus NYPD, administration versus faculty and students. Non-students should not be on campus. IMHO. Including police.
This is the cutting-edge reasoning on some of the twitter machine: things are soooo bad that all of the rampant criming goes unreported and police won't do anything anyway, maybe because they're all defunded, or secret "feds," who knows, but anyway, that's why numbers are low. (I've been told I live in a "LITERAL" war zone, by people who do not live here.) It's quite the take.
I honestly also think that the reason for high crime vibes are neighborhood groups on Facebook or Nextdoor. They're filled with posts about packages gone missing and cars getting broken into. It's not that any of that stuff is happening more than it has historically, but everyone's hearing about it and feeling anxious.
Excellent point. And not just *hearing* about it anymore, but seeing as well--I'm thinking of the door cameras and stuff. Visuals are usually more compelling. One of my own neighbors is a bit of a nervous nellie, but not to the security camera extent.
Criminals are much more likely to do phishing scams and stuff like that if they need money these days. Rob people's houses? With the abundance of Nest and cameras and such, you're gonna get caught. But it's not that hard to scam a dumbass into sending you money on Venmo.
i wonder what demographic is most susceptible to be victims of phishing scams? they'd have to be a painfully gullible and ill-informed demographic for sure. i wonder if the average right-wing media viewer might know of any group that is ill-informed and gullible?
I'm guessing social media, especially apps like NextDoor, have made this problem worse. Looking at NextDoor in my area, you'd think we're awash with robberies and package thieves but it's really a small proportion of the actual population of the city. It just makes it seem like things are worse than they are because no one posts how they didn't get their car broken into today.
I’m convinced that people who have a steady viewing diet of police procedurals and “reality” crime mockudrama think that what they see on TV is reality.
I think for a lot of people "crime is out of control" is just expression of their concern at more frequently seeing brown people on tv and sometimes even at places they go.
Crime has been going down for 30 years overall. This was predicted by criminologists as baby boomers and their kids grew old and were not replaced in the same numbers by subsequent generations. The GOP has never used reality in their fear mongering about crime. I was contacted by the Census Bureau recently to do a crime survey. It was in the mail and I wondered if it was real or not but it certainly looked official. I forgot about it until yesterday when there was a knock on my door and it was the guy on the letter from the Census Bureau. He showed me his ID card and apologized profusely for knocking on my door but he really needed my participation in the survey. At this point I'm thinking, man, these people are persistent, he's gotta be real. He got his laptop and we did the survey in the shade outside. All the questions were about the last 6 months only. His laptop was cool, no brand name just CENSUS BUREAU, in big block letters on the lid. I jokingly asked him if he could log in to the DOJ, he said yes. I was one of 3 people they hadn't heard from yet, left on the list. He was cool and we chatted about art for a bit and he left. Shortly after that my wife got a call from a guy from the Census Bureau and we had not responded to the survey so he wanted to do it over the phone. She told him a guy had already come by and the survey was done. He thanked us profusely and said goodbye. The whole thing had a MIB sort of feel. Fortunately he forgot to zap me with that penlight so I'm sure this all happened.
There was also the reduction in the use of leaded gasoline here in the US starting in the mid-'70s.. While there is only statistical evidence, crime rates throughout the developed world dropped significantly about 17 years after the end of the widespread use of leaded gasoline.
whoa. be careful. mentioning that undeniable fact makes some people here think that is a personal attack and will get real big mad angry about it. (while not realizing the absolute hilarity that increased aggression is a side effect of lead poisoning.)
Here in Floriduh's capital, we have a lot of shootings, but alot of that is because our police force has alienated the citizenry (killing a few minority members and investigating yourself and finding no wrongdoing ever will do that) so their intelligence gathering is non-existent.
So, every 3 months they get a lot of black preachers together to pray and somehow stem the violence. I don't think many of the people blasting each other over drug deals do a lot of churching, but I might be wrong. Plus, there are too many damned guns floating around.
"I think all bullets should cost $5,000." -- Chris Rock
This is a simple solution that could work. The 2nd Amendment is silent on the subject of bullets, and as we know from previous rulings of the Court of Supremes, if a word is not in the Constitution, that thing does not exist. Privacy schmivacy.
Let people have all the guns they desire, and put a tax of $500,000 on every box of 100 bullets.
It could take some time for the existing supply to be exhausted. But in the short term people would be reluctant to fire bullets, knowing the high cost of replacements.
People can bare their arms or arm their bears to their heart's content.
Well, gosh golly, increasing crime must be true because my Fox-addicted parents are still calling Minnesota's state capital city's twin "Murderapolis." [eye roll]
Ooo, "Repo Man" is currently streaming on Netflix. Maybe I'll watch it tonight.
If you spend any time on Nextdoor, you're going to be convinced that petty crime is rampant, because all those people talk about is a) "I saw a suspicious guy doing suspicious stuff on my Ring cam" or "My package was stolen off my porch today" or "My car was broken into." Seriously, those subjects are about 90% of the posts I see.
(P.S. "Suspicious guy" is usually sorta brown, and "suspicious stuff" is coming too close to their house, which is enough to convince them and their neighbors commenting that they were being cased for a break-in soon.)
Which Repo man?
Repo Man (1984)
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Repo Men (2010)
The first is on my to watch list while the second is so bad it's good. The third was a meh action flick.
The one that's actually titled "Repo Man", the 1984 film. "Repo!" was... something, to be sure. I watched it mostly for Anthony Stewart Head. If you have Netflix, now would be a good time to check this one off your watchlist.
Repo! would have been a lot sillier and a lot worse without Anthony Stewart Head, that's for sure. He basically rescued that film.
Such a great movie. I see why it's emerged as a cult classic.
I saw that when it came out, and was surprised and happy it was actually pretty good. I'm always in search of good sci-fi movies.
Michael Nesmith produced, Emilio Estevez was the punk. Harry Dean Stanton was great, as usual. I'll have to watch it again.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film)
OT, watching the scene at Columbia U, versus NYPD, administration versus faculty and students. Non-students should not be on campus. IMHO. Including police.
Comment #500. Fuck Ted Cruz and Diaper Don also, too.
TL, DR? “People are idiots.”
"Despite this, a Gallup poll published this past November found that 77 percent of people believe that the crime rate actually increased."
In other words, a Gallup poll published this past November found that 77 percent of people are fucking stupid.
This is the cutting-edge reasoning on some of the twitter machine: things are soooo bad that all of the rampant criming goes unreported and police won't do anything anyway, maybe because they're all defunded, or secret "feds," who knows, but anyway, that's why numbers are low. (I've been told I live in a "LITERAL" war zone, by people who do not live here.) It's quite the take.
aka the Rose City?
Nooo. I'm on The Bright Side Of The Bay. Oaktown.
As opposed to a “figurative” war zone?
I know, where does one even start?
I honestly also think that the reason for high crime vibes are neighborhood groups on Facebook or Nextdoor. They're filled with posts about packages gone missing and cars getting broken into. It's not that any of that stuff is happening more than it has historically, but everyone's hearing about it and feeling anxious.
Excellent point. And not just *hearing* about it anymore, but seeing as well--I'm thinking of the door cameras and stuff. Visuals are usually more compelling. One of my own neighbors is a bit of a nervous nellie, but not to the security camera extent.
Criminals are much more likely to do phishing scams and stuff like that if they need money these days. Rob people's houses? With the abundance of Nest and cameras and such, you're gonna get caught. But it's not that hard to scam a dumbass into sending you money on Venmo.
i wonder what demographic is most susceptible to be victims of phishing scams? they'd have to be a painfully gullible and ill-informed demographic for sure. i wonder if the average right-wing media viewer might know of any group that is ill-informed and gullible?
Feelings don't care about your facts!
I'm guessing social media, especially apps like NextDoor, have made this problem worse. Looking at NextDoor in my area, you'd think we're awash with robberies and package thieves but it's really a small proportion of the actual population of the city. It just makes it seem like things are worse than they are because no one posts how they didn't get their car broken into today.
I’m convinced that people who have a steady viewing diet of police procedurals and “reality” crime mockudrama think that what they see on TV is reality.
GOP: "How DARE USA Today gaslight the American people about their lived realities!
Now, let's get back to how trans people are just mentally ill..."
I think for a lot of people "crime is out of control" is just expression of their concern at more frequently seeing brown people on tv and sometimes even at places they go.
Crime has been going down for 30 years overall. This was predicted by criminologists as baby boomers and their kids grew old and were not replaced in the same numbers by subsequent generations. The GOP has never used reality in their fear mongering about crime. I was contacted by the Census Bureau recently to do a crime survey. It was in the mail and I wondered if it was real or not but it certainly looked official. I forgot about it until yesterday when there was a knock on my door and it was the guy on the letter from the Census Bureau. He showed me his ID card and apologized profusely for knocking on my door but he really needed my participation in the survey. At this point I'm thinking, man, these people are persistent, he's gotta be real. He got his laptop and we did the survey in the shade outside. All the questions were about the last 6 months only. His laptop was cool, no brand name just CENSUS BUREAU, in big block letters on the lid. I jokingly asked him if he could log in to the DOJ, he said yes. I was one of 3 people they hadn't heard from yet, left on the list. He was cool and we chatted about art for a bit and he left. Shortly after that my wife got a call from a guy from the Census Bureau and we had not responded to the survey so he wanted to do it over the phone. She told him a guy had already come by and the survey was done. He thanked us profusely and said goodbye. The whole thing had a MIB sort of feel. Fortunately he forgot to zap me with that penlight so I'm sure this all happened.
There was also the reduction in the use of leaded gasoline here in the US starting in the mid-'70s.. While there is only statistical evidence, crime rates throughout the developed world dropped significantly about 17 years after the end of the widespread use of leaded gasoline.
whoa. be careful. mentioning that undeniable fact makes some people here think that is a personal attack and will get real big mad angry about it. (while not realizing the absolute hilarity that increased aggression is a side effect of lead poisoning.)
???
Here in Floriduh's capital, we have a lot of shootings, but alot of that is because our police force has alienated the citizenry (killing a few minority members and investigating yourself and finding no wrongdoing ever will do that) so their intelligence gathering is non-existent.
So, every 3 months they get a lot of black preachers together to pray and somehow stem the violence. I don't think many of the people blasting each other over drug deals do a lot of churching, but I might be wrong. Plus, there are too many damned guns floating around.
"I think all bullets should cost $5,000." -- Chris Rock
This is a simple solution that could work. The 2nd Amendment is silent on the subject of bullets, and as we know from previous rulings of the Court of Supremes, if a word is not in the Constitution, that thing does not exist. Privacy schmivacy.
Let people have all the guns they desire, and put a tax of $500,000 on every box of 100 bullets.
It could take some time for the existing supply to be exhausted. But in the short term people would be reluctant to fire bullets, knowing the high cost of replacements.
People can bare their arms or arm their bears to their heart's content.