Bullshit. Shoplifting accounts for less shrinkage than expiring products. We throw away more food than is stolen. Let that sink in. More food goes to a landfill than to shoplifters.
It’s not whataboutism. You said shoplifters drive up prices. That is objectively false, as demonstrated by the disparity between what is lost to shrinkage (less than 2%, and that includes all shrinkage, not just shoplifting) and food waste, roughly 30-40% of all food in the USA.
Your anger is misplaced, and you are actively making society worse.
you said (wrongly) “shoplifters are contributing to rising grocery prices”, and then, once corrected, doubled down (but now without any clear reasoning as to why) that shoplifters are somehow affecting your life and are worse than any one else (?!?!).
So I drew attention to how you’re similar to a character from classic French literature who has a similar motivation, and yet I’m the immature one?
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Looks like the corporate propaganda really works well on some people. A large part of the reason for recent price increases is due to corporate profiteering. But sure, blame the people who are stealing a bit of food to survive.
I dont really get this strawman, there is plenty of jobs you can get to by just applying. Janitors, serving staff, burgerflippers, all valid jobs you can get to without specific education or prior experience. Literally walk in.
But these people prefer not to work for the pancakes they cook, as they are selfish and just shit humans. Would be sad if it wasnt me who’s paying for the lifestyle they made the conscious decision to live.
Where does it say she doesn’t have a job??? There are lots of people who are working jobs that barely pay rent and don’t have money left over for food. This woman could be working double shifts for all we know and is struggling to make ends meet. We honestly don’t know anything about her situation beyond the fact that she stole food. The whole point of this post was that instead of criminalizing her actions we should provide her with resources to help prevent her from starving.
Deciding that employment is difficult when its not is a strawman. Please read into some basic literature into logic and argumentative errors. Thank you.
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The food i understand but not the rest. Food has become so damn expensive these days.
There are other necessities than food that people can’t afford.
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Bullshit. Shoplifting accounts for less shrinkage than expiring products. We throw away more food than is stolen. Let that sink in. More food goes to a landfill than to shoplifters.
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It’s not whataboutism. You said shoplifters drive up prices. That is objectively false, as demonstrated by the disparity between what is lost to shrinkage (less than 2%, and that includes all shrinkage, not just shoplifting) and food waste, roughly 30-40% of all food in the USA.
Your anger is misplaced, and you are actively making society worse.
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They literally did the math for you. If there is even a price hike based on this, you’re basically getting mad about 1 cent of a 40 cent price hike.
Yes I am. Thats my 1 cent. And thus your argument is no more. Try again mate
Get a load of this Javert.
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Yeah! Those desperate people should just fucking starve, like, seriously!
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you said (wrongly) “shoplifters are contributing to rising grocery prices”, and then, once corrected, doubled down (but now without any clear reasoning as to why) that shoplifters are somehow affecting your life and are worse than any one else (?!?!).
So I drew attention to how you’re similar to a character from classic French literature who has a similar motivation, and yet I’m the immature one?
Get a load of this MIss Havisham.
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You’re being overly aggressive and argumentative. That behaviour is not welcome in this community. Please read the rules in the sidebar before participating in this community again. If you break the rules again you will be banned.
Looks like the corporate propaganda really works well on some people. A large part of the reason for recent price increases is due to corporate profiteering. But sure, blame the people who are stealing a bit of food to survive.
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Hard to find something cheaper than pancake mix. If she steal this she really need help.
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Yeah why don’t they walk into the nearest building and demand a job. Most people’s grandparents did that and they turned out OK!
I dont really get this strawman, there is plenty of jobs you can get to by just applying. Janitors, serving staff, burgerflippers, all valid jobs you can get to without specific education or prior experience. Literally walk in.
But these people prefer not to work for the pancakes they cook, as they are selfish and just shit humans. Would be sad if it wasnt me who’s paying for the lifestyle they made the conscious decision to live.
Where does it say she doesn’t have a job??? There are lots of people who are working jobs that barely pay rent and don’t have money left over for food. This woman could be working double shifts for all we know and is struggling to make ends meet. We honestly don’t know anything about her situation beyond the fact that she stole food. The whole point of this post was that instead of criminalizing her actions we should provide her with resources to help prevent her from starving.
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How was that a strawman argument to your ignorant “get a job” rebuttal? For something to be a strawman argument there needs to be false equivalence.
Deciding that employment is difficult when its not is a strawman. Please read into some basic literature into logic and argumentative errors. Thank you.
As I’ve commented elsewhere, you’re breaking the rules of this community by being overly aggressive and argumentative. Discussion is fine, arguments are not. I’ve deleted all your offending comments. Please read the rules in the sidebar before participating in future. You will be banned if you break the rules again.