Tumblr has a shoplifting fandom?? O_O *lots of pics

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Humanity is flawed; nothing surprising. At least these people aren't collecting photographs of them assaulting other civilians.

Eventually these folks will get caught stealing, anyways.
 
I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.
 
I wonder what shoplifters would think of regular shoppers who accidentally shoplift and then go back to the store to be honest and pay for the item.

I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.

lol shut up

(you're kidding right?)
 
I can't really decide on which is more perplexing.
The fact that people are unaware that idolising shoplifting is a thing and has been for ages.
Or that people think this is a tumblr thing. It precedes tumblr by decades.
Or that people still do the "lol nuke tumblr owthedge" thing.
 
Well its theft, which is a problem.
Yeah but from who? If I don't accept the capitalist system of ownership - if I, in fact, believe that the capitalist concept of property is theft - then there is nothing wrong with undoing it.

Shoplifting is not a effective way to do that, of course, but why should I care if somebody steals from Wal-Mart?
 
I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.

Stealing is stealing, as bad as capitalism is in practice, playing Robin Hood is still wrong, no matter how big a giant you are taking back from.
 
Hehe, I do believe that a big percentage of posters do shoplift, but I like to think they are doing this more for the attention, so a great way to still get the attention but not the risk of getting caught is to actually buy the stuff and pretend it was shoplifted.

I just think it would be funny if that was the case for some of the blogs.

Imagine some kid posting a pic of her "haul" and someone going like, "wait a minute, what's that in the corner? BITCH THAT'S A RECIEPT! Lifterquee96, how could you!"

I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.

The problem is you figure shoplifting is hurting this imaginary "capitalism" beast, when in truth you're just fucking over low wage employees who get punishment from theft, shop lifting is not okay and you're a criminal.
 
Yeah but from who? If I don't accept the capitalist system of ownership - if I, in fact, believe that the capitalist concept of property is theft - then there is nothing wrong with undoing it.

Shoplifting is not a effective way to do that, of course, but why should I care if somebody steals from Wal-Mart?

The little shop I work at gets robbed all the fuckin time and it costs us big time. And it's that mindset of it being no big deal carried out by many that hurts us. Small businesses don't deserve that shit. Fuck shoplifters
 
Gotta say, this is the first time I've seen someone use mental gymnastics to justify being a thief.
Thanks, Gaf.
 
The little shop I work at gets robbed all the fuckin time and it costs us big time. And it's that mindset of it being no big deal carried out by many that hurts us. Small businesses don't deserve that shit. Fuck shoplifters
Tough? Property is theft.
Wow I never thought I'd see/hear someone say this but here I am.
Poor Wal-Mart :(

They may be directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of workers in the third every year but please don't steal from them guise
Cos its not your property, regardless of wherever you think of walmart deserves it or whatever nonsense you use to convince yourself stealing is acceptable, legally or ethically.
I find this viewpoint just downright silly. What has Wal-Mart done to earn that property? Exploited workers, violently appropriated land and capital, and manipulated the government. Why would anyone give a fuck if they're stolen from?
 
Why? Why is it bad to steal from Wal-Mart?

Well generally because the power displacement that already exists guarantees that those who, uh, "deserve" to be robbed won't suffer the consequences of stealing, but the employees lowest on the hierarchy. The result of the action isn't nearly as positive as the sentiment behind them.
 
I can't really decide on which is more perplexing.
The fact that people are unaware that idolising shoplifting is a thing and has been for ages.
Or that people think this is a tumblr thing. It precedes tumblr by decades.
Since when has NeoGAF at large ever been aware of things?
 
Are you surprised? It's tumblr. Also in fairness, lifting tumblr is pretty much reviled by basically everyone else on tumblr, which is a little encouraging. Maybe.

This does improve my view on Tumblr considerably. I don't think I will ever be remotely interested in visiting it, let alone look into joining it because in my mind their reputation can't get any worse (on the bright side, it's only up from here) but this does look favorably upon them to shun those people.
 
Yeah but from who? If I don't accept the capitalist system of ownership - if I, in fact, believe that the capitalist concept of property is theft - then there is nothing wrong with undoing it.

Shoplifting is not a effective way to do that, of course, but why should I care if somebody steals from Wal-Mart?

I'm just going to assume a criminal record wouldn't affect your life too greatly or something, because theft isn't about sticking it to the man, it's a life altering thing to have on your permanent record. No one wants to hire thieves, and it's just garbage human behavior.
 
Tough? Property is theft.

Poor Wal-Mart :(

They may be directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of workers in the third every year but please don't steal from them guise

So you own no property and don't care if people take what you have? Think about your positions to their logical conclusions. It's what smart people do.
 
Well generally because the power displacement that already exists guarantees that those who, uh, "deserve" to be robbed won't suffer the consequences of stealing, but the employees lowest on the hierarchy. The result of the action isn't nearly as positive as the sentiment behind them.
I agree that it's not an effective form of protest. That was the first thing I said. But I'm also not gonna condemn it.
If you truly believe this nonsense, feel free to protest it, join a group, a social media account, whatever. Stealing isn't the right way.
Read my comments boyo
So you own no property and don't care if people take what you have? Think about your positions to their logical conclusions. It's what smart people do.
I own nothing but my clothes, my dishes, my furniture, and my PlayStation. I certainly don't own factories or an enormous chain of retail stores I use to exploit the working class. There's a difference between personal property and productive property.
 
I can't really decide on which is more perplexing.
The fact that people are unaware that idolising shoplifting is a thing and has been for ages.
Or that people think this is a tumblr thing. It precedes tumblr by decades.
Or that people still do the "lol nuke tumblr owthedge" thing.

People don't think this is a "tumblr thing", but they are baffled by the fact that idiots for some reason think it's a good idea to flaunt evidence on their crime publicly in platform designed to go viral.
 
Hmm I really can't tell if this is satire or serious. Unfortunately, I'm leaning towards it being serious. But there's no way that protected minority post is serious.

They're serious. I guarantee it. Naiveté + social facilitation = Obliviousness turned up past 11
 
Brb, going to go shoplifting and when the cops arrest me I'll tell them Capitalism is theft, property is theft. They will have no choice but to let me go.
 
God seeing someone steal expensive Copic markers and then be all "I dunno, I don't even draw" is...kind of infuriating.


Yeah, they're disgusting, and they're serious, there was a period where people started reporting them and they got seriously mad and whinny about it.

Lol wat.

Like their right to steal and commit crime was being infringed upon?
 
I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.

NOTE: Never buy or sell anything from/to jackissocool on the BST forums.

How entitled do you have to be to think "I want it so it should be mine" is a valid thought?

You'd probably be one of the first to complain if someone stole your stuff.

They're serious. I guarantee it. Naiveté + social facilitation = Obliviousness turned up past 11

Wonder how many cops are subscribed, just archiving those posts for future use.
 
Tough? Property is theft.

There you have it.

Property is theft.

I'm gonna go full Tumblr on this one:

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I agree that it's not an effective form of protest. That was the first thing I said. But I'm also not gonna condemn it.

Read my comments boyo

I own nothing but my clothes, my dishes, my furniture, and my PlayStation. I certainly don't own factories or an enormous chain of retail stores I use to exploit the working class. There's a difference between personal property and productive property.

So you don't believe in capitalism but you own a mass manufactured PS4?
 
Tough? Property is theft.

Poor Wal-Mart :(

They may be directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of workers in the third every year but please don't steal from them guise

I find this viewpoint just downright silly. What has Wal-Mart done to earn that property? Exploited workers, violently appropriated land and capital, and manipulated the government. Why would anyone give a fuck if they're stolen from?

The best thing about threads like this (flat earthers, moon landing hoaxers, etc) is that they usually manage to draw out at least one true believer.
 
I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with shoplifting (I do it occasionally) cause capitalism is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.

Yeah but from who? If I don't accept the capitalist system of ownership - if I, in fact, believe that the capitalist concept of property is theft - then there is nothing wrong with undoing it.

Shoplifting is not a effective way to do that, of course, but why should I care if somebody steals from Wal-Mart?

Why? Why is it bad to steal from Wal-Mart?

Tough? Property is theft.

Poor Wal-Mart :(

They may be directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of workers in the third every year but please don't steal from them guise

I find this viewpoint just downright silly. What has Wal-Mart done to earn that property? Exploited workers, violently appropriated land and capital, and manipulated the government. Why would anyone give a fuck if they're stolen from?

I agree that it's not an effective form of protest. That was the first thing I said. But I'm also not gonna condemn it.

Read my comments boyo

I own nothing but my clothes, my dishes, my furniture, and my PlayStation. I certainly don't own factories or an enormous chain of retail stores I use to exploit the working class. There's a difference between personal property and productive property.

Please be joking.
 
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