entremet
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If only people would understand this.
Tumblr has a shoplifting fandom?? O_O *lots of pics
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WhiteRabbitEXE
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There is a time and place for both.
John Kowalski
Banned
That's pretty interesting.
jackissocool
Member
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.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
Well its theft, which is a problem.
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.
lol shut up
(you're kidding right?)
lol shut up
(you're kidding right?)
What in the fuck?
Wut? It's theft. Theft isn't good in general.
shoplifting tumblr is old news, its all about graverobbing tumblr these days
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.
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.
jackissocool
Member
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?
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.
Hey man everybody Frankensteins now and then
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!"
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.
jackissocool
Member
Why? Why is it bad to steal from Wal-Mart?
darkwing-buck
Member
Tumblr also has a meth-head community called #tweakers so im not surprised.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
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
Elitist1945
Member
Wow I never thought I'd see/hear someone say this but here I am.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
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.
You should check out a couple of the threads about The Witness on the gaming side.
jackissocool
Member
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?
Shmuppers
Member
I am also just in awe...
I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with graverobbing (I do it occasionally) cause letting bodies rot is terrible, but it is not an effective means of protest.
/s
John Kowalski
Banned
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.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
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
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.
Since when has NeoGAF at large ever been aware of things?
omfg they just want to fit in. I'm dying
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.
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.
jackissocool
Member
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.
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.
They're serious. I guarantee it. Naiveté + social facilitation = Obliviousness turned up past 11
adamsappel
Member
Is it too early to post a byebitch pic?
ZombiePlatypus
Member
God seeing someone steal expensive Copic markers and then be all "I dunno, I don't even draw" is...kind of infuriating.
Lol wat.
Like their right to steal and commit crime was being infringed upon?
Lol wat.
Like their right to steal and commit crime was being infringed upon?
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.
Wonder how many cops are subscribed, just archiving those posts for future use.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
certainly easier to ignore the shit parts of tumblr than it is to ignore the shit on 4chan or reddit though
Elitist1945
Member
jackissocool got me like
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
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.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
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?
Please be joking.
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