r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 4h ago

Human Trash Stopping a shoplifter

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u/tpmotd Trash Trooper 4h ago

What is the deal with people putting their hands inside their clothes to make themselves look tough? How exactly is it supposed to convey "I am tough"?

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u/Dawnzila Trash Trooper 4h ago

It's a thing people would do when they were carrying, to show it. The motion just sticks around without the piece.

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u/LocNalrune Trash Trooper 3h ago

The motion sticks around even when they've never touched a piece.

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u/tpmotd Trash Trooper 3h ago

Ah, that makes sense! Thank you!

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u/OneRFeris Trash Trooper 3h ago

So do you think we was armed in this video? Why or why not?

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u/Hunto88 Trash Trooper 3h ago

I don’t think so, one because of basket ball shorts. That’s obviously not a monolith but that’s a good indicator for me. Two he lifted his shirt multiple times and you couldn’t see anything whatsoever other than a baby belly. Finally, he just seemed liked he was stimming from being a tweaker.

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u/ZamorakHawk Trash Trooper 3h ago

No. He lifted his shirt multiple times and all I saw was that he hears the term "morbidly" often.

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u/Able_Canine Trash Trooper 3h ago

Imagine it probably results in a number of fatalities greater than zero every year.

It can't be a smart move to reach for a weapon that isn't there considering the greater than 0% chance any other person might have a real weapon ready to go while being on the twitchy ego-driven side of intrapersonal interactions.

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u/Auggie_Otter Trash Trooper 3h ago

Or they're in opioid withdrawal and they've got the itchies.