Stud Gerbil: Every 7-11 has limited the number of kids that can enter at one time since the '90s or earlier.   Probably way earlier.

In that case, how did six young parasites happen to get in the store at once?

Not sure how to "limit" the number of people entering at once without cutting legs off.

Mikey1969: khatores: Stud Gerbil: Every 7-11 has limited the number of kids that can enter at one time since the '90s or earlier.   Probably way earlier.

In that case, how did six young parasites happen to get in the store at once?

Not sure how to "limit" the number of people entering at once without cutting legs off.

Usually these are locations near schools and malls, but I saw more than one where they actually had someone at the door.

Seems like that kind of defeats the whole purpose of not allowing more than X number of people in the first place.

waxbeans: mjbok: waxbeans: mjbok: waxbeans: Animatronik: There is an urban epidemic of this due to lax enforcement encouraged by local and state governments.

And?
The alternative is killing people over worthless stuff.
Why in God's name would anyone want that? fark.

If it's worthless why is it being stolen?

Actually a cop, no less, came up with a theory he named C.R.A.V.E. his theory was that media and peers push each other to steal. So much so that you could track what will be stolen by what was trending in pop culture.  I will never forget this. Especially considering it came from a person I would normally dismiss.
So chew on that buddy.

So someone wants something means they are entitled to it?

No. That's not what I said. I said people steal because of media, peers, and pop culture.
Summing that up as entitlement.  Ignores the outside forces at play.
For example, people in my circle of friends/family need me to have a cellphone more than I personally need one.
And other example, is i don't personally need a car. But, I live in a society that is very car centered.

And thing is, outside forces drive theft/stealing.  If we remove outside forces theft and stealing would be reduced to an alarming amount.  To the point that it could be tracked.  It wouldn't be a rounding error. It would actually effect quarterly earnings in a visible amount.  And could not be brushed off.


See the TP run of 2020.
See the fark with a storage locker of hand  Sanitizer. Sure those wasn't stealing.  But it's the same outside pressure.
Society loves to push individuals and then cry victim.

No society on Earth has managed to make theft a non-issue.  Even animals display theft behavior along with a theory of mind, so that they are watching whether another animal is watching them.

The only ways to get rid of theft are:
1) Give an item no value, so it's not worth stealing. Value is largely set by social agreement, either by fiat (eg, art or diamonds) or because of a real shortage in light of commodification (eg, oil and platinum). However, a capitalist society operates on principles of scarcity and this is essential to its continued stability.

2) Make the cost of theft much higher than the benefit to be gained. This includes traditional penalties as well as building social trust between people. If you know someone who will lend you their car or credit card then there's enough of a social trust relationship there so that they don't think you will steal from them.

3) Give people a sense of mutual ownership. Why would you steal it if it's already "yours"?  You wouldn't steal a streetlight and sell it for scrap, because that streetlight is paid for with your tax dollars and serves the purpose of providing enough light for you or others at night.  You wouldn't steal your own house, car, etc.

Of course, all of these break down when a drug addiction enters the picture. A serious drug addiction basically resets people's priorities to where getting drugs is the main, overarching, all-consuming priority and nothing else farking matters.  I'm pretty sure drugs are the leading cause of theft in the West today.

There's various ideas about how to address this - provide clean drugs while providing treatment options, for example, which works in the Netherlands but isn't politically palatable yet in the US and other areas of Europe.  Still, I'm curious about the drawbacks.