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Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by bradlys »

PopeDotNinja wrote: post #223
magduf wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should the OPD bother chasing down purse thieves? How are they going to make money for the city by doing that, when they can go after people for speeding and parking violations instead and make lots of money?

Are you being serious? I can't tell.

I don't know why the guy is getting downvoted. It's a known city for having rather unpleasant police. Most of my friends who live in Oakland have really unpleasant experiences with their officers.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-police-average-30-million-...

I tell them: At least it's not Vallejo. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/12/willie-mccoy...

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by wruza »

wruza wrote: post #239

Beware of lost wallet frauds . At some countries they drop a wallet on the road, wait for you to find it and then appear and claim that few hundred bucks (or a local equivalent) are missing. First they try to threat you, and then resort to the police. Your fingerprints are on the wallet. If you want to help, make sure you have a stranger witness at least, who is willing to help, or better look for a policeman nearby.

Similar fraud: a guy who looks like a bad guy “finds” the wallet near you, makes sure you seen it and then inclines to split it. “Don’t even try to call cops!”, take your cut, etc. If you take it, even out of confusion, bad guy vanishes and their friends come and claim they seen all in reverse and that you took most of the money. Banknotes with known serials / pen marks are in your pocket, threats, police.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by journalctl »

patejam wrote: post #212
magduf wrote: post #199

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If email worked this way, the whole thing would collapse, because much of the time, you really do want to receive messages from new people. How would contacting a business work if their email system auto-rejected all messages from people not already known? Sure, spam is a big problem, and that's why we've invented spam filters. Google was able to do that and it works well. Granted, Google is a huge company with lots…

This is what friend requests are for. I don't want unsolicited messages from people. It's bad enough for me on LinkedIn, where that's the whole point.

It isn’t always socially appropriate to friend request people, which is why I rarely do it (because I have no idea what the other person’s expectations are). If I’ve been introduced to a total stranger via Messenger, I don’t necessarily want to (nor should I have to) be their “friend” just to have them see my messages.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by verst »

epx wrote: post #122
SI_Rob wrote: post #51

Every so often my pessimistic tendencies get a healthy slap across the face by the actions of someone who took the high road when they easily could have chosen otherwise. It's a couple summers ago, at the height of the summer tourist season and I'm cycling up 4th ave SW in DC. Somewhere between the NASA HQ and the National Mall my camera bag - packed full with a fairly new DSLR, a few lenses, and a secondary cell pho…

Sometimes it happens, and sometimes not. I lost my wallet 4 times in total, 3 in Brazil (which is $HOME), 1 in Germany. Got it back 3 out of 4 times. Guess where.

In Germany you likely visited a tourist area and in Brazil you likely were in your local area where you live or work.

That has nothing to do with the country. In my hometown in Germany nobody would steal anything, but in São Paolo I saw lots of pickpockets in the tourist destinations I visited.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by Symbiote »

midvar wrote: post #235

Am i reading too much into this? The twitter user just so happens to works for a company that uses the technology the "good Samaritan" used. I just glanced at who the guy was, and found it funny that he works in the industry. Who knows, maybe that's why he found it so awesome. "In April 2018, TransferWise joined Faster Payments as the first non-bank payment service provider to be a directly connected settling partici…

The system has existed for over a decade, and the slower predecessor for over 50 years. It's a normal thing in Britain, and doesn't need to be advertised.

I don't think his work has affected his reaction here.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by droithomme »

magduf wrote: post #208
droithomme wrote: post #149

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> I wish OPD had taken an interest in the theft Been there, in a different city, a few times. Police are somehow in collusion with the crime syndicate. Don't trust police. Ever. All police are corrupt and can not be trusted. Are there exceptions? Only to the extent they don't actively commit crimes but stay silent and refuse to go against their criminal "brothers in blue". Which makes them complicit as well. As I jus…

You mean "American police". Don't lump all police worldwide in with them.

The context is American police. Difference between American and foreign police is American police will shoot you for sport. Foreign police just want a bribe.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by taude »

I was riding my mountain bike in the woods about 5 years ago. I found someone's wallet in there. Looked them up on Facebook and LinkedIn and sent them some messages. Never heard back from them for a few years.

Then one day, they responded to my Facebook messenger message that they didn't notice my original message. I never looked deep in the wallet, but evidently there was some sentimental stuff in there they were happy to have back. I can't believe I held onto that wallet for so many years.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by droithomme »

mikestew wrote: post #152
droithomme wrote: post #113

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If I'm going to take a piss or dump in the WC I'd like to think I can leave my suitcase for a few minutes without people deciding I'm a terrorist. Deciding I might be a terrorist because I went to the bathroom? That's what is absolutely batshit insane .

Deciding I might be a terrorist because I went to the bathroom? No, because you left a container large enough to hold a fair amount of explosives, a container that has been used in other parts of the world at airports to detonate explosives, and you just walked away from it. Tell me what you believe to be the sane response. But if you just want to go take a shit, by all means, do so. And I'm with sibling comment: I d…

People being paronoid pyschotics shouldn't affect my ability to take a poop in peace.

Those suitcases full of explosives you are hallucinating about? Has NEVER HAPPENED.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by jki275 »

magduf wrote: post #208
droithomme wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wish OPD had taken an interest in the theft Been there, in a different city, a few times. Police are somehow in collusion with the crime syndicate. Don't trust police. Ever. All police are corrupt and can not be trusted. Are there exceptions? Only to the extent they don't actively commit crimes but stay silent and refuse to go against their criminal "brothers in blue". Which makes them complicit as well. As I jus…

You mean "American police". Don't lump all police worldwide in with them.

No, that applies pretty much everywhere except Japan.
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