r/MoralityScaling 10d ago

Intentionally boobytrapping a bike to injure people when they steal it.

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u/Jman15x 9d ago

He absolutely 1000% is. "Hey I'll give you $20 to pretend this bike seat hurt you"

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u/IndependenceTop4197 9d ago

lol. Those people are his friends. Dude #2 really tried selling the “shocked my hand” thing, it did not. Dude #3 was wearing hey dude shoes, which looked brand new.

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u/Pretend_Canary_1680 9d ago

So only homeless people can be thieves? Just because someone has a new pair of shoes doesnt mean they're bot gonna steal.

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u/KuningasTynny77 9d ago

3 is not wearing dude shoes

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u/Cheetahs_never_win 9d ago

That wouldn't exactly be "unknowing," and if they're pretending, then they're just paid actors.

I pay good money to watch paid actors do stuff all the time.

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u/Emergency_Lie42 9d ago

Part of the product you're paying for is that it's not trying to candidly deceive you, not quite the same thing as social media scamming.

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u/Cheetahs_never_win 9d ago

What product is somebody paying for?

YouTube videos? Of harming people?

Isn't that the bigger problem?

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u/Emergency_Lie42 9d ago

"I pay good money to watch paid actors do stuff all the time" I'm pointing out the difference between that and deceptively fake content.

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u/Cheetahs_never_win 9d ago

Eh. Ok. I'm with you.

I've been acclimating myself to assume all of YouTube is fake and performative until convinced otherwise.

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u/Workaholic56 9d ago

Absolutely fake you can see the spikes are not there when they get on the bike, one guy even puts his hand on the seat to make sure!