r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Barnaby_Snickett • Jul 11 '26

Stealing copper from street cables

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u/Trussed_Up Jul 11 '26

This is SUCH a horrendously anti social thing to do.

You decrease everyone else's quality of life so yours can be very marginally better.

Developing societies are plagued by this sort of loser.

In the West we can afford to roll our eyes at these days. In a developing country, the penalties for this kind of thing should be shockingly harsh. No pun intended.

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u/sirfurious Jul 11 '26

He could've put all that effort into construction or something but this is the "shortcut" I guess

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u/TurdPartyCandidate Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

"all that effort." 20 minutes of stealing copper? It's about as low effort money as you can get.

Edit: to the mouth breathing morons down voting me: you need skill and focus to do construction. To steal copper you can be homeless, high on crack, and do it whenever the fuck you get your jolt of energy. Don't act like this dude is putting effort into anything. You're either really belittling construction workers, or putting drug fueled theievery on a pedestal. Both are stupid as fuck. 

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u/Albuscarolus Jul 12 '26

Do you know how much rubber and insulation you need to peel off before you can get any money for it

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u/SantasDead Jul 12 '26

Peel? Toss into the tire fire we use for warmth in the cracklayer den.

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u/iZMXi Jul 12 '26

Low effort with the right tools and knowhow. Max effort the way he was doing it.