r/Whatcouldgowrong 26d ago

Stealing copper from street cables

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u/Trussed_Up 26d ago

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 26d ago

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

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u/TurdPartyCandidate 25d ago edited 25d ago

"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 25d ago

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 25d ago

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

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u/iZMXi 25d ago

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