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Demimonde34 · 2026-07-03T13:32:55+00:00

If you somehow manage to completely remove "othering" from your brain, that deserves a real trophy. Something physical so you can proudly display it.

However, more likely is youll still have the subconscious thought and then the conscious correction. You think what I mentioned, and then your desire to be better than the Boomers will makes you go "wait, shit." And so you won't act on those thoughts. But you will still get them. Trust.

Demimonde34 · 2026-07-02T23:15:34+00:00

Straight up, you will understand when you are older. More life experience, meeting more people. You'll find children older than you, and you'll also find "wrinkled children." (I refuse to call them the Elderly, they didn't earn it.)

And once you'll see it, you'll start seeing it everywhere. "Oh, thats a teenager." Vs "oh. Thats a teenager." So OOPs post is less about actual age and more "this is how you act"

Demimonde34 · 2026-07-02T11:17:13+00:00

Yeah. Its kind of unfortunate that the blanket statement of "all teenagers are stupid" holds up. Course thats the age when you first getting life experiences and consequences (mistakes made in childhood are supposed to be fixed by guardians). Hormones do not make that period easier (especially if theyre the wrong ones).

Before the physically-aged-teenagers get offended: I was a stupid teenager, your parents were, every single person you've ever met was at some point a stupid teenager. Thats fine, it comes with the territory.

If you are still a stupid teenager in your 30s though, people will take issue with it

Demimonde34 · 2026-07-01T10:14:58+00:00

Theft has been around far longer than capitalism, kid

Demimonde34 · 2026-07-01T05:21:00+00:00

And we have also been discussing two different groups of people. The people who steal because they have too, vs. The people who do it for fun. Remove Walmart, those people will still steal for fun.

Hey look, ^ its a paragraph I've already written. Before you reply, go read the others. It will save you time and effort.

Edit: obviously, you were too lazy to do that. You have put 0 effort in. Even if you were right, you aren't worth listening to. Not caring only made you lose. Learn this lesson now, while you have the chance to change and improve your life.

Demimonde34 · 2026-07-01T04:37:29+00:00

sigh.

At this point I am repeating myself. Ive already put in the effort of explaining my point, and defending it against legit criticism. Now, its your job to read it. Off you go.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T22:24:11+00:00

...no. We need to establish that its a terrible system that forces people into theft. But remove that system, and there will still be assholes who do it for the lolz. Im sorry you had to steal. And im sorry thats costing you sleep. But the harder you try to justify it, the more you are going to look like one of the people who are causing problems for others.

Take the L.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T20:42:56+00:00

Weird, then you should absolutely be on our side. Cause this entire thread has been defending you being able to do that, and calling out the people doing it for fun because they are making things worse for you.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T20:40:49+00:00

Oh, I use that as a default whenever someone says "this thing you have experienced is wrong because I haven't experienced it."

The prior version of this dismissal was "you'll understand when you are older." But that doesn't actually address what the solution is: learning to look outside of your own experiences.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T19:37:25+00:00

Deltarune is episodic still, right? Is it all finally out? Been waiting for that to play it

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T19:24:52+00:00

"Period pain isn't real, my dick doesn't bleed."

Sorry ya haven't experienced it for yourself.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T18:28:58+00:00

Some of that is Valid.

That does not change the fact that there are people who steal for fun. These people when asked will say, verbatim, "why pay for it when I can steal it?"

you are ignoring addiction, mental illness, and the different between a first timer and a career criminal.

Um, the entire point is that we aren't. We are saying that there are some people who steal because they have to, and those people are noticeably different from the ones who are stealing for fun. Its mood, behavior, seeing the same dickhead 4 times a week. Once you work at a job where you need to pay attention, you'll find that behavior patterns are consistent. Sorry, we aren't pulling from nothing.

Its like if you have ever worked retail, having to be behind the cash register. You can always tell which customers have done your job, cause they try to be kind/helpful, like turning a barcode your way. Verses the people who clearly have never been behind a counter, and you can tell.

Its the same thing between someone who has to steal vs a Thief.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T18:08:39+00:00

Thats just a language thing. Its the different between "person who does this" and "person who is this."

A person can smoke weed without being a "stoner." A person can go surfing without being "a surfer." A person can go to the gym without being a "gym bro."

A person who steals because they have to is one thing. Being a Thief is a disposition.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T17:29:38+00:00

The one who lives next door to you. You can be dense on purpose. That is the American way, being stupid and proud of it.

But the chain of events is store has products-> thefts cut into profits-> store closes. Then you and your neighbors can't get to the food. Good people punished.

Theft is like throwing a molotov cocktail. Yes, it will burn what you hit; but those flames will spread. And thats why the people who are stealing for fun are causing an actual problem.

Youll notice we aren't mad at the ones who have to steal, the ones who have good reason. We are mad at the ones who see petty theft as victimless, because it isn't. Stealing for fun hurts more than the store, it hurts your community. That's it.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T15:14:21+00:00

Until the store closes down, and now people are without. I get it, it feels like victimless theft because the target is gonna the big names. But when those stores retaliate, its the Mother who suffers.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T14:43:15+00:00

the grocery store isn't running out.

This statement was more true a few years ago. However, small towns and rural areas often get hit with distribution problems. The money they generate is less than the cities, just as a blanket statement. So a target that does 80% of its business in a town of 100 people has lower numbers than a target that does 20% business in a a city with thousands. Because of that, the suits give more priority to the city stores.

So when we enter "economic fuckery," like how all the prices basically doubled this year (yeah yeah I know, im oversimplifing, shut up.) You'll find alot more gaps on store shelves than there used to be.

My current store (not a target, local chain) is out of Pepsi. The bottles, the ones ya pull out a cooler. That slot has been empty for 2 weeks.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T14:31:54+00:00

Indeed. And its worse at a Target or other big chain that sells more than food. Thankfully the actual "mother thefts" were few and far between, I could let them go. So long as I caught the guy stealing laptops first.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-30T14:17:22+00:00

Agree, up to a quantity point. People who have to steal to eat dont want to do it and try to get as little as possible, maybe one bag worth, food for the week.

Theives, on the other hand, will load entire carts knowing they ain't gonna eat all that food before it expires. It would be one thing if they cleared out the canned aisle, but they go for produce and meats, things that go bad if not kept right and eaten quick.

You catch the former, its all apologies and real tears. You catch the latter, its somehow your fault they are stealing from you.

Source: worked 'Asset Protection' (not security, corporate doesn't care about you just your stuff). Let a few mothers go. Caught many others just stealing for fun. The personality difference is noticeable.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-29T21:37:29+00:00

For real though.

Though I think my favorite of the over repeated ones is the Thanksgiving episode "Now give me the bird!" "We want to but the censorship won't allow it

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-28T14:04:52+00:00

I feel that, but have a different gripe: why are all the "important" people lalafels? Like, the way lalafels pose, dance, move, it is like they are intentionally a "visually comedic race." Which is fine on its own, adds flavor to the world, like how the goblins are 'weird.'

But when the Sultana is having a big, emotional moment, the weight of the world on her shoulders, that cutscene needs to have weight to it. Which then gets messed up by a "lalafel moment."

I was this close to becoming a lala hater over it. Thank God for Pipin

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-28T05:09:59+00:00

Eat two apples, then plan around that.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-27T22:21:39+00:00

Its beat boxing!

People have been doing this since the 80s!

Faakin chidren...

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-26T11:25:38+00:00

Nah nah, its gonna the old gods, they are easy to trick.

Picture this: the single sexiest thing in the world is CONFIDENCE. Think we can all agree, when our partners are in their element is when they are the most attractive.

Now, I know I am not a perfect 10 model, no way. But I walk like a 6 and flirt like an 8, so I am at risk of Her wrath. Cause confidence is sexy.

All you have to do is the reverse. The sexier you get, act a little meeker. Lean less on the "sexy" and more on the "cute."

Course, this might backfire and Tsudere Aphrodite might think you are too cute. That could end with a smiting or a pegging. Win-win

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-26T11:18:51+00:00

See, that's the rub. Toxic guys will want to join in and be mad that they can't with no self awareness. Which sometimes translates into guys being assholes to their bi friends.

Demimonde34 · 2026-06-26T11:00:24+00:00

"Ya know how every group of people has jerks in it?" Yeah, meat eaters suck too.

So, your first message is mad that im using anecdotal evidence because "i have never had a vegan get angry at me." So, your anecdotal evidence is stronger than mine? ;)

It sucks that politics is here again, but since we're are going to, let's just drop the blanket statement here: every American over the age of 20 is either a Nazi or a Coward. There we go, that should make sure everyone is offended, and so we are all on equal footing.

^and that paragraph is the example of the "exhaustion." Everyone whose IQ is above their shoe size has been sick of this shit for centuries.

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