Dude...

45.00 USD to fill the bunnercaddy.

I remember when I could fill up a '67 Camaro, buy a pack of smokes and two Cokes for 10.00

Of course, I also remember Woodstock.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

We thought we have outrageous gas prices...
$6.81/gallon in France
but only 64 cents in Venezuela

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

That's because everyone's too stoned to drive and there's no demand.

I've spent the past three years having "pride" and "honor" beaten into me by the military, and I would throw them all out the window if it meant not starving.

I wouldn't actively steal. That is, I wouldn't rummage around somebody's place for money or take even small change that's lying out. A few coins on the floor though? That's fair game. I look at the ground while I walk to spot loose change. A nickel or dime every hundred steps is better than an empty pocket when you finish the trip.

I look on stealing as wrong, but I look at the reasons before I lay judgement down. Yeah, I'd probably be ticked if I caught a friend nicking cash from me, but I know some people are just too proud to ask for cash and pride makes you do stupid things sometimes. I'd be angry, yes, but I'd forgive him and tell him to just ask next time. If he did it again, that's a different story.

Again, every one of you with a warm bed to sleep in and food to fill your stomachs can make all the judgements you want, but it's easy to sit on a high horse when you aren't now and haven't been in a similar situation. I'm lucky enough to have always had something or someone to fall back on when times got rough for me, and not a day goes by that I'm not thankful for that. To condemn someone for doing something immoral or unethical when they have very little options is possibly the most abhorrent thing I can think of in society. If it weren't for the fact that my religion dictates otherwise, I am sorry to say that I would feel an ounce of guilt for letting someone like that starve and freeze on the street if they fell on hard times.

Before I step down off my soapbox, I'd just like to remind people of that little proverb "Judge not, lest ye be judged", and hope it sheds a little more light on the situation.

As for you Mr. Balloony Fellow, I'm glad to hear you got everything straight. If you don't have a fridge, I advise that you get a cooler and some ice. It might be a little messy, what with the melting and the condensation, but at least you'll have someplace to keep food fresh. Especially those yummy Thanksgiving leftovers. It may be a deadly sin, but a little bit of gluttony will save you a lot of trouble later.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

That's just it though. I do not think he had very little choice. There were options numbering in the double digits when last I checked. I even gave some new ones in my last post. Please reread.

If I were in his position, I can think of at least 15 options I would explore before theft of any scope.

And those who *would* do something if not for the teachings of their church don't really have their religion in their heart, do they?

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

17 years for stealing a loaf of bread

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what if nigger meant kite

Well of course. Stealing a loaf of bread because you're hungry is absolutely the same thing as stealing a high end stereo because you want it.

i didn't like the remake either

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what if nigger meant kite

I didn't say I was proud of the fact. It's one of my own demons that I'm trying to overcome.

You also have to understand that he wasn't aware of said options until you started your preaching.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

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You also have to understand that he wasn't aware of said options until you started your preaching.

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Cop out.

He wasn't aware that he could ask people for help? He wasn't aware that he could sell his possessions?

Whatever. I'm done with this thread. I already apologized to the OP for being harsh in my post. Your choice to express disgust at my behavior is no different than my decision to express disgust at his. Judge not, lest ye be judged, indeed.

One more thing. "Judge not, lest ye be judged" is about being willing to be judged by the same standard by which you are judging others. Am I willing to be judged for theft from friends? You fucking betcha.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

Whatever. You don't know to what lengths he went to scrape for cash. Maybe he already sold everything he could. People say "sell the car" but maybe it was necessary depending on where he lived and where he went to school. Maybe he'd already asked for money and people didn't have anything left to give him.

And when you don't have any money for food and have exhausted all known options, THAT'S when you have the right to judge him for what he did.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

the question isn't whether you're willing to be judged by your own morality. that's easy enough. the question is whether you're willing to be judged by someone else's. morality varies from individual to individual. so if you don't like the idea of some random person passing sentence on you based on their morality, then maybe you should stop passing sentence on some random person based on yours

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what if nigger meant kite

"Why so down, Billy?"
*sigh* "Mummy and daddy are fighting."
"Ah, that's sad, Billy, but you can do something about it!"
"Yeah? I can?"
"Sure! They just need a reason to see how much they care about each other, something to remind them that the little differences aren't so bad."
"Gee, what could do that, mister?"
"Burning the house down should do the trick."

. . .

Now that silliness is over... I noticed he other week that petrol had dropped to 109.5c/L, and thought "Hey, cool!" Then I stopped, thought a second, and went "Fuck! No it isn't!"

Prices have been so high recently that a slightly less exorbitant price looked good by comparison. We topped a buck thirty a litre here. Fucking ludicrous.

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the best overall way to make money at college is to sell weed

i mean the only reason i got in trouble last year was for an underage, and that is because most campus police are ONLY looking for underagers. sell pot, it works, and its a good community service, and you'll get college credit..

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That's because everyone's too stoned to drive and there's no demand.

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No... actually it's because the country is for the most part socialist and they have large oil reserves of their own, so they subsidize gas heavily. In France, the price is because of the enormous tax they put on petrol. I don't think you can really compare those numbers.

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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002

Oil reserves of their own? See, this is the problem with Venezuela. They think their natural resources belong to them. That oil rightfully belongs to US corporations.

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What others say about boorite!

And Sam Wal's fatass wife.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

I spent all my money on raves.

And I steal from my friends all the time, HANDFULS OF CHANGE. My friends are huge dicks though.

Flate, you should go spanging just don't do it in large cities, people are dicks.

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possible savior probable SEX MACHINE

Just steal. It is okay. To do. No problem, no won witll plabe you .

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When I'm at a buddy's place, I steal food and drinks to sate my own needs. And they do the same when at my place. We don't ask, either, with certain exceptions. If one of us finds small change while at another's house we pocket it, but if we find bills we leave them alone. It's not stealing, it's a paradox of capitalistic communism.

And borrowing without intent to return.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

See, Jesus and HCRoyall know what I'm talking about.

Pocketing dimes and nickles is like stealing a soda from your friend's fridge (which I also do occasionally... oooh, can't wait to get another morality lecture from ladyj!)... sure, it's technically stealing. But no one really gives a shit.

On the upside, I'm okay now. I'm eating regularly and I haven't nicked a nickle in a WHOLE WEEK!! Does this mean I still get to go to heaven? :-0

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Destroying my reputation one post at a time.

That's what friends are for. I mean, you help each other out when you're down. One of my best friends and I constantly do that. If we're over at each others house, offer food and drink, without any regard to how much you've got left. Trade off paying for drinks at the bar or going out for dinner or whatever. Most friends are okay with spotting you, because they know you well enough that you'll reciprocate.

I don't think nicking small change is something to be uppity about... hell, if I get change smaller than a quarter, I just leave it. Throw pennies on the ground, etc etc.

Either way, what I am trying to say is, Flate's friends knew he wasn't in a good place. They also know that they can depend on him if they're ever in the same position. Its not a matter of stealing or morals or anything like that, its a fact that friends know that friends reciprocate. Its half of the perk of having said friends.

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Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist.

I'm the only guy in my group of friends that keeps a cabinet and fridge stocked with chips, candy, cookies, soup, chili, and etc. My friends will probably have a half eaten bag of pretzels in their room and thats it. My friends always come over and gorge and I don't care. That's what it's there for. It's college. I live in an all guys dorm of 300 and we'll all help each other out. When I needed a tie for a luncheon, there had to have been 10 guys offering me ties. It's a just a big community... you take things, but you give things back. I wouldn't care if someone took some coins off of my desk if he absolutely needed them... but yeah, I'd rather he ask me first. Now if someone just kept mooching off my shit and not doing anything for me in return, I'd have a problem. But so far everyone's been cool.

Stealing is the first step to much larger crimes including heroin addiction.

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possible savior probable SEX MACHINE

I steal correction fluid and tufts of pocket lint whenever I visit lesbians.

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What others say about boorite!

I stole boorite's pants.