Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

[Solymir]

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It's the empty electronics boxes sitting on the curb.

[DakAttack]

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Haha.

I live on the third floor. So any potential burglars have to weigh first the trip up the stairs, and then how much it would totally suck to carry any shit they manage to grab back down those stairs. That's a deterrent for quite a few people. As far as zombies, I'm not really sure how well they do on stairs.

Rule #1: Cardio

[TheGrandMom]

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There may be something you're doing that's presenting yourself as an attractice target.

Just sayin'

I don't know what that could be then. My car isn't new, I don't wear jewelry (on special occasions which is once or twice a year I put on some), my house is no mansion (in fact it needs repairs/paint and I have a couch potato husband), ..../shrug.

It's the empty electronics boxes sitting on the curb.

Most electronic boxes are kept in the basement for at least a year. After that they are cut up into 12"x12" squares, bundled up, and put out with the recyclables on Monday mornings. I doubt that would be it.

I've also had an attempted car jacking and I've been mugged so its not just my home. Maybe I have some type of invisible tattoo on my forehead that can only been seen with special glasses and it says "Rob Me I Like It" or something! To hell if I know!

[DakAttack]

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Some guy broke into my house once, and I chased him away. After that I noticed a bunch of guys casing my house, and I stared at them until they left. We upgraded the doors and haven't have any problems since.

[Murphie]

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I have an invisible shirt on that says "Hi! I am 411 for Cincinnati! Please feel free to approach me and ask for directions!" I can't seem to get rid of it. But it's been like this for years.

To be fair, I have yet to be asked a question from some random stranger that I can't answer. I guess they approach me because I'm a relatively professional looking white guy walking around downtown. I probably know where shit is. I dunno.

[cidbahamut]

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I usually choose apartments based on potential survivability in case of a zombie outbreak, though*, so burglars are generally also out of luck.

That seems as good a metric as any.

[TheGrandMom]

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I have an invisible shirt on that says "Hi! I am 411 for Cincinnati! Please feel free to approach me and ask for directions!" I can't seem to get rid of it. But it's been like this for years.

Well its comforting knowing I'm not the only one plagued by this invisible issue. lol

[Murphie]

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That seems as good a metric as any.

Tell that to my roommate. When I mention that our fire escape is a possible point of zombie egress, he tells me that I am crazy. Though to be fair, it would also be handy for short trips to scavenge. Our front door is a fire door that we can further fortify if needs be, so a second point of entry isn't altogether a bad thing.

But then when we look at new places, and I'm like "Yeah, first floor isn't going to work for me." he gets all angry.

[Nandito]

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Maybe reading this might change your mind?

7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly) | Cracked.com

unless... it's what they want us to think.

[Murphie]

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Clearly that is propaganda from the pro-Zombie initiative.

[TheGrandMom]

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Clearly that is propaganda from the pro-Zombie initiative.

HAHHAHHAHAHAHA

/em wipes away a tear..

[Aeni]

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I don't know what that could be then. My car isn't new, I don't wear jewelry (on special occasions which is once or twice a year I put on some), my house is no mansion (in fact it needs repairs/paint and I have a couch potato husband), ..../shrug.

I think he's saying that because you are an attractive person (the hell I know what that is insinuating, I didn't say it) or maybe just really nice IRL, you tend to have the wrong kind of people gravitating towards your residence.

Maybe reading this might change your mind?

7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly) | Cracked.com

unless... it's what they want us to think.

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[Mhurron]

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I think he's saying that because you are an attractive person (the hell I know what that is insinuating, I didn't say it) or maybe just really nice IRL, you tend to have the wrong kind of people gravitating towards your residence.

Actually it was most likely closer to what Solymir said. Lots of deliveries, lots of electronic boxes at the curb. You might as well put a rob me sign out front with an itemized list of what you have.

A lot of people who are continuously robbed either blab loudly about what they have or do a very poor job of hiding the fact they have easily transportable valuables around.

[Aeni]

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Actually it was most likely closer to what Solymir said. Lots of deliveries, lots of electronic boxes at the curb. You might as well put a rob me sign out front with an itemized list of what you have.

A lot of people who are continuously robbed either blab loudly about what they have or do a very poor job of hiding the fact they have easily transportable valuables around.

This can sometimes happen, but most of the time, crimes are committed by people whom the victims are familiar with. I could be your cousin and rob you because when I last visited you, I saw your shit and got jealous and wanted to have it for myself. And you can look up any statistics on just about any crime to see this for yourself.

[TheGrandMom]

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Actually it was most likely closer to what Solymir said. Lots of deliveries, lots of electronic boxes at the curb. You might as well put a rob me sign out front with an itemized list of what you have.

A lot of people who are continuously robbed either blab loudly about what they have or do a very poor job of hiding the fact they have easily transportable valuables around.

As I said, I don't put boxes by the curb. The boxes are kept and when they are disposed of they are cut into small pieces, bundled and put out to the curb on Monday morning about 6am and the recyclers come at 8am. I doubt in that 2 hours if someone is going to come to my house and rifle through my recyclables during the time when everyone is getting up and going to work and school in my neighborhood. (And yes, my neighbors would stop the people looking through my stuff and come tell me about it.)

And no, I don't blab loudly, except when I'm leaving the house in the morning, "Oh wow, I have a iPod, iPad, MacBook Pro, PS3, 360, DSXL, PSP, PC, and lots of other awesome goodies in my house and I'm leaving now!"