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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“I am going to walk out of this store without buying anything, it’s perfectly legal, I don’t have to buy something everytime I enter a store. They didn’t have what I wanted, I’m just leaving. But if somebody stops you and accuses you of stealing, just tell them…”

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please don't buy something out of a feeling of guilt. Shops don't depend on your donations. It would be unfair to support shops but not the homeless. Universal Basic Income is the only true solution.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

For it to become uncanny to most people and they always ask "Why are you acting so strange"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it helps, everyone has awkward moments, practices interactions and regrets some afterward. Most just don’t want to talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As always, it's about the frequency and intensity. "Everyone" doesn't practice "hi, how are you?"