[edwinbalani]

Whenever law enforcement snags a "major haul", be it illicit cash or substances or arms or anything else, I guess I focus on its physical size as the thing that makes it impressive -- and worthy of tallying up records and high scores. The bigger the stash, the harder it is to hide, after all.

So when the haul is something like this -- without direct physical scale, which could fit in anyone's pocket regardless of its volume -- it doesn't have the same wow factor for me. But I feel like it should!

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> Whenever law enforcement snags a "major haul", be it illicit cash or substances or arms or anything else, I guess I focus on its physical size as the thing that makes it impressive

law enforcement typically talks that up, to a high degree. e.g. a truck full of cocaine? Estimate the value as a per-gram street price, not what a wholesale truckload would change hands for to the next middleman who will break bulk.

A truckload of illicit cash? Large parts of "Breaking Bad" were all about how useless that can be.

[daleharvey]

Not exactly hacker news material, but couldnt help remind me of The Guard - "I dont know what street your buying your cocaine off but its not the same street I am buying mine" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp37jdduMbI

[52-6F-62]

The Guard is a piece of fine art. That couldn't be more appropriate.

Just as a caution to others, maybe don't play that with the volume up loud in the office. The context is critical, and there are a few loud... remarks.

[lmkg]

I'm reminded of a scene in The Wire. The protagonists have collected intelligence, and want to continue collecting more to be able to permanently destabilize a criminal organization. A career-minded officer instead decides to use this intelligence for a bust with no long-term benefit, but it does produce a very photogenic collection of seized weapons and drugs for him to stand behind while the journalists take pictures.

[atatatat]

I'm having the opposite effect right now.