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by anonym29 873 days ago
>Please - PLEASE - find me ONE example of a home burglary occuring under these circumstances.

Likely not possible. By definition, these would be successful burglaries that happened when owner was not home and perpetrator was likely never caught.

Remember, the close rate on burglaries in the US is in the low teens - 13% as of 2022[1], and by definition, these were the dumb perpetrators that got caught - the 13% least competent||lucky of all home burglars.

Buying a pressure cooker and a backpack causing you to be suspected of terrorism is nuts?

Oh, you sweet, sweet, naïve summer child. This isn't fiction, it's a story from real life that's happened many times. A cursory search engine query shows numerous examples of this, e.g. this one[2] that happened over a decade ago!

I can't force you to be rationally worried about entirely plausible risks, just keep in mind that your irrational lack of concern for such possibilities only puts yourself at risk.

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd guess you're politically likely to be progressive/left wing. Do you know that's empirically correlated[3] with having less mass in your amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for evaluating threats and risks?

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-r...

[2] https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/08/01/pressure-cooker-and-b...

[3] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-...

1 comments

Wow, you sound angry and upset.

Several personal insults and as for evidence, a single "Long Island woman claims" allegation from ten years ago. Plus a political derangement twist - how exciting!

It is fascinating how insecure a person like you is capable of being degraded to by the same systems you so vehemently decry. It's analogous to being afraid of everyone on the street because they might have a black belt in martial arts.