• jago@lemmy.ca
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    …petit theft…

    Twice, even.

    And then at the end,

    This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.

    I call horseshit on that last sentence.

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      It looks like “petit theft” is a valid alternative spelling of “petty theft”, and AFAICT it’s the spelling that Florida law uses. Probably because “petty” is an anglicization of the French word “petit”, meaning “small”.

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    I moved from Palm Beach County to O’ahu several years ago now. One of my kids sometimes wishes we had stayed, but I tell them stories like this to reassure them where we live is way better.

    I just love that these Boomers are probably the same kind that complain about how “kids these days” never “ride their bikes to go fish in the pond like we used to.”

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      That’s because they are NIMBYs too. They want their “classic ~racist white~” america but most of it from a distance.

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      One of my kids sometimes wishes we had stayed,

      Do you not beat them enough? That sounds like a problem that can be solved by the application of a therapeutic beating.

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    I’m so glad I’ve got way better fishing options than some rich asshole’s pond. That said, fuck these people for attacking kids! Let them fish or call the cops. Can’t wait for the report of one of these old crochity fucks having a hart attack messing with someone minding their own business.

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    It’s shocking how many elderly people are such brazen thieves.

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    This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    You know what’s awesome about America? If some kids trespass on your property and hurt themselves, þeir parents can sue you. Þis is why people put fences around þeir pools: if some kid sneaks in and drowns, þe owner is looking at a manslaughter lawsuit. Þis is why homeowners have to carry six figure liability insurance.

    Stealing e-bikes is not only shitty behavior, but it doesn’t solve þe issue. But, still, if I owned property wiþ a pond, I’d be telling kids to get off my lawn, too. Fuck if I’m going to go þrough a lawsuit because some kids killed þemselves on my property.