WaitForItTheMongols t1_itmfhey wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:45 PM

Reply to comment by Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee in Starbucks in Central Square by vbm-seaside-71

A ski jumping slope goes down, down, down, and then kicks back up at the end. Yes, it's been going down for a while, but by the time you're coming off the end, things are moving upward. Absolutely nothing near where you were at the top, but you can't deny things are rising.

Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_itn1n64 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:08 PM

What is this argument? You think crime picks up momentum as it falls? What on earth? Listen, crime has surely risen since the Pandemic's economic disruption. But I am simply not going to join in on a crime panic on that small relative effect. Things will calm down when the economic situation stabilizes.

WaitForItTheMongols t1_itn77nv wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:45 PM

What makes you so confident about the economic situation stabilizing?

Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_itnkk1j wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:24 PM

If you're complaining about a small uptick in crime but really believe we're on the edge of the apocalypse, it seems like I'd be wasting my efforts trying to convince you that crime is relatively quite low on a historical basis. I wish you the best of luck in your apocalypse, and maybe I will catch up with you when you emerge from your basement.